# Cannot use zoom for lightbox images on phones

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-use-zoom-for-lightbox-images-on-phones/19646>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [September 4, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-use-zoom-for-lightbox-images-on-phones/19646 "2014-09-04T20:20:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![cpradio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cpradio/32/4970_2.png) [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2014, 12:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-use-zoom-for-lightbox-images-on-phones/19646/19 "2014-09-21T12:26:43Z")

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As an FYI, it seems to be because of this meta tag

```html
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no">

```

If you set it to

```html
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">

```

You get the same initial output and permit users to pinch and zoom.

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