How to make the window full screen with Javascript (stretching all over the screen)

Question

How can I make a visitor's browser go fullscreen using JavaScript, in a way that works with IE, Firefox and Opera?

Answer 1

This is as close as you can get to full screen in JavaScript:

<script type="text/javascript">
    window.onload = maxWindow;

    function maxWindow() {
        window.moveTo(0, 0);

        if (document.all) {
            top.window.resizeTo(screen.availWidth, screen.availHeight);
        }

        else if (document.layers || document.getElementById) {
            if (top.window.outerHeight < screen.availHeight || top.window.outerWidth < screen.availWidth) {
                top.window.outerHeight = screen.availHeight;
                top.window.outerWidth = screen.availWidth;
            }
        }
    }
</script> 

Answer 2

In newer browsers such as Chrome 15, Firefox 10, Safari 5.1, IE 10 this is possible. It's also possible for older IE's via ActiveX depending on their browser settings.

Here's how to do it:

function requestFullScreen(element) {
    // Supports most browsers and their versions.
    var requestMethod = element.requestFullScreen || element.webkitRequestFullScreen || element.mozRequestFullScreen || element.msRequestFullScreen;

    if (requestMethod) { // Native full screen.
        requestMethod.call(element);
    } else if (typeof window.ActiveXObject !== "undefined") { // Older IE.
        var wscript = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
        if (wscript !== null) {
            wscript.SendKeys("{F11}");
        }
    }
}

var elem = document.body; // Make the body go full screen.
requestFullScreen(elem);

The user obviously needs to accept the fullscreen request first, and there is not possible to trigger this automatically on pageload, it needs to be triggered by a user (eg. a button)

Read more: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/Using_full-screen_mode

Answer 3

This code also includes how to enable full screen for Internet Explorer 9, and probably older versions, as well as very recent versions of Google Chrome. The accepted answer may also be used for other browsers.

var el = document.documentElement
    , rfs = // for newer Webkit and Firefox
           el.requestFullscreen
        || el.webkitRequestFullScreen
        || el.mozRequestFullScreen
        || el.msRequestFullscreen
;
if(typeof rfs!="undefined" && rfs){
  rfs.call(el);
} else if(typeof window.ActiveXObject!="undefined"){
  // for Internet Explorer
  var wscript = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
  if (wscript!=null) {
     wscript.SendKeys("{F11}");
  }
}

Sources:

• Chrome Fullscreen API (note, however, that requestFullscreen "only works during" "[m]ost UIEvents and MouseEvents, such as click and keydown, etc.", "so it cannot be used maliciously".)
• How to make browser full screen using F11 key event through JavaScript

Answer 4

Here is a complete solution to get in and out of full screen mode (aka cancel, exit, escape)

        function cancelFullScreen() {
            var el = document;
            var requestMethod = el.cancelFullScreen||el.webkitCancelFullScreen||el.mozCancelFullScreen||el.exitFullscreen||el.webkitExitFullscreen;
            if (requestMethod) { // cancel full screen.
                requestMethod.call(el);
            } else if (typeof window.ActiveXObject !== "undefined") { // Older IE.
                var wscript = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
                if (wscript !== null) {
                    wscript.SendKeys("{F11}");
                }
            }
        }

        function requestFullScreen(el) {
            // Supports most browsers and their versions.
            var requestMethod = el.requestFullScreen || el.webkitRequestFullScreen || el.mozRequestFullScreen || el.msRequestFullscreen;

            if (requestMethod) { // Native full screen.
                requestMethod.call(el);
            } else if (typeof window.ActiveXObject !== "undefined") { // Older IE.
                var wscript = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
                if (wscript !== null) {
                    wscript.SendKeys("{F11}");
                }
            }
            return false
        }

        function toggleFullScreen(el) {
            if (!el) {
                el = document.body; // Make the body go full screen.
            }
            var isInFullScreen = (document.fullScreenElement && document.fullScreenElement !== null) ||  (document.mozFullScreen || document.webkitIsFullScreen);

            if (isInFullScreen) {
                cancelFullScreen();
            } else {
                requestFullScreen(el);
            }
            return false;
        }

Answer 5

You can use The fullscreen API You can see an example here

The fullscreen API provides an easy way for web content to be presented using the user's entire screen. This article provides information about using this API.

Answer 6

Simple example from: http://www.longtailvideo.com/blog/26517/using-the-browsers-new-html5-fullscreen-capabilities/

<script type="text/javascript">
  function goFullscreen(id) {
    // Get the element that we want to take into fullscreen mode
    var element = document.getElementById(id);

    // These function will not exist in the browsers that don't support fullscreen mode yet, 
    // so we'll have to check to see if they're available before calling them.

    if (element.mozRequestFullScreen) {
      // This is how to go into fullscren mode in Firefox
      // Note the "moz" prefix, which is short for Mozilla.
      element.mozRequestFullScreen();
    } else if (element.webkitRequestFullScreen) {
      // This is how to go into fullscreen mode in Chrome and Safari
      // Both of those browsers are based on the Webkit project, hence the same prefix.
      element.webkitRequestFullScreen();
   }
   // Hooray, now we're in fullscreen mode!
  }
</script>

<img class="video_player" src="image.jpg" id="player"></img>
<button onclick="goFullscreen('player'); return false">Click Me To Go Fullscreen! (For real)</button>

Answer 7

The new html5 technology – fullscreen API gives us an easy way to present a web page content in full-screen mode. We are about to give you detailed information about the fullscreen mode. Just try to imagine about all possible advantages which you can get using this technology – full-screen photo albums, videos, and even games.

But before we describe this new technology, I have to note that this technology is experimental, and supported by all major Browsers.

You can find the full tutorial here : http://www.css-jquery-design.com/2013/11/javascript-jquery-fullscreen-browser-window-html5-technology/

Here is working Demo : http://demo.web3designs.com/javascript-jquery-fullscreen-browser-window-html5-technology.htm

Answer 8

I've used this...

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">

<html>

<head>
    <script language="JavaScript">
        function fullScreen(theURL) {
            window.open(theURL, '', 'fullscreen=yes, scrollbars=auto');
        }
        // End -->
    </script>
</head>

<body>
    <h1 style="text-align: center;">
        Open In Full Screen
    </h1>
    <div style="text-align: center;"><br>
        <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="fullScreen('http://google.com');">
            Open Full Screen Window
        </a>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Answer 9

Create Function

function toggleFullScreen() {

            if ((document.fullScreenElement && document.fullScreenElement !== null) ||
                    (!document.mozFullScreen && !document.webkitIsFullScreen)) {
             $scope.topMenuData.showSmall = true;
                if (document.documentElement.requestFullScreen) {
                    document.documentElement.requestFullScreen();
                } else if (document.documentElement.mozRequestFullScreen) {
                    document.documentElement.mozRequestFullScreen();
                } else if (document.documentElement.webkitRequestFullScreen) {
                    document.documentElement.webkitRequestFullScreen(Element.ALLOW_KEYBOARD_INPUT);
                }
            } else {

                  $scope.topMenuData.showSmall = false;
                if (document.cancelFullScreen) {
                    document.cancelFullScreen();
                } else if (document.mozCancelFullScreen) {
                    document.mozCancelFullScreen();
                } else if (document.webkitCancelFullScreen) {
                    document.webkitCancelFullScreen();
                }
            }
        }

In Html Put Code like

<ul class="unstyled-list fg-white">

            <li class="place-right" data-ng-if="!topMenuData.showSmall" data-ng-click="toggleFullScreen()">Full Screen</li>
            <li class="place-right" data-ng-if="topMenuData.showSmall" data-ng-click="toggleFullScreen()">Back</li>
        </ul>

Answer 10

Try screenfull.js. It's a nice cross-browser solution that should work for Opera browser as well.

Simple wrapper for cross-browser usage of the JavaScript Fullscreen API, which lets you bring the page or any element into fullscreen. Smoothens out the browser implementation differences, so you don't have to.

Demo.

Answer 11

Luckily for unsuspecting web users this cannot be done with just javascript. You would need to write browser specific plugins, if they didn't already exist, and then somehow get people to download them. The closest you can get is a maximized window with no tool or navigation bars but users will still be able to see the url.

window.open('http://www.web-page.com', 'title' , 'type=fullWindow, fullscreen, scrollbars=yes');">

This is generally considered bad practice though as it removes a lot of browser functionality from the user.

Answer 12

Now that the full screen APIs are more widespread and appear to be maturing, why not try Screenfull.js? I used it for the first time yesterday and today our app goes truly full screen in (almost) all browsers!

Be sure to couple it with the :fullscreen pseudo-class in CSS. See https://www.sitepoint.com/use-html5-full-screen-api/ for more.

Answer 13

This may support

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default5.aspx.cs" Inherits="PRODUCTION_Default5" %>

    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

    <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
    <head runat="server">
        <title>Untitled Page</title>
        <script type="text/javascript">
            function max()
            {
               window.open("", "_self", "fullscreen=yes, scrollbars=auto"); 
            }
        </script>
    </head>
    <body onload="max()">
        <form id="form1" runat="server">
        <div>
        This is Test Page
        </div>
        </form>
    </body>
    </html>

Answer 14

Can you Try:

<script type="text/javascript">
    function go_full_screen(){
      var elem = document.documentElement;
      if (elem.requestFullscreen) {
        elem.requestFullscreen();
      } else if (elem.msRequestFullscreen) {
        elem.msRequestFullscreen();
      } else if (elem.mozRequestFullScreen) {
        elem.mozRequestFullScreen();
      } else if (elem.webkitRequestFullscreen) {
        elem.webkitRequestFullscreen();
      }
    }
</script>

<a href="#" onClick="go_full_screen();">Full Screen / Compress Screen</a>

Answer 15

Try this script

<script language="JavaScript">
function fullScreen(theURL) {
window.open(theURL, '', 'fullscreen=yes, scrollbars=auto' );
}
</script>

For calling from script use this code,

window.fullScreen('fullscreen.jsp');

or with hyperlink use this

<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="fullScreen('fullscreen.jsp');"> 
Open in Full Screen Window</a>

Answer 16

In Firefox 10, you can make the current page go fullscreen (real fullscreen with no window chrome) using this javascript:

window.fullScreen = true;

Answer 17

This will works to show your window in full screen

Note: For this to work, you need Query from http://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.1.min.js

Or make have javascript link like this.

<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.1.min.js"></script>

   <div id="demo-element">
        <span>Full Screen Mode Disabled</span>
        <button id="go-button">Enable Full Screen</button>
    </div>
    <script>
    function GoInFullscreen(element) {
        if(element.requestFullscreen)
            element.requestFullscreen();
        else if(element.mozRequestFullScreen)
            element.mozRequestFullScreen();
        else if(element.webkitRequestFullscreen)
            element.webkitRequestFullscreen();
        else if(element.msRequestFullscreen)
            element.msRequestFullscreen();
    }

    function GoOutFullscreen() {
        if(document.exitFullscreen)
            document.exitFullscreen();
        else if(document.mozCancelFullScreen)
            document.mozCancelFullScreen();
        else if(document.webkitExitFullscreen)
            document.webkitExitFullscreen();
        else if(document.msExitFullscreen)
            document.msExitFullscreen();
    }

    function IsFullScreenCurrently() {
        var full_screen_element = document.fullscreenElement || document.webkitFullscreenElement || document.mozFullScreenElement || document.msFullscreenElement || null;

        if(full_screen_element === null)
            return false;
        else
            return true;
    }

    $("#go-button").on('click', function() {
        if(IsFullScreenCurrently())
            GoOutFullscreen();
        else
            GoInFullscreen($("#demo-element").get(0));
    });

    $(document).on('fullscreenchange webkitfullscreenchange mozfullscreenchange MSFullscreenChange', function() {
        if(IsFullScreenCurrently()) {
            $("#demo-element span").text('Full Screen Mode Enabled');
            $("#go-button").text('Disable Full Screen');
        }
        else {
            $("#demo-element span").text('Full Screen Mode Disabled');
            $("#go-button").text('Enable Full Screen');
        }
    });</script>

Answer 18

A Q&D way to go full screen, if you are in a "kiosk" situation, is to feed an F11 to the browser window after it's up and running. This is not pretty starting up and the user might be able to poke a touch screen at the top and get a semi-full-screen view, but feeding the F11 might do in a pinch or just to get started on a project.

Answer 19

Here is my full solution for Full Screen and Exit Full Screen both (many thanks to help from tower's answer above):

$(document).ready(function(){
$.is_fs = false;
$.requestFullScreen = function(calr)
{
    var element = document.body;

    // Supports most browsers and their versions.
    var requestMethod = element.requestFullScreen || element.webkitRequestFullScreen || element.mozRequestFullScreen || element.msRequestFullScreen;

    if (requestMethod) { // Native full screen.
        requestMethod.call(element);
    } else if (typeof window.ActiveXObject !== "undefined") { // Older IE.
        var wscript = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
        if (wscript !== null) {
            wscript.SendKeys("{F11}");
        }
    }

    $.is_fs = true;    
    $(calr).val('Exit Full Screen');
}

$.cancel_fs = function(calr)
{
    var element = document; //and NOT document.body!!
    var requestMethod = element.exitFullScreen || element.mozCancelFullScreen || element.webkitExitFullScreen || element.mozExitFullScreen || element.msExitFullScreen || element.webkitCancelFullScreen;

    if (requestMethod) { // Native full screen.
    requestMethod.call(element);
    } else if (typeof window.ActiveXObject !== "undefined") { // Older IE.
        var wscript = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
        if (wscript !== null) {
            wscript.SendKeys("{F11}");
        }
    }    

    $(calr).val('Full Screen');    
    $.is_fs = false;
}

$.toggleFS = function(calr)
{    
    $.is_fs == true? $.cancel_fs(calr):$.requestFullScreen(calr);
}

});

// CALLING:

<input type="button" value="Full Screen" onclick="$.toggleFS(this);" />

Answer 20

This function work like a charm

function toggle_full_screen()
{
    if ((document.fullScreenElement && document.fullScreenElement !== null) || (!document.mozFullScreen && !document.webkitIsFullScreen))
    {
        if (document.documentElement.requestFullScreen){
            document.documentElement.requestFullScreen();
        }
        else if (document.documentElement.mozRequestFullScreen){ /* Firefox */
            document.documentElement.mozRequestFullScreen();
        }
        else if (document.documentElement.webkitRequestFullScreen){   /* Chrome, Safari & Opera */
            document.documentElement.webkitRequestFullScreen(Element.ALLOW_KEYBOARD_INPUT);
        }
        else if (document.msRequestFullscreen){ /* IE/Edge */
            document.documentElement.msRequestFullscreen();
        }
    }
    else
    {
        if (document.cancelFullScreen){
            document.cancelFullScreen();
        }
        else if (document.mozCancelFullScreen){ /* Firefox */
            document.mozCancelFullScreen();
        }
        else if (document.webkitCancelFullScreen){   /* Chrome, Safari and Opera */
            document.webkitCancelFullScreen();
        }
        else if (document.msExitFullscreen){ /* IE/Edge */
            document.msExitFullscreen();
        }
    }
}

To use it just call:

toggle_full_screen();

Answer 21

function fs(){plr.requestFullscreen();document.exitFullscreen()}; or function fs(){(plr.offsetWidth==360)?plr.requestFullscreen():document.exitFullscreen()}

<!DOCTYPE html><html><head>

<style>
body{background:#000}
#plr{position:relative;background:#fff;width:360px}
#vd{width:100%;background:grey}
button{width:48px;height:48px;border:0;background:grey}
</style>

</head><body>

<div id="plr">
<video id="vd" src="video.mp4"></video>
<button onclick="(plr.offsetWidth==360)?plr.requestFullscreen():document.exitFullscreen()">fs</button>
<button onclick="plr.requestFullscreen();document.exitFullscreen()">fs2</button>
</div>

</body></html>

Answer 22

 <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <head>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    </head>
    <body>
    
    <h2>Fullscreen with JavaScript</h2>
    <p>Click on the button to open the video in fullscreen mode.</p>
    <button onclick="openFullscreen();">Open Video in Fullscreen Mode</button>
    <p><strong>Tip:</strong> Press the "Esc" key to exit full screen.</p>
    
    <video width="100%" controls id="myvideo">
      <source src="rain.mp4" type="video/mp4">
      <source src="rain.ogg" type="video/ogg">
      Your browser does not support the video tag.
    </video>
    
    
    <script>
    var elem = document.getElementById("myvideo");
    function openFullscreen() {
      if (elem.requestFullscreen) {
        elem.requestFullscreen();
      } else if (elem.webkitRequestFullscreen) { /* Safari */
        elem.webkitRequestFullscreen();
      } else if (elem.msRequestFullscreen) { /* IE11 */
        elem.msRequestFullscreen();
      }
    }
    </script>
    
    <p>Note: Internet Explorer 10 and earlier versions do not support the msRequestFullscreen() method.</p>
    
    </body>
    </html>

Source:https://www.w3schools.com/howto/howto_js_fullscreen.asp