Toolbar Not Displayed in Full Screen Mode When Auto Hide Feature Is Enabled

ID: Q226979

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 4.01, 4.01 Service Pack 1, 4.01 Service Pack 2, 5 for Windows 95
Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.01 Service Pack 2, 5 for Windows 98
Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 4.01, 4.01 Service Pack 1, 4.01 Service Pack 2, 5 for Windows NT 4.0
Microsoft Windows 98

SYMPTOMS

When you are running Internet Explorer in Full Screen mode, you may be unable to display the toolbar.

CAUSE

This problem can occur if the Full Screen-mode toolbar is configured to hide automatically and you open a document that uses in-place activation.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, restore Internet Explorer to a windowed view temporarily, and then view a Web site other than the current document. To restore Internet Explorer to a windowed view:

Press ALT+SPACEBAR to display the System menu.

Click Restore.

To prevent the problem from occurring, you can turn off the Auto-Hide feature for the toolbar in Full Screen mode. To do this, right-click the toolbar when Internet Explorer is running in Full Screen mode, and then click Auto-Hide to remove the check mark.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

For information about in-place activation, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q162059 Office Documents Open in Internet Explorer

Additional query words:


Keywords          : kbui msiew95 msient win98 msiew98 
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0,4.01,4.01 Service Pack 1,4.01 Service Pack 2,5
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: May 25, 1999