Chrome HTML5 maximized video full tab not fullscreen

Question

I'm using Google Chrome and a few weeks ago, when I watched a YouTube HTML5 video and pressed the fullscreen button, it maximized the video to the full browsing window ("fullscreen tab"). Then I was able to really make it fullscreen by pressing F11. Since a few days, when pressing the fullscreen button, Chrome maximizes the video to fullscreen directly. Since I often have my browser window aligned to the right site of the screen and still want to see "fullscreen tab" videos, I want the old behaviour back.

Long story short: I want Chrome to maximize HTML5 videos to full tab size (with possibility to go fullscreen with F11), not fullscreen per se. Sidequestion might be, if that's Chrome specific behaviour or even YouTube's.

Best regards

Tobias

Solution 1

It's very unlikely that it will rollback to the previous behavior since so many developers have been begging for the 'real' fullscreen behavior.

If you want to solve your particular case you can create a bookmarlet or browser extension with something like:

document.body.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
  var target = e.target;
  if (target.nodeName == 'VIDEO') { // or EMBED
    target.style.position = 'absolute';
    target.style.width = '100%';
    target.style.height = '100%';
  }
}, false);

Solution 2

Try the Window Expander extension. It works in both Flash and HTML5 modes.

Comments

[Michael Aaron Safyan]

It's almost certainly Chrome-specific behavior.

[Admin]

That's what I thought, yea.

[dlamblin]

You're planning on writing an html5 app that plays video? Or are you asking to change a setting on google chrome or youtube (that btw doesn't exist)?

[Admin]

I will not write an application with HTML5 videos. I just want the explained behaviour in Chrome.

[Admin]

That sounds promising, gonna check it ASAP. Also, it wouldn't be a problem to write a small Greasemonkey-similar script for that case. Thanks so far!

[Admin]

Just tested and it's unfortunately not working. The behaviour stays the same.

[Admin]

As far as I understand there are no issues with the code I put here but you need to add the logic to overwrite the actions when you click the fullscreen icon. You could also use some key actions to trigger it. Without more code or live samples I can't help you further and nobody will.

[Admin]

I actually just tested with the Chrome Developer Tools inserting that snippet of JavaScript. Tried on a random YouTube HTML5 video.

[vadipp]

I also think that it's not quite the stackoverflow kind of question.

[vadipp]

@tbuehlmann Yes.

[dlamblin]

@tbuehlmann adding the snippet doesn't override what happens to the click handler YouTube already has in place.