Opera 48.0 will not open in maximized window

[boonevillephil]

boonevillephil last edited by

I've tried every trick I know but Opera 48.0 will always open in a small window & not a maximized window using Ubuntu 16.04. Is there a remedy to this?

[Patpoch]

Patpoch last edited by

Bonjour, I have the same issue with linuxmint 18.2 (ubuntu 16), more than that, if you use alt+f10 tomaximize the window, the choice is not saved and you have to do it again next time you start opera.
Any solution will be welcome

[jimunderscorep]

jimunderscorep last edited by

There you go

https://forums.opera.com/topic/22812/start-opera-in-fullscreen-in-command-line/5

[boonevillephil]

boonevillephil last edited by @jimunderscorep

@jimunderscorep So what does this mean? I don't know how to alter the guts of the browser. I just want it to open in a maximized window...

[Patpoch]

Patpoch last edited by @boonevillephil

After reading different posts, I tried

export LIBGL_DRI3_DISABLE=1
opera --start-maximized

And it worked fine so case closed for me.

[jimunderscorep]

jimunderscorep last edited by

You either launch it, e.g from a terminal or from a run dialog app, as I said in the other thread or edit it's desktop file (= it's icons shortcut).

To edit the .desktop file, open (as root)

/usr/share/applications/opera.desktop

with a text editor and change line 7 from

Exec=opera %U

to

Exec=opera %U --start-maximized

Save, close the file and you are done.

2 things to consider
a) Updating/reinstalling opera wil overwrite the file, so you will have to do it again.
b) The issue has existed before opera 48

[boonevillephil]

boonevillephil last edited by @jimunderscorep

@jimunderscorep Got it! Thank you! I had to install Nautilus-admin so I could run this as root. Works great now!

[Patpoch]

Patpoch last edited by @jimunderscorep

Actually, it's probaby better to update the properties of the opera icon you use and to target "opera --start-maximized" , doing so you will not be overwritten by product updates or re-installation