How to make Firefox and websites go full screen
Firefox can expand to fill your entire screen with its Full Screen feature. It's great for those itty bitty screens on netbooks, making the most of your HDTV or just because you want it to! This article tells all you need to know about it.
Turn on Full Screen
Bigger is better! Fill up your whole screen with Firefox.
- Click the button.
- Click .
If the Menu Bar is shown (the default on Windows XP), click and then click .
- On the menu bar, click on the menu.
- Click on the menu.
- Click the Full Screen icon
on the upper-right corner of the Firefox window.
on the upper-right corner of the Firefox window.
- Click the menu button
on the right side of the toolbar and select .
Turn off Full Screen
Gimme my computer back! Shrink Firefox back to it's original size.
- Move the pointer to the top of the screen.
- Right-click on an empty section of the Tab Strip.
- Click
- Move the pointer to the top of the screen.
- Click on the Full Screen icon
in the upper-right corner of the menu bar.
- Move the pointer to the top of the screen to make the toolbar reappear.
- Click the menu button
on the right side of the toolbar and select .
- Click the menu button
on the right side of the toolbar and select .
Keyboard Shortcuts
For those with a good memory. Go Full Screen via the keyboard.
- Toggle Full Screen keyboard shortcut: Press the F11 key.Note: On computers with a compact keyboard (such as netbooks and laptops), press the fn + F11 keys.
- Toggle Full Screen keyboard shortcut: command + Shift + F
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