Use Firefox in Full Screen mode

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  • Creator: ideato
  • Comment: tabs and location bar visible in full screen mode
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Full Screen is a feature of Firefox that enables it to take up the entire screen, great for those itty bitty screens on netbooks, making the most of your HD TV or just because you want it to! This article tells all you need to know about it.

Note: Firefox Full Screen mode is different than the application full screen mode introduced in Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion). Firefox currently doesn't support Lion's full screen mode.

Turn on Full Screen

Bigger is better! Fill up your whole screen with Firefox.

  1. Click the Firefox button.
  2. Click Full Screen.
If the Menu Bar is shown (the default on Windows XP), click View and then click Full Screen.
  1. On the menu bar, click on the View menu.
  2. Click Full Screen.
  1. Click the Full Screen icon Fullscreen Mac 1 in the upper-right corner of the Firefox window.
  1. On the menu bar, click on the View menu.
  2. Click Full Screen.

Turn off Full Screen

Gimme my computer back! Shrink Firefox back to it's original size.

  1. Move the pointer to the top of the screen.
  2. Click on the Full Screen icon. MacFullScreenIcon
  1. Move the pointer to the top of the screen.
  2. Click on the Full Screen icon Fullscreen Mac 2 in the upper-right corner of the menu bar.
  1. Move the pointer to the top of the screen.
  2. Right-click on an empty section of the Tab Strip.
  3. Click Exit Full Screen Mode

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

An option to always see the tabs and location bar when full screen mode is enabled, follow these steps:

  1. Type about:config in the address bar and press EnterReturn.
    A warning page may appear. Click Accept the Risk and Continue to go to the about:config page.
  2. In the Search field, type browser.fullscreen.autohide.
  3. Double-click the browser.fullscreen.autohide preference to set its value to false.