How can I get chromium-browser to run fullscreen (not kiosk) in 12.04?
For people finding this now, you can start Chromium fullscreen from the command line by executing:
chromium-browser --app=http://example.com --start-fullscreen
Tested on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
What about using xdtool http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/lucid/man1/xdotool.1.html
xdotool key F11
this will work for any kind of standard focused window. Include it into start-up script.
don't have xdotool?
sudo apt-get install xdotool
in combination with --start-maximized
(which does not do F11, just maximized window) on command line can fulfil your needs
shell script should make the job
chromium-browser --start-maximized
sleep 5
xdotool key F11
Firefox differs only in -fullscreen
command line option. The option for F11 mode is missing as well. But consider to use Firefox and Rkiosk extension https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/r-kiosk/?src=search or the Fullscreen extension https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/full-fullscreen/
If the script stucks at chromium-browser
invocation - add a & at the end:
chromium-browser --start-maximized &
...
Based on this and other sources, you could try the following, with good chances of success :-)
cp /usr/share/applications/chromium-browser.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/chromium-browser.desktop
nano ~/.local/share/applications/chromium-browser.desktop
(you may alternatively want to use gksu
and the editor of your choosing)
Now, simply add -start-maximized
to the line saying exec
in chromium-browser.desktop
, save and you're done.