Trevor Cook - [11/03/08 09:24 PM ] This issue is very annoying, I would really appreciate it if it were fixed.

Edwin Wong - [11/04/08 11:56 AM ] We understand that many users would like fullscreen on one monitor and to be able to interact with your OS on another monitor. However, due to security requirements, we require that Flash and Browser must be the current focus of your OS. Apologies if this causes any workflow or usability issues. We will continue to review our security policy and consider changes in the future. For more info on fullscreen go here: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/full_screen_mode_print.html

Trevor Cook - [11/04/08 05:09 PM ] That's a real shame, since Flash is becoming so popular for Internet video applications. This is a real usability issue for those of us who like to take advantage of multiple monitors. I understand the security implications of full screen interfaces, but I fail to see how having a Flash window in full screen on one monitor creates a problem while using another monitor.

Kris - [11/16/08 06:51 PM ] How is this a security requirement? That makes no sense. Silverlight and other technologies can do this very simple request. Please mark this bug as unresolved because you did not resolve it

andy magoon - [11/21/08 09:56 AM ] +1 Feature request

kostas georgopoulos - [03/04/09 07:16 PM ] is there any way users can disable this "security requirement" on their own risk and be able to leave full screen only with ESC?

Dboss T - [04/06/09 01:08 PM ] a quick/dirty fix for this issue, if you have Windows; You need a hex editor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwH_-C2-93E

Trevor Cook - [04/11/09 02:50 PM ] Thanks Dboss T. I find it incredibly ironic that I have to use a hex editor to get around a "security" feature. If Adobe didn't treat their users like idiots who need to be protected from themselves at all costs, we wouldn't have to resort to this.

Irate User - [04/16/09 11:39 PM ] It is absolutely absurd that you people think that this is acceptable behavior. This issue causes Flash Player to be almost completely unusable for me, and the lack of a workaround infuriates me to no end. To think that the developers of one of the most prevalent technologies on the Internet are so closed-minded as to not consider a very significant use-case makes me lose faith in every one of the people working on Flash Player. While there may be a minor security issue, the usability issue outweighs it tenfold. If you are so concerned about the security issue but you actually gave a damn about your users, you'd give us a way to correct this behavior, be it through a config file or a more obvious option. It took you people years to release a 64-bit Flash Player for Linux, but when you did, I thought maybe you were actually listening to users. I guess I was wrong. My future open-source coding efforts will be going to Gnash (the open-source Flash implementation), hopefully making your proprietary piece of crap irrelevant.

Alessandro Riolo - [05/09/09 12:20 PM ] I absolutely disagree with whoever closed this bug. It is the single worst issue affecting the Flash Video technology, and it is a critical issue for multi-monitor environments. BTW, it also affects IE.