How to Open a Page In Full Screen Mode using JavaScript

One of my team members had a requirement of opening up a page in Full Screen mode. He wanted that when a link on the page is clicked, the same page should be opened in Full Screen Mode. If you too have a similar requirement, then here’s how to do so:

<!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>
    <title>Open Page FullScreen</title>
    <script type="text/javascript">  
    function   FullScreenMode(){
        var win = window.open("", "full", "dependent=yes, fullscreen=yes");
        win.location = window.location.href;
        window.opener = null;
    }  
   
    </script>
   
</head>
<body>
    <input id="Button1" type="button" value="Full Screen"
    onclick="FullScreenMode()"/>
</body>
</html>
If you want the parent window to close when the new window opens in full screen mode, just add window.close(); as the last line in the JavaScript code.

4 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 18, 2012 at 12:32 AM

    Hi Suprotim,

    I want my page should be open in full screen mode on page load. as after click on F11. do you have any idea on this.

    please help me.
    my email id is navjot.singh@drishinfo.com

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  2. AnonymousMay 21, 2012 at 2:21 AM

    Try calling fullscreen function on body onload.

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  3. AnonymousMay 31, 2012 at 10:36 PM

    Hello,

    Code provided not working in IE9

    Please help for it,it opens in full screen but goes into infinite mode and works once I press escape button.

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  4. vivekApril 26, 2018 at 11:32 AM

    i want to open a new exam portal window and close the old one which is redirecting me to next page i.e the exam portal.
    how it is possible?

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