Safari fullscreen on iPad

Why is there no fullscreen mode in Safari on iPad as on iPhone? I’m trying to view a website using Apple TV and mirroring and can seen the Safari toolbars on my tv which is ugly and distracting. I would love someone to tell me how to do it but online searches seem to show it is an ongoing issue.

Thanks

iPad Air Wi-Fi, iOS 12.1

Posted on Nov 4, 2018 2:54 PM

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Nov 4, 2018 3:29 PM in response to AnneW

Actually I just managed to accidentally sort this by using the expand image finger and thumb swipe on the playing video on the website - at first it mirrored as an iPad shaped crop on the tv but then managed to make it go full size, not entirely sure how but have been able to repeat it. BTW I also got a fullscreen image on Dolphin before I finally managed it on Safari.

Nov 4, 2018 11:28 PM in response to AnneW

NB Just to be clear, looking at other people’s issues re this, it was a TV website not an embedded YouTube video. Those still won’t play fullscreen. And the reason I was watching tv on a website not an app was that one of our UK tv station apps doesn’t support mirroring on older Apple TVs. Anyway happy to have muddled my way through to a solution.

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