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    • Rahid90
      Rahid90 last edited by

      I never tought that can happen😲

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      • friendshipseeker
        friendshipseeker @leocg last edited by friendshipseeker

        @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.

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        • leocg
          leocg Moderator Volunteer @friendshipseeker 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.

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          • friendshipseeker
            friendshipseeker @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.

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            • leocg
              leocg Moderator Volunteer @friendshipseeker 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.

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              • davidjohn
                davidjohn last edited by

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

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                • ghini
                  ghini @friendshipseeker 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 😊✨

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                  • Marrapjgaming
                    Marrapjgaming @friendshipseeker 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.

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                    • Whostetler
                      Whostetler @friendshipseeker 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.

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                      • 0xazr2
                        0xazr2 @Marrapjgaming last edited by

                        @marrapjgaming thanks this help a lot

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                        • jparker
                          jparker @friendshipseeker last edited by

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

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                          • edward5
                            edward5 last edited by

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

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                            • 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

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