A teleprompter window inside a browser is a teleprompter with a browser around it. Tabs above, maybe a dock below, notifications arriving top-right exactly when you reach the hard paragraph. On camera, that border shows: the reader’s eyes track a smaller field, and every flicker to the corner is visible.
Fullscreen mode turns the whole screen into the prompter. Text edge to edge, nothing else lit, keyboard and gamepad still live. This page explains how to use it in NanoPrompter and which setups gain the most from it.
How it works
Open the teleprompter and press F (or the fullscreen button among the controls). The display takes the entire screen; press F again or Esc to return. The shortcut is reassignable like the rest (keyboard shortcuts).
Everything keeps working while fullscreen is active: speed keys, font size, pause, mirror mode — and the gamepad, which is the natural companion when the screen is across the room (gamepad control).
Why fullscreen changes the reading
- Larger text for the same font setting. The lines occupy the full width and height; you read the same words with less eye travel. That means a slower, steadier reading — see the speed guide for how font and speed interact.
- No ambient light from the interface. Fewer bright edges around the text means less glow on the reader’s face — pair it with the dark interface (dark mode) for evening sessions.
- Nothing to accidentally click. In fullscreen, the browser is gone; the session is the text and your shortcuts.
Setups that gain the most
- Tablet or phone as prompter. Fullscreen on a tablet mounted by the camera is the cheapest professional-looking rig there is — the comparison lives in tablet vs physical teleprompter.
- Old laptop as a dedicated stage monitor. It doesn’t need to run anything else anymore; in fullscreen it’s a prompter, permanently.
- Recording at a distance. Fullscreen + gamepad: the screen across the room shows nothing but text, and your thumb adjusts everything.
- Teaching and rehearsal. Students and co-presenters read their parts from a shared screen with zero interface to explain.
Small honest warnings
Fullscreen is a browser feature, and browsers defend it slightly: you can’t open it without a user gesture (your key press is the gesture — fine), and some kiosk-ish setups block it (rare outside locked-down corporate machines). If pressing F does nothing, check the browser’s fullscreen permission.
Also, entering fullscreen mid-recording is a visible pause in your workflow. Enter it before the take; exiting is free anytime.
Try it now
Open the teleprompter with any text and press F. Ten seconds later you’ll know if your recordings have been missing a bigger screen or just a cleaner one.