# Composer full screen mode missing the post button

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-full-screen-mode-missing-the-post-button/104848
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [December 21, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-full-screen-mode-missing-the-post-button/104848 "2018-12-21T14:42:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![danekhollas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/danekhollas/32/79637_2.png) [@danekhollas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danekhollas)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-full-screen-mode-missing-the-post-button/104848/1 "2018-12-21T14:42:44Z")

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I am in ❤ with the new full screen composer mode.

However, I do not understand why it is missing the “Post button”. If I am done editing, I need to first exit the full screen mode in order to post it. Note that the status bar with “saved” status at the bottom is there anyway, so why not expose the button as well?

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2018, 12:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-full-screen-mode-missing-the-post-button/104848/3 "2018-12-22T00:49:26Z")

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The reasoning for this decision was already explained in the middle of [this post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deprecated-focus-full-screen-composer-mode/85399/11).

> [@danekhollas](#):
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> If I am done editing, I need to first exit the full screen mode in order to post it.

No, you don’t. Press Ctrl+Enter.

Hovering your mouse pointer (if on a mouse capable device) over the reply button offers this hint as well:

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/b/7/b7b73c724a9893dca1628614a73d7211914425a7.png)

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### Author: ![davidkingham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/davidkingham/32/119528_2.png) [@davidkingham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidkingham)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-full-screen-mode-missing-the-post-button/104848/4 "2021-01-06T18:11:08Z")

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Can we revisit this? I had a user get stuck today because of this and I only figured out what was going on after he sent me a screenshot. The original post explaining the thinking behind this decision is gone, but this seems like terrible ux to me to remove the button in fullscreen. The average user is not going to know to use Ctrl+Enter. I guess I can hide the full screen button…

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### Author: ![Johani](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/johani/32/176920_2.png) [@Johani](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Johani)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-full-screen-mode-missing-the-post-button/104848/6 "2021-01-06T18:16:57Z")

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Have a look here

> [@Still display the Reply / Create Topic button when using full screen composition](https://meta.discourse.org/t/still-display-the-reply-create-topic-button-when-using-full-screen-composition/123597/6):
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> The reason why the submit button is removed has very little to do with how much space it takes. The actual reason is that you can’t submit a topic with an invalid title or without tags (if they are required). In the default composer view, you’ll get a very clear error letting you know what’s wrong: When the composer is in full-screen mode, we hide all the fields except for the body of the post. This is very intentional as one of the goals of the full-screen c…

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### Author: ![Johani](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/johani/32/176920_2.png) [@Johani](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Johani)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2021, 10:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-full-screen-mode-missing-the-post-button/104848/7 "2021-01-06T22:59:41Z")

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