Exit full screen mode of IE 10 or less using javascript

Question

I am unable to exit the full screen mode of IE using javascript.

Code for exiting full screen which i ma using is:

 docElement.msCancelFullScreen();

I also tried

 docElement.exitFullscreen();

I searches alot on web but nothing works for me.. Please help me..

Answer 1

You can't, IE10 and below don't support the FullScreen API . The user can easily exit it, but there's no IE API to do so. If there were an older, IE-specific API, they'd probably mention it here .

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I will just note, though, that the ms-prefixed function for exiting full screen mode is msExitFullscreen , not msCancelFullScreen .

Answer 2

You can try this:

<script type="text/javascript">
    function max() {
        var wscript = new ActiveXObject("Wscript.shell");
        wscript.SendKeys("{F11}");
    }
</script>

Answer 3

THe fullscreen API you are using is IE11 specific. It will not work in IE10 or less. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/dn265028(v=vs.85).aspx

See Internet Explorer full screen mode? For a workaround.