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Alt+Tab will NOT exit fullscreen mode in multi-desktop environments

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Description

### MDN URL

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fullscreen_API/Guide

### What specific section or headline is this issue about?

[#things_your_users_want_to_know](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fullscreen_API/Guide#things_your_users_want_to_know)

### What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?

> In addition, navigating to another page, changing tabs, or switching to another application (using, for example, Alt-Tab) while in fullscreen mode exits fullscreen mode as well.

### What did you expect to see?

No mention of exiting fullscreen when using Alt-Tab because that is complete false info when using a multi-desktop environment like Linux where you can have multiple apps in fullscreen on their own desktops.

### Do you have any supporting links, references, or citations?

See my taskbar with multiple Desktops, 2 activities with 3 desktops each, for a total of 6 independent desktops:

![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5796cac7-3777-418e-9677-6c0d72ba5457)

### Do you have anything more you want to share?

I make frequent use of webpages, games, and apps in fullscreen on their own desktops and switch between them as wanted without leaving fullscreen mode of them.

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* Folder: `en-us/web/api/fullscreen_api/guide`
* MDN URL: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fullscreen_API/Guide
* GitHub URL: https://github.com/mdn/content/blob/main/files/en-us/web/api/fullscreen_api/guide/index.md
* Last commit: https://github.com/mdn/content/commit/f216422c99b6c7014e398803b70600501bce8a48
* Document last modified: 2024-10-16T05:12:45.000Z

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