[chromium-discuss] What happened to fullscreen in Chrome 69?

[Indi Kernick]

In Chrome 68 (and at least 40 previous versions), pressing CMD+SHIFT+F will
put the tab into fullscreen. Moving the mouse up to the top of the screen
will reveal the browser UI. I absolutely loved this feature for years.

In Chrome 69, an attempt to fix what was not broken has lead to the removal
of this feature. Pressing CMD+SHIFT+F will still put the tab into
fullscreen but moving the mouse up to the top of the screen does not show
the browser UI.

I tried changing chrome://flags#top-chrome-md to all of the available
options and none of them bring back the old behavior.

Fullscreen in Chrome 69 is kind of clunky. I can enter fullscreen but when
I want to change tabs, I have to exit full screen then change tabs and then
enter fullscreen again. It almost makes me not want to use the feature.

Is this just a temporary hiccup as the UI is reworked? Or was there a
conscious decision to remove a feature that has been in Chrome for such a
long time? I don't remember a time when this wasn't a feature so I've kind
of gotten used to it. Perhaps there is another flag that brings back the
old behavior but I can't seem to find one. Better yet, is there some way
that I can downgrade to Chrome 68 and disable auto-update?

[Wei Li]

I believe this is for Mac only. If you want to switch tabs in fullscreen
while the browser UI is not shown, you can use Command+Shift+F to bring the
browser UI back to switch tabs without leaving fullscreen mode.

This is just a temporary hiccup. We are hard at work on bringing it back.
You can follow the tracking bug
here https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=868398

Post by Indi Kernick
In Chrome 68 (and at least 40 previous versions), pressing CMD+SHIFT+F
will put the tab into fullscreen. Moving the mouse up to the top of the
screen will reveal the browser UI. I absolutely loved this feature for
years.
In Chrome 69, an attempt to fix what was not broken has lead to the
removal of this feature. Pressing CMD+SHIFT+F will still put the tab into
fullscreen but moving the mouse up to the top of the screen does not show
the browser UI.
I tried changing chrome://flags#top-chrome-md to all of the available
options and none of them bring back the old behavior.
Fullscreen in Chrome 69 is kind of clunky. I can enter fullscreen but when
I want to change tabs, I have to exit full screen then change tabs and then
enter fullscreen again. It almost makes me not want to use the feature.
Is this just a temporary hiccup as the UI is reworked? Or was there a
conscious decision to remove a feature that has been in Chrome for such a
long time? I don't remember a time when this wasn't a feature so I've kind
of gotten used to it. Perhaps there is another flag that brings back the
old behavior but I can't seem to find one. Better yet, is there some way
that I can downgrade to Chrome 68 and disable auto-update?

[PhistucK]

Huh - so I take it that MacViews (though not the end-goal, only MacViews
Cocoa) has shipped?

☆*PhistucK*

Post by Wei Li
I believe this is for Mac only. If you want to switch tabs in fullscreen
while the browser UI is not shown, you can use Command+Shift+F to bring the
browser UI back to switch tabs without leaving fullscreen mode.
This is just a temporary hiccup. We are hard at work on bringing it back.
You can follow the tracking bug here
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=868398

Post by Indi Kernick
In Chrome 68 (and at least 40 previous versions), pressing CMD+SHIFT+F
will put the tab into fullscreen. Moving the mouse up to the top of the
screen will reveal the browser UI. I absolutely loved this feature for
years.
In Chrome 69, an attempt to fix what was not broken has lead to the
removal of this feature. Pressing CMD+SHIFT+F will still put the tab into
fullscreen but moving the mouse up to the top of the screen does not show
the browser UI.
I tried changing chrome://flags#top-chrome-md to all of the available
options and none of them bring back the old behavior.
Fullscreen in Chrome 69 is kind of clunky. I can enter fullscreen but
when I want to change tabs, I have to exit full screen then change tabs and
then enter fullscreen again. It almost makes me not want to use the feature.
Is this just a temporary hiccup as the UI is reworked? Or was there a
conscious decision to remove a feature that has been in Chrome for such a
long time? I don't remember a time when this wasn't a feature so I've kind
of gotten used to it. Perhaps there is another flag that brings back the
old behavior but I can't seem to find one. Better yet, is there some way
that I can downgrade to Chrome 68 and disable auto-update?

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[Wei Li]

Yep, MacViews shipped in M69

Post by PhistucK
Huh - so I take it that MacViews (though not the end-goal, only MacViews
Cocoa) has shipped?
☆*PhistucK*

Post by Wei Li
I believe this is for Mac only. If you want to switch tabs in fullscreen
while the browser UI is not shown, you can use Command+Shift+F to bring the
browser UI back to switch tabs without leaving fullscreen mode.
This is just a temporary hiccup. We are hard at work on bringing it back.
You can follow the tracking bug here
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=868398

Post by Indi Kernick
In Chrome 68 (and at least 40 previous versions), pressing CMD+SHIFT+F
will put the tab into fullscreen. Moving the mouse up to the top of the
screen will reveal the browser UI. I absolutely loved this feature for
years.
In Chrome 69, an attempt to fix what was not broken has lead to the
removal of this feature. Pressing CMD+SHIFT+F will still put the tab into
fullscreen but moving the mouse up to the top of the screen does not show
the browser UI.
I tried changing chrome://flags#top-chrome-md to all of the available
options and none of them bring back the old behavior.
Fullscreen in Chrome 69 is kind of clunky. I can enter fullscreen but
when I want to change tabs, I have to exit full screen then change tabs and
then enter fullscreen again. It almost makes me not want to use the feature.
Is this just a temporary hiccup as the UI is reworked? Or was there a
conscious decision to remove a feature that has been in Chrome for such a
long time? I don't remember a time when this wasn't a feature so I've kind
of gotten used to it. Perhaps there is another flag that brings back the
old behavior but I can't seem to find one. Better yet, is there some way
that I can downgrade to Chrome 68 and disable auto-update?

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[Indi Kernick]

Thanks for getting back to me! I'm glad to see I'm not the first person to
post about this. It looks like it's been fixed but not released yet. All I
have to do is wait.

Post by Wei Li
I believe this is for Mac only. If you want to switch tabs in fullscreen
while the browser UI is not shown, you can use Command+Shift+F to bring the
browser UI back to switch tabs without leaving fullscreen mode.
This is just a temporary hiccup. We are hard at work on bringing it back.
You can follow the tracking bug here
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=868398

Post by Indi Kernick
In Chrome 68 (and at least 40 previous versions), pressing CMD+SHIFT+F
will put the tab into fullscreen. Moving the mouse up to the top of the
screen will reveal the browser UI. I absolutely loved this feature for
years.
In Chrome 69, an attempt to fix what was not broken has lead to the
removal of this feature. Pressing CMD+SHIFT+F will still put the tab into
fullscreen but moving the mouse up to the top of the screen does not show
the browser UI.
I tried changing chrome://flags#top-chrome-md to all of the available
options and none of them bring back the old behavior.
Fullscreen in Chrome 69 is kind of clunky. I can enter fullscreen but
when I want to change tabs, I have to exit full screen then change tabs and
then enter fullscreen again. It almost makes me not want to use the feature.
Is this just a temporary hiccup as the UI is reworked? Or was there a
conscious decision to remove a feature that has been in Chrome for such a
long time? I don't remember a time when this wasn't a feature so I've kind
of gotten used to it. Perhaps there is another flag that brings back the
old behavior but I can't seem to find one. Better yet, is there some way
that I can downgrade to Chrome 68 and disable auto-update?