# DevonThink To Go: PDF default zoom to width
**URL:** https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonthink-to-go-pdf-default-zoom-to-width/54120
**Category:** DEVONthink To Go
**Tags:** feature-request
**Created:** [March 6, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonthink-to-go-pdf-default-zoom-to-width/54120 "2020-03-06T14:44:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Fips](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Fips)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonthink-to-go-pdf-default-zoom-to-width/54120/1 "2020-03-06T14:44:26Z")
Hello: I am about to ditch Keep It for DevonThink to Go, but one thing quite bothers me. When clipping Webpages as PDF, I generate a continuous PDF (single page) document, which often is quite long . By default, DevonThink To Go zooms to height, not width. That is probably quite useful on large screens but this app is “to go”, so made for _small_ screens. I have not found a way to set by default to zoom to width.
1. Is there a setting I didn’t see that would allow for default zoom to width?
2. How can I _easily_ get it a PDF to zoom to width (is there a gesture or something)?
3. If it is not a feature, COULD YOU PRETTY PLEASE implement this? It shouldn’t be too complicated I assume? Please? Prettiest please?
Cheers,
Fips.
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### Author:  [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonthink-to-go-pdf-default-zoom-to-width/54120/2 "2020-03-06T15:01:03Z")
Welcome @Fips
See this…
> [@Set a default zoom for display of documents?](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/set-a-default-zoom-for-display-of-documents/49454/2):
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> With Automatically resize enabled in Preferences \> Media \> PDF Display, setting it to: Single Page or Two Pages defaults to Zoom to Fit Single Page Continuous or Two Pages Continuous defaults to Zoom to Width.
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### Author:  [@Fips](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Fips)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonthink-to-go-pdf-default-zoom-to-width/54120/3 "2020-03-06T15:17:13Z")
Thank you for the response—does this apply to DevonThink To Go or DevonThink (desktop)? My question was about the former.
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### Author:  [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonthink-to-go-pdf-default-zoom-to-width/54120/4 "2020-03-06T16:26:12Z")
Sorry, that’s DEVONthink on the Mac.
In DEVONthink To Go you can pinch to zoom in and out. Also, a double-tap will zoom in and out, though it likely won’t zoom enough with long PDFs.
We use a third-party PDF framework and would have to pass the request along.
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### Author:  [@Fips](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Fips)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonthink-to-go-pdf-default-zoom-to-width/54120/5 "2020-03-06T17:10:35Z")
thanks for the response.
1. Considering the small screen size of mobile devices, it would be a much appreciated feature to have the option zooming to width of PDFs for DevonThink To Go as a Setting. If that could be arranged, it would gain a feature that competitors have, and that makes opening PDFs with Keep It quite comfortable (for example, I am using the iPad to display PDFs of recipes and sheet music, and in both cases i routinely switch between PDFs, the additional interactions required to zoom long PDFs to a readable size is a bit unpractical).
2. Does the automatic resize/zoom to width feature you describe for DevonThink Desktop require a certain macOS? It works on my Mac running 10.15.3 but not on my Mac 10.14.6.
Thanks,
Fips.
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### Author:  [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonthink-to-go-pdf-default-zoom-to-width/54120/6 "2020-03-06T17:16:45Z")
1. The request is noted but again, it’s not under our control. We can only pass along suggestions.
2. There is no OS requirement for this. **Automatically resize** just needs to be enabled in **Preferences \> Media \> PDF Display**.