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AutomaticFullscreenAllowedForUrls

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Allow automatic full screen on specified sites

Supported versions

  • On Windows and macOS since 132 or later

Description

For security reasons, the requestFullscreen() web API requires a prior user gesture ("transient activation") to be called or it will fail. Users' personal settings may allow certain origins to call this API without a prior user gesture.

This policy supersedes users' personal settings and allows matching origins to call the API without a prior user gesture.

For detailed information about valid URL patterns, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2095322. Wildcards (*) are allowed.

Origins matching both blocked and allowed policy patterns will be blocked. Origins not specified by policy or user settings will require a prior user gesture to call this API.

Supported features

  • Can be mandatory: Yes
  • Can be recommended: No
  • Dynamic Policy Refresh: Yes
  • Per Profile: Yes
  • Applies to a profile that is signed in with a Microsoft account: No

Data type

  • List of strings

Windows information and settings

Group Policy (ADMX) info

  • GP unique name: AutomaticFullscreenAllowedForUrls
  • GP name: Allow automatic full screen on specified sites
  • GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Content settings
  • GP path (Recommended): N/A
  • GP ADMX file name: MSEdge.admx

Example value

https://www.example.com

[*.]example.edu

Registry settings

  • Path (Mandatory): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\AutomaticFullscreenAllowedForUrls
  • Path (Recommended): N/A
  • Value name: 1, 2, 3, ...
  • Value type: List of REG_SZ

Example registry value

SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\AutomaticFullscreenAllowedForUrls\1 =

https://www.example.com

SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\AutomaticFullscreenAllowedForUrls\2 =

[*.]example.edu

Mac information and settings

  • Preference Key name: AutomaticFullscreenAllowedForUrls
  • Example value:
<array>
  <string>https://www.example.com</string>
  <string>[*.]example.edu</string>
</array>

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