Can I hide the toolbar in Safari while in Full Screen mode?

Question

When in non-full-screen mode, Safari lets me use the ⌘+| shortcut or View > Hide Toolbar to hide the URL and search bar, etc. However, when I'm in Full Screen mode, this option is greyed out. Is there any way I can hide it without exiting Full Screen?

score 46 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 06 '16 at 15:40

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In Safari 10.0.1 on macOS Sierra it is quite simple - you have to uncheck View > Always Show Toolbar in Full Screen to hide the toolbar.

answered Nov 06 '16 at 15:40

Mateusz Piotrowski

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This should be the top-voted answer. – Sridhar Ratnakumar Sep 30 '17 at 19:04
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Note that you might have to go into Full Screen mode before you can uncheck it – nachocab Apr 06 '19 at 08:43
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I feel like an idiot that I had to Google this and didn't just find it in the menus. – stef Feb 18 '21 at 02:56

score 10 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 19 '12 at 22:19

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Enter full screen mode, right-click anywhere around the address bar then click "Hide Toolbar" in the menu that appears.

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Although next time you enter full screen mode the toolbar comes back.

answered Apr 19 '12 at 22:19

binarybob

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Be careful, because once you do this, the only way to get the bar back is to exit and then enter full screen mode again. – Sam Spencer Apr 19 '12 at 22:24
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no, you can click view/customize toolbar... to restore it – dmitry Apr 08 '13 at 11:06
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This doesn't seem to work in Mavericks. – Brigham Dec 16 '13 at 20:37
Checkout my solution below. It'll work with Mavericks. – rgtk Feb 02 '14 at 02:02

rgtk · Answer 3 · 2015-02-28T11:56:24.937

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Open console (⌥⌘C or Develop > Show Error Console), paste this code:

(function() {
  var el = document.createElement('div'),
      docEl = document.documentElement;

  el.innerText = 'Go to fullscreen view';
  el.setAttribute('style', 'position: fixed; top: 10%; left: 10%; padding: 30%; background: #000; color: #fff; opacity: .7; cursor: pointer;')
  document.body.appendChild(el)

  el.onclick = function() {
    if (docEl.requestFullscreen) {
      docEl.requestFullscreen();
    } else if (docEl.mozRequestFullScreen) {
      docEl.mozRequestFullScreen();
    } else if (docEl.webkitRequestFullscreen) {
      docEl.webkitRequestFullscreen();
    }
    document.body.removeChild(el);
  };
})();

and click the black box.

You need to activate Developer-Tools for this solution. To enable Developer-Tools, go to Advanced, click "Show Develop menu in menu bar" at the bottom of the window.

edited Feb 28 '15 at 11:56

answered Feb 02 '14 at 02:02

rgtk

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i wonder if this could be made into a bookmarklet – John Bachir Aug 19 '14 at 07:56
javascript:document.documentElement.webkitRequestFullScreen() – Peater de Xel Jul 20 '15 at 09:36
@ralfix, your solution won't work since Webkit-based browser require function like this triggered by user action (via click event for example). – rgtk Jul 20 '15 at 10:11
@rgtos: It actually works fine for me, using Safari 8.0.8. – Peater de Xel Aug 17 '15 at 20:43

Can I hide the toolbar in Safari while in Full Screen mode?

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