Disable double tap zoom feature in Edge

This problem has been reported for a few years now.

Microsoft is fully aware but chooses not to respond.

with previous IE we were able to work around using a script in the accessibility configuration.

With Edge we can't seem to address the matter.

Why is Microsoft so tone deaf to the needs of the customer base?

their lack of concern disheartening. So sad

The only direct link (that I'm aware) to report issues direct to MS software development is through partner/vendor channels which we as end users do not have access to.  Forums are moderated by help personnel whose general purpose is to guide people through common issues and report potential bugs.  We're asking for a change in design behavior.  I'm no spring chicken: MS doesn't make design changes willy nilly.  And for all we know there is some technical/licensing/patent related reason keeping them from adding a UI setting to allow us to disable this.  I continue to use IE over edge because of this behavior which gets in the way/slows down "power surfing".   Websites refusing to load in IE, redirecting to a page stating that I need to upgrade to a 'modern browser' to access the site are becoming more frequent, however.   I would have probably switched to firefox a long time ago but FFs handling of graphics memory makes for a 'choppy' experience on my particular laptop, but IE runs smooth.  So does Edge, the single reason I don't use Edge is due to this behavior which constantly zooms when I don't want it to and is more frustrating than anything.

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I can give more insight into this.   The behavior people are complaining about appears to be a holdover from earlier windows builds designed to work with older single point/non multitouch displays and is part of MS OS baked in gesture support.  It affects both classic IE and MS Edge browsers where, only within the browser, any action perceived as a double tap/double click via the touch displayinitiates a roughly 50% zoom over the current setting.  A second double tap action restores the previous view.  It is generally not a problem of touch pads/other pointing devices, as these behaviors, if present and unwanted can typically be modified or disabled through the vendor supplied device driver UI available to the user.   However, when using a touch display, this particular gesture is handled by a MS bundled driver/gesture support engine and cannot be disabled.

In classic/desktop IE this behavior can be modified by using the custom style sheet:   body { -ms-touch-action: manipulation; }  which disables this touch display double tap input behavior while maintaining normal functionality with the vast majority of websites (including google maps which I have noticed some style sheets that incorporate the -important command won't work properly).

However, the Edge browser does not support style sheets, and thus this behavior cannot be disabled via that method.

This behavior is set within all builds of windows that I can tell, both desktop and RT.

Many people using modern multi-touch displays do not appreciate the double tap to zoom behavior, myself included.   On a larger multi-touch capable display, pinch zoom is the preferred method.

Now, I understand that MS would have concerns with older hardware (single point/non multipoint touch displays) where this behavior may be desirable.  At some point the concept of streamlining across an infinite possibility of hardware configurations can be taken a bit too far - the nature of the beast dictates, that unless MS exits the consumer/desktop OS market altogether, a fair amount of user configurability is and will always be necessary as the final user experience/appropriate behavior is effectively not under MS control.

wonderful! now, how do we get the Microsoft people that can do something about this to respond to appropriately?!?

I can give more insight into this.   The behavior people are complaining about appears to be a holdover from earlier windows builds designed to work with older single point/non multitouch displays and is part of MS OS baked in gesture support.  It affects both classic IE and MS Edge browsers where, only within the browser, any action perceived as a double tap/double click via the touch displayinitiates a roughly 50% zoom over the current setting.  A second double tap action restores the previous view.  It is generally not a problem of touch pads/other pointing devices, as these behaviors, if present and unwanted can typically be modified or disabled through the vendor supplied device driver UI available to the user.   However, when using a touch display, this particular gesture is handled by a MS bundled driver/gesture support engine and cannot be disabled.

In classic/desktop IE this behavior can be modified by using the custom style sheet:   body { -ms-touch-action: manipulation; }  which disables this touch display double tap input behavior while maintaining normal functionality with the vast majority of websites (including google maps which I have noticed some style sheets that incorporate the -important command won't work properly).

However, the Edge browser does not support style sheets, and thus this behavior cannot be disabled via that method.

This behavior is set within all builds of windows that I can tell, both desktop and RT.

Many people using modern multi-touch displays do not appreciate the double tap to zoom behavior, myself included.   On a larger multi-touch capable display, pinch zoom is the preferred method.

Now, I understand that MS would have concerns with older hardware (single point/non multipoint touch displays) where this behavior may be desirable.  At some point the concept of streamlining across an infinite possibility of hardware configurations can be taken a bit too far - the nature of the beast dictates, that unless MS exits the consumer/desktop OS market altogether, a fair amount of user configurability is and will always be necessary as the final user experience/appropriate behavior is effectively not under MS control.