FullscreenGameView.cs

#if UNITY_EDITOR

using System;
using System.Reflection;
using UnityEditor;
using UnityEngine;

/// <summary>
/// Little utility for opening a "Game" view in fullscreen. Will be opened on whatever Unity thinks is the "main"
/// monitor at the moment. The hotkey will toggle the window; however, if for some reason this breaks, fullscreen
/// windows can be closed via Alt+F4 as long as the editor is not in play mode.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// Confirmed to work in Unity 2019 and 2020. May work in earlier and later versions. No promises.
/// </remarks>
public static class FullscreenGameView
{
    static readonly Type GameViewType = Type.GetType("UnityEditor.GameView,UnityEditor");
    static readonly PropertyInfo ShowToolbarProperty = GameViewType.GetProperty("showToolbar", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
    static readonly object False = false; // Only box once. This is a matter of principle.

    static EditorWindow instance;

    [MenuItem("Window/General/Game (Fullscreen) %#&2", priority = 2)]
    public static void Toggle()
    {
        if (GameViewType == null)
        {
            Debug.LogError("GameView type not found.");
            return;
        }

        if (ShowToolbarProperty == null)
        {
            Debug.LogWarning("GameView.showToolbar property not found.");
        }

        if (instance != null)
        {
            instance.Close();
            instance = null;
        }
        else
        {
            instance = (EditorWindow) ScriptableObject.CreateInstance(GameViewType);

            ShowToolbarProperty?.SetValue(instance, False);

            var desktopResolution = new Vector2(Screen.currentResolution.width, Screen.currentResolution.height);
            var fullscreenRect = new Rect(Vector2.zero, desktopResolution);
            instance.ShowPopup();
            instance.position = fullscreenRect;
            instance.Focus();
        }
    }
}

#endif

I entered fullscreen by mistake while outside PlayMode... Now I have this screen thing stuck that I cannot get rid off. I even removed the script from my project but it still doesn't go away ...

how can I get rid of this full screen view :S

Thank in advance.

You can open the Window menu at the top of the main screen, go to Layouts, and then select one of the options there. If nothing else works, from the same menu you can try Reset All Layouts. That should take you back to the default for all windows, but it will also delete your custom layouts.

That worked indeed (nothing else did and was not easy to get hold to the editor window below 😅) Thank you

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