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Whenever I go fullscreen in html5 things it puts a message at the top saying you're now in fullscreen, the problem is that this message totally stops you being able to do anything else until it disapears. So if I open a youtube video in fullscreen I can't pause it or do anything until I wait for the message to disapear. How can I disable the message totally?

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    For Firefox version 43 onward the options are changed (refer to my comment below)
    – Amit Verma
    Commented Dec 16, 2015 at 19:04

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Reset to default
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This is the security feature, but yes it's annoying if you're on trusted site and the message popups every time you enter full screen.

Solution: enter about:config in address-bar, and search for full-screen-api.approval-required and set it to false

You're done!

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    Removed the annoying warning without so much as a restart. @Lost you may want to accept this answer.
    – Lilienthal
    Commented Nov 10, 2013 at 23:57
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    It would appear that the OP's username has become prophecy.
    – Coldblackice
    Commented May 14, 2015 at 2:55
  • I think this feature is very annoying, so I disabled it, thanks for the tip
    – Sergio Abreu
    Commented Oct 12, 2015 at 2:40
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    full-screen-api.approval-required preference no longer exists.
    – user198350
    Commented Aug 22, 2017 at 8:19
  • Sorry for accepting the answer late. It only took me 4 years 7 months.
    – Levi H
    Commented May 17, 2018 at 11:22
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UPDATE: OCT-2019 to cover Firefox Quantum:

Enter about:config in Firefox address-bar and search for the keyword "full-screen". Identify following listing and change their respective values as mentioned against them below:

full-screen-api.transition-duration.enter - 0 0
full-screen-api.transition-duration.leave - 0 0
full-screen-api.transition.timeout - 0
full-screen-api.warning.delay - 0
full-screen-api.warning.timeout - 0

(Archival Notes) FireFox 42

Option "full-screen-api.approval-required", no longer hides the Website is Now Full Screen warning. In previous versions setting it to "false" could resolve the problem. They are putting a new option in i.e. (full-screen-api.warning.timeout "0") that will do the same thing, but it will be rolled out in FireFox 43.

You can change the fade in/out animation when going full-screen by setting:

full-screen-api.transition-duration.enter 0 0

full-screen-api.transition-duration.leave 0 0

Note/Warning - Defaults are 200 200 and 0 0 will remove them completely.

Keep in mind these are put in because they are a security features to help stop Phishing Attacks. So either wait till Firefox should enable "full-screen-api.warning.timeout" option in next few releases OR use above at your own risk...

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  • More information > support.mozilla.org
    – tahwos
    Commented Nov 28, 2015 at 17:32
  • Another link > support.mozilla.org
    – tahwos
    Commented Nov 28, 2015 at 17:34
  • Creating a userChrome.css file, was the only method that worked for me - all others failed.
    – tahwos
    Commented Nov 28, 2015 at 17:49
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    I'm getting tired to track these kind of config changes… they happen more and more often.
    – Gras Double
    Commented Dec 13, 2015 at 11:32
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    Firefox 43 is Out and setting "full-screen-api.warning.timeout" to 0 (ZERO) is working well.. Try it out!!!
    – Amit Verma
    Commented Dec 16, 2015 at 19:03
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Since Firefox 43 (still working in 59)

1) enter about:config in address-bar
2) set full-screen-api.warning.timeout to 0

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