Non apple apps in fullscreen mode, e.g. eclipse?

Discussion in 'Mac OS X Lion (10.7)' started by jojo0815, Jul 23, 2011.

Most Liked Posts
  1. jojo0815, Jul 23, 2011

    jojo0815 macrumors newbie

    Joined:
    Jul 21, 2011
    #1
    Hi all,

    does anyone know if it is possible to use apps that are originally not from apple in fullscreen mode, i.e. as fullscreen app?

    I am asking in particular for a fullscreen mode for eclipse. That would be really nice. But i am sure there exist a number of other programs that might take advantage from running as fullscreen app.

    Does anyone know where to change settings?
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  2. emiljan, Jul 23, 2011

    emiljan macrumors 6502

    emiljan

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2010
    Location:
    Michigan
    #2
    In Firefox you are able to do this by pressing shift+command+f. Maybe other applications have the same effect.
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  3. Mrguidogenio, Jul 23, 2011

    Mrguidogenio macrumors regular

    Mrguidogenio

    Joined:
    Jun 4, 2011
    Location:
    Argentina
    #3
    This is not Apple full Screen mode. It''s the way Firefox do it. You will realize there are no arrow in the Menu Bar to return, as it happen with Mail, iTunes, Safari, iCal, etc

    For the Apple way of full screen you'll have to wait for each dev to update the app.
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  4. jojo0815, Jul 27, 2011

    jojo0815 thread starter macrumors newbie

    Joined:
    Jul 21, 2011
    #4
    Thats all? really no way?
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  5. eagandale4114, Jul 27, 2011

    eagandale4114 macrumors 65816

    eagandale4114

    Joined:
    May 20, 2011
    #5
    The devs must rewrite the code and add in the fullscreen APIs for it to work.
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  6. jbuk, Jul 27, 2011

    jbuk macrumors regular

    Joined:
    Jun 8, 2009
    #6
    Eclipse is very unlikely to get fullscreen anytime soon, as it is a Java app and not native Objective-C/Cocoa, so it doesn't have the same API access that native apps do.
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)

Share This Page