Is there any way of reliably detecting if a browser is running in full screen mode? I\'m pretty sure there isn\'t any browser API I can query, but has anyone worked it out b
There is my NOT cross-browser variant:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Fullscreen</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var fullscreen = $(window).height() + 1 >= screen.height;
$(window).on('resize', function() {
if (!fullscreen) {
setTimeout(function(heightStamp) {
if (!fullscreen && $(window).height() === heightStamp && heightStamp + 1 >= screen.height) {
fullscreen = true;
$('body').prepend( "<div>" + $( window ).height() + " | " + screen.height + " | fullscreen ON</div>" );
}
}, 500, $(window).height());
} else {
setTimeout(function(heightStamp) {
if (fullscreen && $(window).height() === heightStamp && heightStamp + 1 < screen.height) {
fullscreen = false;
$('body').prepend( "<div>" + $( window ).height() + " | " + screen.height + " | fullscreen OFF</div>" );
}
}, 500, $(window).height());
}
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
Tested on:
Kubuntu 13.10:
Firefox 27 (<!DOCTYPE html>
is required, script correctly works with dual-monitors), Chrome 33, Rekonq - pass
Win 7:
Firefox 27, Chrome 33, Opera 12, Opera 20, IE 10 - pass
IE < 10 - fail
You can check if document.fullscreenElement
is not null to determine if fullscreen mode is on. You'll need to vendor prefix fullscreenElement
accordingly. I would use something like this:
var fullscreenElement = document.fullscreenElement || document.mozFullScreenElement ||
document.webkitFullscreenElement || document.msFullscreenElement;
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn312066(v=vs.85).aspx has a good example for this which I quote below:
document.addEventListener("fullscreenChange", function () {
if (fullscreenElement != null) {
console.info("Went full screen");
} else {
console.info("Exited full screen");
}
});
For Safari on iOS can use:
if (window.navigator.standalone) {
alert("Full Screen");
}
More: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/AppleApplications/Reference/SafariWebContent/ConfiguringWebApplications/ConfiguringWebApplications.html
The Document read-only property returns the Element that is currently being presented in full-screen mode in this document, or null if full-screen mode is not currently in use.
if(document.fullscreenElement){
console.log("Fullscreen");
}else{
console.log("Not Fullscreen");
};
Supports in all major browsers.
User window.innerHeight
and screen.availHeight
. Also the widths.
window.onresize = function(event) {
if (window.outerWidth === screen.availWidth && window.outerHeight === screen.availHeight) {
console.log("This is your MOMENT of fullscreen: " + Date());
}