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Full screen mode with toolbars in Opera

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Opera full screen mode with tab bar & address bar
Full screen mode with tab bar & address bar

By default, full screen mode doesn't have any toolbars but you can enable them by

  • using following full screen buttons
  • modifying action for keyboard shortcut, F11
  • modifying right click full screen menu item action Enter fullscreen | Leave fullscreen under [Document Popup Menu]
  • creating a new mouse gesture in Application section

Full screen with Action code for keyboard shortcut or mouse gesture! Button#
without scroll bar with scroll bar
Tab bar Leave fullscreen | Enter fullscreen & View page bar, 6 Full Screen Full Screen
Address bar Leave fullscreen | Enter fullscreen & View address bar, 6 Full Screen Full Screen
Status bar Leave fullscreen | Enter fullscreen & View status bar, 6 Full Screen Full Screen
Tab bar & Address bar Leave fullscreen | Enter fullscreen & View page bar, 6 & View address bar, 6 Full Screen Full Screen
Tab bar & Status bar Leave fullscreen | Enter fullscreen & View page bar, 6 & View status bar, 6 Full Screen Full Screen
Address bar & Status bar Leave fullscreen | Enter fullscreen & View address bar, 6 & View status bar, 6 Full Screen Full Screen
Tab bar, Address bar & Status bar Leave fullscreen | Enter fullscreen & View page bar, 6 & View address bar, 6 & View status bar, 6 Full Screen Full Screen

! If you want scroll bar in full screen mode, add & Delay, 10 & Enable scroll bars to the end of action code.
# To add, drag & drop button to a toolbar and accept confirmation message.

  • Opera won't show address bar and status bar in inactive tabs.
  • It is not possible to show panel toggle at the edge of the window in full screen mode.

Update: 2009: Feb 2 & 15

Opera Community member statistics for 2008How to add/change icon for custom buttons or menu items in Opera?

Comments

Tamil 20. August 2009, 15:55

Works fine for me. What is your action code for keyboard shortcut, F11?

Anonymous 2. September 2009, 10:31

Hanfried writes:

Hey Tamil,
this is absolutely glorious! Thanks a lot!

But I'm wondering, if it's possible to additionally make the PERSONALBAR and the WINDOWS TASKBAR visible?

Regards!

Tamil 2. September 2009, 10:35

See Hide Opera title bar

Stelian 6. September 2009, 12:19

Hi Tamil! Buttons with status bar does not show this bar in Opera 10 1750

Tamil 6. September 2009, 12:24

Which band? :confused:

Stelian 6. September 2009, 12:31

All buttons which have the status bar of the two groups (with or without a scroll bar)

Tamil 6. September 2009, 15:50

I can't understand. Can you explain it clearly?

Stelian 6. September 2009, 16:19

Status bar does not appear in Opera 10 1750
for example this button: Full Screen

Its function is:
Leave fullscreen | Enter fullscreen & View page bar, 6 & View address bar, 6 & View status bar, 6

but the status bar,does not appear in Opera 10 1750

Tamil 6. September 2009, 16:33

It works fine for me.

Add & Delay, 10 before & View status bar, 6 and try.

Anonymous 16. October 2009, 19:04

Dmitry writes:

How to run Opera in command line mode (from Linux) whith enabled scrollbars and in the -kioskmode to?
Maybe can autorun click speccial users bottom "Leave Fullscreen" after run $ opera -kioskmode ???
Please help me.

Tamil 18. October 2009, 16:19

Opera will show scrollbar automatically when page height is more than screen height.

dapxin 18. October 2009, 16:23

Tamil,

why cant we have a button to kill on/off the Title bar ?

Tamil 18. October 2009, 16:34

See hide Opera title bar post.

Anonymous 8. November 2009, 13:33

mvk6 writes:

To get fullscreen+main bar+page bar by pressing F11 is this the right code?

"Enter Fullscreen & View main bar, 2 & View page bar, 2 ILeave Fullscreen"

or
How to get both main and page bars with F11?

Tamil 8. November 2009, 14:54

Leave fullscreen | Enter fullscreen & View page bar, 6 & View main bar, 6

Anonymous 25. November 2009, 23:11

Heman! writes:

Hey,
sillyseeming question, but can I have Fullscreen WITH Taskbar?

All i wanna see is tab, adress and taskbar. Can i have that?
Would be awesome! ^^

Tamil 26. November 2009, 07:14

You want to hide title bar, right?

Anonymous 26. November 2009, 08:01

Heman! writes:

I want title bar and application menu to be hidden.
You would be the Master of the Universe² if you find a solution for this! :D

Anonymous 26. November 2009, 08:59

Heman! writes:

yeah! menu bar is gone! long live the menu bar! :D
And now the title bar...
Using your Button just gives me an error... no, wait! It works now! Yeeeehaw! :D

Opera suits me now like a second skin xD
Thanks Tamil! You're t3h man! :D really!

Tamil 26. November 2009, 09:05

:smile:

Anonymous 29. November 2009, 20:24

Rodrik writes:

Hi Tamil,
Thank you for your contributions :D!
Take care.

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