How to get the chrome tabs to always show when in full screen mode?

Question

I would really like to use Chrome on my new 2013 Macbook Air with tabs, but without the menu bar. So, I use full-screen mode, but it hides the tabs. Is what I want possible? And, if so, how can I get it to work that way?

related http://superuser.com/questions/184815/show-tabs-in-chrome-full-screen-mode — Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com, Dec 21 '16 at 09:41

score 303 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 26 '16 at 07:12

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With latest version of Chrome, there is the option to show the Toolbar (which includes tabs) in the View menu.

answered Sep 26 '16 at 07:12

jmartinm

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score 60 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 13 '13 at 18:01

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Shift-CMD-F is for presentation mode and will hide the tabs. You want full screen mode instead, so use Control-CMD-F. Tabs will show in full screen mode.

answered Dec 13 '13 at 18:01

JohnnyO

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This does not appear to work in the latest versions of Chrome or OS X, except in conjunction with the other answer. – George Cummins Jul 17 '17 at 22:57
This doesn't answer the question – Jim Aho Mar 15 '20 at 08:12
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A note to this command: it is working only if already in full screen mode. This command toggles Tabs bar in full screen mode. Just tried in Version 81.0.4044.122 (Official Build) (64-bit), Mac 10.12.6 – 西門正 Code Guy Apr 28 '20 at 12:33
Ahhh I see what happened - Shift-Cmd-F toggles tabs in fullscreen mode on and off - Ctrl-Cmd-F toggles fullscreen mode on and off – Peter Sep 30 '22 at 16:32
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Shift-CMD-F worked for me. Thanks for this shortcut. – samar taj Shaikh Mar 16 '23 at 03:45

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 19 '14 at 11:30

It sounds like you’re trying to enter Full Screen Mode with Command+Shift+F. Like what others have mentioned, you have to use Shift+Command+F to enter Full Screen Mode (with tabs available) instead of Presentation Mode where tabs are hidden.

But if you want to use Command+Shift+F for Full Screen mode, open Keyboard Preferences and change Presentation Mode shortcut to other key combination, eg. Option+Shift+F. Here is the screenshot for the explanation above. (Ignore the All Applications configurations; just take a look at Google Chrome shortcuts assignments)

Google Chrome Shortcut Overridden

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 19 '14 at 09:19

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chrome://flags, look for "Enables simplified fullscreen", make sure you set it to disabled.

answered Feb 19 '14 at 09:19

mchis

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Might want to add to be very certain of the actions you perform on this page. – Rob Feb 19 '14 at 09:46
Flag does not exist anymore – Moulick Nov 02 '19 at 16:29
as of 2021, I've found it within "Immersive Fullscreen Toolbar" flag – Igor Nov 14 '21 at 21:05

score 1 · Answer 5 · edited Oct 28 '13 at 06:22

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Go to View >Enter Full Screen.

To hide the tabs again, go to View > Enter Presentation Mode.

edited Oct 28 '13 at 06:22

M K

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answered Oct 28 '13 at 05:56

Peter O

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 30 '19 at 01:52

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I am dropping off the address and tabs bar with this extension:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/zenhelper/odpfhihammejhokpbbkbhlmhnoipglmc

answered Nov 30 '19 at 01:52

Jackie

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered May 08 '21 at 12:00

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I had the exact problem and had tried the solutions and did not work until I reset the display settings and changed the scaled size. I used the apple display monitor settings.

answered May 08 '21 at 12:00

Paula Paola

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Jun 25 '13 at 00:06

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This is an issue with the viewing mode. Here's another article that describes the behavior in further detail.

Presentation Mode Full-screen without tabs.

Full-screen Mode Full-screen with tabs.

answered Jun 25 '13 at 00:06

bitcycle

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How to get the chrome tabs to always show when in full screen mode?

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