Opera deal wallpapers but not well ...
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lu-menard last edited by
I discovered this because I must have clicked an image and on add as wallpaper, but then I deleted it from my desktop application, but then Opera kept it as wallpaper ... and with no possibility to delete it, must I keep it all my life ? I finally added a almost black screen as wallpaper in the choice provided by Opera
Did Opera decide also what I ll have to eat in my lunch ? -
burnout426 Volunteer last edited by burnout426
When you add your own wallpaper pic, Opera copies it, zips it up, and adds the zip file to the "themes" folder in the profile folder. Goto the URL
opera://about, take note of the "profile" path, close Opera, and delete the zip file.However, you shouldn't have to delete it outside of Opera. In Opera, if you click the Easy-setup button at the right-side of the address bar, you should see the wallpaper in the Start Page section. It should have a check on it where if you hover over it, there will be an X that you can click on. Or, if you want to get to that section easier, just goto the URL
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lu-menard last edited by
I discovered that adding a new wallpaper in Firefox made this previous wallpaper disappear from Opera, and replaced it ... so it is fixed
But I tried your solutions and none worked
I'am still not seing anything in the page opera://settings/wallpapers to delete a wallpaper and clicking on a X only delete the X and not the picture
In the .config folder nothing about wallpaper and the 2 only zip are default_theme.zip and default_dark_theme.zip -
burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
Do a test. In a terminal, try launching Opera with the
--user-data-dir=path_to_folder_on_your_desktopswitch to make a test profile to see if it works any better there with the new profile. -
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lu-menard last edited by
@burnout426 said in Opera deal wallpapers but not well ...:
--user-data-dir=path_to_folder_on_your_desktop
I am not ok to do this because it I am quite sure that it will make me lose my current tabs, my current session
Notice it is possible that the problem comes from when a wallpaper was not added by Opera, I ll add a new wallpaper by adding a picture found on the web by Opera (You have only to right click on it and then to click on the "Add as wallpaper" choice)
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@lu-menard The idea is to test if the problem happens with a new clean test profile, your current data will not be affected.
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lu-menard last edited by
@lu-menard In fact when I do this, Opera doesn't add the picture as newspaper but request to download it
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by burnout426
What distro and version of Linux are you using?
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lu-menard last edited by
@burnout426
Linux Mint 20.1 Cinnamon
I tested this and only Firefox, propose to add a picture directly as wallpaper, not Chrome or Brave or Opera, so I guess I added this picture as wallpaper by Firefox -
burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@lu-menard said in Opera deal wallpapers but not well ...:
Linux Mint 20.1 Cinnamon
Also, what file type? png or jpg or something else?
I tested this and only Firefox, propose to add a picture directly as wallpaper,
Are you talking about setting a picture as the background on your desktop or as a background in the newtab page in Firefox and the start page in Opera?
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lu-menard last edited by
Precisely I think I added this picture I suppose by Firefox (no other possibility) and the choice was "as wallpaper" and it was actually added as a wallpaper and then I replaced it by another wallpaper by the Linux Mint dedicated application, and then in Opera I discovered that this wallpaper was still the background in Opera .... that is what worries me a lot because it could have been harmful in some circumstances and can be a privacy issue
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@lu-menard Thanks for the clarification. I see what you mean now.
Sounds like the wallpaper in Opera was set to "Desktop" to show your desktop's background. But, when you changed the desktop background, Opera still showed the old desktop background as its wallpaper.
I can confirm this on Windows at least. But, when I restart Opera, Opera will then update. As in, the problem you're seeing is that Opera doesn't recognize changes to the desktop background while open, not even if you switch to a different wallpaper and then back to using the desktop one. You always have to restart Opera.
I can see how that's not ideal.
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lu-menard last edited by
@burnout426 ok but in the present case I think that I started Opera after having change the desktop wallpaper in the Mint settings
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