Dear @jfrederick
Just want to clarify :)
Using the Carousel but 'set to Fullscreen Slider' mode?
These are two different Addons,
Do you mean:
Using Carousel but 'Use browser height for row height'?
I think that being able to click outside the Carousel for left and right navigation isn't the best thing as it could lead to many issues depending on a webpages design.
However you could set the carousel to be full-width and then have the image within not fill the entire width of its slide.
The slide is clickable and and image within is smaller, so you would have that 'space' left and right of the image that is still clickable.
Hope this helps & apologies if i haven't understood properly! :)
Best wishes
Richard