Hello,
I was in the middle of making a donation to a non-profit, in Firefox running in Trinity, when suddenly, for no apparent reason, Firefox became full screen, and there seemed to be no way to get out of it. I presume I must accidentally have typed some key combination that caused it. Does anyone know what key combination that would be? And once it happened, how to get out of it? I had already entered my debit card details, etc, and now, not only had Firefox become full screen, but the top part of the Firefox window, including the address bar, had vanished as well. The ENTIRE screen was now taken up by the main display area of Firefox. The Trinity panel, which I always have at the bottom of the screen, had vanished, and there was no way to get it back. It was very alarming, because all my debit card details were there in the Firefox window, now taking up the entire screen, and I could not even see the Firefox address bar, to check that the green padlock was still there, and there was no green padlock to click on, to check it really was secure, and it really was the correct website. I desperately tried various key combinations including esc and other keys, but nothing worked, until eventually, possibly ctrl + alt + esc, I am not sure, the x mouse pointer appeared, and I must have clicked on the Firefox window with that, although I don't remember doing so, because eventually that full screen Firefox window started to vanish, and the Trinity panel came back into view.
I guess the fact that the top part of the Firefox window vanished as well, so the entire screen was taken up by the main display area of Firefox, might indicate that this is a Firefox issue, rather than a Trinity issue, so this might be the wrong forum. Sorry if that's the case. I have been using Trinity continuously since about March 2017, and I think it's really great. Nothing like this has ever happened before.
Thanks. With best wishes, Chris Austin
On 7/12/24 4:18 PM, Chris Austin via tde-users wrote:
I was in the middle of making a donation to a non-profit, in Firefox running in Trinity, when suddenly, for no apparent reason, Firefox became full screen, and there seemed to be no way to get out of it.
F11 toggles full screen in Firefox, and I believe most browsers. If you mouse to the top of the screen, most will show you the tab & address bars.
On Friday 12 Jul 2024 16:44:22 Dan Youngquist via tde-users wrote:
On 7/12/24 4:18 PM, Chris Austin via tde-users wrote:
I was in the middle of making a donation to a non-profit, in Firefox running in Trinity, when suddenly, for no apparent reason, Firefox became full screen, and there seemed to be no way to get out of it.
F11 toggles full screen in Firefox, and I believe most browsers. If you mouse to the top of the screen, most will show you the tab & address bars.
Thanks. That does reproduce what happened. That's very helpful to know. Chris
On 2024-07-12 19:11:03 Chris Austin via tde-users wrote:
On Friday 12 Jul 2024 16:44:22 Dan Youngquist via tde-users wrote:
On 7/12/24 4:18 PM, Chris Austin via tde-users wrote:
I was in the middle of making a donation to a non-profit, in Firefox running in Trinity, when suddenly, for no apparent reason, Firefox became full screen, and there seemed to be no way to get out of it.
F11 toggles full screen in Firefox, and I believe most browsers. If you mouse to the top of the screen, most will show you the tab & address bars.
Thanks. That does reproduce what happened. That's very helpful to know. Chris
Does your Firefox have a TDE frame and menu bar? If not, you might want to enable it to get the widgets that Firefox usually turns off, by clicking on the "hamburger" icon near the top right and selecting More Tools..., then Customize Tool Bar, opening a tab with a checkbox at bottom left titled Title bar.
Leslie -- Platform: Linux Distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.5 - x86_64 Desktop Environment: Trinity Qt: 3.5.0 TDE: R14.1.2 tde-config: 1.0
On Saturday 13 Jul 2024 05:04:06 J Leslie Turriff via tde-users wrote:
On 2024-07-12 19:11:03 Chris Austin via tde-users wrote:
On Friday 12 Jul 2024 16:44:22 Dan Youngquist via tde-users wrote:
F11 toggles full screen in Firefox, and I believe most browsers. If you mouse to the top of the screen, most will show you the tab & address bars.
Thanks. That does reproduce what happened. That's very helpful to know. Chris
Does your Firefox have a TDE frame and menu bar?
My Firefox does not have a menu bar like Konqueror does, it instead has a hidden menu that drops down into view when you click the "hamburger" icon, but it normally does have a standard TDE title bar, and borders that you can drag, like all windows in TDE normally do. From Dan's reply, I think I must accidentally have pressed F11. Until that accident happened, I had no idea that a browser could suddenly become full screen like that.
On Sat, Jul 13, 2024 at 07:45:46PM +0100, Chris Austin via tde-users wrote:
My Firefox does not have a menu bar like Konqueror does
Firefox has hidden its menu bar for a few years now.
Press the Alt key on your keyboard to temporarily make it reappear.
(I don't know of anyway to make it reappear permanently.)
Anno domini 2024 Sun, 14 Jul 17:22:35 +1000 Steven D'Aprano via tde-users scripsit:
On Sat, Jul 13, 2024 at 07:45:46PM +0100, Chris Austin via tde-users wrote:
My Firefox does not have a menu bar like Konqueror does
Firefox has hidden its menu bar for a few years now.
Press the Alt key on your keyboard to temporarily make it reappear.
(I don't know of anyway to make it reappear permanently.)
- start firefox - rightclick on the enply space on the right side of the tab (you might need to open a second tab to make tabs appear) - check "menubar" on the context menu
Nik
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Chris Austin via tde-users wrote:
Hello,
I was in the middle of making a donation to a non-profit, in Firefox running in Trinity, when suddenly, for no apparent reason, Firefox became full screen,
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I guess the fact that the top part of the Firefox window vanished as well, so the entire screen was taken up by the main display area of Firefox, might indicate that this is a Firefox issue, rather than a Trinity issue, so this might be the wrong forum. Sorry if that's the case. I have been using Trinity continuously since about March 2017, and I think it's really great. Nothing like this has ever happened before.
F11 - has nothing to do with Trinity
BR
On Sunday 14 Jul 2024 09:39:19 deloptes via tde-users wrote:
Chris Austin via tde-users wrote:
I was in the middle of making a donation to a non-profit, in Firefox running in Trinity, when suddenly, for no apparent reason, Firefox became full screen,
F11 - has nothing to do with Trinity
Thanks, I think I must have pressed F11 by accident. I never knew before the accident that a browser could suddenly become full screen. Chris
On Sun, 14 Jul 2024 14:07:18 +0100 Chris Austin via tde-users users@trinitydesktop.org wrote:
Hello Chris,
Thanks, I think I must have pressed F11 by accident. I never knew before the accident that a browser could suddenly become full screen.
It's a (fairly) standard method by which apps can be made full screen.
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