I can’t believe that a website template geared towards photographers and artists doesn’t offer a pinch and zoom feature, not to mention the weird limitations with caption features. Captions! This is basic stuff. I just built a site on Shopify and I easily found all the design features Squarespace is withholding. I would have preferred staying at Squarespace but after being underwhelmed with version 7.1 I just couldn’t justify staying.
+1 to bring more attention to this issue. It's ridiculous that in 2022 pinch-to-zoom doesn't work on mobile. What's the point of gallery view on photographer's website when you can't zoom on a shot?
Come on Squarespace, it's not a difficult change code-wise; won't take long for a JS developer to add. And you will instantly make a LOT of customers happy!
I´m new to Squarespace and its only days since I published my site. One of the most important elements on a site, is the gallery. So when I set up my gallery, the lightbox was the best solution. But when I checked on mobile, it was not possible to zoom with your fingers (pinch to zoom). I soon understood that Squarespace do not have this ability, which is unbelievable. So this was a big disapointment, and its kind of embarassing to excuse of my customers that you cannot make the images bigger on mobile, even if you turn the mobile in landscape mode. So I´m wondering if I should buy the plugin from beyondthespace. You need a business plan to use it by the way. Is there any examples on sites which use that plugin? Because when I looked at the site mentioned above, it took an awful long time to get the gallery images to show up.
Site URL: https://www.etsy.com/listing/948815689/squarespace-plugin-pinch-zoom-lightbox?click_key=711ee784955105e3eb6f2a02f688bd9b49821df5:948815689&click_sum=25be274b&ref=shop_home_feat_1&frs=1
With all due respect I would like to take a moment to ask once again to implement the "pinch to zoom" ability on mobile and desktop for Squarespace version 7.0 and 7.1
To define some terms, "Pinch to Zoom" is the ability to use 2 fingers on a screen or track pad to enlarge the photo while in "Lightbox" mode on a website bult using Squarespace
It is absolutely wild that in 2022 this feature is not available though it is on nearly every other site, app, and place I visit on the internet across devices. Instagram has it, WordPress has it, eBay has it, Craigslist has it, old blogger pages have it; in fact I am only aware of Squarespace as one of the places that does not support this ability.
When I send my portfolio pages that feature rich images to clients, and they can't pinch to zoom, I lose sales. Period. It feels antiquated and I grow weary of explaining to them why this is not possible.
There are some work arounds such as this plugin https://www.etsy.com/listing/948815689/squarespace-plugin-pinch-zoom-lightbox?click_key=711ee784955105e3eb6f2a02f688bd9b49821df5%3A948815689&click_sum=25be274b&ref=shop_home_feat_1&frs=1
However, it is buggy and works only sometimes.
I have posted this before, and many others have asked the same questions. Most replies from official Squarespace accounts confirm this feature is not available and usually cite the reasons is that it is "hard to do with JS" or something.
Considering that someone was able to make this work with a $45 plugin found on Etsy, the fact that Squarespace powers SO MANY SITES, the fact that this feature exists nearly everywhere else, AND the fact that prices keep getting raised I must raise this issue once again and sincerely implore the Squarespace devs to do something about this.
I get ads all the time, even sometimes in the design bar of my account for new ecommerce this, new scheduler that, and all the while basic features like pinching to zoom in on images, an idea that has been widespread and possible for over a decade, still hasn't hit the shelves yet...
Please, please, please just code this in. I know you can do it. Please. It would literally benefit everyone massively.
Thank you,
A customer of over 6 years with 4 sites on your platform.
