But I was not playing any video--I was viewing Google Maps. On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 2:49 PM, Tomas Kuchta <[email protected]> wrote:
> As about reproducing it: > You could have clicked the full screen icon typically in the lower right > corner of your video (player). Some players also respond to 'f' and toggle > full screen mode. > > > On Thursday, June 16, 2016 08:57:41 AM Denis Heidtmann wrote: > > I must be dense. The keyboard shortcuts list is very useful, but the > > behavior I see is still a mystery. > > > > For one, I am using chrome, not firefox. > > > > If I press F11, I get a full screen lacking any icons of use--no > > hamburger. If I click on the traditional little box (between the - and > the > > X) to choose full screen, the menu bar remains. If I drag the window to > > the top of the screen I get full screen with the menu bar still present, > so > > I can exit full screen using the little box. How I got to the situation > > which prompted this entire exchange is a mystery--I cannot imagine that I > > inadvertently hit F11. After I send this email I will try to duplicate > the > > mystery situation--maybe it only happens when only one tab is present. > BTW, > > dragging the menu bar to the top of the screen to produce full screen is > a > > feature of the system, not just the browser. It happens with all > windows I > > have tried. > > > > -Denis > > > > On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 10:27 PM, King Beowulf <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > On 06/15/2016 04:34 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > > > > Thanks. That does it. Toggles between full screen and not. Is > that a > > > > "everybody knows" thing? What else does everybody know? I want to > be > > > > in > > > > the know. > > > > > > > > -Denis > > > > > > No such thing as "everybody knows." As in all things, a bit of > research > > > is all it takes to gain knowledge. Like we used to say in my academic > > > days: "If we knew the answer, we wouldn't call it 'research'." > > > > > > In Firefox, you can turn the "classic" menu on/off via instruction > here: > > > > > > > > > > https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/what-happened-to-the-file-edit-and-vi > > > ew-menus > > > > > > A proper menu rocks. That stupid 3-line icon is for tablets. bah. > > > > > > F11 has been around since before Firefox. Seamonkey, Mozilla, > > > Netscape...etc...Heck, I think NCSA Mosaic and then Netscape invented > > > most of them. Newer browsers just stole...er...reused the old code. > > > > > > F5 reload current tab > > > ctrl-/ctrl+ to decrease/increase font size > > > ctrl-tab to switch tabs > > > > > > There's more here: > > > > > > > > > > http://www.howtogeek.com/114518/47-keyboard-shortcuts-that-work-in-all-web > > > -browsers/ > > > > > > (some of these may not work as intended since the article was written. > > > YMMV). > > > > > > Enjoy, > > > Ed > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > PLUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
