How to detect page zoom level in all modern browsers?

Question

1. How can I detect the page zoom level in all modern browsers? While this thread tells how to do it in IE7 and IE8, I can\'t find a good cross-browser solution.

Answer 1

A workaround for FireFox 16+ to find DPPX (zoom level) purely with JavaScript:

var dppx = (function (precision) {
  var searchDPPX = function(level, min, divisor) {
    var wmq = window.matchMedia;
    while (level >= min && !wmq("(min-resolution: " + (level/divisor) + "dppx)").matches) {
      level--;
    }
    return level;
  };

  var maxDPPX = 5.0; // Firefox 22 has 3.0 as maximum, but testing a bit greater values does not cost much
  var minDPPX = 0.1; // Firefox 22 has 0.3 as minimum, but testing a bit smaller values does not cost anything
  var divisor = 1;
  var result;
  for (var i = 0; i < precision; i++) {
    result = 10 * searchDPPX (maxDPPX, minDPPX, divisor);
    maxDPPX = result + 9;
    minDPPX = result;
    divisor *= 10;
  }

  return result / divisor;
}) (5);