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Help nexus 7 blue border

Hi everybody, not sure if I am in the right place to ask this. I am using the Nexus 7 tab. Every now and then the screen content will enlarge and a light blue border about one millimeter wide will appear on all four sides of the screen. There is then complete loss of screen control (No swipe or gestures etc) The only way out of this is for me to go to home and start again which is of course most annoying.

Regards. Doc spoons
 
Not sure but it sounds like some kind of accessibility feature, with the magnification. Go to Settings > Accessibility and see if the magnification gestures or something is turned on.
 
Re blue border on Nexus7. Thank you so much for your advice's. This problem can occur at at time generally whilst browsing web pages. I have swipe and gestures switched on OK. Regards. Peter
 
Turn magnification gestures off. It's a feature that in my opinion just doesn't work. If it's OFF you simply double tap to enlarge the browser area and use one finger to pan or two to pinch zooming in and out. With the feature turned on, you have to tap three times to get the same result and you have to use TWO fingers to pan around. And you get the annoying blue border.
 
Although the problem was solved, I thought this might be a good place to further explain what the border means and why the function is useful despite contrary postings: First, the light blue border does indicate the tablet is in zoom mode. And yes you can zoom webpages without using this function. However, (and this is my second point) this blue border zoom is global, meaning it works for everything. Even in games. It works in all programs regardless of the program's own zoom capabilities. At least, that's how it's worked for me. You get in and out of this global zoom by tapping rapidly three times on the screen (if the option is on in system settings). And when it is working the blue border appears. The only problem I've encounter using this tool is that it seems to occasionally get stuck in multiple levels of activation and won't seem to turn off. I've found a solution; by changing the page I'm viewing then trying to turn it off again usually works.
 
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