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#1 2011-07-28 12:17:00

MikeKucinski
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Registered: 2010-11-03
Posts: 7

Full Screen Desired Feature

I am a software engineer, and I was wondering if anybody has thought of adding a feature to Scratch that would allow the drawing space to be expanded to Full Screen.

For instance, consider this project and observe how the drawing of patterns is very visually appealing    : http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/helmethair4/1920608

Wouldn't that project (and many other Scratch Projects) be way more fun if there was an option to let the drawing algorithm use either all (or 95 %) of the browser window that it is running in?

How difficult would it be to add a feature to Scratch that would allow the drawing boundaries to be the whole internet browsing window?   The feature could be a button like the stop sign or the green flag.

The feature may have limitations, such as the background not scaling up to a full screen (or near full window) implementation, but even that might be achievable with the talent available at MIT.  Adding a feature to use the whole browser window by selecting a button wouldn't break any current projects out there. 

Many users may find that such a feature would be very useful to them and it could even help Scratch to be more popular if the drawing space is larger and more fun too.

It would kind of be like how their is a full screen button in the development kit where you can scale up projects as you work on them to full screen.

But if this feature can be developed for the internet version, then I would suggest only changing the drawing boundaries to the window size, and not scaling up the size of sprites and backgrounds.  Or there could be options that would allow the user to choose to scale up only the drawing boundaries or both the boundaries and the sprites and backgrounds.

As a software engineer, I don't think this would take more than a few days to implement for someone who knows the code well, so maybe someone could make an attempt to implement it and post it where others could test it out.

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#2 2011-07-28 12:18:34

scimonster
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Registered: 2010-06-13
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Re: Full Screen Desired Feature

Hehe, there already is one! Just use the Flash Player!

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#3 2011-07-28 12:29:11

MikeKucinski
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Registered: 2010-11-03
Posts: 7

Re: Full Screen Desired Feature

I see that now.  But an option to keep the scaling of the sprites and pen would be nice to have, especially for projects that do mostly drawing and aren' reliant on background scales.  That would effectively increase the drawing area for more detailed art.

Consider looking at the project below and imagine how much more fun it would be if the sprites weren't scaled up when the full screen option is selected.  You could draw things that are much more fun looking.

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/helmethair4/1920608

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#4 2011-07-28 12:41:52

scimonster
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Re: Full Screen Desired Feature

I see what you mean.
I think this should go in Suggestions, that's where it seems to be heading.  tongue

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#5 2011-07-28 12:50:15

MikeKucinski
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Re: Full Screen Desired Feature

OK, will go post something in suggestions

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#6 2011-07-28 12:52:56

scimonster
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Re: Full Screen Desired Feature

Nah, the mods can move it there.  wink

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#7 2011-07-28 12:55:57

Sidharth
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Registered: 2007-12-14
Posts: 100+

Re: Full Screen Desired Feature

Yes! I have always wanted that when my scripts get to big and scroll bars get too small. I make text adventures, and in those, the stage isn't all-important. I would like to just hide it, so I can work better with horizontal scrolling  smile


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#8 2011-07-28 12:57:08

Sidharth
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Re: Full Screen Desired Feature

Sidharth wrote:

Yes! I have always wanted that when my scripts get to big and scroll bars get too small. I make text adventures, and in those, the stage isn't all-important. I would like to just hide it, so I can work better with horizontal scrolling  smile

Ohwait, you said drawing area... Thought you meant scripting area... Well, that would be cool too!  smile


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#9 2011-07-28 13:01:42

cheddargirl
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Registered: 2008-09-15
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Re: Full Screen Desired Feature

scimonster wrote:

Nah, the mods can move it there.  wink

Moved.  big_smile


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