Keep track of page location while zooming text in Safari

Apr 28, '04 09:39:00AM

Contributed by: bromhead

I love the "enlarge/shrink text" buttons in Safari. The first thing I do when I use Safari is ensure those bad boys are in the toolbar from the menu (View -> Text Size).

The trouble is I always seem to ge about two to three paragraphs into an article before I realise I need/want the text bigger. If the article is a long one (like appleturns.com), when you click enlarge the page often jumps dramatically, and you can lose your place in the text, especially if your near the bottom of the page.

My solution: Select a good chunk of the sentence you're up to before you change the font size. This makes it very easy to find your place again by scrolling up and down wildly, so you can enjoy the rest of your daily "As the Apple Turns" and macosxhints' fix or whatever else your reading.

[robg adds: This simple trick will work in any browser, obviously -- the highlight just makes it easy to see where you were before you zoomed.]

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