Element Additions Reference

Inherits from
Node
Companion guide
Safari Web Content Guide
Availability
Available in Safari 3.0 and later.

Overview

These Safari additions to the Element class are mainly used to support full-screen mode. There’s also a method for comparing selectors.

Tasks

Displaying Full-screen

Matching Selectors

Properties

onwebkitfullscreenchange

An event listener that is called when the element enters or exits full-screen mode.

attribute EventListener onwebkitfullscreenchange
Availability

Methods

webkitMatchesSelector

Compares selectors to see whether they match.

boolean webkitMatchesSelector (in DOMString selectors);
Parameters
selectors

The selectors to compare.

Return Value

true if the selectors match. false if they don’t match.

Availability
  • Available in Safari 5.0 and later.

webkitRequestFullScreen

Changes the element to full-screen mode.

void webkitRequestFullScreen (in unsigned short flags);
Parameters
flags

Determines characteristics of the full-screen window. Currently, only one flag, ALLOW_KEYBOARD_INPUT, is supported. If you pass ALLOW_KEYBOARD_INPUT, the full-screen window responds to keyboard commands; otherwise, it does not.

Availability
  • Available in Safari 5.1 and later.

Constants

Flags for Full-screen Windows

Flags used to specify the behavior of a full-screen window.

const unsigned short ALLOW_KEYBOARD_INPUT = 1;
Constants
ALLOW_KEYBOARD_INPUT

Indicates the full-screen window responds to keyboard events.

Available in Safari 5.1 and later.



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