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Accessibility: Ouch! There's no pinch-to-zoom in Markdown (.md) document viewer/editor!

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I'm legally blind and just trying NextCloud AIO (installed on my own server) for the first time. I noticed immediately that I cannot pinch-to-zoom the markdown editor. However, I opened a sample .docx file and pinch-to-zoom works there.

(Also -- maybe separate feature request -- respecting the user's iOS preferred text size would be great / mitigate this issue.)

Steps to reproduce
  1. Sign in to NextCloud on iOS.
  2. Open any markdown document.
  3. Try pinch-to-zoom.
Expected behaviour

The text should zoom in just like it does with docx files.

Actual behaviour

Nothing happens when trying to pinch to zoom.

Logs

N/A

Reasoning or why should it be changed/implemented?

Accessibility -- very important!

Environment data

iOS version:
iOS 18.3.2

Nextcloud iOS app version:
6.5.0.5

Server operating system:
Debian

Web server: Apache, nginx
Tailscale (via Headscale with custom domain) > Caddy > NextCloud Apache

Database:
Postgres

PHP version:

Nextcloud version: see Nextcloud admin page
Docker - AIO 31.0.2

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue in the iOS Markdown document viewer/editor and compare its gesture behavior with the working DOCX viewer. Trace the Markdown viewer entry point to determine where pinch gestures and text scaling are handled; done means a two-finger pinch visibly zooms Markdown text as described in the expected behavior.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
ios, swift
Domain
accessibility, mobile
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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