# How to force full screen of interactive embedded player

**URL:** <https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-force-full-screen-of-interactive-embedded-player/24194>\
**Category:** API\
**Created:** [February 20, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-force-full-screen-of-interactive-embedded-player/24194 "2020-02-20T16:47:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![suthaharmca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@suthaharmca](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/suthaharmca)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-force-full-screen-of-interactive-embedded-player/24194/1 "2020-02-20T16:47:21Z")

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I am using my own button to trigger the full screen

player.setFullScreen(true); doesn’t seems working

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**Author:** ![BarryCarlyon](https://d1d6mrmdu7ztse.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/barrycarlyon/32/253_2.png) [@BarryCarlyon](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/BarryCarlyon)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-force-full-screen-of-interactive-embedded-player/24194/2 "2020-02-20T16:48:11Z")

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Sounds like it might be broken until the upcoming player changes:

> [@Twitch Embedded Player Updates in 2020](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/twitch-embedded-player-updates-in-2020/23956):
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> Changes are coming to Twitch embedded experiences! We’re updating the way the embedded video player is initiated so that it takes advantage of all the performance improvements we’ve made to the on-site player over the last year. Today we’re announcing the first of multiple changes. Details and examples are included below to begin making code changes at your convenience. There is currently no deadline; a timeline will be provided via a future update to this post. Update (2020/05/13): These chan…

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**Author:** ![suthaharmca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@suthaharmca](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/suthaharmca)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-force-full-screen-of-interactive-embedded-player/24194/3 "2020-02-20T16:57:29Z")

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ah Okay, BTW this is the exact error been thrown

Failed to execute ‘requestFullscreen’ on ‘Element’: API can only be initiated by a user gesture.

Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: fullscreen error

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**Author:** ![BarryCarlyon](https://d1d6mrmdu7ztse.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/barrycarlyon/32/253_2.png) [@BarryCarlyon](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/BarryCarlyon)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-force-full-screen-of-interactive-embedded-player/24194/4 "2020-02-20T17:06:22Z")

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that looks more like a browser blocking issue, to prevent automated full screening.

Similar to the autoplay audio changes.

So that might not get fixed as browsers block the ability now.

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**Author:** ![system](https://d2spem0quai2ol.cloudfront.net/original/2X/0/05909729875cce3b53e59d5561c4d23bb14948fc.png) [@system](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-force-full-screen-of-interactive-embedded-player/24194/5 "2020-03-21T17:06:24Z")

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