Display Theme in browser without a browser menubar possible? (like a standalone application)

janssen

Hi there, this is my first question here and I hope that somebody can help me out.

I am using RW to build a framework to display quizzes for my students. I would like to display them in a browser WITHOUT a menu bar , so it would look like a stand alone application.
But when they click on the index.html ("start.html") file, the page comes up with a menubar etc. With my limited html skills I do know how to display a new page without a menubar, fixed size etc., but I don't know how to get a start page without a menubar. (does this make any sense?)

Is this possible?

Thanks, any help is greatly appreciated,
JP

janssen

I rewrote and renamed my question because the first one was quite confusing. I hope this time my question makes more sense.

JP

el mourabbi

Hi JP,

Don't worry, your question DOES make sense, but it is very difficult to advice you without knowing which theme you are using. Even better: post the url of what you've got so far and I'll see what I can do!

Jeroen
Jeroen

janssen

Hi Jeroen,

Very kind of you to follow up on this.

As far as the theme goes, I'm using RW's Caribou Theme, but I haven't uploaded anything yet since the purpose is to use it offline. But I'll see if I can get something uploaded soon.


Hans

el mourabbi

Hi Hans,

Well, that makes it more easy, I have the Caribou theme. Of course it's all a matter of taste, but what about

#pageHeader #background, #navcontainer {
display: none;
}

#container {
	padding-top: 0;
}

Put it in Page Inspector > Header > CSS and see if you like it.

Jeroen

janssen

Hi Jeroen,

I'm sorry, I guess my question was not so clear after all. What I am trying to accomplish, is to have the Caribou Theme "as is" displayed in a browser (Safari etc) but without the menu bar of the browser NOT without the menubar of the theme.

At the moment I can call up a new window without a menu using onclick="window.open(this.href, 'example', 'height=610, width=900, top=140, left=300, toolbar=no, menubar=no, location=no, resizable=yes, scrollbars=yes, status=no'); return false;" but the first page of the "site" (index.html) of course comes up in a full fledged browser window WITH a menu bar.

Since I would like to make it like look a "stand alone application (for use with my students) I'm trying to get it so, that when somebody clicks on the index/start.html, the theme comes up in a menu-less browser window, looking like an application instead of a homepage in a browser.


Sorry for giving you these extra troubles, Jeroen. I should have been more clear.

I still hope that there is a way to do this.

Hans

el mourabbi

Epic misunderstanding, sorry!

No, I don't think that's possible. I would suggest you start with a 'splash page' linking the way you describe to a new page with the actual quiz. But: be aware that when the user set his preferences to open a new page in a new tab, this behaviour still can be overruled.

Jeroen

janssen

I will try it and see how it works out.

Again, thanks for following up on this, it is very much appreciated.

Hans