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TomDibble
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June 29, 2023
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I want to STAY in Full Screen when sharing ends

  • June 29, 2023
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I know a lot of people hate full screen mode, and googling for information on Zoom and full screen are filled with people trying to figure out how to get out of full screen mode.

 

My problem is the opposite. I love full-screen mode. I'm on a Mac, and "full screen" goes onto its own space/desktop on my monitor that I can three-finger swipe to and from. Especially when screen-sharing, full screen mode allows me to see the shared screen as large as possible with minimum extra "chrome" around it.

 

I have Zoom set to "Enter full screen when starting or joining a meeting: checked" and "Window size when screen sharing: Fullscreen mode".

 

This used to work great. Zoom would start fullscreen, when someone shared it would stay full-screen, when someone stopped sharing it would stay full screen, etc. Sometime about a month back, all my Zoom settings got reset to defaults (no idea why), and even after setting the above two items again, what happens is:

  • Start Zoom meeting: Full screen (correct)
  • Someone shares screen: Full screen still (correct)
  • Someone stops sharing their screen: Exits full screen and window ends up on some random desktop that I have to locate (very annoyingly incorrect)

How can I get that third behavior to stop? It disrupts whatever I am doing (be that paying strict attention to the meeting, or listening to the meeting while multitasking in the background on another screen).

Was this some intentional Zoom update, and I should make Zoom not full screen anymore?

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    THolland
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    July 6, 2023

    I am having this very same issue. Please fix this or let me know a workaround 

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      Stefan-HH
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      July 13, 2023

      Same here. Everything that TomDibble posted. All Settings gone and now exiting full-screen after someone finishes srcreensharing. My use case although is different: For Hybrid Meetings we share someones Screen on a TV and others join virtually. If someone remote presents something, leaving full-screen after that is annoying to say the least.

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        smith897
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        July 25, 2023

        Same issue. Anyone found a fix?

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          Charles-Walkins
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          July 26, 2023

          I'm on Mac OS aswell and this issue is very frustrating. If anybody finds a workaround please post it here. This issue just like TomDibble only started a couple months ago. It was fine before that update but now it makes me not want to use zoom.

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            RDain
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            August 9, 2023

            Add me to the clamor on this topic. This is an unacceptable issue for an enterprise application.

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              OliverL
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              August 9, 2023

              This has only just started to happen to me, Mac OS. I use full screen mode on a separate monitor and now after a meeting participant shares their screen upon exiting share screen the meeting will exit full screen mode. So annoying. 

               

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                cfgap
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                August 9, 2023

                Same.  Drives me insane.

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                  Daveinob
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                  August 14, 2023

                  I have the same problem. Zoom, please fix this bug.

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                    ZoomVA
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                    August 14, 2023

                    Hi @TomDibble I'm very sorry for the frustration this is causing you! Our engineers have identified the issue and a fix will be included in v5.16.0 which will be released in September. 

                    Below are the setting configurations for anyone else on the thread who may need them. Please ensure your settings are set as described below. If all of your settings are configured as below, you are on a Mac, and this issue is still occuring, a workaround until 5.16.0 is released would be to uninstall your current version and reinstall Zoom version 5.14.10. Here are download links for 5.14.10:

                    macOS: 5.14.10 https://zoom.us/client/5.14.10.19202/Zoom.pkg
                    Silicon Chips: https://zoom.us/client/5.14.10.19202/Zoom.pkg?archType=arm64
                    IT Admin: https://zoom.us/client/5.14.10.19202/ZoomInstallerIT.pkg 
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                    Settings:
                    If you are watching someone else screen share and the Zoom tab resizes to the size of the user screen sharing.

                    1. In your Share Screen settings, Change "Window Size when screen sharing" to "maintain current size".
                      1. In the Zoom Desktop Client, go to settings -> Share Screen -> Window size when screen sharing -> Maintain current size

                     
                    If you are screen sharing and your Zoom Client gets minimized completely

                    1. Enable "Show my Zoom Windows to other participants when I am screen sharing"
                      1. In the Zoom Desktop Client, go to settings -> Share Screen -> enable "Show my Zoom Windows to other participants when I am screen sharing"

                     
                    Dual monitor configuration:

                    1. On the Zoom Desktop Client, under Settings -> General there is an option for "Use dual monitors". Please try enabling/disabling this setting to see if it meets your intended behavior.

                     

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                      Reasonge
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                      August 14, 2023

                      Is there a workaround available for Windows?

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                      Reasonge
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                      August 14, 2023

                      I am having the same problem, but on Windows 10. The second monitor is cloned to an HDMI television for the room to view, and I would like to control when it exits full-screen view.

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