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farooqk1
User level: Level 1 (15 points)

Safari relayouts page when pinching to zoom on Mac

I just got done with doing a fresh os install on my Mac and was setting it up and thought about giving Safari another try. When I pinch to zoom in or out on a trackpad in Safari, the page relays itself out as I zoom instead of just magnifying what's on screen. On sites like Youtube and Reddit, the layout shifts around and the whole thing stutters while I'm pinching. It happens on pretty much every site I try.


Surely, this is not normal as this doesn't happen on other browsers such as Firefox.


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My question is, is this normal behaviour for Safari? Is there a way to turn this off and make it not relay the whole page and just zoom in?


MacBook Air M4, Tahoe latest

Posted on Oct 6, 2026 10:53 AM

2 replies

Camelot
User level: Level 9 (62,211 points)

Oct 7, 2026 11:16 AM in response to farooqk1

I can't reproduce your experience - every site I tested, including reddit and YouTube, act exactly as I'd expect, zooming in on the cursor region, and not forcing a redraw of the rest of the page.


I have to think this is something local to your machine - maybe in the Trackpad settings, and the Pinch To Zoom option in particular (FWIW, all the options in Trackpad -> Scroll & Zoom on my machine are enabled).


Based on your etrecheck, I'd also take a look at Dropover - it specifically overrides mouse/trackpad actions, and could be affecting how Safari interprets the drag/zoom.

Then you have Wipr, which specifically intercepts Safari's rendering to block cookies, ads, and cookies. These can also radically affect how Safari renders the page.


So.. maybe try disabling these third party tools to see if that addresses the problem. Then you can decide what's appropriate for you.

communityusername1fa
User level: Level 1 (40 points)

Oct 7, 2026 3:39 PM in response to farooqk1

Check your accessibility settings - there may be a gesture toggle on

Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256371439