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The "screenfull" library wraps that for you, including events.

Examples

The linked GitHub repo contains some information. You basically use the library like this:

// Make an element go fullscreen
screenfull.request(element)

// Leave fullscreen
screenfull.exit()

// Detect if something is currently fullscreen
screenfull.isFullscreen

// Register event when going fullscreen
screenfull.on('change', functionCallback)    

// Get element that is currently fullscreening
screenfull.element

// De-register event
screenfull.off('change', functionCallback)

Note that no jQuery is required even though on and off may look like jQuery.