How to make the window full screen with Javascript (stretching all over the screen)

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How can I make a visitor's browser go fullscreen using JavaScript, in a way that works with IE, Firefox and Opera?

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This is as close as you can get to full screen in JavaScript:

<script type="text/javascript">
    window.onload = maxWindow;

    function maxWindow() {
        window.moveTo(0, 0);

        if (document.all) {
            top.window.resizeTo(screen.availWidth, screen.availHeight);
        }

        else if (document.layers || document.getElementById) {
            if (top.window.outerHeight < screen.availHeight || top.window.outerWidth < screen.availWidth) {
                top.window.outerHeight = screen.availHeight;
                top.window.outerWidth = screen.availWidth;
            }
        }
    }
</script> 

Try screenfull.js. It's a nice cross-browser solution that should work for Opera browser as well.

Simple wrapper for cross-browser usage of the JavaScript Fullscreen API, which lets you bring the page or any element into fullscreen. Smoothens out the browser implementation differences, so you don't have to.

Demo.

This function work like a charm

function toggle_full_screen()
{
    if ((document.fullScreenElement && document.fullScreenElement !== null) || (!document.mozFullScreen && !document.webkitIsFullScreen))
    {
        if (document.documentElement.requestFullScreen){
            document.documentElement.requestFullScreen();
        }
        else if (document.documentElement.mozRequestFullScreen){ /* Firefox */
            document.documentElement.mozRequestFullScreen();
        }
        else if (document.documentElement.webkitRequestFullScreen){   /* Chrome, Safari & Opera */
            document.documentElement.webkitRequestFullScreen(Element.ALLOW_KEYBOARD_INPUT);
        }
        else if (document.msRequestFullscreen){ /* IE/Edge */
            document.documentElement.msRequestFullscreen();
        }
    }
    else
    {
        if (document.cancelFullScreen){
            document.cancelFullScreen();
        }
        else if (document.mozCancelFullScreen){ /* Firefox */
            document.mozCancelFullScreen();
        }
        else if (document.webkitCancelFullScreen){   /* Chrome, Safari and Opera */
            document.webkitCancelFullScreen();
        }
        else if (document.msExitFullscreen){ /* IE/Edge */
            document.msExitFullscreen();
        }
    }
}

To use it just call:

toggle_full_screen();

Luckily for unsuspecting web users this cannot be done with just javascript. You would need to write browser specific plugins, if they didn't already exist, and then somehow get people to download them. The closest you can get is a maximized window with no tool or navigation bars but users will still be able to see the url.

window.open('http://www.web-page.com', 'title' , 'type=fullWindow, fullscreen, scrollbars=yes');">

This is generally considered bad practice though as it removes a lot of browser functionality from the user.

Can you Try:

<script type="text/javascript">
    function go_full_screen(){
      var elem = document.documentElement;
      if (elem.requestFullscreen) {
        elem.requestFullscreen();
      } else if (elem.msRequestFullscreen) {
        elem.msRequestFullscreen();
      } else if (elem.mozRequestFullScreen) {
        elem.mozRequestFullScreen();
      } else if (elem.webkitRequestFullscreen) {
        elem.webkitRequestFullscreen();
      }
    }
</script>

<a href="#" onClick="go_full_screen();">Full Screen / Compress Screen</a>

This will works to show your window in full screen

Note: For this to work, you need Query from http://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.1.min.js

Or make have javascript link like this.

<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.1.min.js"></script>

   <div id="demo-element">
        <span>Full Screen Mode Disabled</span>
        <button id="go-button">Enable Full Screen</button>
    </div>
    <script>
    function GoInFullscreen(element) {
        if(element.requestFullscreen)
            element.requestFullscreen();
        else if(element.mozRequestFullScreen)
            element.mozRequestFullScreen();
        else if(element.webkitRequestFullscreen)
            element.webkitRequestFullscreen();
        else if(element.msRequestFullscreen)
            element.msRequestFullscreen();
    }

    function GoOutFullscreen() {
        if(document.exitFullscreen)
            document.exitFullscreen();
        else if(document.mozCancelFullScreen)
            document.mozCancelFullScreen();
        else if(document.webkitExitFullscreen)
            document.webkitExitFullscreen();
        else if(document.msExitFullscreen)
            document.msExitFullscreen();
    }

    function IsFullScreenCurrently() {
        var full_screen_element = document.fullscreenElement || document.webkitFullscreenElement || document.mozFullScreenElement || document.msFullscreenElement || null;

        if(full_screen_element === null)
            return false;
        else
            return true;
    }

    $("#go-button").on('click', function() {
        if(IsFullScreenCurrently())
            GoOutFullscreen();
        else
            GoInFullscreen($("#demo-element").get(0));
    });

    $(document).on('fullscreenchange webkitfullscreenchange mozfullscreenchange MSFullscreenChange', function() {
        if(IsFullScreenCurrently()) {
            $("#demo-element span").text('Full Screen Mode Enabled');
            $("#go-button").text('Disable Full Screen');
        }
        else {
            $("#demo-element span").text('Full Screen Mode Disabled');
            $("#go-button").text('Enable Full Screen');
        }
    });</script>

Here is my full solution for Full Screen and Exit Full Screen both (many thanks to help from tower's answer above):

$(document).ready(function(){
$.is_fs = false;
$.requestFullScreen = function(calr)
{
    var element = document.body;

    // Supports most browsers and their versions.
    var requestMethod = element.requestFullScreen || element.webkitRequestFullScreen || element.mozRequestFullScreen || element.msRequestFullScreen;

    if (requestMethod) { // Native full screen.
        requestMethod.call(element);
    } else if (typeof window.ActiveXObject !== "undefined") { // Older IE.
        var wscript = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
        if (wscript !== null) {
            wscript.SendKeys("{F11}");
        }
    }

    $.is_fs = true;    
    $(calr).val('Exit Full Screen');
}

$.cancel_fs = function(calr)
{
    var element = document; //and NOT document.body!!
    var requestMethod = element.exitFullScreen || element.mozCancelFullScreen || element.webkitExitFullScreen || element.mozExitFullScreen || element.msExitFullScreen || element.webkitCancelFullScreen;

    if (requestMethod) { // Native full screen.
    requestMethod.call(element);
    } else if (typeof window.ActiveXObject !== "undefined") { // Older IE.
        var wscript = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
        if (wscript !== null) {
            wscript.SendKeys("{F11}");
        }
    }    

    $(calr).val('Full Screen');    
    $.is_fs = false;
}

$.toggleFS = function(calr)
{    
    $.is_fs == true? $.cancel_fs(calr):$.requestFullScreen(calr);
}

});

// CALLING:

<input type="button" value="Full Screen" onclick="$.toggleFS(this);" />

function fs(){plr.requestFullscreen();document.exitFullscreen()}; or function fs(){(plr.offsetWidth==360)?plr.requestFullscreen():document.exitFullscreen()}

<!DOCTYPE html><html><head>

<style>
body{background:#000}
#plr{position:relative;background:#fff;width:360px}
#vd{width:100%;background:grey}
button{width:48px;height:48px;border:0;background:grey}
</style>

</head><body>

<div id="plr">
<video id="vd" src="video.mp4"></video>
<button onclick="(plr.offsetWidth==360)?plr.requestFullscreen():document.exitFullscreen()">fs</button>
<button onclick="plr.requestFullscreen();document.exitFullscreen()">fs2</button>
</div>

</body></html>
 <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <head>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    </head>
    <body>
    
    <h2>Fullscreen with JavaScript</h2>
    <p>Click on the button to open the video in fullscreen mode.</p>
    <button onclick="openFullscreen();">Open Video in Fullscreen Mode</button>
    <p><strong>Tip:</strong> Press the "Esc" key to exit full screen.</p>
    
    <video width="100%" controls id="myvideo">
      <source src="rain.mp4" type="video/mp4">
      <source src="rain.ogg" type="video/ogg">
      Your browser does not support the video tag.
    </video>
    
    
    <script>
    var elem = document.getElementById("myvideo");
    function openFullscreen() {
      if (elem.requestFullscreen) {
        elem.requestFullscreen();
      } else if (elem.webkitRequestFullscreen) { /* Safari */
        elem.webkitRequestFullscreen();
      } else if (elem.msRequestFullscreen) { /* IE11 */
        elem.msRequestFullscreen();
      }
    }
    </script>
    
    <p>Note: Internet Explorer 10 and earlier versions do not support the msRequestFullscreen() method.</p>
    
    </body>
    </html>

Source:https://www.w3schools.com/howto/howto_js_fullscreen.asp

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