<![CDATA[opera moves on top of all other windows]]>Hi.
Ubuntu 20.04, Opera 79.0.4143.22
after the last update, when you hover the mouse over the browser, the opera moves on top of all other windows. There is no such behavior with other windows. Can't find how to turn this off back.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/51465/opera-moves-on-top-of-all-other-windowsRSS for NodeSat, 08 Aug 2026 01:08:16 GMTThu, 16 Sep 2021 05:33:56 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to opera moves on top of all other windows on Mon, 28 Feb 2022 21:53:56 GMT]]>Tried it. That's fixed. But it still wants to be it's own window manager instead of respecting the existing window manager and settings. I guess this is buh-bye opera.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/275673https://forums.opera.com/post/275673Mon, 28 Feb 2022 21:53:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to opera moves on top of all other windows on Mon, 28 Feb 2022 20:42:38 GMT]]>@paulc LOL.. so am I. Unless Vivaldi did some stupid things that annoy me for months. I'm most likely staying with it.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/275669https://forums.opera.com/post/275669Mon, 28 Feb 2022 20:42:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to opera moves on top of all other windows on Mon, 28 Feb 2022 19:03:10 GMT]]>@ikuyanov thanks for letting me know! It is good news. Maybe I will look into opera again in the future. This was a deal breaker for me so I moved on to vivaldi

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/275663https://forums.opera.com/post/275663Mon, 28 Feb 2022 19:03:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to opera moves on top of all other windows on Mon, 28 Feb 2022 05:29:49 GMT]]>Problem is gone on version 84.0.4316.21!!!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/275568https://forums.opera.com/post/275568Mon, 28 Feb 2022 05:29:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to opera moves on top of all other windows on Tue, 08 Feb 2022 17:20:51 GMT]]>Hello, Issue is still present in stable release 83.0.4254.27, but there is a simple fix.

alex@Freesia:~$ uname -a
Linux Freesia 4.19.0-9-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.118-2 (2020-04-29) x86_64 GNU/Linux
alex@Freesia:~$ cat /etc/issue
Debian GNU/Linux 10 \n \l
alex@Freesia:~$ opera --version
83.0.4254.27
alex@Freesia:~$ icewm --version
IceWM 1.4.3.0~pre-20181030, Copyright 1997-2003 Marko Macek, 2001 Mathias Hasselmann.

I use click to raise. Opera stable still steals focus, unless you put it in its own workspace. Hope this helps.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/273986https://forums.opera.com/post/273986Tue, 08 Feb 2022 17:20:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to opera moves on top of all other windows on Thu, 09 Dec 2021 17:58:54 GMT]]>The problem is fixed in the latest Opera Developer 84.0.4260.0! The opera window is no longer raised unwantedly when it gets focus

Thanks!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/269425https://forums.opera.com/post/269425Thu, 09 Dec 2021 17:58:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to opera moves on top of all other windows on Wed, 24 Nov 2021 06:58:53 GMT]]>@fabricen Add to this the inability to handle non-ascii characters (specifically CJK) consistently without resorting to the dreaded rectangles. Also, add the spotty restore of tabs on restart. Opera sometimes forgets all of the new tabs from the last day.
All complex software has bugs and things which do not work the way you would expect. Adding features is more fun than fixing bugs, improving performance, and polishing functions. Is there a publicly visible list of known issues?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/268129https://forums.opera.com/post/268129Wed, 24 Nov 2021 06:58:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to opera moves on top of all other windows on Wed, 24 Nov 2021 06:51:32 GMT]]>@ikuyanov : and a recent release broke all the videos.

and recent annoying behaviors ( e.g. on image copy-paste ) recently introduced on chrome are now here too.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/268128https://forums.opera.com/post/268128Wed, 24 Nov 2021 06:51:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to opera moves on top of all other windows on Wed, 24 Nov 2021 06:25:50 GMT]]>@aplus, its strange, that browser cannot work with such a popular window manager like gnome. In addition to this problem, Opera has many other annoying bugs. For example, a dropdown menu bar if you use the keyboard shortcut with "alt" key. These bugs are not fix for a long time (more than a half a year i think) and it is very annoying.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/268127https://forums.opera.com/post/268127Wed, 24 Nov 2021 06:25:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to opera moves on top of all other windows on Tue, 23 Nov 2021 21:35:04 GMT]]>Still broken in Opera 83.0.4246.0

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/268102https://forums.opera.com/post/268102Tue, 23 Nov 2021 21:35:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to opera moves on top of all other windows on Tue, 23 Nov 2021 21:16:19 GMT]]>@aplus : Maybe, but I'm not going to change the window manager or the mouse focus mode for 1 software that doesn't behave correctly and can be replaced by another.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/268100https://forums.opera.com/post/268100Tue, 23 Nov 2021 21:16:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to opera moves on top of all other windows on Tue, 23 Nov 2021 20:50:52 GMT]]>You can see from my previous posts, i tried a few different flavors of linux with same result,

I switched over to KDE (manjaro) and Opera works fine there. As I don't see anyone any other pots mentioned KDE, its probably solid on that windows manager

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/268097https://forums.opera.com/post/268097Tue, 23 Nov 2021 20:50:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to opera moves on top of all other windows on Tue, 23 Nov 2021 20:46:14 GMT]]>@aglupus I have made the move to Vivaldi. It was a sad day since I've been using Opera as my primary browser on linux for more than 15 years. But, I've exported my bookmarks as html and imported them into Vivaldi without a hitch.

Focus follows pointer without auto-raise is essential to my way of working. I never thought that this feature would be the final deal breaker of Opera. Thanks for all of the excellent years of browsing!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/268096https://forums.opera.com/post/268096Tue, 23 Nov 2021 20:46:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to opera moves on top of all other windows on Tue, 23 Nov 2021 18:18:55 GMT]]>@aglupus Alternatively, you could install an older package.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/268089https://forums.opera.com/post/268089Tue, 23 Nov 2021 18:18:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to opera moves on top of all other windows on Tue, 23 Nov 2021 17:57:20 GMT]]>Just upgraded to latest stable, also tried beta & developer version, still the same. I'm giving up and move to Vivaldi.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/268084https://forums.opera.com/post/268084Tue, 23 Nov 2021 17:57:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to opera moves on top of all other windows on Wed, 17 Nov 2021 08:01:51 GMT]]>@sgunhouse

Absolutely. Click-to-raise is in so far broken, as a corresponding setting in the window manager is ignored by Opera, auto-raising when it receives focus, without a click.

The issue is only present on Linux and not on Mac and Windows.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/267524https://forums.opera.com/post/267524Wed, 17 Nov 2021 08:01:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to opera moves on top of all other windows on Wed, 17 Nov 2021 06:11:42 GMT]]>@morckx I presume you mean not raising unless clicked, as the thread is about the window being raised when it is not clicked (if you've set "Focus follows mouse"). The window manager supports programs raising themselves, and the problem is Opera thinks it should be raised when it receives focus.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/267515https://forums.opera.com/post/267515Wed, 17 Nov 2021 06:11:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to opera moves on top of all other windows on Tue, 16 Nov 2021 18:57:44 GMT]]>Click-to-raise is still broken on 83.0.4239.0

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/267475https://forums.opera.com/post/267475Tue, 16 Nov 2021 18:57:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to opera moves on top of all other windows on Tue, 09 Nov 2021 21:01:30 GMT]]>Same here( Ubuntu 20.04, Mate ) , and still with today's update 😞 . Super aggravating on the small screen of a laptop.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/266881https://forums.opera.com/post/266881Tue, 09 Nov 2021 21:01:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to opera moves on top of all other windows on Tue, 09 Nov 2021 17:54:17 GMT]]>The bug is still present in Opera 83.0.4232.0.

(I haven't checked yet in which version the bug appeared first).

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/266852https://forums.opera.com/post/266852Tue, 09 Nov 2021 17:54:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to opera moves on top of all other windows on Mon, 08 Nov 2021 16:53:10 GMT]]>@ikuyanov I was able to confirm this auto-raise behavior is connected to the "Sloppy" focus setting (on Ubuntu 18.04.6) with "Raise Windows When Focused" turned "Off". Turning "Raise..." "On" also raises Opera windows but does so without the delay observed (correct behavior) in other windows raising.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/266746https://forums.opera.com/post/266746Mon, 08 Nov 2021 16:53:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to opera moves on top of all other windows on Sun, 07 Nov 2021 17:17:23 GMT]]>I have confirmed this is true across several versions of Ubuntu (16,04, 18.04, and 20.04 plus the studio Ubuntu 20.04). It's a giant pain in the ass. Ridiculous this hasn't been addressed over several version releases of Opera itself.

If I have two windows in close approximation and my mouse passes over them both they will get in this tug-o-war for focus and I'll have to kill Opera to regain control over it.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/266670https://forums.opera.com/post/266670Sun, 07 Nov 2021 17:17:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to opera moves on top of all other windows on Thu, 04 Nov 2021 19:23:10 GMT]]>@morckx Bummer!
I am considering two options. Rolling back to a version before this bug was added and just moving totally to vivaldi. The second option is looking better if it also salves the loosing tabs on restart issue and/or losing the ability to display Japanese (on any asian character set) after running for a while.

What was the last version where this auto-raise was not present?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/266452https://forums.opera.com/post/266452Thu, 04 Nov 2021 19:23:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to opera moves on top of all other windows on Thu, 04 Nov 2021 19:07:45 GMT]]>Still not fixed in 82.0.4226.0, sigh.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/266450https://forums.opera.com/post/266450Thu, 04 Nov 2021 19:07:45 GMT