Full screen mode

Discussion in 'SolidWorks' started by Dale Dunn, Aug 3, 2007.

  1. Dale Dunn

    Dale Dunn Guest

    Does anyone know of a setting or switch to start SW in full-screen mode?
    I'm too lazy to hit F11 every time I start it up.

    TIA
     
    Dale Dunn, Aug 3, 2007
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  2. Dale Dunn

    Rory Guest

    You can try right clicking on the shortcut you use to start SolidWorks
    and select the "properties" option, then there is an option for what
    type of window to start the program in. It's on the "shortcut" tab on
    the screen that comes up after you pick the properties option. Then
    on that screen towards the bottom there is spot that says "Run:" with
    a pulldown that has the options: normal window, minimized, and
    maximized.

    Hope it works for you

    Rory
     
    Rory, Aug 3, 2007
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  3. Dale Dunn

    Dale Dunn Guest

    Hope it works for you

    Thanks for that, but it's not what I was after. Starting maximized is no
    problem. If you hit F11 on 2007 or later, it goes into full-screen mode
    which is different from maximized. The title bar, menu bar, and borders are
    no longer visible, as if the window has been made slightly larger than
    maximized. The result is more graphics area. (F10 hides the tool bars, and
    F9 hides the FMT/ proper manager) in case you weren't aware.)
     
    Dale Dunn, Aug 3, 2007
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  4. Dale Dunn

    Rory Guest

    oops, Nope I didn't know that. But it explains what happened to my
    IE window when I was typing the previous reply. I was bouncing back
    and forth between apps while I was typing and had hit the F11 key
    somewhere along the way and didn't notice that all my menus were gone
    until I came back to IE. :) Restarted my computer to get things back
    the way they were. Nice to know I could have just hit "F11" again.

    Have a good weekend.
     
    Rory, Aug 3, 2007
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