I want to create a web app and need help with fullscreen when the page loads, without user interaction.
I have something like this in the click function, which works correctly; however, I want the function to run when the page starts.
button.addEventListener("click", function() {
var el = document.documentElement
var rfs = el.requestFullScreen ||
el.webkitRequestFullScreen ||
el.mozRequestFullScreen;
rfs.call(el);
});
That is not possible.
I ran the following snippet in my browser console:
var e = document.getElementById('answers');
(e.webkitRequestFullScreen || e.mozRequestFullScreen).apply(e);
Chrome told me:
Failed to execute 'requestFullScreen' on 'Element': API can only be initiated by a user gesture.
Firefox told me:
Request for full-screen was denied because Element.mozRequestFullScreen() was not called from inside a short running user-generated event handler.
That is a restriction put in place to prevent abuse, similar to that on window.open
(see this or this question for example).