How to configure certain programs to always open in full screen?

Question

Under LXDE desktop manager Alt+F11 can be used to switch a program to full screen.

I use this shortcut so often that'd I rather have certain programs always open in full screen instead of doing it manually.

Is it possible to define some system configuration, or a shell script that'd always launch particular programs in full screen? (Particular not all because I wouldn't want certain small windows like network configuration window and system calendar to open in full screen).

Solution 1

Put this in your ~/.config/openbox/lubuntu-rc.xml in between <applications> tags:

<application class="Firefox" name="Navigator">
    <fullscreen>yes</fullscreen>
</application>

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To get specific class or name for your applications, use this:

obxprop | grep '^_OB_APP'

and then click with your cursor inside the app window.

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Useful website: http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Configuration

Solution 2

Generally lxde will have a rc.xml/lxde-rc.xml/lubuntu-rc.xml inside ~/.config/openbox/

Example contents of the xml file:

<application name="firefox">
  <fullscreen>true</fullscreen>
</application>

You should add the following line under your preferred application node (as shown above in the example):

 <fullscreen>true</fullscreen>

And execute openbox --reconfigure

Comments

[Benny Abramovici]

This is not working.

[Benny Abramovici]

Running obxprop gives me _OB_APP_CLASS(UTF8_STRING) = "lxpanel" _OB_APP_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "panel". Not firefox and Navigator as you've specified.

[New Atech]

@KshitizSharma did you click inside firefox window after running obxprop?

[Benny Abramovici]

No. I was clicking on the firefox taskbar entry. Directly clicking inside the window works correctly.

[Benny Abramovici]

However, after entering it into lubuntu-rc.xml it only works for firefox. Entries for sublime text and chrome don't result in full screen. Is it working for you?

[New Atech]

Yes, it works. Here is an example snippet of the file: pastebin.com/Grb3Yehs

[Benny Abramovici]

+1 I can confirm that this works. But it has a catch. For some programs it's making every window in the program as full screen. For example, in sublime text I'm getting the save file dialog as full screen.

[New Atech]

@KshitizSharma you can add more specifications, this works for my sublime text: <application class="Sublime_text" name="sublime_text" role="" type="normal">