MTG Arena exits fullscreen with every transition - please fix
For nonstandard resolutions such as Ultrawide screen (3440x1440), Magic Arena app leaves full screen to windowed mode after every screen transition. Alt-enter restores it to Full Screen, but this is very tiresome to have to do every few minutes.
Chazm#72569
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Zectzozda#18451
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The "been around for so long" context that Tezling mentions refers to the original ticket, which is now locked behind an inaccessible, archived portal: wizards.com
I can confirm this was the original tracking ticket, as WotC Support previously linked me to it in a ticket I raised back in 2024 (https://mtgarena-support.wizards.com/hc/en-us/requests/4112987).
Since the original ticket is no longer publicly viewable, you can see the community visibility this issue has received via this Reddit thread discussing the exact same URL (which gained significant traction with over 250 upvotes): reddit.com
Please consider this history—this bug is still occurring today. I have attached my game log file for review, which explicitly states the core engine conflict forcing this behaviour on my RTX 3070 setup at the end of a match:
Current screen dimensions of 3440x1440 are not an allowable ratio (2.388889) so we are forcing windowed mode.
Numerous other active tracking tickets have been raised by players experiencing this exact same automated aspect ratio rejection:
• https://feedback.wizards.com/forums/918667-mtg-arena-bugs-product-suggestions/suggestions/51628514-when-i-click-on-the-full-screen-option-every-time
• https://feedback.wizards.com/forums/918667-mtg-arena-bugs-product-suggestions/suggestions/51640339-ultra-wide-monitors-must-use-alt-enter-to-maximi
• https://feedback.wizards.com/forums/918667-mtg-arena-bugs-product-suggestions/suggestions/51654937-mtg-arena-exists-full-screen-between-every-mode
• https://feedback.wizards.com/forums/918667-mtg-arena-bugs-product-suggestions/suggestions/51615758-full-screen-not-staying-full-on-windows
Also, please use a better chat forum rich text editor, like TinyMCE or something - the one that this site uses is absolutely awful to use and navigate! -
Dawg#92557
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I am here to upvote as I also just missed my turn hitting alter + enter due to this eternal bug leading to losing games turn one
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Tezling#52778
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A bug thats been around for so long that someone has created full screen helper to prevent people going crazy every time they miss a turn as a result of this bug...https://github.com/leereilly/MTGAFullscreenHelper
