View Document-only in Fullscreen with one-click

[Niyam-users]

To view JUST my illustration on the screen, i have to:

01. select View>Fullscreen,

02. Uncheck about seven items individually in the fly-out menu beyond
View>Show/Hide,

03. to resume work, i then toggle each of the seven items individually
again, in the fly-out menu of View>Show/Hide.

besides, i cannot hide the actual inkscape menu.

suggested solution:

a) Full-screen mode should be a toggle. Selecting it should HIDE all the
CHECKED items in View>Show/Hide.

b) Selecting it again should UNHIDE all the CHECKED items in
View>Show/Hide.

selecting fullscreen mode with a shift or an alt or ctrl, should toggle the
inkscape menubar as well.

Designers often wish to see their artwork on nothing except a blank
canvas.

thanks for such a great software.

:-)
niyam

[Jon A. Cruz (jon-joncruz)]

Originator: NO

A better implementation might be to allow for a toggle for "tool items",
separate from fullscreen. This could be dynamically configured by
individual users to show/hide specific sets. This is as each user might
have slightly different preferences as to what should hide or show.

[Buliabyak-users (buliabyak-users)]

Originator: NO

Just use inkview in full screen mode for that.

If we enable you to hide everything in the editor full screen, we will be
flooded with cries for help from those who have hidden their menu and don't
know how to get it back. So I don't think this is going to work all that
well.

[Niyam-users (niyam-users)]

Originator: YES

thanks, buliabyak for the prompt response. your point is well-taken, and i
notice i can easily adapt my workstyle to use the F11 fullscreen toggle.
one small suggestion:
let a shift+F11 go into fullscreen mode, including auto-hiding all guides
and grids.
let an alt+shift+F11 go into fullscreen mode inclding hiding menu. a
discreet icon (like a right-arrow) with hover-text "view inkscape menus",
when clicked, brings back the menu.

regards
niyam

[David Császár (p5)]

see also:
bug 170856
bug 171212

[Tom Davidson (tjd-mit)]

David--thanks for finding these dupes--I have marked them as such.

[John Smith (john-smithi)]

Have added the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+F11 to fullscreen and hide all ui components.

The other existing shortcuts are :
F11 : Fullscreen
Shift+F11 : Hide all ui components

Committed as r11628.