How to make an element smaller or bigger with CSS

Jul 23, 2021

Learn how to make an HTML element bigger or smaller with the CSS zoom property, using values below 1 to shrink and above 1 to grow, plus a Firefox fallback.

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Sometimes you might have the need, especially when designing a page, to scale an item so it looks smaller, or bigger.

You can use the CSS zoom property to scale any HTML element.

Use a value < 1 to make an element smaller. For example, half the size with 0.5:

div {
  zoom: 0.5;
}

or use a value > 1 to make the element bigger, like in this case to scale it 2x:

div {
  zoom: 2;
}

Note that it does not work in Firefox, you could use -moz-transform: scale(NUMBER); instead (and if you go that route, you can use transform: scale(NUMBER); on all browsers, too).

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