Full Screen Mode?

shivams
Is it possible to switch to a "full-screen" mode in Zotero on Windows or Linux? Most apps can be full-screened using "F11" key, however there seems to be no way to do that in Zotero. To read the PDF files within Zotero, full-screen mode is very essential. I still prefer reading my PDFs in an external PDF reader for this reason.
  • bellinterlab
    I agree. The PDF reader really is superb (as is Zotero!), especially with the horizontal scrolling I can fly through papers. But on my tiny 11" screen, it is all ruined because I cannot have the Zotero toolbar and titlebar hide themselves when my cursor is not over them (as I have set up for the Mac menubar). So 12mm of my 144mm vertical reading area is just wasted. So unfortunately I have to keep using horrible external PDF readers which have this full screen feature.
  • bellinterlab
    Also, for horizontal scrolling reading (as I use on my big screen machine), a "Zoom to Page Height" button in the toolbar would make a lot of sense (there is already a "Zoom to Page Width" button already there).
  • bellinterlab
    I think I mean hide "toolbar and tab bar" not "toolbar and title bar". And I notice that "Zoom to Page Height" is in the View Menu, though not in the toolbar. It's been a a while since I have been so pleased with a program, so to all of you who did all this, THANK YOU!
  • enozkan
    "Zoom to Page Height" is also in the context menu, when you right-click within the PDF viewer.
  • shivams
    Aahhh. That "zoom to page height" is a fantastic option. Didn't know it was there! I was constantly frustrated by the manual zooming which never fit the page height.

    BTW, I have now got almost a full-screen setup in Ubuntu (GNOME) using these 2 extensions:
    1. https://github.com/mlutfy/hidetopbar
    2. https://github.com/pixel-saver/pixel-saver

    Using these extensions I have removed the Gnome top bar and window title bar. It's a much better reading experience now. I have also set the left Gnome dock to auto-hide. This is how my laptop screen looks like now: https://imgur.com/a/wMLLX2N

    For Windows, I was able to hide the title bar using a AutoHotKey script. I don't have the script handy right now (it was on a different laptop). I will post the script later and the screenshot for how my Windows desktop look.

    All that remains to hide is that menu bar now. And we will have a full screen!
  • shivams
    Here is the autohotkey script to remove the title bar in Windows (works even for Windows 11):

    ;;;;; Hiding the title-bar and the menu-bar
    ;-TitleBar
    ^+t::
    MsgBox, Removing the titlebar
    WinSet, Style, -0xC00000, A
    return

    ;+TitleBar
    ^+y::
    MsgBox, Restoring the titlebar
    WinSet, Style, +0xC00000, A
    return
  • juanmahernandez
    In addition to shivams comments, one more improvement is achieved when the PDF is opened in a new window. In this new window there is no tabs, and you gain the height of the tab bar.
  • yuanlics
    Love shivams's solution so much. Additionally, you can try the following AHK script to modify window size and position to mimic true full-screen mode (if you don't have another screeen above the zotero window).

    ^+t:: ; Ctrl+Shift+T as the toggle hotkey
    WinGet, currentStyle, Style, A
    WinGetPos, X, Y, Width, Height, A
    offset := 200
    if (currentStyle & 0xC00000) ; Checks if the title bar is present
    {
    WinSet, Style, -0xC00000, A
    NewHeight := Height + offset
    NewX := X
    NewY := Y - offset
    WinMove, A,, NewX, NewY, Width, NewHeight
    }
    else
    {
    WinSet, Style, +0xC00000, A
    NewHeight := Height - offset
    NewX := X
    NewY := Y + offset
    WinMove, A,, NewX, NewY, Width, NewHeight
    }
    return
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