#1

Is there any way how to zoom in and out in .jpg files that are opened directly in Obsidian (i.e. not embedded)? I have tried ctrl + scrolling but it does not work.

What I’m trying to do

#2

Short answer: No, I don’t think so.

Do you mean when you have an image open, separately in it’s own pane?

There is a keyboard shortcut to zoom the entire text and interface. On MacOS it is Cmd+= and Cmd± to zoom out. In Windows I guess it is Ctrl+= and Ctrl±

And Cmd-0 (zero) to go back to actual size.

That zooms everything, but it also zooms the image. Other than that, I don’t think there is any way to zoom just the image.

I don’t know if ctrl-scrolling does the same thing. That doesn’t work for me. I can pinch-zoom with my trackpad, but that only zooms the text size. It does not scale the interface or the images in a separate pane.

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#3

There is the third party image plugin:
Obsidian Image Toolkit

#4

Unfortunately, that does not work with .jpg images opened directly by Obsidian, i.e. those that are not part of .md file.

#5

I installed the Obsidian Image Toolkit plugin, when I click on any image (even a .jpg), I get a new image in the center of the screen, and I can use my mouse wheel to zoom. This is with the image itself opened as a note.

It even works in Edit mode with an image in a note, when you CTRL/CMD hover an image link and then click the image, you can zoom as well.

Maybe you are doing something different, but I like the plugin so much I’m keeping it. :slight_smile:

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#6

I think that where we differ: I don’t want to open image in fullscreen and then to zoom in / out - because then I cannot make notes. I want to zoom in and zoom out without going fullscreen. Is that possible? I cannot achieve this with the plugin.

#7

If you have a way to pin your note-taker on top, then you should be able to do it.

#8

Unfortunately, this does not work. It still opens the image in full screen.

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#9

You’re taking notes in the same window as the image?
At the very least you’d need different windows. The image below, and the note-taker on top. I use separate programs, but you should be able to do it in Obsidian; separate vaults should work, or nested vaults open on the same file.

#10

Well, of course, we can always use different apps or more instances of one app - but that is cumbersome. I hoped that this basic feature would be built-in in Obsidian, since it can display images directly and it supports multiple windows within one instance.

#11

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