BINGO! (Fullscreen problem with HTML5 figured out)

[timmy2]

I collaborated today with 360Texas (a marvelous asset to GardenGnome) because the Fullscreen control button on an HTML5 spherical pano of his works, while the same button using the same skin using the same project file he had used (so every setting is identical) does not work in an HTML5 spherical pano of mine.

So at my request he sent me his original equirectangular tiff, which I rendered in Pano2VR. The fullscreen button still did not work. So now it's same project file, same equirectangular tiff, same skin, same...

Except...

He's using version 4 beta 2. I'm using Pano2Vr Pro 3.1.4 (latest version).

THAT's the difference!

I had read all the HTML5 docs, watched the related tutorial, etc. per Hopki's recommendation.

What I did not know is that those docs refer to... what? Version "3.x NOT"? V4 Beta? The HTML5 docs say nothing about fullscreen not working. None of the text in the HTML5 docs is redacted, which would indicate "this part is invalid, we're retracting it."

So I've blown a bunch of time chasing a capability I thought should work. I figured I was doing something wrong. It was bad enough that I had to eventually deduce that fullscreen has never worked on iThings (not even with v4 Beta). But I had no idea that HTML5 fullscreen does not work on any platform, in any browser, in the current stable release version of Pano2VR 3 Pro, despite instructions for fullscreen use appearing several times in the HTML5 docs.

I'm not happy right now.

[360Texas]

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Yes, I too learned that I should be watching the list

http://gardengnomesoftware.com/forum/vi ... f=6&t=7472
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From where I sit..

Pano2vr 3.1.4 is the GardenGnome most current software product. All the online documentation IS for Pano2vr versions through to 3.1.4
The Getting Help User Guides, Tutorials, Tips and FAQ's shown at the left screen page side is all for Pano2vr version 3.x .

Pano2vr 4bx is currently in Beta until the minor bugs are resolved.
The 4.0bx documentation consists of a couple of 'show and tell' well done demo pages created by our friendly Chief Gnome Martin [Hopki]ns.
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-- Full Screen discussed --
Pano2vr 3.1.4 the "full screen" function would in HTML5 output replace the webpage area and retain the browser toolbars.
Please see http://gardengnomesoftware.com/samples/ ... _3/mozart/ using html5 compatible browser double click the pano.

However, the full screen function was operational with Adobe Flash Player as it expands to full monitor window size.

Pano2vr 4b.x the full screen function is operational in that it expands to full monitor window size in HTML5 output and Adobe Flash Player.

Hope this helps

[timmy2]

Thank you for the reply, 360Texas.

The list to which you refer merely confirms that v4 BETA can create an HTML5 output with a functioning true fullscreen option. My concern is that fullscreen doesn't work in the same customary manner when outputting an HTML5 pano from the current stable v3.x Pano2VR, and that this shortcoming is not documented, which would prevent users from wasting time trying to figure out why it doesn't work.

The example you cite of the simple Mozart pano shows that one can double-click on an HTML5 pano and have it fill the browser's WINDOW -- at least with Safari. I don't recall an option called "Fill Browser Window" in any docs. Filling the window is not nearly as immersive as filling the entire screen.

I think Gardengnome should update version 3.x with the fullscreen fix they discovered for version 4. This doesn't qualify as a new feature; it's merely fixing a documented feature that doesn't work.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Yes, I too learned that I should be watching the list

http://gardengnomesoftware.com/forum/vi ... f=6&t=7472
--
From where I sit..

Pano2vr 3.1.4 is the GardenGnome most current software product. All the online documentation IS for Pano2vr versions through to 3.1.4
The Getting Help User Guides, Tutorials, Tips and FAQ's shown at the left screen page side is all for Pano2vr version 3.x .

Pano2vr 4bx is currently in Beta until the minor bugs are resolved.
The 4.0bx documentation consists of a couple of 'show and tell' well done demo pages created by our friendly Chief Gnome Martin [Hopki]ns.
--
-- Full Screen discussed --
Pano2vr 3.1.4 the "full screen" function would in HTML5 output replace the webpage area and retain the browser toolbars.
Please see http://gardengnomesoftware.com/samples/ ... _3/mozart/ using html5 compatible browser double click the pano.

However, the full screen function was operational with Adobe Flash Player as it expands to full monitor window size.

Pano2vr 4b.x the full screen function is operational in that it expands to full monitor window size in HTML5 output and Adobe Flash Player.

Hope this helps

[k_b]

Hi there. We have had our fair share of issues with the full screen functionality on ipads and iphones at http://360queenstown-wanaka.com.

All our initial panoramas and virtual tours were built with Pano2VR v3. We found the full screen functionality worked on iphones but not on ipads... then we found this post and great advice from 360texas (thanks).

Unfortunately, we haven't seemed to be able to fix the issue even with v4. We now get a strange expanding effect on both the ipad and iphone when the full screen option is clicked. Please see http://360queenstown-wanaka.com/location/lake-hayes as an example.

Any thoughts or ideas on why this could be would be greatly appreciated, as we're back to square one, but now having problems on two devices not just one

[Hopki]

Hi,
Re the expanding effect, we are looking into this. So far only iOS is displaying the problem, viewing a test on a Nexus 7 with Mobile Opera is fine.
Just to confirm, happens when you are using an iFrame and iOS.
I also tried with Chrome on the iPad and get the same thing
Hopki

[Howard]

I've bypassed the "expanding" iFrame issue by instead using a div:

Code: Select all

<div id="outer">
<center>
  <div id="inner">[pano file="http://allaroundnevada.com/wp-content/vr/reno/pyramidFog/combined/index.html" height="500" width="800"]</div>
</center>
</div>

http://www.allaroundnevada.com/sunset-a ... amid-lake/

[Hopki]

HI Howard,
Nice one
Hopki

[ASmyth]

Hi Hopki,

I have been successful with your help and others in creating panos that my clients are very happy with ... problem now is this damned IOS and IFrame thing. The following is the website they are on and they work fine in Flash but fail completely on Ipad and Iphone ... http://www.flanneryshotelgalway.com/virtual-tour.html

Can you suggest a workaround until it is sorted ? I tried Howards code above but to no avail (it seems quite different in the source code for his site to what is posted on the forum) I am no coding expert I have to admit.

Loving Pano2VR but dont want this to spoil my party !!

[ASmyth]

Sorry Hopki ... I forgot to mention the above example is a multi node tour and the IOS problem occurs not only when the fullscreen is pressed but also when another pano is selected from the dropdown.

I have seen other multi node tours working fine on all IOS devices but they were not built using our pano2vr. I really need a fix for this for my client and others. Any help much appreciated ! Alan

[Hopki]

Hi,
Try this workaround, but be warned DO NOT use a fullscreen button as it will crash the browser: http://gardengnomesoftware.com/forum/vi ... ame#p32323
This will let a multi node HTML5 tour play in an iPad.
Regards,
Hopki

[ASmyth]

Hi Hopki,

Could you let us know if this issue with IOS and Iframes is scheduled for a bug fix ? IOS devices are so important now and I don't really know what to tell my clients as every workaround is troublesome or only half fixes things at best. Thanks, Alan

[ASmyth]

Hi Hopki,

Could you let us know if this issue with IOS and Iframes is scheduled for a bug fix ? IOS devices are so important now and I don't really know what to tell my clients as every workaround is troublesome or only half fixes things at best. Thanks, Alan

[Hopki]

Hi Alan,
It is being look at, but I can not give a time frame just yet.
Regards,
Hopki

[ASmyth]

Thanks Hopki.

[Hopki]

Hi,
One of our forum members has come up with a fix, please see this topic: http://gardengnomesoftware.com/forum/vi ... 365#p32463
Thomas will look into this also just encase we can do something about it.
Regards,
Hopki