Getting out of full screen mode in Messages

Move your cursor to the very, very top of the screen and the menu bar should appear showing the arrows Ralp referred to.

Also try control - command - F.

Hi,

Like any other app mouse up to make the Menu Bar appear and then select the reverse icon to enter the windowing mode

9:58 pm Wednesday; January 8, 2014

 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad

hi,

So if you move the mouse to the top of the Screen you do not see this (top right) ?

This was a pic of Firefox that I put in Full Screen Mode first.

Then I moved the pointer to the top of the Screen and the Menu Bar appears.

Far Right is the blue reverse action/Windowing icon.

In Firefox I can also enter the View Menu and select the Exit option (from Full Screen) from there once the Menu bar has appeared.

It is late where I am and it will be a while before I reply again.

It is also why I don't have Messages open at the moment.

10:11 pm Wednesday; January 8, 2014

 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad

Hi Kiai,

Just to be clear which window of Messages is it that is in Full Screen ?

I was thinking it was a Text Chat at the first reading and now I think you are talking about a a Video Chat window.

I presume you can flick left and right to see other 'desktops'.

If this is the case can you then use the DOCK to Quit Messages ?

8:36 pm Thursday; January 9, 2014

 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad

Hi Jeffery,

That is not working for me in Firefox.

8:48 pm Thursday; January 9, 2014

 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad

Oh yeah 🙂,

It works in Mail.

9:17 pm Thursday; January 9, 2014

 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad

In general, you should be able to get out of Full Screen in any application mode by hitting ESC.

Son of a gun. Nope, it doesn't seem to work in Firefox. It has worked in every other application I've ever tried.