MacVim in Yosemite can't fullscreen

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I'm using Mac Yosemite 10.10.2 and newest macvim, but when I use fullscreen mode, the lines at the top of screen will be black, and if I move my mouse there, it will show the system line. this is my problem . I want to get my fullscreen back.

maybe need to submit an issue on the project instead – mitnk Mar 15 '15 at 06:27 — mitnk, Mar 15 '15 at 06:27

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 15 '15 at 06:37

This is a known issue, happened me. A couple of work a rounds are:

Uncheck "Prefer native full-screen support" in preferences.
Open a second tab. This repositions the text and view correctly.

There is also a .diff patch on https://code.google.com/p/macvim/issues/detail?id=514#c2

score 7 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:45

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A answer from apple.stackexchange.com

I found this post that seems to address that problem.

Full screen MacVim on OS X Yosemite

$ defaults write org.vim.MacVim MMNativeFullScreen 0

It works for my MacVim.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:45

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answered Apr 29 '15 at 02:40

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Where do you add this? – d13 May 03 '15 at 20:00
@d13 input "defaults write org.vim.MacVim MMNativeFullScreen 0" into terminal – kukka May 05 '15 at 12:43
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Is this identical to option 1 in @Bytecus' answer? – xdhmoore May 24 '15 at 23:50
This works, but how does one get out of the fullscreen? – yati sagade Jun 30 '15 at 11:21
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@yatisagade u can use shortcut ctrl+command+F toggle full screen mode Or move mouse up to top of window – kukka Jul 01 '15 at 15:50

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 08 '15 at 19:45

Also, if you're opening MacVim from the command line, use open -a MacVim instead of mvim. Fullscreen wasn't working for me either (I open from the command line a lot), but a friend shared this little tip and now fullscreen is again functional. Using open -a MacVim allows you to use native fullscreen, as well.

I'm running MacVim on Yosemite version 10.10.2.

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

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Snapshot 77, the latest macvim-dev/macvim release fixes the full screen mode rendering glitch in OS X Yosemite. You can download a pre-compiled executable installer from the release page (thanks to @jcl for giving the links to the new repository and release). Or you can install via brew as described by @greggannicott.

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answered Sep 08 '15 at 18:39

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered May 16 '16 at 05:59

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Put the following line into ~/.gvimrc (create that file if none exists):

set fu

MacVim will now always start in fullscreen mode!

answered May 16 '16 at 05:59

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This was amazing!! Thank you so much! – Dhaval Savalia May 19 '20 at 06:47

MacVim in Yosemite can't fullscreen

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