Test Your Layout for Zoom — Not Just Screen Size

Modern web design focuses on accessibility *and **responsiveness *— but there's one crucial detail we often miss: **zoom adaptability.
🔍Users (especially 40+ or visually impaired) often set site zoom to 130+ to read comfortably. But many layouts break: horizontal scroll, clipped text, hidden content, ellipses instead of info, that’s a UX failure.
How to test:
💡DevTools → mobile mode → set zoom at the top, next to sizes
💡Check on real device - mobile browser main menu → zoom. Try zooming in/out ±60%. Your layout should flex — not break.
Good news: with plain HTML/CSS, it’s easy to achieve:
🔧Use flex and grid (with media queries for ≤240px)
🔧Set sizes in fr, %, em
🔧Avoid hardcoded widths and positions
🔧Let containers auto-resize
🔧Don’t fight the layout engine (but sometimes you need to fight managers and designers which love pixels).
Zoom support is just as important as screen width adaptation — Your users (and their eyes) will thank you.