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I want to resize my web browser to be a higher resolution than my screen.

I remember being able to do this in Windows 95 by setting the desktop resolution higher than the monitor resolution. How can I do it in Ubuntu?

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This answer describes actually how to increase the whole desktop resolution beyond physical resolution and not only a specific window:

Panning viewport

If you want to have a panning viewport, i.e., a virtual screen that's bigger than your physical screen that moves when you move the mouse to the edge ("zoomed in" view) specify the desired physical resolution with --mode and the virtual screen size with --fb and panning area (typically same as virtual screen size) with --panning. For example,

xrandr --output VGA1 --rate 60 --mode 800x600 --fb 1280x1024 --panning 1280x1024*

on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution

HTH

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Try "sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager" ...that should get you compiz

Watch Out the highlighted area in the image

After you installed it open the compiz and you will be shown up with this window Go to the Accessibility->Magnifier and you can set your shortcut to make it work

Compiz window manager

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  • Are there any side effects to doing this that I should know about? Also, the Ubuntu instructions on the page you linked to are for Ubuntu 7.10. Do you think I should follow those?
    – ændrük
    May 4, 2012 at 14:03

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