Disable Firefox’s fullscreen dialog

Update: The preference mentioned below has been removed since FF42. In FF43 there is a new one available that will do the job.
Setting the value of ‘full-screen-api.warning.timeout‘ to zero (0) ms will disable the message again.


Blame it to the HTML5 fullscreen API, once you’ve entered fullscreen, you’re asked to confirm or deny the action.

… is now fullscreen. Press ESC at any time to exit. Deny / Allow *Remember decision for …

Even when you have approved and remembered this decision for a specific domain, firefox shows a annoying three seconds message.

… is now fullscreen. Press ESC at any time to exit.

Here’s how to permanently disable this approval request or message:

  1. enter ‘about:config’ into address line
  2. search for ‘full-screen-api.approval-required
  3. set attribute value ‘true’ to ‘false’

That’s it!

Note: Keep in mind, this alert message during full-screen mode is a security feature. Think twice if you are going to disable this behavior.

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