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jharker · 09-13-2010, 06:16 PM

This topic was originally posted by whbenson in the Apple Devices forum, but I thought it might be a better fit here. I also wrote a short blog post about this issue.

In iBooks, you are supposed to be able to double-tap on an image in order to zoom in on it. This works for images that are simply embedded.

If you want to set images to float left or right so that text wraps around them, and at the same time control the size of the image, this is possible by wrapping the image in a div and controlling the properties of the div:

Code:

<div style="float: left; width: 42%">
<img style="width: 100%" src="image.png" />
</div>

But if you do this, you can't zoom in on the image any more. Instead, double-clicking on an image simply selects a short chunk of nearby text.

Any ideas on how to get around this problem?

09-13-2010, 06:16 PM	#1
jharker Developer Posts: 345 Karma: 3473 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA Device: iRex iLiad v1, Blackberry Tour, Kindle DX, iPad.	Image zoom problem in iBooks This topic was originally posted by whbenson in the Apple Devices forum, but I thought it might be a better fit here. I also wrote a short blog post about this issue. In iBooks, you are supposed to be able to double-tap on an image in order to zoom in on it. This works for images that are simply embedded. If you want to set images to float left or right so that text wraps around them, and at the same time control the size of the image, this is possible by wrapping the image in a div and controlling the properties of the div: Code: <div style="float: left; width: 42%"> <img style="width: 100%" src="image.png" /> </div> But if you do this, you can't zoom in on the image any more. Instead, double-clicking on an image simply selects a short chunk of nearby text. Any ideas on how to get around this problem?