Vimr: Non-native fullscreen a la MacVim

Created on 20 Dec 2016  ·  8Comments  ·  Source: qvacua/vimr

It would be great if VimR would support a non-native full screen mode like MacVim for faster switching between apps.

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+1 native fullscreen doesn't play well with other apps (such as iTerm's) overlay windows. If I trigger iTerm's hotkey window while in VimR fullscreen, the OS will auto-switch to another space (leaving VimR) instead of showing the overlay window over VimR... which is very disturbing. On the other hand, in windowed mode I waste too much screen space. This is the only "issue" I have with VimR. Thanks for developing it!

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Option-clicking on the "maximize button" does the trick for me.

This is not what I mean. Sure, option-clicking maximizes the window but then the editing window is also not using the full screen.

@0ax1, does https://github.com/qvacua/vimr/issues/361 describe essentially what you're looking for? That's what I'm looking for in "non-native" fullscreen.

@jrolfs Kind of. From what I'm used to in MacVim "non-native" fullscreen also hides the menu bar. Thanks for asking!

But it doesn't actually create a separate "space" correct?

Yep.

+1 native fullscreen doesn't play well with other apps (such as iTerm's) overlay windows. If I trigger iTerm's hotkey window while in VimR fullscreen, the OS will auto-switch to another space (leaving VimR) instead of showing the overlay window over VimR... which is very disturbing. On the other hand, in windowed mode I waste too much screen space. This is the only "issue" I have with VimR. Thanks for developing it!

iTerm2 has a very nice non-native fullscreen mode (but it's disabled by default). Duplicating that would be perfect.

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