This is a list of the 10 best JavaScript and/or CSS libraries to zoom your images within the document for a better user experience. I hope you like it and don’t forget to spread the world.
Originally Published Dec 17 2017, updated Jan 14 2021
1. Lightense.js
Lightense.js is a lightweight and simple to use JavaScript library for image zooming as you seen on Medium.com.
2. Zoom Image On Hover – js-image-zoom
A lightweight and zero-dependency JavaScript image zoom library to enlarge part of your image and display the zoomed image in a specific container on mouse hover.
3. medium-zoom
medium-zoom is a lightweight and dependency-free JavaScript library used for creating a responsive, user-friendly image zoom / lightbox effect as seen on Medium.com pages.
4. Image Zoomer For Moible – pinchzoom
A mobile-first image zoom library which allows the user to zoom, pan an image with touch gestures.
5. Touch-enabled Image Zoom Plugin With JavaScript
A simple and cross-platform image zoom library written in pure JavaScript.
6. Image Zoom & Pan On Hover – Detail View
A vanilla JavaScript approach to zooming and panning an image on hover.
7. Zoom Any Element Within The Document – zoomerang.js
Drift is a standalone and highly configurable JavaScript library that provides responsive, smooth hover (or touch) zoom effect on images.
8. Zoom Any Element Within The Document – zoomerang.js
Drift is a standalone and highly configurable JavaScript library that provides responsive, smooth hover (or touch) zoom effect on images.
9. Wheelzoom
This is a pure JavaScript of the jQuery Wheelzoom plugin that provides ‘mouse-wheel to zoom’ and ‘drag to pan’ functionalities on an image. Based on HTML5 canvas and has events handling support.
10. Smooth Image Zooming As Seen On Medium.com – zooming.js
zooming.js is a lightweight, dependency-free, mobile-friendly image zooming library inspired by Medium.com.
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