# Going full screen

Source: https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/going-full-screen
Skill: hig-patterns
Snapshot: 2025-02-02

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# Going full screen

## Best practices

**Support full-screen mode when it makes sense for your experience.**

**If necessary, adjust your layout in full-screen mode, but don’t programmatically resize your window.**

**Continue to provide access to essential features and controls so people can complete their task without exiting full-screen mode.**

**Except in games, let people reveal the Dock while your iPadOS or macOS app is in full-screen mode.**

**After people switch away from your full-screen experience, help them resume where they left off when they return.**

**Let people choose when to exit full-screen mode.**

**Prioritize content by temporarily hiding toolbars and navigation controls.**

## Platform considerations

### iOS, iPadOS

**Consider deferring system gestures to prevent accidental exits in a full-screen app or game.**

### macOS

**Use the system-provided full-screen experience.**

**In a game, don’t change the display mode when players go full screen.**

**Always let people choose when to enter full-screen mode.**

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