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cjmarques
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Jun 29, 2020
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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 t...
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  • Jim_B175's avatar
    Jim_B175
    Jun 24, 2022
    rmhartman,
    I just tested the True Full Screen for Screen Sharing function and it does give you a True Full Screen. Some Control Functions are maintained in the small User Image Window which can be repositioned easily.
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ShelaghT
Copper Contributor
Jun 24, 2022
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)
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Jim_B175
Brass Contributor
Jun 24, 2022

ShelaghT 

 

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.

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    rmhartman
    Copper Contributor
    Jun 24, 2022

    Jim_B175 The fullscreen in the teams app is not a true fullscreen, it retains a bar of controls across the top.  This is the entire point of this kvetch.  Fullscreen is no longer available, it's a "mostly full screen".  But that involves scaling a shared screen down just a little bit so that it fits in the available space.  This compromises the fidelity of the image.

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      Jim_B175
      Brass Contributor
      Jun 24, 2022
      See my reply on 6-24-2022 at 3:08 PM.
      Text of my reply was as follows:
      I just tested the True Full Screen for Screen Sharing function and it does give you a True Full Screen. Some Control Functions are maintained in the small User Image Window which can be repositioned easily.
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        rmhartman
        Copper Contributor
        Jun 24, 2022
        I am not after this when I _share_ my screen. I want it when someone else is sharing _their_ screen. Is that what you are talking about? Also: where is this "True Full Screen" option located?
    • Jim_B175's avatar
      Jim_B175
      Brass Contributor
      Jun 24, 2022

      rmhartman 

      I had sort of given up on badgering Microsoft as they seemed not to want to change anything.  I have been badgering for quite a while on this topic.  However, I seem to remember recently seeing that I did get a True Full Screen with No Border Controls.  I was surprised as I didn't think it had been changed.  I did note though (if I am correct with my memory) the Full Screen was only working when Sharing a Screen.  I wanted to see it work the way it used to work in Skype where you got the Full Screen even when not Sharing your Screen.  I use Microsoft Teams Version 1.5.00.14473 (64-bit).

       

      Do note though that I primarily use the App when in a Teams Session and I don't use a Browser Session.

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        Jim_B175
        Brass Contributor
        Jun 24, 2022
        rmhartman,
        I just tested the True Full Screen for Screen Sharing function and it does give you a True Full Screen. Some Control Functions are maintained in the small User Image Window which can be repositioned easily.

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