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

Solution 1:

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

Solution 2:

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

Solution 3:

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> 

Solution 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;
        }

Solution 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.