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

Chromium-at-startup.md

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.

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