Use Firefox in Full Screen mode

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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 HD TV 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.

  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 on the menu.
  1. Click the Full Screen icon Fullscreen Mac 1 in the upper-right corner of the Firefox window.
  1. Click the Menu button The image "new FX menu" does not exist. on your toolbar to expand the menu.
  2. Select Full Screen on the menu.

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. Right-click on an empty section of the Tab Strip.
  3. Click Exit Full Screen Mode
  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.

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