Zooming in UWP Image Editor (SfImageEditor)

10 May 20211 minute to read

The image editor control provides support to zoom and pan actions over an image. You can zoom in and zoom out the image in image editor control.

The following properties are used for zooming feature of the image editor control:

  • EnableZooming

  • PanningMode

Enable zooming

You can enable or disable the zooming functionality by setting the EnableZooming value to true or false. By default, the EnableZooming value is set to true.

<imageeditor:SfImageEditor x:Name="editor" EnableZooming="false"/>
editor.EnableZooming = false;

Panning mode

The image editor control provides support for panning and allows to pan the image with two fingers or single finger by setting the PanningMode.

The following properties are used for panning:

  • SingleFinger: Zooms or pans the image with single finger, but shapes and text selection cannot be performed with this mode.
  • TwoFinger: Zooms or pans the image with two finger. The shapes and text selection can be performed with this mode.

By default, the PanningMode value is set to TwoFinger.

<imageeditor:SfImageEditor x:Name="editor" EnableZooming="true" PanningMode="TwoFinger"/>
editor.PanningMode = PanningMode.TwoFinger;

Maximum zoom level

Zooming of the image can be restricted to certain level based on the value of the MaximumZoomLevel property.

<syncfusion:SfImageEditor x:Name="editor" MaximumZoomLevel="2">
          
        </syncfusion:SfImageEditor>
SfImageEditor editor = new SfImageEditor();
editor.MaximumZoomLevel = 2;