Now it's an even bigger mess than it was when this question was first asked. From reading all the responses and blog posts I could find, here's a summary. I also set up this page to test all these methods of measuring the zoom level.
Edit (2011-12-12): I've added a project that can be cloned: https://github.com/tombigel/detect-zoom
- IE8:
screen.deviceXDPI / screen.logicalXDPI
(or, for the zoom level relative to default zoom, screen.systemXDPI / screen.logicalXDPI
)
- IE7:
var body = document.body,r = body.getBoundingClientRect(); return (r.left-r.right)/body.offsetWidth;
(thanks to this example or this answer)
- FF3.5 ONLY:
screen.width
/ media query screen width (see below) (takes advantage of the fact that screen.width
uses device pixels but MQ width uses CSS pixels--thanks to Quirksmode widths)
- FF3.6: no known method
- FF4+: media queries binary search (see below)
- WebKit: https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5737866978131968 (thanks to Teo in the comments)
- WebKit: measure the preferred size of a div with
-webkit-text-size-adjust:none
.
- WebKit: (broken since r72591)
document.width / jQuery(document).width()
(thanks to Dirk van Oosterbosch above). To get ratio in terms of device pixels (instead of relative to default zoom), multiply by window.devicePixelRatio
.
- Old WebKit? (unverified):
parseInt(getComputedStyle(document.documentElement,null).width) / document.documentElement.clientWidth
(from this answer)
- Opera:
document.documentElement.offsetWidth
/ width of a position:fixed; width:100%
div. from here (Quirksmode's widths table says it's a bug; innerWidth should be CSS px). We use the position:fixed element to get the width of the viewport including the space where the scrollbars are; document.documentElement.clientWidth excludes this width. This is broken since sometime in 2011; I know no way to get the zoom level in Opera anymore.
- Other: Flash solution from Sebastian
- Unreliable: listen to mouse events and measure change in screenX / change in clientX
Here's a binary search for Firefox 4, since I don't know of any variable where it is exposed:
<style id=binarysearch></style>
<div id=dummyElement>Dummy element to test media queries.</div>
<script>
var mediaQueryMatches = function(property, r) {
var style = document.getElementById('binarysearch');
var dummyElement = document.getElementById('dummyElement');
style.sheet.insertRule('@media (' + property + ':' + r +
') {#dummyElement ' +
'{text-decoration: underline} }', 0);
var matched = getComputedStyle(dummyElement, null).textDecoration
== 'underline';
style.sheet.deleteRule(0);
return matched;
};
var mediaQueryBinarySearch = function(
property, unit, a, b, maxIter, epsilon) {
var mid = (a + b)/2;
if (maxIter == 0 || b - a < epsilon) return mid;
if (mediaQueryMatches(property, mid + unit)) {
return mediaQueryBinarySearch(
property, unit, mid, b, maxIter-1, epsilon);
} else {
return mediaQueryBinarySearch(
property, unit, a, mid, maxIter-1, epsilon);
}
};
var mozDevicePixelRatio = mediaQueryBinarySearch(
'min--moz-device-pixel-ratio', '', a, b, maxIter, epsilon);
var ff35DevicePixelRatio = screen.width / mediaQueryBinarySearch(
'min-device-width', 'px', 0, 6000, 25, .0001);
</script>
First I would recommend to not scale in linear steps but by factors to smooth the scaling:
double delta = 1.2;
if (event.getDeltaY() < 0)
scale /= delta;
else
scale *= delta;
... and to be somehow bossy, I recommend curly brackets as a good style ;-) :
double delta = 1.2;
if (event.getDeltaY() < 0) {
scale /= delta;
} else {
scale *= delta;
}
... and to use the mouse scroll value for even better quality:
double delta = 1.2;
if (event.getDeltaY() < 0) {
scale /= Math.pow(delta, -event.getDeltaY()/20);
} else {
scale *= Math.pow(delta, event.getDeltaY()/20);
}
... that is finally the same as:
scale *= Math.pow(1.01, event.getDeltaY());
Second I recomend to use the canvas translate and scale properties instead of a Transformation:
public class ZoomApplication extends Application {
static public class PannableCanvas extends Pane {
DoubleProperty myScale = new SimpleDoubleProperty(1.0);
public PannableCanvas() {
setPrefSize(600, 600);
setStyle("-fx-background-color: lightgrey; -fx-border-color: blue;");
// add scale transform
scaleXProperty().bind(myScale);
scaleYProperty().bind(myScale);
// logging
addEventFilter(MouseEvent.MOUSE_PRESSED, event -> {
System.out.println(
"canvas event: " + ( ((event.getSceneX() - getBoundsInParent().getMinX()) / getScale()) + ", scale: " + getScale())
);
System.out.println( "canvas bounds: " + getBoundsInParent());
});
}
/**
* Add a grid to the canvas, send it to back
*/
public void addGrid() {
double w = getBoundsInLocal().getWidth();
double h = getBoundsInLocal().getHeight();
// add grid
Canvas grid = new Canvas(w, h);
// don't catch mouse events
grid.setMouseTransparent(true);
GraphicsContext gc = grid.getGraphicsContext2D();
gc.setStroke(Color.GRAY);
gc.setLineWidth(1);
// draw grid lines
double offset = 50;
for( double i=offset; i < w; i+=offset) {
// vertical
gc.strokeLine( i, 0, i, h);
// horizontal
gc.strokeLine( 0, i, w, i);
}
getChildren().add( grid);
grid.toBack();
}
public double getScale() {
return myScale.get();
}
/**
* Set x/y scale
* @param myScale
*/
public void setScale( double scale) {
myScale.set(scale);
}
/**
* Set x/y pivot points
* @param x
* @param y
*/
public void setPivot( double x, double y) {
setTranslateX(getTranslateX()-x);
setTranslateY(getTranslateY()-y);
}
}
/**
* Mouse drag context used for scene and nodes.
*/
class DragContext {
double mouseAnchorX;
double mouseAnchorY;
double translateAnchorX;
double translateAnchorY;
}
/**
* Listeners for making the nodes draggable via left mouse button. Considers if parent is zoomed.
*/
class NodeGestures {
private DragContext nodeDragContext = new DragContext();
PannableCanvas canvas;
public NodeGestures( PannableCanvas canvas) {
this.canvas = canvas;
}
public EventHandler<MouseEvent> getOnMousePressedEventHandler() {
return onMousePressedEventHandler;
}
public EventHandler<MouseEvent> getOnMouseDraggedEventHandler() {
return onMouseDraggedEventHandler;
}
private EventHandler<MouseEvent> onMousePressedEventHandler = new EventHandler<MouseEvent>() {
public void handle(MouseEvent event) {
// left mouse button => dragging
if( !event.isPrimaryButtonDown())
return;
nodeDragContext.mouseAnchorX = event.getSceneX();
nodeDragContext.mouseAnchorY = event.getSceneY();
Node node = (Node) event.getSource();
nodeDragContext.translateAnchorX = node.getTranslateX();
nodeDragContext.translateAnchorY = node.getTranslateY();
}
};
private EventHandler<MouseEvent> onMouseDraggedEventHandler = new EventHandler<MouseEvent>() {
public void handle(MouseEvent event) {
// left mouse button => dragging
if( !event.isPrimaryButtonDown())
return;
double scale = canvas.getScale();
Node node = (Node) event.getSource();
node.setTranslateX(nodeDragContext.translateAnchorX + (( event.getSceneX() - nodeDragContext.mouseAnchorX) / scale));
node.setTranslateY(nodeDragContext.translateAnchorY + (( event.getSceneY() - nodeDragContext.mouseAnchorY) / scale));
event.consume();
}
};
}
/**
* Listeners for making the scene's canvas draggable and zoomable
*/
class SceneGestures {
private static final double MAX_SCALE = 10.0d;
private static final double MIN_SCALE = .1d;
private DragContext sceneDragContext = new DragContext();
PannableCanvas canvas;
public SceneGestures( PannableCanvas canvas) {
this.canvas = canvas;
}
public EventHandler<MouseEvent> getOnMousePressedEventHandler() {
return onMousePressedEventHandler;
}
public EventHandler<MouseEvent> getOnMouseDraggedEventHandler() {
return onMouseDraggedEventHandler;
}
public EventHandler<ScrollEvent> getOnScrollEventHandler() {
return onScrollEventHandler;
}
private EventHandler<MouseEvent> onMousePressedEventHandler = new EventHandler<MouseEvent>() {
public void handle(MouseEvent event) {
// right mouse button => panning
if( !event.isSecondaryButtonDown())
return;
sceneDragContext.mouseAnchorX = event.getSceneX();
sceneDragContext.mouseAnchorY = event.getSceneY();
sceneDragContext.translateAnchorX = canvas.getTranslateX();
sceneDragContext.translateAnchorY = canvas.getTranslateY();
}
};
private EventHandler<MouseEvent> onMouseDraggedEventHandler = new EventHandler<MouseEvent>() {
public void handle(MouseEvent event) {
// right mouse button => panning
if( !event.isSecondaryButtonDown())
return;
canvas.setTranslateX(sceneDragContext.translateAnchorX + event.getSceneX() - sceneDragContext.mouseAnchorX);
canvas.setTranslateY(sceneDragContext.translateAnchorY + event.getSceneY() - sceneDragContext.mouseAnchorY);
event.consume();
}
};
/**
* Mouse wheel handler: zoom to pivot point
*/
private EventHandler<ScrollEvent> onScrollEventHandler = new EventHandler<ScrollEvent>() {
@Override
public void handle(ScrollEvent event) {
double scale = canvas.getScale(); // currently we only use Y, same value is used for X
double oldScale = scale;
scale *= Math.pow(1.01, event.getDeltaY());
if (scale <= MIN_SCALE) {
scale = MIN_SCALE;
} else if (scale >= MAX_SCALE) {
scale = MAX_SCALE;
}
double f = (scale / oldScale)-1;
double dx = (event.getSceneX() - (canvas.getBoundsInParent().getWidth()/2 + canvas.getBoundsInParent().getMinX()));
double dy = (event.getSceneY() - (canvas.getBoundsInParent().getHeight()/2 + canvas.getBoundsInParent().getMinY()));
canvas.setScale( scale);
canvas.setPivot(f*dx, f*dy);
event.consume();
}
};
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
@Override
public void start(Stage stage) {
Group group = new Group();
// create canvas
PannableCanvas canvas = new PannableCanvas();
// we don't want the canvas on the top/left in this example => just
// translate it a bit
canvas.setTranslateX(100);
canvas.setTranslateY(100);
// create sample nodes which can be dragged
NodeGestures nodeGestures = new NodeGestures( canvas);
Label label1 = new Label("Draggable node 1");
label1.setTranslateX(10);
label1.setTranslateY(10);
label1.addEventFilter( MouseEvent.MOUSE_PRESSED, nodeGestures.getOnMousePressedEventHandler());
label1.addEventFilter( MouseEvent.MOUSE_DRAGGED, nodeGestures.getOnMouseDraggedEventHandler());
Label label2 = new Label("Draggable node 2");
label2.setTranslateX(100);
label2.setTranslateY(100);
label2.addEventFilter( MouseEvent.MOUSE_PRESSED, nodeGestures.getOnMousePressedEventHandler());
label2.addEventFilter( MouseEvent.MOUSE_DRAGGED, nodeGestures.getOnMouseDraggedEventHandler());
Label label3 = new Label("Draggable node 3");
label3.setTranslateX(200);
label3.setTranslateY(200);
label3.addEventFilter( MouseEvent.MOUSE_PRESSED, nodeGestures.getOnMousePressedEventHandler());
label3.addEventFilter( MouseEvent.MOUSE_DRAGGED, nodeGestures.getOnMouseDraggedEventHandler());
Circle circle1 = new Circle( 300, 300, 50);
circle1.setStroke(Color.ORANGE);
circle1.setFill(Color.ORANGE.deriveColor(1, 1, 1, 0.5));
circle1.addEventFilter( MouseEvent.MOUSE_PRESSED, nodeGestures.getOnMousePressedEventHandler());
circle1.addEventFilter( MouseEvent.MOUSE_DRAGGED, nodeGestures.getOnMouseDraggedEventHandler());
Rectangle rect1 = new Rectangle(100,100);
rect1.setTranslateX(450);
rect1.setTranslateY(450);
rect1.setStroke(Color.BLUE);
rect1.setFill(Color.BLUE.deriveColor(1, 1, 1, 0.5));
rect1.addEventFilter( MouseEvent.MOUSE_PRESSED, nodeGestures.getOnMousePressedEventHandler());
rect1.addEventFilter( MouseEvent.MOUSE_DRAGGED, nodeGestures.getOnMouseDraggedEventHandler());
canvas.getChildren().addAll(label1, label2, label3, circle1, rect1);
group.getChildren().add(canvas);
// create scene which can be dragged and zoomed
Scene scene = new Scene(group, 1024, 768);
SceneGestures sceneGestures = new SceneGestures(canvas);
scene.addEventFilter( MouseEvent.MOUSE_PRESSED, sceneGestures.getOnMousePressedEventHandler());
scene.addEventFilter( MouseEvent.MOUSE_DRAGGED, sceneGestures.getOnMouseDraggedEventHandler());
scene.addEventFilter( ScrollEvent.ANY, sceneGestures.getOnScrollEventHandler());
stage.setScene(scene);
stage.show();
canvas.addGrid();
}
}
After some thoughts about zoom, I came to the conclusion, that it would be a good idea to
- Write an independent zoom helper method to ease the zoom function
- To also support the pinch-to-zoom gesture with the same method
So I wrote the following helper method:
/** Allow to zoom/scale any node with pivot at scene (x,y) coordinates.
*
* @param node
* @param delta
* @param x
* @param y
*/
public static void zoom(Node node, double factor, double x, double y) {
double oldScale = node.getScaleX();
double scale = oldScale * factor;
if (scale < 0.05) scale = 0.05;
if (scale > 50) scale = 50;
node.setScaleX(scale);
node.setScaleY(scale);
double f = (scale / oldScale)-1;
Bounds bounds = node.localToScene(node.getBoundsInLocal());
double dx = (x - (bounds.getWidth()/2 + bounds.getMinX()));
double dy = (y - (bounds.getHeight()/2 + bounds.getMinY()));
node.setTranslateX(node.getTranslateX()-f*dx);
node.setTranslateY(node.getTranslateY()-f*dy);
}
public static void zoom(Node node, ScrollEvent event) {
zoom(node, Math.pow(1.01, event.getDeltaY()), event.getSceneX(), event.getSceneY());
}
public static void zoom(Node node, ZoomEvent event) {
zoom(node, event.getZoomFactor(), event.getSceneX(), event.getSceneY());
}
allowing me to register zoom function on any node as easy as:
myView.setOnScroll(event -> GUITools.zoom(myView, event)); // mouse scroll wheel zoom
myView.setOnZoom(event -> GUITools.zoom(myView, event)); // pinch to zoom
and done...
Best Answer
I had the same problem and in my case the
<param name="windowless" value="true" />
was the solution. Min and max values aren`t requiered to get it to work.