Focus-Mode is gone

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DennisB89
Hello there, cant activate focus-mode anymore cause the button isnt there anymore? even the whole Design on Chrome looks terrible and displaced at all... Anything i can do? regards
StumpyBlitzer

https://support.chess.com/article/859-what-is-focus-mode-how-do-i-turn-it-on

Seems still around 

RobertJames_Fisher

yes, is there a way to make that your default setting?

PuYingEm

Hi, Focus mode button missing. How do I get the button back? Thank You

manekapa
PuYingEm wrote:

Hi, Focus mode button missing. How do I get the button back? Thank You

Try setting the browser zoom percentage to 100%.

When the browser zoom percentage becomes too large (~ 125%), the focus mode button is not displayed.

EDIT: Some members have said they had to decrease the browser zoom to 90%.

manekapa
RobertJames_Fisher wrote:

yes, is there a way to make that your default setting?

Yes, there's an "Always Use Focus Mode" switch in the live chess settings (website only). 

blagger-UK

yeah none of these work the button is missing?

Martin_Stahl
blagger-UK wrote:

yeah none of these work the button is missing?

If your browser window is too small or zoomed, it may not show.

blagger-UK
Martin_Stahl wrote:
blagger-UK wrote:

yeah none of these work the button is missing?

If your browser window is too small or zoomed, it may not show.

Yeah as I said 'none of these work'
I can zoom in out whatever, but no option appears to size fullscreen only to flip board.. I'm starting to wonder if it is because I am using dual monitor set-up.

Ferrari73

this is also happening to me, the button is refusing to show up.

Ferrari73

my browser is at 100%, and the button still refuses to show up. it's quite annoying because i'm on a laptop and the board is too small for me to see without focus mode.

justbefair

I just looked and it is still there. It is at the top near the time display for black.

What browser are you using? (I use Chrome.)

justbefair

Here is what it looks like after it is selected:

blagger-UK
Lahgis wrote:

my browser is at 100%, and the button still refuses to show up. it's quite annoying because i'm on a laptop and the board is too small for me to see without focus mode.

This!
Yes exact same issue for me..

Ferrari73

@justbefair, the issue is that for us, the button just isn't there. it's not just that button, there's another button not showing up, called the theater mode button i think.

Martin_Stahl
Lahgis wrote:

my browser is at 100%, and the button still refuses to show up. it's quite annoying because i'm on a laptop and the board is too small for me to see without focus mode.

Try a lower zoom level, under 100%

Ferrari73

...

it worked! thanks so much! i just turned it down to 90% and the buttons showed up.

i can finally play in comfort now!

Martin_Stahl

My understanding is the options won't show of the view size of the browser window isn't a minimum size. Dropping the zoom can get it to that point.

blagger-UK

Nope still not option here, it doesn't work on my desktop system either (dual monitor)?

Ferrari73

it might be your dual monitor, because, as @Martin_Stahl said, you need the browser zoom to be a specific size. the dual monitor may interfere with that. i could be wrong though.