[whatwg] api for fullscreen()

[Anne van Kesteren]

On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 03:43:49 +0100, Simon Fraser <smfr at me.com> wrote:
> On Jan 30, 2010, at 1:24 PM, Anne van Kesteren wrote:
>> To stop polluting the Window object, might it make sense to put the new  
>> members (other than event handler attributes) on window.screen?
>
> This would require that the current window object is passed implicitly  
> to the method, so the UA knows which window to take fullscreen, right?

Isn't the Screen object always associated with a single Window object?  
I.e. there's a 1:1 mapping.


> This talk of going into fullscreen on different screens at the same time  
> makes me think that the screen should be an optional argument:
>
> void enterFullscreen(optional DOMElement element, optional Screen,  
> optional boolean enableKeys);
>
> with the default screen being either the main screen, or window.screen.

As far as I know there is no API to that deals with multiple monitors  
currently. This is a minor issue with e.g. Media Queries, the Screen  
object, etc.


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Anne van Kesteren
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