[jQuery] Re: Full-screen Mode?

2009-09-27 Thread Bertilo Wennergren
jhm wrote: And how do we make certain what keyCode 122 actually does? You make a good point. I'd bet, however, for 99% of our users it would work. So maybe it would be worth the risk to provide the functionality for the majority. I'd love to find a better way though, do you have any

[jQuery] Re: Full-screen Mode?

2009-09-27 Thread ryan.j
i thing you're right for what it's worth, but the OP wanted methods of doing it. whether he chooses to slavishly follow WAI guidelines or make his entire site dependant on the user not having changed their browser's default configuration is between him and the client. if he's developing for a

[jQuery] Re: Full-screen Mode?

2009-09-27 Thread Bertilo Wennergren
ryan.j wrote: i thing you're right for what it's worth, but the OP wanted methods of doing it. whether he chooses to slavishly follow WAI guidelines or make his entire site dependant on the user not having changed their browser's default configuration is between him and the client. Does

[jQuery] Re: Full-screen Mode?

2009-09-27 Thread ryan.j
you could throw in some browser/OS detection easily enough, but i already agree it's not a good idea so i don't really want to end up arguing in it's favour! ;-) unless the client insisted on a particular method, i would (and in the past have) gone with this page looks best full-screen, in most

[jQuery] Re: Full-screen Mode?

2009-09-26 Thread ryan.j
you used to be able to use an activex control to simulate an F11 keypress in IE, but i honestly don't know if it still works. it's likely to trigger a yellowbar prompt in IE these days anyway. you can open a new window without any toolbar, statusbar etc with plain old window.open

[jQuery] Re: Full-screen Mode?

2009-09-26 Thread Bertilo Wennergren
ryan.j wrote: Or you could jsut have the text best viewed fullscreen. press F11 for fullscreen or whatever if the window res is below a certain value. Preferable not. You can't really know which key or key combination gives fullscreen. A lot of the time it's F11, at the present, but it could

[jQuery] Re: Full-screen Mode?

2009-09-26 Thread jhm
i think it's generally better to let users configure their own browsers ;) I agree. This would be in response to something the user clicks indicating they want a full-screen view temporarily. Getting rid of all the browser toolbars, menus, etc. Maybe just a way to have a button that triggers

[jQuery] Re: Full-screen Mode?

2009-09-26 Thread ryan.j
Maybe just a way to have a button that triggers the F11? you could change the event.keyCode of another keypress if (e.keyCode==13) { e.keyCode=122; return e.keyCode; } On Sep 26, 8:36 pm, jhm jmay...@gmail.com wrote: i think it's generally better to let users configure their own browsers

[jQuery] Re: Full-screen Mode?

2009-09-26 Thread Bertilo Wennergren
ryan.j wrote: Maybe just a way to have a button that triggers the F11? you could change the event.keyCode of another keypress if (e.keyCode==13) { e.keyCode=122; return e.keyCode; } And how do we make certain what keyCode 122 actually does? Such things are configurable. It could mean quit

[jQuery] Re: Full-screen Mode?

2009-09-26 Thread jhm
And how do we make certain what keyCode 122 actually does? You make a good point. I'd bet, however, for 99% of our users it would work. So maybe it would be worth the risk to provide the functionality for the majority. I'd love to find a better way though, do you have any suggestions? It is an