Stuck in full screen
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friendshipseeker last edited by 8 Apr 2021, 16:47
Opera gets stuck in full screen because there is no context menu to exit, and F11 does not work, nor does Escape.
Opera is not following Windows standards, and possible bug (or incompetent design decision) prevents context menu from offering exit out of full screen.Work-around until Opera fixes the bug:
Try to get to the 'Settings' page. This context menu seems to be available while in settings page.In the settings page, right click (context menu) on the left side of the page will show the 'exit full screen' option.
Hope this helps and saves a reduces the swear words being sent to Opera design folks.
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by 8 Apr 2021, 19:11
@friendshipseeker Did you try resetting the keyboard shortcuts?
Any specific pages or situations where it happens?
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friendshipseeker last edited by friendshipseeker 8 Apr 2021, 22:50 8 Apr 2021, 22:49
@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-outI 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 Moderator Volunteer last edited by 8 Apr 2021, 23:57
@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 last edited by 9 Apr 2021, 06:04
@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- Go to twitter.com (logged in)
- F11 to go to full screen.
- ESC does not work.
- 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 Moderator Volunteer last edited by 9 Apr 2021, 11:10
@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 last edited by 10 Apr 2021, 14:48
faced the same issue while reading the novel on a random site readlightnovel.info
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ghini last edited by 14 Nov 2021, 14:10
@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 last edited by 13 Jan 2022, 02:13
@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 last edited by 13 Jan 2022, 06:26
@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-outI 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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jparker last edited by 4 Feb 2022, 17:19
@friendshipseeker Bless you! I was so frustrated, but this fix worked immediately.
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edward5 last edited by 24 Feb 2022, 03:11
to exit fullscreen, right click on the mouse button to get the options screen, it's that easy.
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cyberwrath265 last edited by 27 Mar 2022, 22:18
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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masoumi last edited by 10 Aug 2022, 12:14
@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?
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alobpreis last edited by 11 Aug 2022, 20:39@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.
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downscale last edited by 12 Jun 2023, 23:36
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.
