How to show a child window full-screen mode?

Question

I'm opening a child window through the parent window, and I want the child window to be displayed in full-screen mode.

Answer 1

There is no way to maximize the browser window to full-screen with JavaScript. This is considered a security restriction.

Sources:

• Stack Overflow - How to make in Javascript full screen windows (stretching all over the screen)
• Stack Overflow - To view the silverlight app in fullscreen mode(F11)
• SitePoint Forums - Trigger F11 using javascript
• Webmaster World - F11 Fullscreen using Javascript

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The only workaround is to change the window size to fill the whole screen, as in the following example:

window.moveTo(0, 0);
window.resizeTo(screen.availWidth, screen.availHeight);

However note that this is not really full-screen mode -- just a maximized window.