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    copied!<p>I need to implement the following feature and make it work in Internet Explorer:</p> <ul> <li>User clicks a link in the primary screen.</li> <li>A popup will be opened in the <strong>secondary screen</strong> and in <strong>fullscreen</strong> mode.</li> </ul> <p>Some requirements:</p> <ul> <li>It must work in IE8 (and 9/10)</li> <li>For simplicity, we can assume that the secondary screen is located on the <strong>right</strong> of the primary screen. Also, the resolution of the secondary screen is known.</li> <li>Javascript is used, but VBScript would be also possible.</li> </ul> <p>So far the prototype is working quite well</p> <ul> <li>the popup is opened with window.open with <strong>left=screen.availWidth+1</strong> -> will be opened in the secondary screen OK</li> <li>the fullscreen mode is activated with <strong>Wscript.Shell sendKeys({F11})</strong> trick. This has some random issues. Timing etc will make it fail sometimes.</li> </ul> <p>There are couple of IE-specific problems that make the implementation much more difficult</p> <ul> <li>screen.availWidth returns always the primary screen resolution. E.g. Firefox returns the right size for popups located in secondary screen. Otherwise I could mimic the fullscreen mode by positioning the popup to fill the secondary screen completely.</li> <li>window.open() with "fullscreen=1" works too but it ALWAYS opens the popup in the primary screen. This happens even if I use timers to make it target to secondary screen. Also a temporary pop-up located in secondary screen does not help. Looks like the fs=1 will always open the window in the screen where the click originated.</li> </ul> <p>And for clarity, this will be implemented for an intranet application and has valid and well justified reasons. There is no point to suggest to try another web browser.</p> <p>Any ideas that has been proven to work are welcome!</p>
 

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