Launching other apps in fullscreen

Asked Jul 04 '17 at 14:45

Active Jul 07 '17 at 08:03

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As I mentioned in the topic I am wondering if there is any way to run an app in fullscreen right from my app.

I tried to use Accessibility, but I haven't found anything that could help. I also tried to use NSWorkspace, but the result is the same. I'm stuck.

Could anyone help me?

asked Jul 04 '17 at 14:45

Rajmund Zawiślak

Are you sandboxed? – Ssswift Jul 04 '17 at 15:19
Yes, but I'm interested in non-sandboxed solution too. – Rajmund Zawiślak Jul 04 '17 at 16:24
Non-sandboxed should be relatively easy: open it, then send an event. My gut says it won't be possible from the sandbox, but I'm not sure. – Ssswift Jul 04 '17 at 22:01
Can you give me more details how to send an event to other applications? – Rajmund Zawiślak Jul 05 '17 at 08:05
Maybe use AppleScript https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36272353/applescript-to-open-an-application-in-full-screen-mode – TheNextman Jul 07 '17 at 15:52
Hmm, but I can't choose which instance of application will be open in fullscreen, right? – Rajmund Zawiślak Jul 07 '17 at 20:27
You can use AppleScript to target process IDs – TheNextman Jul 08 '17 at 03:10
Unfortunately not every application can be toggled to fullscreen with cmd + ctrl + F combination. Any other solutions? – Rajmund Zawiślak Jul 08 '17 at 08:28

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