Disable pinch-zoom gesture in Chrome (Windows 10)

Question

I have a disabled client who awkwardly grabs his touch screen to use it. Unfortunately this means he often 'zooms' webpages, making them unusable.

Can I disable this behaviour in Chrome?

Answer 1

You can disable the full touch screen not just the pinch-zoom gesture in Google Chrome using this Chrome flag:

chrome://flags/#touch-events

Note: It will disable the whole touch screen only in the Chrome browser but on your system the touch screen will still work.

This flag was available in the old versions(less then 50) but now it's not:

chrome://flags/#enable-pinch

Answer 2

In Chrome specifically, no. However, you can disable it system wide.

You'll need to find the "Pinch to zoom" option in the touchpad's settings.

Where you'll find it exactly depends on your model. My general guidance is:

Control Panel --> Mouse --> Touchpad Settings (tab)

For example:

Answer 3

For 2016 and onwards, you can disable pinch zoom by adding --disable-pinch to Chrome's start parameter.

Answer 4

This is just a workaround, but I found this extension which just disables page zooming (until enabled for a specific tab by clicking its icon): https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/zoom-block/jmomepcgehgfoimapeoinphcloinjfpb

Not as good as a "root fix", but it's good enough for me!