Detecting if a browser is in full screen mode

Question

Is there any way of reliably detecting if a browser is running in full screen mode? I\'m pretty sure there isn\'t any browser API I can query, but has anyone worked it out b

Answer 1

This is the solution that I've come to... I wrote it as an es6 module but the code should be pretty straightforward.

/**
 * Created by sam on 9/9/16.
 */
import $ from "jquery"

function isFullScreenWebkit(){
    return $("*:-webkit-full-screen").length > 0;
}
function isFullScreenMozilla(){
    return $("*:-moz-full-screen").length > 0;
}
function isFullScreenMicrosoft(){
    return $("*:-ms-fullscreen").length > 0;
}

function isFullScreen(){
    // Fastist way
    var result =
        document.fullscreenElement ||
        document.mozFullScreenElement ||
        document.webkitFullscreenElement ||
        document.msFullscreenElement;

    if(result) return true;

    // A fallback
    try{
        return isFullScreenMicrosoft();
    }catch(ex){}
    try{
        return isFullScreenMozilla();
    }catch(ex){}
    try{
        return isFullScreenWebkit();
    }catch(ex){}

    console.log("This browser is not supported, sorry!");
    return false;
}

window.isFullScreen = isFullScreen;

export default isFullScreen;