URL: /rules/a11y/zoom-disabled

---
title: "Zoom Disabled"
description: "Checks if viewport meta tag disables user zoom"
---

Checks if viewport meta tag disables user zoom

| | |
|---|---|
| **Rule ID** | `a11y/zoom-disabled` |
| **Category** | [Accessibility](/rules/a11y) |
| **Scope** | Per-page |
| **Severity** | error |
| **Weight** | 7/10 |

## Solution

Never disable user zoom - it's critical for users with low vision. Remove user-scalable=no and maximum-scale=1.0 from your viewport meta tag. Good: `<meta name='viewport' content='width=device-width, initial-scale=1'>`. Bad: `<meta name='viewport' content='width=device-width, user-scalable=no, maximum-scale=1.0'>`. Users must be able to zoom up to at least 500% (WCAG 1.4.4 requires 200%, but browsers limit to 500%).

## Enable / Disable

### Disable this rule

```toml squirrel.toml
[rules]
disable = ["a11y/zoom-disabled"]
```

### Disable all Accessibility rules

```toml squirrel.toml
[rules]
disable = ["a11y/*"]
```

### Enable only this rule

```toml squirrel.toml
[rules]
enable = ["a11y/zoom-disabled"]
disable = ["*"]
```