full-frame helm?

Question

Is it possible to run something like helm-recentf or helm-mini in a way that the helm window occupies the entire frame when it's running, and then disappears afterwards (like the helm windows normally do)?

Answer 1

The short answer is that you use use this:

    (setq helm-full-frame t)

The slightly longer answer is that I wanted to use helm-mini as a 'dashboard' sort of thing when I started up emacs. To do that I used this function:

    (defun helm-dashboard()
      (if (< (length command-line-args) 2)
        (let (
          (helm-full-frame-orig helm-full-frame)
          (helm-mini-default-sources-orig helm-mini-default-sources)
          )

          (setq helm-full-frame t)
          (setq helm-mini-default-sources
          `(helm-source-bookmarks helm-source-recentf))
          (set-frame-parameter nil 'fullscreen 'maximized)
          (helm-mini)
          (setq helm-full-frame helm-full-frame-orig)
          (setq helm-mini-default-sources helm-mini-default-sources-orig))))

Then, in my init.el I added this as part of my helm config:

    (add-hook 'window-setup-hook
        (lambda () (helm-dashboard)))

(I want this to run last, after the emacs-startup-hook)