Use VoiceOver with a full-screen app on Mac

Many apps in macOS, such as Mail, let you expand the window to fill the screen.

Note: VO represents the VoiceOver modifier that you press with additional keys to enter VoiceOver commands. By default, you can press Control and Option together or just press Caps Lock.

  • To enter full screen in an app that supports it, press Control-Command-F. You can also navigate to the full-screen button in the top-left corner of the app window (VoiceOver calls this the zoom button), then press VO-Space bar.

    The full-screen button can also expand (or maximise) the window. To do so, navigate to the button, press VO-Command-Space bar to open the Actions menu, then choose “zoom the window”. To return the window to its previous size, navigate to the full-screen button, press VO-Command-Space bar to open the Actions menu, then choose “zoom the window”.

  • When you work full screen, the menu bar is displayed only when the pointer moves there. To navigate to the menu bar to display it, press VO-M.

  • To exit full screen, press VO-Fn-F2-F2 to display the Window Chooser, press the Down Arrow or Up Arrow key until you hear Exit full screen, then press the Space bar. Or press Control-Command-F.

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