Recent answers to after one of the recent firefox updates the MAC touchpad cannot pinch and squeeze (zoom) anymore; hardware has been checked, any ideas?https://support.mozilla.org/ga-IE/questions/9019252011-12-07T07:05:51-08:00People used to change things by accident and those gestures were removed to prevent that.
Bug 613902011-12-07T07:05:51-08:00cor-elhttps://support.mozilla.org/ga-IE/questions/901925#answer-284604<p>People used to change things by accident and those gestures were removed to prevent that.
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<ul><li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=613909" rel="nofollow">Bug 613909</a> – Disable pinch gestures by default &amp; revert three finger vertical swipe gestures
</li></ul>Thank you, that does the trick; the question arising, why did this have to be changed in the first p2011-12-07T04:34:34-08:00tianihttps://support.mozilla.org/ga-IE/questions/901925#answer-284529<p>Thank you, that does the trick; the question arising, why did this have to be changed in the first place?
</p>Some gestures have been removed in Firefox 4+ versions.
You can restore the zoom feature by changing2011-12-04T13:26:02-08:00cor-elhttps://support.mozilla.org/ga-IE/questions/901925#answer-283523<p>Some gestures have been removed in Firefox 4+ versions.
</p><p>You can restore the zoom feature by changing the values of the related prefs on the <b>about:config</b> page.
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<ul><li> <a href="http://browser.gesture.pinch.in" rel="nofollow">browser.gesture.pinch.in</a> -&gt; <b>cmd_fullZoomReduce</b>
</li><li> browser.gesture.pinch.in.shift -&gt; <b>cmd_fullZoomReset</b>
</li><li> browser.gesture.pinch.out -&gt; <b>cmd_fullZoomEnlarge</b>
</li><li> browser.gesture.pinch.out.shift -&gt; <b>cmd_fullZoomReset</b>
</li><li> browser.gesture.pinch.latched -&gt; <b>false</b>
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<p>To open the <i>about:config</i> page, type <b>about:config</b> in the location (address) bar and press the "<i>Enter</i>" key, just like you type the url of a website to open a website.<br>
If you see a warning then you can confirm that you want to access that page.<br>
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<ul><li>Use the Filter bar at to top of the about:config page to locate a preference more easily.
</li><li>Preferences that have been modified show as bold (user set).
</li><li>Preferences can be reset to the default via the right-click context menu if they are user set
</li><li>Preferences can be changed via the right-click context menu: Modify (String or Integer) or Toggle (Boolean)
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