How to make full screen java applets?

java applet fullscreen
systemsfault picture systemsfault · Jan 10, 2009 · Viewed 21.9k times · Source

I am designing a psychology experiment with java applets. I have to make my java applets full screen. What is the best way of doing this and how can I do this.

Since I haven't been using java applets for 3 years(The last time I've used it was for a course homework :) ) I have forgotten most of the concepts. I googled and found that link: Dani web

But in the method described in above link you have to put a JFrame inside the applet which I have no idea how to do it.

Whatever I need a quick and dirty method b'cause I don't have much time and this is the reason why I asked it here.

Thanx in advance

Answer

Dan Dyer picture Dan Dyer · Jan 10, 2009

The obvious answer is don't use applets. Write an application that uses a JFrame or JWindow as its top-level container. It's not a huge amount of work to convert an applet into an application. Applets are designed to be embedded in something else, usually a web page.

If you already have an applet and want to make it full screen, there's two quick and dirty hacks:

1). If you know the screen resolution, just set the applet parameters to be that size in the HTML and then run the browser in full screen mode.

2). Run the applet in appletviewer, rather than a web page, and maximise the appletviewer window.

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