Using Sandbox as a Chrome application (full screen mode)

The FinnGen Sandbox can be installed as a Chrome application, creating a Sandbox shortcut icon on your desktop and allowing you to view Sandbox in a convenient full-screen mode.

See the tutorial on the Users' meeting 15th Dec 2020 video at 28min 47sec.

Step 1:

To install Sandbox as Chrome App, first open Sandbox in a new tab in the Google Chrome web browser.

Step 2:

In Chrome selectfrom the upper right corner, More Tools, then Create Shortcut…

Step 3:

In the popup window that opens, click Open as window and press Create.

Step 4:

Access the FinnGen Sandbox App by navigating to chrome://apps and selecting FinnGen Sandbox from there. Clicking the Sandbox icon will create a shortcut to FinnGen Sandbox App on your desktop.

Alternatively, you may use Finder on your computer to find and open the Chrome Apps folder and copy the shortcut to FinnGen Sandbox to your desktop from there.

You now have quick access to the FinnGen Sandbox Chrome App from your desktop by double-clicking the newly created FinnGen Sandbox shortcut icon, shown below.

With the Sandbox App, the Sandbox environment will be displayed in a convenient full-screen mode.

Firefox within Sandbox

If you are using the Firefox browser contained within Sandbox (e.g. for Atlas, Cohort Operations, or Trajectory Visualization Tool) you may toggle the full-screen mode on and off from the F11 key or by selecting and from the Zoom option in the drop-down menu.

Entering the full-screen mode using config script

You may also use the following script in Terminal Emulator in Sandbox to enter the full-screen mode.

# moves bar menu to left
xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -p /panels/panel-1/mode -n -t int -s 1 &

# hides the icons on the bottom 
xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -p /panels/panel-2/autohide-behavior -n -t int -s 2 &

# adds 4 workspaces
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/workspace_count -s 4 &

# TODO: adds 'Worksapce Switcher' F11 to bar menu

After you have run the above script in Terminal Emulator press F11 to enter the full-screen mode. Pressing F11 again will exit from the full-screen mode.