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can't find option for full screen after update
The most recent update to teams moved the controls to the top but seems to have removed the ability to show the meeting in full screen. We do a lot of code sharing and depend on the ability stretch to full screen to make the code easier to read.
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- Pernille-Eskebo when are you planning to give back the true full screen?
- All of a sudden today the toolbar and Full Screen options are no longer available in the browser version of Teams. It's essential to have those as we share a meeting on the portal into the Live event on the laptop. I couldn' do that today so someone else had to live strem for me (they still have those options)
I don't use Browser version myself but it's possible the option is located somewhere else but even so have you tried to toggle to Full Screen using PF11. This is how I get to Full Screen in my Teams App but even so you still have to make sure that you are in I believe the normal mode Window of the session (not a Teams mode).
Also a simple solution might be to just install the Teams App and use that as it appears to still be available there.
- I would really love to read a statement from some MS Teams product manager. Since my daughter is using Teams for home schooling right now and clearly needs other features than I do, I could live with an explanation like: "The target audience is so diverse and no one except devs seems to require the true full screen feature, besides during corona, Teams adoption by non-devs exploded and we're busy implementing features for all sorts of use-cases..... maybe later we're coming back to you guys." So far nothing? Maybe I missed it here, since I'm not checking on a daily basis. I'm a little sad, because after years and years of seeing Microsoft missing the whole point e.g. of automation, and Linux taking over, I'm seeing that with VS Code for example, there seem to be really cool dev teams at MS. And I thought so too about the Teams team for a while. Now I'm disappointed.
- cjmarques
I'm not even sure your daughter is using Microsoft Teams meaning when you install Microsoft Teams for Home and Personal use you don't get what you see advertised on Television. Instead you get directed to install Skype. But I'm not sure about your daughter because it's not clear what level of Teams she is using.
As far as I can tell Microsoft Teams looks like it might not have had it all along though it is not quite clear as if you try to host a meeting what you see looks like it's True Full Screen but when you get other Participants then you see it is not True Full Screen. So many of the people I've seen on this Forum seem to only be concerned about True Full Screen for Shared Screen functionality. I agree it is needed there but it needs to be done for just one on one video calls as well. Some years ago Skype did this and Skype had a True Full Screen but now even Skype doesn't have True Full Screen.
Microsoft I believe ever since top management changed has been taking away features in their applications that people had grown to like and want to continue with and not just in Microsoft Teams. Microsoft seems to think it knows what people should want despite all the people telling Microsoft what they want and Microsoft just seems to ignore them or try as they are doing with Microsoft Teams tell us that they gave us Full Screen because there is an option for it on their menus when we can clearly see you aren't getting a True Full Screen despite what Microsoft claims. Microsoft is telling us also how great Cloud Computing is such as Microsoft 365. I really am beginning to hate it because it doesn't work as well as non-Cloud applications. There is sometimes a tremendous lag in response time especially for Home Users of the system because not only is there the time it takes to transfer the data to the Cloud for processing and back down again but Home Consumer Level users have asymmetrical bandwidth. For Cloud Computing we need symmetrical Bandwidth. Asymmetrical Bandwidth causes the transmission speed to be slower in one direction than the other. So, in my opinion, Cloud Computing is more suited to the business world rather than the Consumer world because Consumers tend to have asymmetrical bandwidth whereas it's Businesses which may have the symmetrical bandwidth.
And trust me as far as your comments about Linux, I wouldn't want Linux products because Linux is not what most companies and people use. Windows is the major Operating System which is used worldwide. Most people users in businesses aren't familiar with Linux. Most people on the other hand do know Windows.- Thanks for the reply! Well, my daughter is using the exact same Teams I use except she has an additional function for getting and returning homework exercises. I see you feel upset about your and other users' needs being ignored by MS here. I am just sad because I just saw Microsoft getting on-track again (as I said, indicated by VS Code and initially by Teams as well). Probably MS is so data-driven now that human input is just too complicated and expensive to assess. Besides, even a human can't really guess from this thread's heading "can't find option..." that it's actually a feature request. Maybe start a new thread for that matter?
Regarding Linux/Windows: I partly agree. Most people do use Windows and I don't want to blame anyone for doing so. But the main use-case for Windows is manual work (like with MS Office). And as far as this manual work isn't tremendously creative (like arts, software development, ...) it's probably gonna be automated soon. Because when "digitalization" is "done" no company can afford to pay employees for following processes involving clicking, dragging, dropping and writing emails back and forth anymore.
Cloud? Well, the way it's done with Office it's probably just a lot better for MS (usage data, licensing, ...), but not necessarily for the user. Though, I don't suffer too much because I have enough bandwidth and I'm not an Office power user. As a developer I'm very happy with back-to-simple approaches like etherpad or excalidraw for instant collaboration on creative tasks.
- Full screen resolution of a shared screen seems like a very basic feature to lose. Teams just needs a few tweaks like this to be a great tool for software companies which need to be able to collaborate on complex code and text. Let's have it back please!
Most people seem to be asking for Full Screen on shared screens. I agree you need it there but a True Full Screen is also important for use just on an actual conference call without shared screen such as a one on one video call (2 participants only).
Microsoft needs to implement a True Full Screen on all selections of Full Screen not just for Shared Screens.
- And.... now Microsoft has _removed_ the option to opt out of New Meeting Experience, while still not creating true full-screen. Way to go Microsoft. True user-friendlyness. /s
For those who argue, that Fullscreen in the previous UI wasn't true fullscreen: You are wrong. Look at this video from Jeremy Chapman, Director at Microsoft 365. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_C4N4mukqUI'm still not sure that was true what your link said but in any event you can't do what the link says to do because Microsoft removed the option to stop using the New Experience.
Secondly I not only want True Full Screen in Shared Screen Mode but I want it when not sharing a Screen. I want to be able to get to to a True Full Screen when just on a Conference Meeting with just 2 or more participants or just on a Microsoft Teams Video Call. It is ridiculous that Microsoft doesn't give us this facility when Skype (now a Microsoft Product) did it and other Video Conferencing Applications do True Full Screen.
Jim_B175 I couldn't agree more. 🙂
cjmarques Hopefully this is helpful. I found a recent video on how to get actually fullscreen in Teams. Super useful for recording sessions for and reusing them in other formats.
Looks like Microsoft people made it too. https://youtu.be/-_C4N4mukqU
Old news. I have been posting these exact same instructions for a few weeks now. I had discovered this on my own as I knew we had this option before and the only difference was the 'New experience option'. I consider it more of a workaround solution as you lose some of the newer features in 'New experience' but as I mostly don't use those newer featurest in most cases it doesn't matter to me. Other people who have tried out my instructions feel the True Full Screen is more important or at least for certain functions they want to use.
cjmarques I agree. It's beyond outrageous that this feature was deleted. In the latest versions they put back a "full screen" function, but it is not really full screen. It is still not possible to have 1:1 display of two screens of the same resolution. This MUST be fixed by Microsoft. It's a feature that was available in Skype for business, earlier versions of Teams and in Remote Desktop but for some unexplainable reason removed in Teams.
In an earlier Post, I indicated you can get a True Full Screen back in Teams by going into settings and unchecking the option for 'Turning On New Experience'. After unchecking this Option, you must quit Teams and restart Teams for the change to take effect. This is the way Teams was before this option was added. With this option unchecked you can select the Enter Full Screen mode and you will get a True Full Screen for your Video Chat/Video Meeting. You will initially see the Control Bar appear in the Full Screen but that will disappear if you do not move your mouse. I have only checked this out when I'm hosting a meeting when no one else is in the meeting but I assume when there are 2 or more participants you will probably see your 'User Image' showing on the Full Screen but I believe it should be just your image and not in the Dark Grey Bar at the bottom of the Full Screen Window in the 'Turn on new Experience' Option. This is the way Skype used to do the 'User Image'. This works in the Free Version of Teams as that is what I'm using myself.
- Hi Jim, Thanks, this was really helpful. Works perfectly. //Matthijs
I have full screen available now, sometimes. If I am in group chat, full screen is available along with focus. However, if I am in a single chat, full screen is not available. I have eye problems. Getting this fully implemented would be a big help. Does anyone know if this is going to be done?
You may be confusing Focus with Full Screen and you may be confusing the Full Screen option with Full Screen. Microsoft Teams Full Screen option is not Full Screen as the Control Buttons still appear at the top of the screen which means it is not truly Full Screen. I just checked my Full Screen option and what I say about Full Screen is still the case. So I doubt you are seeing a real Full Screen.
I believe the Full Screen option you see on the menu was what Microsoft Teams was saying was going to be the Full Screen everybody has been asking for but it is not REAL FULL SCREEN. Microsoft is still trying to foist what it wants to on the Users when it is not what the Users want. We want a Real Full Screen presentation. The Control Buttons can still be there but hidden until you for instance move the mouse. But what Microsoft is doing now is not Full Screen.
I'm not confusing anything, but I'll grant you that they should offer an easy way to hide controls. However, MS's current version of full screen beats just having focus every day of the week. Being able to hide those controls would be awesome, but just having a focus options sucks. That's all there is in a direct chat. I am not sure why the option (however implemented) would not be available for both group chats and direct chat. Just using focus does not get the images large enough for me not to have a splitting headache when we are done. The step up to the current implementation of full screen is much better, except that it is not available through both chat modes.
Having said all of that, I won't argue that MS should not also implement your suggestion. However, even if they do it won't help in a direct chat scenario if they do not make it available there.
The new focus mode works great on my XPS 17 with a 1920 x 1200 resolution when the presenter is presenting a 1920 x 1080 screen, so definitely like having the focus mode, but on my other laptop which is 1920 x 1080 it is difficult to see the presenter's screen.
Still need an option to have full screen of the presenter's screen with the controls overlaid on top, but slide out if not focused.
- Emily Kirby
Microsoft
cjmarques Stefstudy AviZadok Patkul and all:
Hi, thank you for the feedback. We are working to include this in the new meetings experience. Folks can check status on the UserVoice item here: https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103/suggestions/41277121
