chrome-driver start-maximized not working in MAC OS

Question

In windows OS, the browsers launched perfectly with the below configuration. But in MAC chrome browser is not fully maximized.

My Config File:

config.framework = 'jasmine2';
config.allScriptsTimeout = timeout;
config.getPageTimeout = timeout;
config.jasmineNodeOpts.isVerbose = true;
config.jasmineNodeOpts.defaultTimeoutInterval = timeout;
config.specs = [
    'qa/**/*Spec.js'
];

config.multiCapabilities = [{
    browserName: 'chrome',
    shardTestFiles: true,
    maxInstances: 17,
    'chromeOptions': {
        'args': ['start-maximized']
    }
}];

Environment Details:

• Chome Browser 57.0.2987.110
• ChromeDriver 2.28.455520
• Protractor Version 5.1.1
• npm Version 3.10.10
• Node Version v6.10.0

Answer 1

You could also add start-fullscreen argument in your chrome options instead of using browser.driver.manage().window().maximize(). I was having the same issue and this resolved it on Mac.

   chromeOptions: {
    args: [
        '--start-fullscreen'
    ]
  }

Hope it helps.