Wish: Non-lion Window.fullscreen (Mac)

[jorgenskogmo]

Ideally, there should be an option to create a "real" fullscreen window (chromeless, on-top),
instead of the current "lion fullscreen" mode wich can be exited by the user (by mousing to the top of the screen).

(Im working on a touchscreen app for public display...)

[respectTheCode]

You may want to play with Opera. It has a kiosk mode that I have used in the past that works really well.

[jorgenskogmo]

yeah - but this is node-webkit, remember? ;-)

[kevsmt]

I hope this is going to be supported "Kiosk Mode" very handy for fullscreen apps like Point Of Sale, etc.

[respectTheCode]

A "kiosk mode" is very different than just full screen. It needs to block closing the app and a bunch of keyboard shortcuts like alt-f4 / cmd-q, ctrl-alt-delete / cmd-opt-esc, win-l / cmd-shift-q and so on. I mentioned Opera because it's kiosk mode works well and they have a pretty detailed list of things that should be blocked.

http://www.opera.com/support/mastering/kiosk/

I agree that it would be nice to have as an option in node-webkit.

[jorgenskogmo]

Sure, proper "kiosk mode" would be sweet, but "proper" fullscreen is all I really need.
(As it's a touchscreen app, no keyboard...)

[zcbenz]

I'll support "kiosk mode" or at least non-lion fullscreen mode in v0.3.1, it's interesting to use node-webkit for public display.

btw, using a Mac for public display is a bit luxurious for me...

[jorgenskogmo]

Great!
(The Mac's are already in place.)
Can we expect the kiosk mode to be available on all platforms?

[kevsmt]

@zcbenz This will be a choice for many already. I have chosen nw for R&D.. love your work guys!

[zcbenz]

Can we expect the kiosk mode to be available on all platforms?

Of course you can, node-webkit will try to provide best experiences on all platforms. But you have to wait since there're already many features waiting to be implemented.

[vorg]

Using W3C Fullscreen API is much better idea in my opinion http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/fullscreen/raw-file/tip/Overview.html

[zcbenz]

There's already an issue #55 for HTML5 Fullscreen API, this issue is for a simple API to make the browser window fullscreen (which is much easier to implement) and support kiosk mode.

[jorgenskogmo]

In 0.3 this is almost as I (we?) need it - if only the damn (OS X) Menubar would remain hidden when in fullscreen...

I added the following at line 240 in native_window_mac.mm to solve it:

if (!has_frame_) [NSMenu setMenuBarVisible:NO];

Any chance this can reach trunk?
Ideally with (yet) another window-setting in package.json?

[zcbenz]

A kiosk switch has been added in window-setting of package.json, and also Window.enterKioskMode() function in Window API.

Note only Mac has complete kiosk mode supported since it has kiosk system APIs, kiosk mode on Linux and Windows is the same with normal fullscreen mode. Disabling Alt+Tab or else needs low level hack and will make node-webkit behave like virus.

Kiosk mode will be launched in v0.3.1.

[jorgenskogmo]

Sweet!
I will need to hide the mouse too (in kiosk mode)

[Mithgol]

Give CSS3 cursor: none a try.

[jorgenskogmo]

aha! Works like a charm. Thanks.

[asadpakistani]

I think the Koisk features like keyboard blocking should be left to os level for flexibility and not bloating the codebase.