• Home
  • How To
  • Mac
  • Mac Tip: Keyboard Shortcut To Enter And Exit Full Screen Apps In OS X Lion

Mac Tip: Keyboard Shortcut To Enter And Exit Full Screen Apps In OS X Lion

Mac Tip: Keyboard Shortcut To Enter And Exit Full Screen Apps In OS X Lion

This Mac tip is provided by Mark Greentree and was originally posted on Mark’s blog – Everyday Mac Support. For more of Mark’s tips visit his site, follow him on Twitter, or browse his archive of posts here.


How To: Keyboard Shortcut To Enter And Exit Full Screen Apps In OS X Lion

With Apple introducing full screen apps in Mac OS X Lion you may be wondering if there is an easier way to use the feature without dragging the mouse pointer to the top right hand of the application window you are working in.

Well you can perform a keyboard shortcut. Simply press Command-Control-F on your keyboard, as shown below, and supported applications will be presented in full screen. Press the same combination again and the application will return to the previous windowed view.

For more helpful tips, check out our full collection of tutorials by visiting our How-To category!