Re: [media-queries] Browser full screen and CSS media types

On Wed, 18 May 2011 12:29:46 +0200, Robert O'Callahan  
<robert@ocallahan.org> wrote:

> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Andrew Scherkus  
> <scherkus@google.com>wrote:
>
>> Is there still any interest in having a CSS media type for browsers that
>> support a "chromeless / F11 key" full screen mode?
>>
>> For example, Opera switches the CSS media type to @projection and I  
>> believe
>> is the only browser to do so.
>>
>> Reason being is that Mozilla's javascript fullscreen API proposal [1]
>> introduces a new media type @full-screen and I'm curious how the
>> "chromeless" mode should interact (if at all) with their proposal.
>>
>
> The current plan is to use a boolean media feature "fullscreen" that's
> orthogonal to the media types. At least "handheld", "projection",  
> "screen"
> and "tv" should all be compatible with "fullscreen".

It might be worth noting that webapps have specced the 'view-mode' media  
feature which has 'fullscreen' as one of the possible values.

http://www.w3.org/TR/view-mode/

-- 
Øyvind Stenhaug
Core Norway, Opera Software ASA

Received on Wednesday, 18 May 2011 11:34:08 UTC