How to open Chromium in full screen at startup on the Raspberry Pi

Chromium-at-startup.md

(debian 10 buster)

First, it seems that ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart does not exist by default.

1. copy the autostart

cp /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/

2. open the autostart with nano

nano ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart

3. Then edit the autostart

@lxpanel --profile LXDE-pi
@pcmanfm --desktop --profile LXDE-pi
#@xscreensaver -no-splash
point-rpi
chromium --start https://google.com/

if you want to autostart incongnito mode

@chromium-browser --incognito --start https://google.com/

chromium --incognito https://google.com/

^ + x exit and save

then sudo reboot to try on

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the various other browser modes:

• Application Mode: @chromium-browser --app. The browser starts up without displaying any toolbars.

• Full-screen mode: @chromium-browser --start-fullscreen. The browser starts in app. mode but expanded to full-screen. You can press the F11 key to break out of full-screen mode.

• Kiosk mode: @chromium-browser --kiosk. The browser starts in full-screen mode but does not respond to the F11 key, nor to any command to get it to switch tasks.

This is very useful, thank you.

Hello,

How to open browser with address bar only?
Like PayPal login page.

https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=212015 , that is another variant

https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=212015 , that is another variant

thankyou

Thanks

Hi
is it possible to start chromium without showing the notice about the update?

sometimes the browser displays a little popup showing the update wasn't updatet.

thanks
pat

Hi is it possible to start chromium without showing the notice about the update?

sometimes the browser displays a little popup showing the update wasn't updatet.

thanks pat

--noerrdialogs: suppresses any error messages or prompts that would normally be displayed as dialogue boxes
--disable-infobars: disables the infobars that provide information or notifications within the user interface
--no-first-run: prevents the application from displaying a first-run setup experience or any introductory prompts that would typically appear when launching the application for the first time
--ozone-platform=wayland: specifies the Ozone platform to use, specifically Wayland (Ozone is a platform abstraction layer used for creating user interfaces in certain applications)
--enable-features=OverlayScrollbar: enables scrollbars that appear only when necessary and overlay the content, rather than being constantly visible

from : https://www.raspberrypi.com/tutorials/how-to-use-a-raspberry-pi-in-kiosk-mode/

thanks!

Many thanks

from : https://www.raspberrypi.com/tutorials/how-to-use-a-raspberry-pi-in-kiosk-mode/

this is the way to go in 2024 - thanks for posting @bobzer the url does not show on google for me

https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=212015 , that is another variant

Why does did not work anymore? Pi Crashed again so i do an new setup with the latest version but the website does not start after reboot.

i tried with pi and with teh username

sudo nano /home/pi/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart (made the dirs it with mkdir)

@lxpanel --profile LXDE
@pcmanfm --desktop --profile LXDE
@lxpanel --profile LXDE-pi
@pcmanfm --desktop --profile LXDE-pi
@point-rpi
@xset s off
@xset -dpms
@xset s noblank
@unclutter -idle 0.1 -root
@chromium-browser --noerrdialogs --disable-session-crashed-bubble --disable-infobars --check-for-update-interval=1 --simulate-critical-update --kiosk --incognito https://wwwgoogle.com

Raspbian switched to Wayland, which kind of ignores the autostart file.
You now have to add your custom lines to the [autostart] section of your wayfire file

~/.config/wayfire.ini

If the [autostart] section doesn't exist, just create it.

Mine looks like this:

[autostart]
chromium = chromium-browser https://www.google.com --kiosk --noerrdialogs --disable-infobars --no-first-run --ozone-platform=wayland --enable-features=OverlayScrollbar --start-maximized
screensaver = false
dpms = false

The only issue left for me is currently to disable the cursor, because unclutter won't work with Wayland (as far as I know)

@MS-FSTLN I managed to hide the cursor by adding this CSS to the document I am displaying:

  * {
        cursor: none;
    }

If this isn't an option, you could try and install an chrome extension that applies custom styles