Stuck in full screen

[Rahid90]

Rahid90 last edited by

I never tought that can happen

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by A Former User

@leocg This is a well known, old problem. The following 'locked' thread has more details.
https://forums.opera.com/topic/25654/opera-stuck-in-full-screen-no-way-out

I created a new problem, and gave my work-around because the original thread is locked and I cannot add.

As for when it happens, I am not sure. I touched something, maybe F11, and it went into full screen. I assumed that Esc would get me out, it didn't. I had to 'Alt-Tab' and go to a different window and google in Firefox, and came across that forum entry above, with no solution. I killed Opera, relaunched, still stuck, and no 'Exit full screen' etc. option anywhere. I went into settings because it was possible and there I see the 'Exit... ' in context menu.

Just implement 'Esc' or add 'Exit Full Screen' in the context menu, please.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@friendshipseeker How to reproduce the problem? Esc works here, as well as F11. Also, if you right click on the page there is a exit full screen option.

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg I do not know which page it was. I looked through history but couldn't decide. But here is what I found (and most likely cause).

Opera version 75.0.3969.149
Windows 10
Adblock Plus

1. Go to twitter.com (logged in)
2. F11 to go to full screen.
3. ESC does not work.
4. Right context menu does show Exit Full screen as an option, but not everywhere.

i suspect the page in question had manipulated the context menu via javascript. So it was not showing the option. And Esc definitely did not do anything.

if I can reproduce it (find the page where exit menu entry was not available) I will update.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@friendshipseeker If you use F11 to go full screen, then you exit from it also using F11. Esc is for when you go full screen by clicking on some button in the page.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

faced the same issue while reading the novel on a random site readlightnovel.info

[ghini]

ghini @Guest last edited by

@friendshipseeker just in case anyone encounters this problem, the solution I did was to delete my opera gx browser on my windows laptop and downloaded it immediately again. When the browser opened after I re-installed it, the speed dial is not in full screen anymore. Hope this helps

[Marrapjgaming]

Marrapjgaming @Guest last edited by

@friendshipseeker If F11 and Esc don't work, try hitting alt + space and then choose "maximize" or "size" and resize. If that doesn't work, try hitting Windows Key + d a bunch of times.

[Whostetler]

Whostetler @Guest last edited by

@friendshipseeker said in Stuck in full screen:

@leocg This is a well known, old problem. The following 'locked' thread has more details.
https://forums.opera.com/topic/25654/opera-stuck-in-full-screen-no-way-out

I created a new problem, and gave my work-around because the original thread is locked and I cannot add.

As for when it happens, I am not sure. I touched something, maybe F11, and it went into full screen. I assumed that Esc would get me out, it didn't. I had to 'Alt-Tab' and go to a different window and google in Firefox, and came across that forum entry above, with no solution. I killed Opera, relaunched, still stuck, and no 'Exit full screen' etc. option anywhere. I went into settings because it was possible and there I see the 'Exit... ' in context menu.

Just implement 'Esc' or add 'Exit Full Screen' in the context menu, please.

Yes indeed -- tablet mode forces your computer to work like an iPad, where everything is always full screen. Some people only use Windows if it acts like an iPad.

[0xazr2]

0xazr2 @Marrapjgaming last edited by

@marrapjgaming thanks this help a lot

[jparker]

jparker @Guest last edited by

@friendshipseeker Bless you! I was so frustrated, but this fix worked immediately.

[edward5]

edward5 last edited by

to exit fullscreen, right click on the mouse button to get the options screen, it's that easy.

[cyberwrath265]

cyberwrath265 last edited by

what I did typed alt+p to get to settings them went to shortcuts setting and changed toggle fullscreen to something that wasn't used unlike f11 (which changes brightness for me) and once I changed the shortcut I put the new full screen command in and I was out of full screen

[masoumi]

masoumi @leocg last edited by

@leocg Same problem here. Appearantly , it's a known problem with alot of people. I seriously do not understand why Opera does not have a "exit fullscreen" button when hovering to the top, just like Chrome. Why make life harder when it can be easy?

[alobpreis]

alobpreis @Guest last edited by

@davidjohn said in Stuck in full screen:

faced the same issue while reading the novel on a random site readlightnovel.info

That site looks for sale now, it has ads as "related searches" only.

[QuickVowel]

QuickVowel @edward5 last edited by

@edward5 Thank you sooooo much!!! ur a lifesaver

[oddssatisfy]

oddssatisfy last edited by

I am also facing the same issue.

[downscale]

downscale last edited by

Re: Stuck in full screen

I was enjoying Opera GX as a browser, till I "fullscreened" a certain Gx.gaming site game. Now it's stuck in full screen. Can't F11/F12 to reduce the size back to normal, can't close the software with alt-F4, And when I finally gave up and hit Cntrl+Shift+Esc, and ended task, i noticed that there were (23) Opera GX instances running, while I was just playing a game. What the hell? So ...yeah I dunno about Opera GX, seems a little Kooky to say the least.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by This post is deleted!

[gxsbgcrwd]

gxsbgcrwd @downscale last edited by

@downscale While stuck in full screen is a bug, it's quite normal for browsers to use a lot of processes