<![CDATA[Opera always in foreground]]>When I start Opera since version 23 it is always in the fordground.
My taskbar hides automatically and when I use Opera I can't use the taskbar while opera is open because it is always behind the browser window.

Do you have any ideas how i can fix this?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/4097/opera-always-in-foregroundRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 15:34:57 GMTWed, 23 Jul 2014 07:54:15 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Opera always in foreground on Fri, 12 Jan 2018 14:30:09 GMT]]>20 months later, and the opera taskbar autohide bug persists.. I've been running firefox quantum alongside opera since its release because of this, its grown on me. Page rendering is much quicker and I now use it more than opera. Reading today about opera's susceptibility to spectre attacks, and how little is done regarding bugs, I'm dumping opera.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/137073https://forums.opera.com/post/137073Fri, 12 Jan 2018 14:30:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera always in foreground on Sun, 26 Nov 2017 22:59:47 GMT]]>Seems this bug is still here....

I downgraded monitors from 4k after upgrading due to the samsung u28e590d sounding like a bug zapper to 1080p... Just got a replacement monitor - Acer 4k with 3 year warranty which is nice - and now Opera stays on top... even after exiting and re-opening... Very annoying because I switch between many programs on my 6 monitors and some are overlayed on my primary...

Windows 10 Pro x64 - Opera Version information

Version: 49.0.2725.39 (PGO) - Restart Opera to update to version 49.0.2725.47 Relaunch Now
Update stream: Stable
System: Windows 10 64-bit
Browser identification

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/62.0.3202.89 Safari/537.36 OPR/49.0.2725.39

Edit: After relaunching for the update ( I relaunched 3 times before I saw the version information screen - the update should've been ready to install after I exited last time.... and it didn't fix the issue ) on the about screen - it appears as though everything is back to normal...

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/132560https://forums.opera.com/post/132560Sun, 26 Nov 2017 22:59:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera always in foreground on Mon, 06 Mar 2017 23:29:46 GMT]]>As alobpeis points out shelluser, opera is interfering with windows functionality after exiting full screen, and is therefore a bug. Enable taskbar auto-hide, watch a youtube vid, experience this wonderful 'feature' for yourself. 🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/116374https://forums.opera.com/post/116374Mon, 06 Mar 2017 23:29:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera always in foreground on Thu, 23 Feb 2017 04:08:33 GMT]]>shelluser, that's not the issue. When in full screen, you don't want that thin line of pixels from the taskbar to be visible. That's what happens and that's ok. The problem is when you return from full screen. At that point you should have that thin line back, but it's not and you are forced to restore Opera's window, press the Windows key and then maximize again. So basically, exiting from full screen doesn't leave everything as it was before.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/115704https://forums.opera.com/post/115704Thu, 23 Feb 2017 04:08:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera always in foreground on Thu, 23 Feb 2017 03:56:11 GMT]]>Quite frankly I don't think this is a bug at all. People only refer to it as such because it's a functionality which got changed over time which some people didn't like, as such it's dubbed a bug. But that doesn't mean it actually is one.

What do Minecraft, Blender 3D modeler/renderer, the NetBeans Java IDE, VLC media player and Opera 43 have in common?

The fact that if you use their full screen modus then it will cover the Windows taskbar no matter what. Also noteworthy: if you press the windows key (or control-escape) this will open the Windows start menu which also shows the Windows taskbar again. It's not as if the taskbar is hidden forever until you exit fullscreen mode or the program itself.

So quite frankly I don't see the problem here. I can understand that some people consider it problematic when they have to deal with a change in the programs behavior, I myself am also not always very happy about certain changes, but that doesn't make it a bug 😉

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/115703https://forums.opera.com/post/115703Thu, 23 Feb 2017 03:56:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera always in foreground on Wed, 22 Feb 2017 22:35:59 GMT]]>Still broken on 43.0.2442.991 (PGO). Doesn't look good for getting fixed. Eight months since it bugged, I'll post on its anniversary. 😕

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/115680https://forums.opera.com/post/115680Wed, 22 Feb 2017 22:35:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera always in foreground on Fri, 11 Nov 2016 03:24:15 GMT]]>Then its the HTML5 video rendering component of the engine. HTML5 videos in fullscreen are what trigger it here.
No change in version 41.0.2353.56

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/110303https://forums.opera.com/post/110303Fri, 11 Nov 2016 03:24:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera always in foreground on Wed, 09 Nov 2016 04:14:13 GMT]]>I just realized this also happens in Chrome and Vivaldi! So it seems it may be a Blink engine thing.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/110222https://forums.opera.com/post/110222Wed, 09 Nov 2016 04:14:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera always in foreground on Wed, 26 Oct 2016 08:28:25 GMT]]>Still broken in stable version 41.0.2353.46. Hard to understand why a bug thats so annoying isn't being addressed.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/109338https://forums.opera.com/post/109338Wed, 26 Oct 2016 08:28:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera always in foreground on Fri, 14 Oct 2016 07:20:50 GMT]]>OPR/42.0.2374.0 here, still no fix. Really annoying bug/feature.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/108672https://forums.opera.com/post/108672Fri, 14 Oct 2016 07:20:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera always in foreground on Tue, 27 Sep 2016 19:31:25 GMT]]>Had this problem for months. Still happening on 40.0.2308.62
Don't know why I stick with this browser, been all down hill since 12.17. Still be using that version now if it didn't crash all the time.

[Mod edit: off-topic part removed. Such kind of discussion has ended and you lost the timming.]

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/107561https://forums.opera.com/post/107561Tue, 27 Sep 2016 19:31:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera always in foreground on Tue, 20 Sep 2016 20:10:00 GMT]]>Still broken in stable release 40.0.2308.54

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/106982https://forums.opera.com/post/106982Tue, 20 Sep 2016 20:10:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera always in foreground on Thu, 08 Sep 2016 16:12:10 GMT]]>I tried the developer version (41) a few days ago and it also had the same issue. ;_;

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/106234https://forums.opera.com/post/106234Thu, 08 Sep 2016 16:12:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera always in foreground on Thu, 08 Sep 2016 11:06:44 GMT]]>No change in 39.0.2256.71. Three months since the update broke it and still not fixed.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/106224https://forums.opera.com/post/106224Thu, 08 Sep 2016 11:06:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera always in foreground on Sat, 06 Aug 2016 04:43:02 GMT]]>Problem persists in 39.0.2256.48
Thanks idrin.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/104404https://forums.opera.com/post/104404Sat, 06 Aug 2016 04:43:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera always in foreground on Wed, 03 Aug 2016 07:30:56 GMT]]>Thanks for the info and actually bumping this issue. I'm reporting this further internally.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/104182https://forums.opera.com/post/104182Wed, 03 Aug 2016 07:30:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera always in foreground on Tue, 02 Aug 2016 23:44:38 GMT]]>39.0.2256.43, issue still present. 😞

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/104174https://forums.opera.com/post/104174Tue, 02 Aug 2016 23:44:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera always in foreground on Tue, 12 Jul 2016 21:56:41 GMT]]>Problem still present in 38.0.2220.41. Will keep updating.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/102941https://forums.opera.com/post/102941Tue, 12 Jul 2016 21:56:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera always in foreground on Fri, 01 Jul 2016 23:52:34 GMT]]>I just discovered that this doesn't happen in a private window. For this I thought it might be an extension getting in the way but not, without any extension the issue still occurs in the non-private window.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/102305https://forums.opera.com/post/102305Fri, 01 Jul 2016 23:52:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera always in foreground on Mon, 27 Jun 2016 18:45:06 GMT]]>Nobody else bothered by this? I think this is quite a severe issue.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/102083https://forums.opera.com/post/102083Mon, 27 Jun 2016 18:45:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera always in foreground on Sun, 19 Jun 2016 19:03:36 GMT]]>This happens to me too since a few weeks ago (I didn't pay attention to the exact version that started this). I'm on 38.0.2220.31 now. On my desktop and my laptop I have the same issue, both with Windows 7 x64.
To access the taskbar or start menu, I have to either minimize Opera, press the Windows key or press Alt-Tab to go to any other application that doesn't have this issue (going to another Opera window doesn't help, of course).

Edit: I just found out that this starts happening after watching a video fullscreen, like Youtube!

You can temporarily fix this by either:

  • Option 1: restore (de-maximize) Opera and maximize it again TWICE.
  • Option 2: restore (de-maximize) Opera, move your mouse so the taskbar displays, and then maximize Opera again.

Now the issue is gone until I watch the next fullscreen video.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/101675https://forums.opera.com/post/101675Sun, 19 Jun 2016 19:03:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera always in foreground on Fri, 10 Jun 2016 15:36:50 GMT]]>Same bug with opera 38.0.2220.29. The auto-hide taskbar won't gain focus when opera is running (opera always on top).
Win 7 64 bit.

Can silent updates be turned off in opera?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/101021https://forums.opera.com/post/101021Fri, 10 Jun 2016 15:36:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera always in foreground on Mon, 06 Jun 2016 04:43:58 GMT]]>Opera 37 and this bug is still there. What gives?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/100728https://forums.opera.com/post/100728Mon, 06 Jun 2016 04:43:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera always in foreground on Thu, 31 Mar 2016 21:46:38 GMT]]>I just deinstalled Opera and then installed 36.0.2130.32 which then updated itself to 36.0.2130.46 ... now everything's fine again. As well ALT+TAB and also klicking on any icon in the taskbar works as expected. Very strange!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/96622https://forums.opera.com/post/96622Thu, 31 Mar 2016 21:46:38 GMT