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F11 not working as a shortcut key to get fullscreen in Firefox 4

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Although I can enable fullscreen mode via the View menu, hitting F11 doesn't work in Firefox 4 for me. I always used to be able to use this as a shortcut key in previous versions of Firefox.

Although I can enable fullscreen mode via the View menu, hitting F11 doesn't work in Firefox 4 for me. I always used to be able to use this as a shortcut key in previous versions of Firefox.

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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).

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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).

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Thank you - that was very helpful and solved my problem.

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You're welcome

Can you tell us which Add-on caused the problem or how you otherwise solved it?
It helps other who read this thread.

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Hello. Yes: I went into Safe mode and found that F11 worked, then I remembered that the problem with it not working had been when I was on a specific website, megavideo.com. So I went to this site again (whilst still in Safe mode) and although F11 works on the first page of the site, once I started watching a clip, it didn't (though it worked via the View Menu). So by taking your tip to start in Safe mode, I was able to pinpoint the problem. It wasn't the add-ons that were causing the problem, just one site, which I can live with. Thank you for your help.

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Keyboard shortcuts do not work if a plugin has focus and that is what most likely happened in your case. You need to click outside the player on the page or a toolbar to set the focus elsewhere and then the F11 key and other shortcut keys should work.

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Thank you. Have just tried that, but no, once the megavideo.com player is playing, even if I click my cursor elsewhere, the F11 button doesn't work and I have to access Fullscreen by going to the View Menu. Not to worry though - it's only one website. Thanks again for your help.