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

(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/
  1. open the autostart with nano
nano ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart
  1. 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


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.

@addohm
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addohm commented Jul 1, 2021

This is very useful, thank you.

@Moff88
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Moff88 commented Mar 4, 2022

Hello,

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

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RadoZT commented Jun 6, 2022

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rampfox commented Jun 6, 2022

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

thankyou

@kubbur
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kubbur commented Jul 19, 2022

Thanks

@valbuz
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valbuz commented Apr 25, 2023

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

@bobzer
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bobzer commented Oct 14, 2023

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/

@valbuz
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valbuz commented Oct 15, 2023

thanks!

@Enkumicahel
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Many thanks

@Mtillmann
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Mtillmann commented Feb 16, 2024

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

@thephantom
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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

@MS-FSTLN
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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)

@Mtillmann
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@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

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