<![CDATA[Magnet Link Problem]]>Greetings,

I have spent many hours over many days trying to figure out why magnet links didn't work at The Pirate Bay website. I have figured it out, and I want to share my findings.

To examine the link, I launched the Developer Tools (ctrl + shift + i) and clicked the Select an Element (ctrl + shift + c) button. At The Pirate Bay website, I tried to click the "GET THIS TORRENT" link.

The Problem
The link is partially covered by an invisible iFrame:

0_1510557427939_Pirate.png

Cause
The Pirate Bay website. Also, for some reason it only surfaces when using Opera's rendering engine (Blink). It doesn't affect Chrome.

Work-Around
Click on the part of the link that is showing ("...RENT").

I'm using Opera 49.0. I hope this helps.

Shane.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/23285/magnet-link-problemRSS for NodeFri, 06 Mar 2026 04:13:52 GMTMon, 13 Nov 2017 07:23:22 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Magnet Link Problem on Mon, 13 Nov 2017 22:19:28 GMT]]>@chuchkyschild
It's not an adblocker problem.

If you view the source of the page (ctrl + u), you will see this line:

<iframe src="//thepiratebay.org/static/si0Eim0u/exo_na/sky1.html" width="120" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>

This is the line that is causing the problem.

Shane.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/130770https://forums.opera.com/post/130770Mon, 13 Nov 2017 22:19:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Magnet Link Problem on Mon, 13 Nov 2017 21:25:49 GMT]]>@sgunhouse said in Magnet Link Problem:

@cshane Apparently they don't like Opera's ad-blocker, as Chrome also uses Blink.

i don't think it's a adblocker problem cause i have both the opera and "ublock plus adblock".

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/130766https://forums.opera.com/post/130766Mon, 13 Nov 2017 21:25:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Magnet Link Problem on Mon, 13 Nov 2017 20:55:12 GMT]]>So then may be something in your system - an extension perhaps?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/130761https://forums.opera.com/post/130761Mon, 13 Nov 2017 20:55:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Magnet Link Problem on Mon, 13 Nov 2017 14:41:42 GMT]]>just tested and it worked perfectly.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/130739https://forums.opera.com/post/130739Mon, 13 Nov 2017 14:41:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Magnet Link Problem on Mon, 13 Nov 2017 08:21:17 GMT]]>The problem doesn't affect Chrome (version 62.0.3202.89 64-bit). You think The Pirate Bay (TPB) is targeting Opera?

Shane.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/130712https://forums.opera.com/post/130712Mon, 13 Nov 2017 08:21:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Magnet Link Problem on Mon, 13 Nov 2017 07:53:57 GMT]]>@cshane Apparently they don't like Opera's ad-blocker, as Chrome also uses Blink.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/130709https://forums.opera.com/post/130709Mon, 13 Nov 2017 07:53:57 GMT