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How can I make full-screen desktop applications only cover the snapped desktop?
In Windows 8, you can "snap" two apps next to each other, and one of those apps can be the legacy Windows desktop environment. A convenient application for this (or so I thought) would be to snap a ...
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Show tabs in Chrome full screen mode?
Firefox can do it, can Chrome?
Here's what I'm looking for:
http://superuser.com/questions/43964/firefox-always-show-the-tabs-in-fullscreen-mode
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Don't exit full screen when pressing escape in apps like Safari on Lion
In OS X Lion, pressing the ESC key exits full screen mode. Unfortunately, and especially when using Safari, ESC is used for other functions, such as in Javascript keystroke event handling. I don't ...
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Firefox - always show the tabs in fullscreen mode
Full screen can be more fun if I can always see my tabs (by default you can see when you hover your mouse around that area) and my taskbar.
I know how to make taskbar always appear. Any idea how to ...
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Windows program to remove titlebar, frame, etc from a window?
I like playing computer games in windowed mode, as opposed to full screen. I don't like staring at the title bar, frame, and other UI junk. I also don't like seeing other stuff on my desktop around ...
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How can I stop Flash from leaving full-screen mode when it loses focus due to a mouse-click in the other monitor?
On a multi-monitor system, if I'm viewing a full-screen video in Flash on one monitor, clicking the mouse on the other monitor causes Flash to leave full-screen mode and revert to normal size.
What's ...
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How do I make YouTube videos fill up an entire screen when using dual monitors?
I am using a dual monitor setup on Ubuntu 9.10 using the TwinView configuration in NIVIDA X Server Settings. My total resolution is 2960x1050 pixels, and my individual monitors are 1680x1050 (primary) ...
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Windows cannot enter very low-res video mode with modern graphics cards/drivers
NEW!
I was trying to post here yesterday, but it kept giving me an error. I have discovered that it actually is not using DirectX at all, but GDI or whatever is the non-DX graphics in Windows (not ...
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Keep Fullscreen Flash/Silverlight Video opened on Monitor 2
Like many of you, I'm working with two monitors. I'm trying to watch an episode on Channel9's vid-cast, but every time I click back onto my other monitor, the video exits fullscreen-mode, and goes ...
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Two-page view in full screen for Adobe Acrobat
Since i'm using a wide screen, i want to view two page in full screen while reading PDF. I can view two page in Reading Mode or normal view. however, whenever i switch to full screen mode, acrobat ...
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Dual monitors and flash movie to stay maximized on one of them
I have recently assembled a dual monitor setup.
I often watch live.twit.tv in my browser and I would like to run it maximized while I do other stuff on second screen, but when I click on a desktop ...
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How can I use the Windows 7 command prompt in fullscreen? [duplicate]
I use some DOS applications in Windows 7.
Before Windows 7, I could press Alt+Enter to run the application in full screen, but with Windows 7 I can't do this anymore.
I get the message:
This ...
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Fullscreen Emacs in OSX
Is there any way of using Emacs in fullscreen mode in OSX.
I'm currently using Emacs from http://emacsforosx.com/
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Break free of a fullscreen app on Mac OS X
How do you break free of a fullscreen app on Mac OS X?
There are some, mostly games, that when they become unresponsive won't allow you to switch to another app with Command-Tab, and I know no ...
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Is there a way to make VirtualBox use a specific monitor when going full-screen?
I am running VirtualBox on a dual-monitor Windows 7 x64 system. When I put a VM into full-screen mode it always appears full-screen on my primary monitor even though the VM window was on the secondary ...
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Full screen view in LibreOffice?
Is there a way to view and edit documents in LibreOffice Writer in fullscreen? Preferably, I would like to view two pages side by side, but it is not necessary.
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Full-screen mode in Firefox on Mac OS X?
Does anyone know of a solid solution for adding a full-screen mode to Firefox (3.5) on OS X? I've come across a few possibilities involving either Javascript bookmarklets or outdated add-ons, but ...
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How can I make the `cmd.exe` window full-screen in Windows 7?
How can I make the cmd.exe window full-screen in Windows 7?
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Force fullscreen games to in window mode?
I have a few games that don't offer window mode in the options.
Is there any way to force the games to play in window mode instead of fullscreen?
Going to .exe's properties checking the compability ...
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Lion disable animation of fullscreen
On Mac OS 10.7.2, how can I disable or quicken the slow animation that happens when I fullscreen most apps?
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How to prevent an application from running in fullscreen mode in Windows 7?
Is there a way to prevent any program run in full screen mode? I'm usually working with several programs at once, and I find it annoying to be in and out of full screen to go from one to another when ...
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Full screen and zoom to page width in Preview or Skim on Mac
One of the features that seem to be lacking on Preview is an automatic zoom to page width during full screen view. This is very helpful when reading user manuals and other long texts.
I would ...
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Full screen gvim window manager limitations on Ubuntu
So I've had this slightly annoying problem when running gvim on Ubuntu. When I enforce full-screen mode I get white bars at the bottom and right of the screen. (I'm trying to emulate the Mac-vim full ...
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VMware player with Mac OS guest, full screen
I've just got started with a Mac OS Snow Leopard running in a VMware player on my Windows 7 machine. I can't find a way to make it full screen so I could do some productive work with it. Also can't ...
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How to let full-screen be on specific monitor?
I have two displays, they're arranged as:
+----------+
| |
+--------+ B |
| A | |
+--------+----------+
With an application, say Adobe Reader, I can ...
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Prevent display from turning off due to inactivity when watching full screen video (windows 7)
In power options the monitor is configured to turn off (go to power saving mode) after 10 minutes of inactivity. The problem is it also turns itself off when I watch long YouTube videos in full ...
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Windows - Launch Google Chrome in Fullscreen mode
How can I launch Google Chrome in fullscreen mode from a shortcut?
I have tried the CLI arguments --start-maximized and --kiosk, but both do not activate the regular fullscreen mode (i.e. when you ...
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Fullscreen (distraction free) PHP editor
I'd like to know if there is an editor that has PHP code completion and has a fullscreen (not the way komodo edit or notepad++ have) like gedit. I've been searching for some but couldn't find any.
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Force a non-metro app to run fullscreen outside the desktop? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Suspend Modern UI app to taskbar
In Windows 8, is there a way to make a normally desktop-only app run outside of the desktop? For normal apps that can be fullscreen, I'd ...
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How can I get VirtualBox to run at 1366x768?
I'm trying to run Windows 8 in VirtualBox. My laptop's display is exactly 1366x768. Windows 8 disables some of its features if the resolution is less than 1366x768, so I need to run the guest OS ...
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Dual Monitors Switching While Running Full-Screen Game?
I have a dual-monitor setup, and currently I can run a full screen game (Warcraft 3 and Starcraft 2 currently) and see still see anything I have open on my second monitor.
I can't move my mouse from ...
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Fullscreen Vista's Command Prompt, or Replacement
Opening the command prompt ("cmd") on Vista into full screen causes the application to take up 100% vertical space, but only about 50% horizontal. Is there not a way I can make this fullscreen? If ...
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Is it possible to make consoles full screen?
Is it possible on to switch a console to full-screen in Windows XP on a single monitor? Meaning on a dual monitor that only the left (or right) screen displays the console while the other one remains ...
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Getting rid of “You have gone fullscreen” message in Chrome
I find that the "you have gone fullscreen" popup in Chrome (see it for yourself by pressing F11) is extremely annoying, and I really want to get rid of it. After Googling for a while, I've come up ...
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Windows 7 running Virtualbox 4.1.12 with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS guest but no full screen
After a recent windows update (though may not be the issue), I am unable to run Ubuntu in the virtualbox with full screen mode. I can no longer stretch the window to any resolution. It is locked at ...
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PuTTY maximize on full-screen exit
When you exit full-screen in PuTTY, it goes back into a non-maximized state, regardless of whether it was maximized or not before going full-screen.
Is there a way to make it return to maximized ...
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iterm2 cannot toggle fullscreen when in 'top of screen' mode
I'm trying to toggle fullscreen in iTerm2 by pressing "cmd+enter".
Unfortunately it doesn't work when 'top of screen' style is selected in the profile settings (as shown in the attached png). When I ...
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How to let Emacs zoom to full screen on Mac OS X? [duplicate]
How to let Emacs zoom to full screen on Mac OS X?
I am using GNU Emacs 23.2.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin, NS apple-appkit-1038.29) on Mac OS X 10.6.8.
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How do I start silverlight on netflix in full screen automatically?
I know that there this great big button that I can click for full screen on the bottom left of the screen. What I'm doing though is launching the direct movie/tv episode in chrome from XBMC using ...
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If I enlarge a streaming web video, it looks pixellated. When I fullscreen, it looks smooth. How can I force this smoothing filter always?
I want the same smoothing filter to be applied even when I don't fullscreen, at any scale. Windows 7 64bit, nvidia geforce 9500 GT. Firefox browser.
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Remote Desktop does'nt maximize to fullscreen
I have a problem with Remote Desktop connection in Windows 7. When I connect to remote computer I would like to switch to fullscreen like I did in previous versions - just by clicking maximize. When I ...
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How can I take screenshots of YouTube videos in full screen?
I am trying to take a screenshot of a YouTube video in fullscreen.
When I pause the video and wait a moment, only the bottom UI bar (play/pause/seek) disappears. The top UI bar (Like/Share/More Info) ...
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How can DOSBox be tweaked to run in “full screen mode” in Vista?
How can I tweak DOSBox to run in "full screed mode" in Windows Vista?
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Watch Flash video but block out part of it
I'm learning a foreign language. There are several online sites that have Flash video in the language I'm learning (e.g., Hulu), which is great. Unfortunately, they have English subtitles, which is ...
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Prevent second monitor to “move” while in fullscreen games
I have two monitors. Sometimes I like to watch a movie or have a webpage or manual up on the second why I play a game on the primary.
Problem is that when I start some games, the content of the ...
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How to start Firefox 3.5 in fullscreen mode?
I want Firefox to start in fullscreen mode and can't find any trigger that makes it do this.
Any tricks?
I'm running Ubuntu Linux.
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How do I stop KDE from dimming the screen while mplayer is fullscreen?
Whenever KDE (I think) detects no mouse or keyboard activity for a while, it dims my laptop screen, then turns it off. I don't want that when I'm watching a movie.
Is there a setting somewhere to ...
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Chrome - OS X (10.6.4) - Full Screen option?
I tried some JavaScript bookmarks (that supposedly enable the browser to go fullscreen) but they don't seem to work with Chrome. When I open Chrome on OSX it doesn't take up the full-screen (unless I ...
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How can I set my Caps Lock key to toggle Fullscreen mode in Xmonad?
I'm using xmonad with the following layouts:
globalLayout = avoidStruts (tiled ||| Mirror tiled ||| Full ||| threeColMid ||| combine) ||| Full
and I have set my mod + space key to switch between ...
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Seems like both Firefox and Safari on Mac cannot show the webpage in a full screen mode?
Seems like both Firefox and Safari on Mac cannot show the webpage in a full screen mode?
On the PC, it would be F11 for Firefox or IE... but on the Mac, the F11 is for volume control (sound), and ...
