[Solved] Problem with WhatsApp from the sidebar

[enzon19]

enzon19 last edited by leocg

Since yesterday, my WhatsApp from the sidebar stopped working. When I open it, it loads, but right after that it turns gray. I already turned off the extension in dark mode, opened it normally in a normal tab and removed the theme dark and still nothing. Follows the photo.

When you are not logged in

Logged, note that in the normal version of the tab it is white

After loaded

Is it the fault of any changes I made to the flags?

I use the version 70.0.3728.154 of Opera. Thank you!

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @enzon19 last edited by

@enzon19 None of those flags affect sidebar messengers.

Do you have opera://flags/#enable-force-dark enabled by chance? It could explain WhatsApp loading on dark theme.

[enzon19]

enzon19 last edited by

I thought about it and checked it out, but no.

I also checked a type extension and disabled it.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @enzon19 last edited by

@enzon19 Maybe you have select the dark theme in WhatsApp web settings?

[enzon19]

enzon19 last edited by enzon19

As I showed in the second print, in the normal tab I disabled the dark theme in the WhatsApp settings. I found out now that if I put my Opera white, it works.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @enzon19 last edited by

@enzon19 I don't see that print.

[enzon19]

enzon19 @leocg last edited by enzon19

@leocg ah, actually i just showed that the normal tab was white and the dark sidebar. But here it is:

Even entering another normal tab, it remains white so it does not restore to "automatic", but in the side menu, even after the refresh it remains dark.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @enzon19 last edited by

@enzon19 Maybe in the sidebar it is following the theme.

[enzon19]

enzon19 last edited by

Yes, but is there any way to fix this? I have no problem with the dark mode, but in the sidebar it just stopped working, except when I load WhatsApp in white with Opera white and then switch to dark.

[spborges74]

spborges74 @enzon19 last edited by

@enzon19 I got the same problem since yesterday; I had to turn off Opera's dark mode so I could see whatapp and messenger too

[enzon19]

enzon19 @spborges74 last edited by

@spborges74 My solution for now is to enable the addition of custom web pages to the sidebar.

1. Open opera://flags/#sidebar-site-panel
2. Click in "Default [D]"
3. Select "Enable"
4. Click in "Relaunch"
5. Click in "..." on the sidebar
6. On top of Settings, it will look like a new option where you can place the sites you want in the sidebar.
   
7. Add "web.whatsapp.com"

[spborges74]

spborges74 @enzon19 last edited by

@enzon19 Obrigada Thank you! Greetings from Portugal

[enzon19]

enzon19 @spborges74 last edited by

@spborges74 De nada! You are welcome!
It is not the best solution because it ends up separating itself from the other messengers and the screen is kind of cut off, but it breaks the branch.

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enzon19 @enzon19 last edited by

For me the problem was fixed without having to do anything. Topic closed.