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by gmueckl 1889 days ago
Not the OP, but I think I know what they mean. If you zoom in so that you see a div full of text that would get wider than the screen, Opera will reflow the text to fit the width of the screen even if the underlying page layout is wider. This allows you to read pages at high zoom level without having to pan the page side to side for each line of text.
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> Opera will reflow the text to fit the width of the screen even if the underlying page layout is wider.

That is not something I would want in many cases where I'm zooming in on mobile, if I understand you. A lot of time I'm doing that so I can accurately click a link that was too small. I want the text to stay positioned so I can zoom to a specific part of it without it changing underneath me. That's what a zoomed in view means, IMO, especially when considering the origin of the meaning.

You'd be surprised how well this feature works. I don't recall ever having had an issue like the one you describe. The browser isn't changing the entire page layout, mind you. It only re-layouts the text when all you're seeing on screen is pretty much a single div. I guess you have to experience it to understand.
Also works good on sites that are not responsive.