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How to resize the browser window to full screen size when it loads in Internet Explorer

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Summary

This article describes how to use JavaScript to automatically resize the browser window to the maximum height and width when the window is loaded within a Web page.

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More information

  1. In Page view of Microsoft FrontPage, click the HTML tab.
  2. Insert the following JavaScript just below the <HEAD> tag:
    <script language="JavaScript">
window.onload = maxWindow;

function maxWindow()
{
window.moveTo(0,0);


if (document.all)
{
  top.window.resizeTo(screen.availWidth,screen.availHeight);
}

else if (document.layers||document.getElementById)
{
  if (top.window.outerHeight<screen.availHeight||top.window.outerWidth<screen.availWidth)
  {
    top.window.outerHeight = screen.availHeight;
    top.window.outerWidth = screen.availWidth;
  }
}
}

</script>
When the page that has the JavaScript is loaded, the browser window is maximized. Notice that the window is not fully maximized to fill the whole screen, and you can drag the mouse to resize the window. In addition, the maximize button is still available if you want to fill up the screen with the window. The preceding code resizes the current browser window to the maximum height and width that are available for the screen resolution and allows the border of the window to still be visible.

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References

For additional information, visit the following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web site:

Web development
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa155073

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Properties

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This article was written about products for which Microsoft no longer offers support. Therefore, this article is offered "as is" and will no longer be updated.

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Keywords: KB287171, kbscript, kbhowto, kbdhtml

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Article Info
Article ID : 287171
Revision : 4
Created on : 6/19/2012
Published on : 6/19/2012
Exists online : False
Views : 374