# Fullscreen the 3D view

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/fullscreen-the-3d-view/18403>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** views\
**Created:** [June 29, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/fullscreen-the-3d-view/18403 "2021-06-29T17:04:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![bywbilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@bywbilly](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/bywbilly)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/fullscreen-the-3d-view/18403/1 "2021-06-29T17:04:58Z")

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Hi,

I feel this question may be naive but I searched out and didn’t find a solution for it.  
Here is a normal slicer window,

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/9/c/9c8656353d9667aba4b79dd291c7430671749933.png)  
I want to full screen the 3D view (top right window) so we can see the details better. Is this possible and how to do it?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/fullscreen-the-3d-view/18403/2 "2021-06-29T17:39:54Z")

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You can use the layout menu:

 ![Screen Shot 2021-06-29 at 1.38.32 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/5/c/5c1b49186b7aea6a7c03c65e815a2de992a3f419.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![bywbilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@bywbilly](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/bywbilly)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/fullscreen-the-3d-view/18403/3 "2021-06-29T17:43:39Z")

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Thanks Steve! It works perfectly.