With the below code block it opens a chrome browser fine it just won't full screen the browser using F11. i used to use C# and selenium and that worked fine using this method on chrome and different browsers. It finds the element 'body' but then does not send the key press. Am I doing something wrong here that i should be requiring some other library?

the documentation for webdriverjs is pathetic and there is very few examples, I am seriously considering dumping it for something else possibly python.

var webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver');
var driver = new webdriver.Builder().
    withCapabilities(webdriver.Capabilities.chrome()).
    build();
driver.get('/');

driver.wait(function () {
    return driver.getTitle().then(function (title) {
        return title === 'Google';
    });
}, 1000);


driver.findElement(webdriver.By.xpath('/html/body')).sendKeys("F11");

why are we doing this. we are developing a website that will change depending on size 800x600 + with and without the toolbar depending on how the screen is used different items will be displayed. i can maximise the window using,

driver.manage().window().maximize();

This however still leaves the toolbar present and doesn't act as if the user has pressed the F11 key.

With the below code block it opens a chrome browser fine it just won't full screen the browser using F11. i used to use C# and selenium and that worked fine using this method on chrome and different browsers. It finds the element 'body' but then does not send the key press. Am I doing something wrong here that i should be requiring some other library?

the documentation for webdriverjs is pathetic and there is very few examples, I am seriously considering dumping it for something else possibly python.

var webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver');
var driver = new webdriver.Builder().
    withCapabilities(webdriver.Capabilities.chrome()).
    build();
driver.get('https://www.google.co.uk/');

driver.wait(function () {
    return driver.getTitle().then(function (title) {
        return title === 'Google';
    });
}, 1000);


driver.findElement(webdriver.By.xpath('/html/body')).sendKeys("F11");

why are we doing this. we are developing a website that will change depending on size 800x600 + with and without the toolbar depending on how the screen is used different items will be displayed. i can maximise the window using,

driver.manage().window().maximize();

This however still leaves the toolbar present and doesn't act as if the user has pressed the F11 key.

• javascript
• selenium
• selenium-webdriver

• 1 There is already the ability to maximise the window: github./SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/master/javascript/webdriver/… – Arran Commented Jan 20, 2014 at 17:13
• The difference is that F11 hides the web address bar, and any other tool bars. – Richard Commented Jan 20, 2014 at 17:15
• @Richard and that's practical, how? – ddavison Commented Jan 20, 2014 at 17:56
• in the website we are creating it has to be full screen for operational purposes therefore the address bar is not needed the maximize is not what i need (however i can get that to work :D) – trevellyon Commented Jan 21, 2014 at 11:37
• Hello! So did you fix that problem? I also want to open the browser in fullscreen not just maximized. kind regards Margo – Margo Commented Aug 19, 2015 at 12:03

6 Answers 6

it tooks some time to find it but you should have all the Keys in webdriver.Key

driver.findElement(webdriver.By.xpath('/html/body')).sendKeys(webdriver.Key.F11);

Hope it helps!

A co-worker has just discovered that it works well in C# with:

Driver.Instance.Manage().Window.FullScreen(); 

from selenium.webdriver.mon.keys import Keys
from selenium.webdriver.mon.action_chains import ActionChains

ActionChains(driver).send_keys(Keys.F11).perform()

I use a similar mand to toggle JS via Firefox's NoScript add-on

edit: I just tested, and it works!

For me the one emulating correctly the F11 on startup is:

ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.addArguments("--start-fullscreen");
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(options);

Or if the kiosk mode is preferred:

ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.addArguments("--kiosk");
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(options);

This should work for you:

driver.findElement(webdriver.By.xpath('/html/body')).sendKeys(Keys.F11);

You can maximise the window using:

driver.manage().window().maximize();