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Interactive Images with Starlight Image Zoom

Jan 7, 2026

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Documentation often contains diagrams and screenshots that can be hard to read at standard size. starlight-image-zoom addresses this by adding zoom capabilities to your images.

Features

Click to Zoom: Lightbox-style zooming for images.
Configurable: Adjust background opacity and buttons.
Zero Config: Works out of the box for most Markdown images.

Installation

npm install starlight-image-zoom

Then add it to your Starlight config:

import starlightImageZoom from 'starlight-image-zoom';

// ...
plugins: [
  starlightImageZoom(),
],

Now, clicking on images in your content will open them in a zoomable view!