Last week I introduced my two zoom plugins for Obsidian. Today I'm happy to announce that the mobile one, Mobile Pinch Zoom, has been updated to v0.6.0 — a release focused on making the pinch gesture feel truly native.
■ What's new in Mobile Pinch Zoom v0.6.0
- Anchored zoom — the spot you're zooming into no longer drifts away from under your fingers. Pinching anchors to the midpoint between your fingers; zoom commands anchor to the viewport center, with scroll compensated automatically
- Trackpad support — pinch on a trackpad (e.g. iPad Magic Keyboard) now zooms too
- Snap to 100% — end a gesture within ±5% of 100% and it glides back to exactly 100%
- Auto-fading indicator — the 🔍 badge now fades out shortly after zooming (configurable: auto / always / hidden)
- Plays nice with Canvas & Excalidraw — views that have their own pinch zoom are left alone
Existing users can simply update via Settings → Community plugins → Check for updates. New users: search for "Mobile Pinch Zoom" in the community plugin browser.
Source code and full changelog are on GitHub — bug reports and feature requests welcome:
→ https://github.com/hata-suriiken/obsidian-mobile-pinch-zoom
→ Release notes (v0.6.0)
The desktop companion, Ctrl+Scroll Zoom, has also been updated — to v1.2.0. It zooms the whole Obsidian window with Ctrl + mouse wheel, just like a browser, and this release is all about making the zoom feel right and coexisting cleanly with other views.
■ What's new in Ctrl+Scroll Zoom v1.2.0
- Multiplicative zoom steps — each wheel notch scales by a fixed ratio (default ×1.1), so zooming feels the same at 50% and at 300%. This also eliminates the floating-point drift that additive steps could accumulate
- Smooth trackpad pinch — pinch gestures now zoom proportionally to the gesture instead of jumping a full step per event
- Plays nice with Canvas, Excalidraw & the PDF viewer — Ctrl+scroll over these keeps their own built-in zoom (can be turned off in settings)
- PDF-aware indicator — while a PDF is active, the status bar shows the PDF's own zoom (e.g. 🔍 PDF 80%), and clicking it resets the PDF to 100% too
- Pop-out window support — Ctrl+scroll now works in notes opened in separate windows
- Configurable modifier key — choose Ctrl, Cmd/Win, or Alt/Option; settings now use sliders
- The indicator now stays in sync with Obsidian's built-in Ctrl+= / Ctrl+- zoom commands
Same deal here: update via Settings → Community plugins → Check for updates, or search for "Ctrl+Scroll Zoom" if you haven't tried it yet.
→ https://github.com/hata-suriiken/obsidian-ctrl-scroll-zoom
→ Release notes (v1.2.0)
I'll keep improving both plugins — feedback and feature requests are always welcome on GitHub Issues. Happy zooming!