Hi @BruceGoodGuy

Thanks for reporting. However, I'd be reluctant to disable the full screen functionality on all mobile devices just because Safari on iOS doesn't support it. Although I don't use the functionality myself, I know some of our students do use it and I have been amazed by what they will attempt on a cell phone. If anyone is trying to write simple programs on their cell phone, full-screen capability would be just what they'd want? Also, your proposed change would disable the functionality on any Android device, which might include quite large tablets that might have attached keyboards and even screens. Even disabling the functionality on iPhones is questionable, as iPhones have up to a 6.7" display, can have a Bluetooth keyboard and might be running Chrome rather than Safari.

I don't have an iPhone to experiment with, but what happens on an iPhone running Safari if the user touches the full screen icon? If nothing actually happens then I'm inclined to do nothing. Disabling the functionality in that specific situation then creates a maintenance problem down the line if Safari is updated to allow full screening - how would we know? And then we'd have to reenable it again, with checks on the actual version number of Safari.

So, I'm sorry, but this isn't looking like a winner unless there is actually a significant problem arising from iPhone users touching the icon.

Hi @trampgeek,

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly!

I'm confirming what we discussed earlier. On iPhones using Safari, the editor doesn't currently support fullscreen mode. While users can try to activate fullscreen, nothing happens. In some cases, the fullscreen icon might even disappear after tapping it.

However, as you can see in the attached video I recorded on my iPhone using Safari, this behavior doesn't seem to significantly affect how users interact with the editor (it doesn't impact the user experience). So, based on your analysis in your previous comment, it seems like fixing this issue might not be a high priority.
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Is that what you meant? Please let me know if my understanding is incorrect.

Thanks,

Many thanks for the demo video, @BruceGoodGuy. It does seem like the non-working fullscreen functionality is just a very slight annoyance - you'd try the icon maybe a couple of times, see it does nothing, and then forget about it. So while it would be nice to be able to hide it in the current versions of Safari on an iPhone, I don't think fixing it is a priority.

The full-screening was provided by the Open University team, so I'll draw their attention to this issue and they can decide if they wish to do anything about it. In the meantime though I'll close the issue. But thanks again for reporting.