Google Chrome will not exit fullscreen mode

Question

I am running 64-bit Ubuntu 13.10, have latest stable google-chrome version 30.0.1599.114-1. Whenever I enter fullscreen mode by pressing F11, it would not allow me to exit this mode by pressing F11. Actually, I see it exit but then fullscreen mode is quickly restored.

I searched for a solution, but nothing really helps. I even tried completely re-installing it with no luck. Any suggestions?

Update: I tried completely removing ~/.config/google-chrome, it did not help.

Update 2: I am running Cinnamon 2.0.6, maybe that would give some clues.

Update 3: I have Chromium 29.0.1547.65, and it does not have this issue.

Thanks, Nick.

Solution 1

I'm running ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and my solution was to close Chrome, then open the Chrome preferences with

nano ~/.config/google-chrome/Default/preferences

and clear the window_placement variable so that it would read

"window_placement":{}

I then saved the file (Ctrl+x) and reopened Chrome, which reset the window_placement variable and removed the full-screen problem.

Solution 2

Happened to me with google-chrome.

I've been tinkering around, since removing the whole ~/.config/google-chrome directory removes most of the customization, so I looked for a better way.

I ended up replacing this section: (this is a from a new generated ~/.config/google-chrome/Default/Preferences)

browser": {
    "window_placement": {
    "bottom": 586,
    "left": 9,
    "maximized": false,
    "right": 1013,
    "top": 29,
    "work_area_bottom": 600,
    "work_area_left": 0,
    "work_area_right": 1024,
    "work_area_top": 23
    }
},

Comments

[ko1Rn]

Well that's obviously not the case. Mouse clicking on the popup link 'Exist full screen (F11)' does not work either.

[kiri]

You can try all of the suggestions in this thread: ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1867020 Are you running in kiosk mode (with the --kiosk argument)?

[Radu Rădeanu]

This sound like a bug. See How to report a system bug.

[kiri]

@RaduRădeanu Searching "google chrome not exiting full screen" returns plenty of results (including bugs)

[ko1Rn]

You are right, but I have tried all of the "solutions" - none of them really worked for me. Most of the bugs were related to old versions of chrome (e.g. v.16). I even tried to install latest unstable version of chrome - same thing.

[Admin]

Have you tried something other than Cinnamon? Do you have another DE available?

[ko1Rn]

Yep, I have Unity but it crashed after installing Cinnamon. I would gladly try it too (hopefully they will fix issues that cause crashing).

[ko1Rn]

Sorry, I tried that too before posting my question here - it did not help me :(

[ko1Rn]

Adobe Flash plugin does not seem to be anyhow related to my issue.

[Mitch]

Have you at least tried it?

[ko1Rn]

Yes I did. I disabled my Flash plugin, restarted Chrome and faced the same issue with full screen again. However I did not quite get it about the message - is it when I visit a website where flash plugin is required?

[Mitch]

The message is just about installing the latest flash.

[ko1Rn]

I see, but I think if disabling flash plugin from my browser does not change anything it proves to be unrelated to the issue.

[Mitch]

What I meant is to disable it, until an application asks for it, then install the latest. Or just go ahead, and make sure that flash is at the latest version.

[ko1Rn]

let us continue this discussion in chat