Change the screen mode

You can use the screen mode options to view images on your entire screen. You can show or hide the menu bar, title bar, and scroll bars.

Do one of the following:

To display the default window, (menu bar at the top and scroll bars on the side), choose View > Screen Mode > Standard Screen Mode, or click the Screen Mode button in the Tools palette until Standard Screen Mode appears.
To display a full-screen window with a menu bar and a 50% gray background, but no title bar or scroll bars, choose View > Screen Mode > Full Screen Mode With Menu Bar, or click the Screen Mode button in the Tools palette until Full Screen Mode With Menu Bar appears.
To display a full-screen window with only a black background (no title bar, menu bar, or scroll bars), choose View > Screen Mode > Full Screen Mode, or click the Screen Mode button in the Tools palette until Full Screen Mode appears.
To display a maximized document window that fills all available space between docks and that resizes when dock widths change, choose View > Screen Mode > Maximized Screen Mode, or click the Screen Mode button in the Tools palette until Maximized Screen Mode appears.

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Dorothy Farol said on Oct 21, 2007 at 5:53 PM :

I still can't get the black background in either of the full screen mode. Your
help file doesn't explain how. It just says it happens...which it doesn't for
me. What's the secret. I can only get the grey backgound.

Anita Dennis said on Oct 22, 2007 at 2:03 PM :

In Preferences, go to the Interface pane and in the Background area, choose Fill Color > Black.

Dorothy Farol said on Oct 22, 2007 at 3:48 PM :

In PS CS3 on the Mac, there is no Background area designated in
Preferences Interface or elsewhere. I have discovered that color choice for
the full screen modes can be chosen by using the Control key or the right
hand mouse key, that is bringing up the context menu. I suppose using the
right hand key will work in Windows.

No screen name said on Dec 8, 2007 at 2:34 PM :

is it possible to change the default screen mode? so by default picture open in full screen mode or...?

No screen name said on May 9, 2008 at 10:01 PM :

There doesn't appear to be a way to turn off the scroll and status bars in a workspace. It seems pointless to have scroll bars in a window that doesn't need to scroll (yet there is one to the right of this comment window). The status bar used to be removeable in earlier versions. If there is a way to switch them off, I would appreciate the info. The scroll bars needlessly take up space especially if you want to tile images.

a.larby said on May 21, 2008 at 9:37 AM :

I have been told to go into the preferences of x11, it still wont let me click on
full screen mode. Please advise on what to do.

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Change the screen mode

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