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Does anyone know a way to make chrome always start in full screen? (normally it's when you press the button to the top right, you'd find a "full screen button" in the zoom option).

Not f11 full screen; it's different! try it.

842Mono
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  • I think the exact procedure may depend on your window manager. – DK Bose Mar 31 '14 at 11:54
  • I dont use chrome so I wont answer but maybe Darren Hall's answer will work, http://superuser.com/questions/88867/is-there-a-way-to-make-google-chrome-running-under-ubuntu-open-fullscreen-by-d – Lynob Mar 31 '14 at 19:27

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I think that the best option is to use the kiosk mode, even if it's not really the F11 Fullscreen mode that you expected.

Open the .desktop file of Chrome:

sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop

You need to add the --kiosk option in three places:

[Desktop Entry]
[...]
Exec=/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable --kiosk %U
[...]
[NewWindow Shortcut Group]
[...]
Exec=/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable --kiosk
[...]
[NewIncognito Shortcut Group]
[...]
Exec=/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable --kiosk --incognito

Hitting F11 does not work since it's not a true Fullscreen mode, press Alt+F4 to quit.

Sylvain Pineau
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  • ummm okay thank you. What is the difference between a normal full screen mode and this kiosk mode? – 842Mono Mar 31 '14 at 17:47
  • Its initial purpose was to be used in public areas. I did some tests and one limitation is the lack of tabs. – Sylvain Pineau Mar 31 '14 at 18:10
  • lack of tabs!!!!! oh no I can't live with that! Chrome is all about tabs you know XD – 842Mono Mar 31 '14 at 19:18
  • I can't find a better solution unfortunately and most of the chrome command line options are not documented. But as they are the same for Ubuntu and Windows I guess that the kiosk mode is the best we can do. You could run always maximized though if it's acceptable for you, there are some third-party programs that provide this feature – Sylvain Pineau Mar 31 '14 at 19:24
  • mmm I think I'll search again. ...are you sure you can't open tabs in the kiosk mode? try Ctrl+T – 842Mono Mar 31 '14 at 19:27
  • Well you can open tabs but you can't see them. But if navigating with keyboard shortcuts is not a problem for you, then Ctrl+PgUp or Ctrl+PgDown will help you to switch between opened tabs. – Sylvain Pineau Mar 31 '14 at 19:34