Help forum > Google Chrome > Webpage Display Issues > Stop automatic image resizing? Stop automatic image resizing? Report abuse DaveK Level 1 11/29/08 Come on Google. Give us a way to turn auto image resizing OFF. This has been a problem from day one and is the main reason I cannot use Chrome. I am a photographer. I want to see the actual image as it was put there by the site owner, not some shrunken thing squeezed into whatever Chrome thinks is the window size. How do we turn it off? Best answers BBguyChrome Level 1 12/5/09 Popular answer Go to this answer Google, you have many loyal Chrome users, but this stubborn holding on to a basic deficiency of lack of choice of how people choose to display graphics in their browser is both senseless and inexcusable. PLEASE give us the option to TURN OFF AUTO-RESIZE if we decide it makes our browsing experience more streamlined, productive, and enjoyable. Do this before we decide to choose to look elsewhere for a browser producer more accommodating to consumers requests. 9 of 9 people found this answer helpful. Did you? Sign in to vote. Report abuse Replies 1 - 17 of 17 Clow Reed Level 1 9/29/09 +1 This is what keeps me from switching to Chrome. 4 of 4 people found this answer helpful. Did you? Sign in to vote. Report abuse DaveK Level 1 9/30/09 What they have done is put a plus sign on photos that are shrunk. You click on the photo and it will go to its normal size. That is a start but still annoying. Other than that, I like Chrome and find myself using it whenever I can. Even IE has improved though, so I can live with that as well. 4 of 7 people found this answer helpful. Did you? Sign in to vote. Report abuse BBguyChrome Level 1 12/5/09 Popular answer Google, you have many loyal Chrome users, but this stubborn holding on to a basic deficiency of lack of choice of how people choose to display graphics in their browser is both senseless and inexcusable. PLEASE give us the option to TURN OFF AUTO-RESIZE if we decide it makes our browsing experience more streamlined, productive, and enjoyable. Do this before we decide to choose to look elsewhere for a browser producer more accommodating to consumers requests. 9 of 9 people found this answer helpful. Did you? Sign in to vote. Report abuse jschilen Level 1 1/7/10 Agreed, it's very annoying 3 of 3 people found this answer helpful. Did you? Sign in to vote. Report abuse TehWoodchuck Level 1 1/8/10 Google... This problem is not going away. It's annoying. I dont want an extra step to see an actual image. The "sample" image of the thumbnail I clicked on to get the full image was sample enough to make me want the full resolution image. I dont need Chrome to make me click another "sample". Don't be evil.... That is what you guys say, right? Not allowing users to change convenience settings is... well... evil. Let us decide. We don't need you to decide for us. For me and the other people posting in this thread, the decision you made was WRONG. 3 of 3 people found this answer helpful. Did you? Sign in to vote. Report abuse lvcpa Level 1 1/12/10 It is so annoying. I love google, but this is forcing me to switch browsers. 3 of 3 people found this answer helpful. Did you? Sign in to vote. Report abuse ekskjuzmi Level 1 3/26/10 I agree that is a shame we do not have ability to turn off auto resize :( 3 of 3 people found this answer helpful. Did you? Sign in to vote. Report abuse HumanBlade Level 1 4/16/10 Throwing some weight on the pile. I agree, i believe it hinders usability as a hiccough in document flow. The browser is arbitrarily deciding to resize an image because it doesn't believe it'll fit the window context. Well thank you for the consideration, Chrome, but i'd rather have the full monty. I mean, what is the scaling technique used anyways? I find bilinear really cruds up images, and while your scaled images aren't as bad as some browsers defaults (maybe you guys use quadratic downsampling?) at least those other browsers give a pretty easy non-trivial way to disable the function. Please just give us the option. Keep auto-resizing for the chumps as default, that's fine. 1 of 1 people found this answer helpful. Did you? Sign in to vote. Report abuse boxterduke Level 1 4/18/10 I'm with you guys, there are basic options that we got used to throughout the years that chrome does not allow us to do. When Chrome came out I could not stand it, I was used to Firefox and I could not make the change. Now I'm giving Chrome more opportunity since its resembling Firefox in certain things but still not enough flexibility. The only reason I'm leaning towards Chrome now is that I have no idea what is up with Firefox, their latest builds are getting slower and slower. I still use Firefox but if Chrome gives us the freedom like Firefox then I'd switch completely in a heart beat. Another annoying thing is the bookmarks, why the hell can't we move it from the left side 2 of 2 people found this answer helpful. Did you? Sign in to vote. Report abuse panties Level 1 5/5/10 adding to the mob! google gimme the option please~~ Did you find this answer helpful? Sign in to vote. Report abuse GonzaloSR Level 1 5/6/10 I found a way to disable it looking at the Chromium header files: Search your system for you Google Chrome Preferences file, mine is here: C:\Users\USER_NAME\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default file is named just "Preferences" Open it on a good editor such as Notepad++ Find this on your file: "webkit": { "webprefs": { "inspector_settings": "lastActivePanel:string:elements\n" } } Add this line: "shrinks_standalone_images_to_fit": false after the "inspector_settings" line, and put a comma after that "inspector_settings" line. Remember this is JSON. If that branch doesn't exist add this whole block BEFORE THE LAST CLOSING "}": "webkit": { "webprefs": { "inspector_settings": "lastActivePanel:string:elements\n", "shrinks_standalone_images_to_fit": false } } I have only done this on my Windows 7 Chrome Dev build, so your mileage may vary.