I am building a web based free dynamic news reader (aka \"autoplay\" feature), that you can test it from here:
http://www.fivetechsoft.com/news
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You could add a "best viewed in full-screen mode" notice in your page - that would work, too.
[I want to programatically] fullscreen the currently viewed [window]
You see, what you're asking for is not possible in most browsers, and that is a Good Thing™
Imagine the possibilities - you enter a website, it programatically switches you to fullscreen and keeps you there if you try to go back. Living with uncloseable pop-ups was bad enough, manipulating the browser programatically would be a (security, usability, what-have-you) nightmare.
Here is some information regarding that problem: http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/dhtml/article.php/3470521
And to sum up the info, paste this bit of JS into the head of the code.
<script>
<!--
window.open("bigpage.html","fs","fullscreen=yes")
//-->
</script>
Most professional games have a pre-coded button to interface the user to full screen, as an option to the F11 Key. It should not be viewed as a bad thing.
This will simply send F11. Will be good enough for IE with weak security settings. This is something you might want to keep for internal use only, though:
<script type="text/javascript">
function max() {
var wscript = new ActiveXObject("Wscript.shell");
wscript.SendKeys("{F11}");
}
</script>
This code gets closer, but still is opening a new window and the window caption remains visible:
window.open(location.href,'fullscreen','fullscreen,scrollbars')
so still it is not the same as pressing F11 :-(
If you have control of the machine, such as in a kiosk installation, you can launch IE in "kiosk mode" by running a batch file and supplying a URL: (save this string and name as "launch.bat")
start iexplore.exe -k "c:\Kiosk\default.htm"
or
start iexplore.exe -k "http://www.google.com"