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Dean Putney
Dean Putney

Reputation: 745

Why is my entire site a tiny bit smaller in Firefox?

In typical web design fashion, there's always something that doesn't look quite right between two browsers. This one just completely lost me though.

I open the site in Safari. Everything is dandy.

I open it in Firefox. The entire page is displayed, just fine, but about 10-20% smaller. Images, fonts, divs. Everything.

Does this make any sense to anyone? Have you seen it or fixed it before? Is it just this browser? Is it me? Have I finally lost my mind?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 1504

Answers (3)

Rich Seller
Rich Seller

Reputation: 84038

You may have zoomed firefox's view by accident, ctrl-+ will increase the size, ctrl-- will decrease the size. To reset it, hit ctrl-0.

As Brian has commented on this answer, you certainly shouldn't rely on the size being the same, though I'm sure you're aware of the perils of designing for a particular size. It's good to know that you are seeing what you intended though.

Upvotes: 15

Bryan Denny
Bryan Denny

Reputation: 27596

You should never expect a website to look exactly the same, cross browser, cross OS, etc. etc. Some people will have smaller or larger resolutions, others will have text size zoomed in or out. Therefore you should always keep these things in mind when designing your website! Don't design for pixel, but for more fluid layouts.

Upvotes: 2

Sinan Ünür
Sinan Ünür

Reputation: 118128

What happens if you press CTRL-0 or select View → Zoom → Reset?

Upvotes: 0

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