I'm trying to boot a chrome application shortcut in full screen (kiosk mode).
Launching as an application shortcut is straightforward by appending the command --app=http://website.com
. But the kiosk/fullscreen mode --kiosk
or --start-maximized
doesn't work.
I've looked up the commands through man google-chrome
. I doesn't look like the option exists.
Is this option hidden, or are there alternatives? A way of starting chrome in fullscreen by default? I'm guessing that there is a way to fake a key press on F11 after chrome has started. Though this really isn't an ideal solution.
Best Answer
How to use Chrome browser in kiosk-mode
Use it like this:
tested with Ubuntu 12.04,
google-chrome-stable 30.0.1599.66-1
andchromium-browser 28.0.1500.71-0ubuntu1.12.04
. But only if there is no other instance of the browser running.So close all browser windows and then use it with the option and it should definitely work as expected.
Other things I've learned
Checking
--help
orman google-chrome
didn't help because:So
--kiosk
is an option that is deliberately un-document, because it might disappear at a whim... which it didn't since over 2 years. But, well you have been warned.