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Derivative Financial Instruments Fair Value Option (Details) (Mortgage loans held for sale, USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Mortgage Banking Income
Fair Value, Option, Quantitative Disclosures [Line Items]
Fair Value (Loss) Gain	$ 263us-gaap_FairValueOptionChangesInFairValueGainLoss1 / us-gaap_EligibleItemOrGroupForFairValueOptionAxis = fult_MortgageLoansHeldForSaleMember / fult_FairValueOptionByIncomeStatementLocationAxis = fult_MortgageBankingIncomeMember	$ (1,975)us-gaap_FairValueOptionChangesInFairValueGainLoss1 / us-gaap_EligibleItemOrGroupForFairValueOptionAxis = fult_MortgageLoansHeldForSaleMember / fult_FairValueOptionByIncomeStatementLocationAxis = fult_MortgageBankingIncomeMember
Mortgage loans held for sale
Fair Value, Option, Quantitative Disclosures [Line Items]
Cost	17,080fult_ContractualPrincipalOutstandingMortgageLoandHeldForSale / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = fult_MortgageLoansHeldForSaleMember / us-gaap_EligibleItemOrGroupForFairValueOptionAxis = fult_MortgageLoansHeldForSaleMember	21,172fult_ContractualPrincipalOutstandingMortgageLoandHeldForSale / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = fult_MortgageLoansHeldForSaleMember / us-gaap_EligibleItemOrGroupForFairValueOptionAxis = fult_MortgageLoansHeldForSaleMember
Fair Value	$ 17,522us-gaap_LoansHeldForSaleFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = fult_MortgageLoansHeldForSaleMember / us-gaap_EligibleItemOrGroupForFairValueOptionAxis = fult_MortgageLoansHeldForSaleMember	$ 21,351us-gaap_LoansHeldForSaleFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = fult_MortgageLoansHeldForSaleMember / us-gaap_EligibleItemOrGroupForFairValueOptionAxis = fult_MortgageLoansHeldForSaleMember

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Contractual Principal Outstanding Mortgage Loand Held For Sale

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For each line item in the statement of financial position, the amounts of gains and losses from fair value changes included in earnings.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 825

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 30

-Subparagraph (a)

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Fair value portion of loans held-for-sale including, but not limited to, mortgage loans and finance receivables.

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