# system.gui.openDesktop - open fullscreen

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-gui-opendesktop-open-fullscreen/20365>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [October 25, 2018, 6:51am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-gui-opendesktop-open-fullscreen/20365 "2018-10-25T06:51:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![witman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d2c977/32.png) [@witman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/witman)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 5:34am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-gui-opendesktop-open-fullscreen/20365/6 "2021-01-28T05:34:08Z")

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Are you trying to get your second desktop into full screen exclusive mode--no window title bar or frame? Is your primary desktop in full screen exclusive mode?  
Regardless, you can force any desktop to full screen exclusive mode with code like this:

> [@Run 4 Ignition Desktops on 4k Diplay](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/run-4-ignition-desktops-on-4k-diplay/37387/8):
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> I haven’t tried this in a client startup script, but [system.gui.openDesktop](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC80/system.gui.openDesktop) returns a reference to the new desktop’s JFrame, so I expect you could integrate the removal of frames’ decoration something like this: hostNames = ["HostNameThisAppliesTo","AnotherHostNameThisAppliesTo"] if system.net.getHostName() in hostNames: # Open and setup top left desktop. windows = ["Main Windows/Main Window", "Navigation"] desktop = system.gui.openDesktop(width=1920,height=1080,x=0,y=0,windows=windows) des…

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