Comments on: Full-screen Google Chrome on Open

By: Fred

Fred — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 13:11:16 +0000

Hi guys,

For those interrested, I found another way to solve the problem (on my system at least, Windows Vista, but probably works for any, as it doesn’t seem related to it), that is have the new chrome window opened maximised, with ctrl+n and even with right-clic “open in a new window” function, without having to code anything in shortcuts or else …

Here’s the trick :

When you close your “last” open chrome window, it remembers the position and the status (maximised or not). So close all windows except one, make sur that one is maximised, then close it too …

Next time you open chrome, the window will be maximised (except if you modified the shortcut to do something else), AND any new window opend even with right-clic on a link and “open in new window” will ALSO be maximised !!

Gee, finally a straightful easy solution … works on my system anyways.

Cheers,

Fred.

PS : Of course, if one day your new window doesn’t open maximised anymore, you probably inadvertenly closed once the last chrome window in a windowed mode, not maximised … and it remembered it too. Easy to re-fix now.

By: Raman

Raman — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:45:55 +0000

@maxolasersquad – Thanks a lot. That worked like a charm on my netbook.

By: maxolasersquad

maxolasersquad — Thu, 13 May 2010 01:07:24 +0000

Argh! The above should read:
google-chrome –kiosk

By: maxolasersquad

maxolasersquad — Thu, 13 May 2010 01:05:57 +0000

Since this is the first hit in Google I thought I’d post the answer. You can now start Chrome in full screen by using the -kiosk switch. For example, in Ubuntu:
google-chrome –kiost
HTH

By: rodo

rodo — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:05:08 +0000

hah the average Joe … I’m sure the average Joe knows the difference of watching a movie in QuickTime/Windows Media full screen or with the toolbars around

By: eofn

eofn — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:32:57 +0000

not workin….

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:38:12 +0000

Are you sure you’re doing it right? It’s working fine here.

By: bologo

bologo — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:58:24 +0000

It doesnt work!

By: chrome story

chrome story — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:24:04 +0000

this feature will be fixed with the next release !!

By: Jesper Hertel

Jesper Hertel — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:15:00 +0000

@Alex
“This is Google’s implementation of full screen.”

No, maximize and full screen are two quite different concepts, and I am very sure that Google agrees with me and the others on this and that Google would not say that this is their implementation of full screen.

As you can also see from the name of the parameter, “-start-maximized”, this is not full screen, this is a simple maximizing of the window, making the window fit the available window space on the screen, not even hiding the windows process bar. The parameter is useful, but it has nothing to do with a full screen mode.

In a full screen mode, the Windows process bar, the window border and probably the minimize, maximize and close buttons are hidden, and often even the address bar and tabs are automatically hidden. Otherwise it is not full screen. Open Internet Explorer, press F11, and see what full screen is.

I also came here because I googled “chrome full screen” and was disappointed that this had nothing to do with full screen but only with maximizing Chrome when it is started.

Merry Christmas and best regards,
Jesper