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    • wujekatom
      wujekatom last edited by

      Hi,
      do you have the same issue as me from last few weeks/versions? I noticed that when I enter fullscreen mode i cannot close it. F11 button does not work.
      The only solution is to close all cards, close all windows and then open Opera.

      That is very annoying bug.
      I am using Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa, Opera Developer 66.0.3480.0

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      • sgunhouse
        sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

        Try the menu? If you right-click an empty area of the page, the option to enter or exit (as appropriate) fullscreen mode is on the context menu.

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        • wujekatom
          wujekatom @sgunhouse last edited by wujekatom

          @sgunhouse

          Thanks for a tip, but I also tried that, it does not work...
          When I try to context menu or F11 button, the Opera's window is behaving strange, it blinks for a less than second and I can see it tries to change the size to normal, but then it again goes to fullscreen

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          • A Former User
            A Former User @sgunhouse last edited by

            @sgunhouse

            Same here.
            Os is Debian Sid

            No key combination, no menu, nothing works.

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            • zalex108
              zalex108 last edited by

              Try to:

              • BackUp your Profile
              • Look at current session and delete any related entry
              • Rename the file if any

              https://help.opera.com/en/latest/crashes-and-issues/

              "You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you". · Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

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              • A Former User
                A Former User @Guest last edited by

                @netlord said in [Opera 66.0.3480.0] Cannot exit fullscreen mode:

                @sgunhouse

                Same here.
                Os is Debian Sid

                No key combination, no menu, nothing works.

                On Windows 10, in addition to the methods already mentioned, you can also leave the full screen mode by pressing the ESCAPE key.

                Does this work for you?

                (Opera 66.0.3480.0, installed in stand-alone/portable mode).

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                • A Former User
                  A Former User last edited by A Former User

                  @wujekatom

                  In the 66.0.3480.0 developer update thread, a user complains about the same problem, on Linux Mint 19.2.

                  I can't check if the proposed solution works, since I am on Windows.

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                  • zalex108
                    zalex108 @Guest last edited by zalex108

                    @yanta said in [Opera 66.0.3480.0] Cannot exit fullscreen mode:

                    I can't check if the proposed solution works, since I am on Windows.

                    Follow my previous post

                    "You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you". · Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

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                    • A Former User
                      A Former User @zalex108 last edited by

                      @zalex108 said in [Opera 66.0.3480.0] Cannot exit fullscreen mode:

                      Follow my previous post

                      You mean this one? When I do so, I still can't check whether the mentioned solution I linked to, and which refers to Linux, works on Linux.

                      As mentioned, I am on Windows. And for me switching to full screen mode and exit this mode works fine. 🙂

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                      • zalex108
                        zalex108 @Guest last edited by zalex108

                        @yanta said in [Opera 66.0.3480.0] Cannot exit fullscreen mode:

                        @zalex108 said in [Opera 66.0.3480.0] Cannot exit fullscreen mode:

                        Follow my previous post

                        You mean this one? When I do so, I still can't check whether the mentioned solution I linked to, and which refers to Linux, works on Linux.

                        If you follow the help link, you will notice that some files are equal.
                        Current session is one of them.

                        As mentioned, I am on Windows. And for me switching to full screen mode and exit this mode works fine. 🙂

                        Ok.
                        It should work all ways.

                        "You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you". · Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

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                        • wujekatom
                          wujekatom @zalex108 last edited by

                          @zalex108
                          Hi,
                          I tried your solution, I deleted file CurrentSession, launched Opera again and exiting fullscreen still does not work.
                          I switched on full screen both ways: by pressing F11 button and from context-menu and for both ways exiting is not possible.

                          @yanta
                          Hi,
                          thanks for the link to the thread. Unfortunately the solution provided by the intek13x does not work for me.

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                          • zalex108
                            zalex108 @wujekatom last edited by zalex108

                            @wujekatom said in [Opera 66.0.3480.0] Cannot exit fullscreen mode:

                            @zalex108
                            Hi,
                            I tried your solution, I deleted file CurrentSession, launched Opera again and exiting fullscreen still does not work.
                            I switched on full screen both ways: by pressing F11 button and from context-menu and for both ways exiting is not possible.

                            You would try to look at ShortCuts.
                            If still, look at Preferences file, as per Current session and previous BackUp, for Window, Size, F11, Fullscreen...

                            Look for Tomeko/JSONEdit.

                            "You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you". · Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

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                            • l33t4opera
                              l33t4opera last edited by

                              Hi @wujekatom, @netlord. I can confirm this issue on Linux, please see my reply here.

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                              • wujekatom
                                wujekatom @l33t4opera last edited by

                                @l33t4opera
                                Thanks, I will reply in that thread, it is better if more people report that issue.

                                @zalex108
                                I looked at Preferences file but I didn't find anything that can be related to that problem. But maybe I don't know what should I look for...

                                Shortcut is encrypted.

                                But many thanks for help. If you have any new idea for solution, do not hesitate to write it here, i will try it 😃

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                                • A Former User
                                  A Former User @Guest last edited by

                                  @yanta said in [Opera 66.0.3480.0] Cannot exit fullscreen mode:

                                  @netlord said in [Opera 66.0.3480.0] Cannot exit fullscreen mode:

                                  @sgunhouse

                                  Same here.
                                  Os is Debian Sid

                                  No key combination, no menu, nothing works.

                                  On Windows 10, in addition to the methods already mentioned, you can also leave the full screen mode by pressing the ESCAPE key.

                                  Does this work for you?

                                  (Opera 66.0.3480.0, installed in stand-alone/portable mode).

                                  It seems to work but this is the most awful, bad and horrific solution!
                                  I had two windows with a lot of tabs and all are gone now.

                                  Worst solution of all time!

                                  Additionally - I just updated to 66.0.3489.0 and the problem persists.

                                  sigh

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