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Chrome 87 is starting to roll out to stable now.

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Here's what you need to know:

Chrome Dev Summit is back on December 9 & 10.
You can now control pan, tilt, and zoom on webcams that support it.
Range requests and service workers don't require as many workarounds.
The font access API starts it's origin trial.
And, there's plenty more.

I'm Pete LePage, working, and shooting from home, let's dive in and see what's new for developers in Chrome 87!

Chrome Dev Summit #

The Chrome Dev Summit is back on December 9th and 10th with its 8th chapter. But this time, we're coming to you. We're bringing all the latest updates, lots of new content, and plenty of Chromies.

There are a ton of great talks, workshops, office hours, etc, and we'll be in the YouTube chat to answer your questions. Learn more, and find out how you can not just watch, but participate!

Camera pan, tilt, zoom #

Most meeting rooms at Google have cameras with pan, tilt, and zoom capabilities, so that the camera can be pointed at the people in the room. But it's not just fancy conference cameras that support PTZ - pan, tilt, zoom - many web cams support it too.

Starting in Chrome 87, once a user has granted permission you can now control the PTZ features on a camera.

Feature detection is a little different from what you're probably used to. You'll need to call navigator.mediaDevices.getSupportedConstraints() to see if the browser supports PTZ.

Then, like all other powerful APIs, the user will need to grant permission to the camera, but also to PTZ functionality.

To request permission for PTZ functionality, call navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia() with the PTZ constraints. This will prompt the user to grant both regular camera and camera with PTZ permissions.

Finally, a call to MediaStreamTrack.getSettings() will tell you what the camera supports.

Once the user has granted permission, you can then call videoTrack.applyConstraints() to adjust the pan, tilt, and zoom.

Personally, I'm really excited about PTZ, so I can hide my messy kitchen, but you'll have to check out the video to see that!

Francois has a great post Control camera pan, tilt, and zoom on web.dev with code samples, complete details the best way to request permission, and a demo, so that you can try it out, and see if your webcam supports PTZ.

Range requests and service workers #

HTTP range requests, which have been available in major browsers for several years, allow servers to send requested data to the client in chunks. This is especially useful for large media files, where the user experience is improved through smoother playback, enhanced scrubbing, and better pause and resume functions.

Historically, range requests and services workers did not work well together, forcing developers to build work-arounds. Starting in Chrome 87, passing range requests through to the network from inside a service worker will 'just work.'

For an explanation of the issues with range requests and what's changed in Chrome 87, see Jeff's article Handling range requests in a service worker on web.dev.

Origin Trial: Font access API #

Bringing design apps like Figma, Gravit Designer, and Photopea, to the web is great, and we're seeing a lot more coming. While the web has the ability to offer a plethora of fonts, not everything is available on the web.

For many designers, there are some fonts installed on their computer that are critical to their work. For example, corporate logo fonts, or specialized fonts for CAD and other design applications.

With the font access API, which starts an origin trial in Chrome 87, a site can now enumerate the installed fonts, giving users access to all of the fonts on their system.

And sites can hook in at lower levels to get access to the font bytes, allowing them to do their own OpenType layout implementation, or perform vector filters, or transforms, on the glyph shapes.

Check out Tom's article Use advanced typography with local fonts on web.dev with all the details, and the link to the Origin Trial so you can try it yourself.

And more #

Transferable Streams - ReadableStream, WritableStream, and TransformStream objects can now be passed as arguments to postMessage().
We've implemented the most granular flow-relative features of the CSS Logical Properties and Values spec, including shorthands and offsets to make these logical properties and values a bit easier to write. For example, a single margin-block property can replace separate margin-block-start and margin-block-end rules.
New @font-face descriptors have been added to ascent-override, descent-override, and line-gap-override to override metrics of the font.
There are several new text-decoration and underline properties.
And there are a number of changes related to cross-origin isolation.

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Is your Chromebook zoomed in a lot more than usual? Can’t get it to zoom out?

Is the font size bigger? Are picture or videos cut off from the edges of the screen? Do you have to scroll like crazy just to read a paragraph?

Or is your entire desktop zoomed in? Your background picture, your menus, and even your folders.

This means your entire Chromebook has been zoomed in.

But…

Don’t worry. I’ve got a solution to your problem.

It’s because you zoomed your Chromebook’s zoom percentage in. Apps that are downloaded can also do the same, so it might not have been with your approval. You could’ve also accidentally done it by pressing a combination of keys or by pressing some buttons in the Chrome Browser.

It also applies to Chrome OS. You could’ve been messing around in the options or you could’ve pressed a keyboard shortcut that zoomed in your entire desktop.

Anyway, it doesn’t really matter. Let’s just get your zoom aspect back to normal, shall we?

So, pick your solution below. This guide is split into two parts. I have methods to fix both scenarios:

If your Chrome Web Browser is zoomed in
If your entire Chromebook desktop is zoomed in

Ready? Let’s go…

How to zoom out of the Chrome Web Browser

Okay, so if your Chromebook’s desktop is normal, but your browser is zoomed in, here’s how to zoom out.

There are actually two methods, so you can do either one. If you’re not technically-inclined, I suggest the first method. It’s also faster.

Method 1: Zoom in and out with a keyboard shortcut

Step 1: Open up Chrome Browser.

Step 2: Press “CTRL” and hold it.

Step 3: Press “+” to zoom in, or press “-” to zoom out.

Method 2: Control zoom percentage by the options submenu

Step 1: Open up Chrome Browser.

Step 2: Click the menu button (the three dots at the top-right).

Step 3: Look for the zoom options.

Step 4: Adjust it to your liking.

How to zoom out of Chrome OS

Okay, so if you’re zoomed into your Chromebook’s desktop, it’s a little more difficult to fix. It’s usually due to an extension you’ve installed, account preferences, or settings.

Adjust zoom level by the settings menu

First, go to your Chromebook’s settings by opening the Chrome Browser and typing the following in the address bar:

“chrome://settings” (without the quotations)

Scroll down to “Appearance” and look for the following fields:

Font size. You’ll want to change this if the text on your screen is too big. The default is “large.”
Page zoom. This is the default zoom level for all your web pages. If it’s too zoomed in, you can adjust this percentage. The default is “100%.”

After you’ve changed those settings, check out your desktop and other menus. Is it back to normal? If so, congrats.

If not, move onto the next step.

Check for apps or extensions that are attached to the browser

Next, we’ll check if it’s due to an extension attached to your Google Account.

Step 1: Log out of your Chromebook.

Step 2: At the login screen, choose to use it as a Guest (look at the bottom of the login screen).

Step 3: Log in as a Guest.

Step 4: Inspect the desktop, menus, etc.

Is it fixed? If so, your permanently zoomed desktop is due to a browser extension. Disable them all and turn them on one-by-one until you find the one that breaks your laptop.

If your Chromebook’s zoom level is still stuck, proceed to the next method and give it a go.

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Reset Google Profile Settings

This involves resetting your profile settings back to default. It’s very easy to do and won’t delete any of your personal data. However, like the name says, it’ll reset your preferences of your Google Account back to default, so you’ll have to redo them.

Step 1: Launch the Chrome Browser and type the following in the URL bar (again, without the quotes):

“chrome://settings/ResetProfileSettings” (you don’t have to use caps, I just did that so it’s easier for you to read.)

Step 2: A popup modal will appear. Click on the reset button. Your Google profile will be restored back to default settings and all your browser apps and extensions will be disabled.

Step 3: Restart your Chromebook.

Step 4: Log in to your Google Account.

Step 5: Check if everything’s back to normal. If it is, congrats.

Step 6: Set your profile settings back to your preferences.

If you’re still having problems, try the next technique.

Create a new Google Account

This method has been reported to work by some users, and it’s easy to try so why not?

Step 1: Go to Google.com.

Step 2: Create an account using the links at the top-right of the screen.

Step 3: Log out of your Chromebook using your main account (if applicable).

Step 4: Log into your Chromebook using your new account.

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Step 5: Check out the zoom level. Is it fixed?

If you’ve restored the zoom back to normal, congrats. If not, go to the next step.

Powerwash your Chromebook

This will delete everything on your laptop and restore it back to factory conditions. You’ll have to backup all your personal data if you want to save it. But don’t worry. It’s not as scary as it sounds.

If you have an external hard drive, you can back up your stuff to it. All you need to do is save your local data. This is stuff like images, videos, music, files, and other media you have saved on your hard drive. It’s basically everything in your Downloads folder and any other custom folders you’ve created.

If you don’t have an external drive, SD card, or a USB drive, don’t worry. You can use a cloud service like Google Drive (which is free and has a special offer for new Chromebook owners). You can backup all your stuff to it, restore your laptop, and download it back into it.

Your apps, Google Account data, and everything else will remain untouched. That data is saved on Google’s servers, so you don’t have to worry about it.

Powerwashing is easy. I wrote a complete guide about the Powerwashing processes here. So check it out if you still can’t unzoom your Chromebook.

Is it fixed yet?

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You should have a perfectly-zoomed Chromebook by now. If you have any questions, leave them in the comments and I’ll see if I can help you out.

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If this guide has helped you, consider telling a friend about it.

Thanks for reading.

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