Enable fullscreen API calls for browser

asked 2015-01-03 19:08:29 +0200

JoshStrobl gravatar image

While I was doing some QA on a video player I am working on, I noticed that by default, Sailfish OS's browser does not respond to element.mozRequestFullScreen(), which as the function name implies, requests that the element be full screened. After going into about:config and disabling full-screen-api.allow-trusted-requests-only, I was able to get it working.

I would appreciate it if Jolla would change the default value of full-screen-api.allow-trusted-requests-only from true to false, enabling the ability to create an immersive user experience for viewing content online (via the browser).

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I don't think disabling security features by default is a good idea. The name "allow-trusted-requests-only" implies that there actually is a way allow fullscreen requests from specific sources - wouldn't it be better to find how to make your application trusted?

t4k1t ( 2015-01-03 20:47:55 +0200 )edit

You shouldn't have to "make your application trusted". You should be able to enable full screen so long as a user-prompted event triggers a request for fullscreen, just like how it is in Firefox and Chrome.

JoshStrobl ( 2015-01-03 20:51:02 +0200 )edit

I see. If user input is still required to go to fullscreen with this setting I guess it wouldn't really be an issue. Sadly I couldn't find any documentation on what exactly this setting is supposed to do - do you have any reference on that?

t4k1t ( 2015-01-03 21:22:46 +0200 )edit