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When I expand videos to "full screen" how do I eliminate the statement 'press escape to exit full screen mode'

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When I expand videos to "full screen" how do I eliminate the statement 'press escape to exit full screen mode'?

When I expand videos to "full screen" how do I eliminate the statement 'press escape to exit full screen mode'?

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cor-el
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That message to press ESC should go away automatically after a few seconds.

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).

Try to disable the hardware acceleration in the Flash Player.

See:

Flash "Display settings" window: