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How do I make the Dash open up fullscreen in 2D?
My notebook has a widescreen display of 1280x800 and for some reason the Unity-2D dashboard always insists on opening up using only about 60% of my screen.
At the bottom right of the dashboard is an icon. When I click this icon the dashboard expands to full screen. Great! It looks good and doesn't feel so cramped on my display..
However when I close the dashboard and re-open it again (to find a file or program) it always reverts back to non-fullscreen. I have to open the dashboard and and constantly click that fullscreen button in the bottom right - it's really annoying.
Once I've indicated my preference shouldn't the dashboard remember what that preference was? That's how the dashboard's "Filter Results" works - if I expand it and re-open the dashboard it stays expanded. Why are these two behaviors not consistent?
If I'm not suppose to make the dashboard full screen then why even include the button to expand it to full screen if it' only going to revert back?