Use Firefox in Full Screen mode
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- Creator: Joni
- Comment: Changed Mac instructions to use the menu button. Will add screenshots.
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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.
- 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.
- Click the button The image "new FX menu" does not exist. on your toolbar to expand the menu.
- Click on the icon.
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. The toolbar will reappear.
- Click the button The image "new FX menu" does not exist. on your toolbar to expand the menu.
- Click on the icon to turn off 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