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    [Solved]Opera Failing to Minimize

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    • Silicon0014
      Silicon0014 last edited by leocg

      Arch Linux
      KDE Plasma (Kwin etc... replicable on totally vanilla install)
      Window always fails to minimize. When the minimize button is pressed it flickers away for a frame. If more than one window is open (of opera) it flickers between them.

      Suspected I did something at first but was able to reproduce on a clean install of Arch + plasma

      opera 82.0.4227.23-1
      from pacman
      as well as all the other builds off the aur

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      • Silicon0014
        Silicon0014 @Silicon0014 last edited by

        @silicon0014 Temporary fix is setting "Focus stealing prevention" to at least "High" in KDE settings > Window management > Window behavior (focus tab)

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        • ComputerCollector
          ComputerCollector @Silicon0014 last edited by

          @silicon0014

          The same happens on the debian side.
          Linux Mint MATE, Linux Mint KDE and Debian 11 MATE
          installed it from the newest: opera-stable_82.0.4227.23_amd64.deb -file, and updated it.

          Unable to minimize from the minimize button in the top right corner of opera, but pressing Opera in the panel of the DE does minimize/maximize it.

          Wow. in KDE your fix worked! Thanks. How about Mate and lxqt? how to fix it in those?

          Another problem is that opera window doesnt have any border around it. Any ideas how to make it respect window manager settings?
          PS. I already reported the minimize bug

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          • Silicon0014
            Silicon0014 @ComputerCollector last edited by

            @computercollector Not sure how to fix it on other desktops. Hopefully they fix this on their end because there are side effects to high focus stealing prevention (e.g. new apps not starting on top). It's not the worse for me to find them as I use rofi and it color codes those apps in the dmenu like menu so I can find them quickly.
            Hope they patch it soon.

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            • hekrhy
              hekrhy last edited by

              Same problems (cannot minimize and crazy flickering on more opened windows), Opera 82.0.4227.23 on Kubuntu.

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              • A Former User
                A Former User last edited by

                Confirmed on Lubuntu.
                82.0.4227.23 System:Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS (x86_64; LXQt).
                Meanwhile I have to click the taskbar icon to minimize.

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                • Silicon0014
                  Silicon0014 last edited by

                  Looks like they patched this in the opera developer version I hope it rolls out quickly.

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                  • Ozopera
                    Ozopera last edited by

                    Fix doesn't work for me with KDE and Opera 82.0.4227.23

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                    • dipardor
                      dipardor last edited by

                      Exactly reproducible on my OpenBox desktop running on Bunsenlabs ("Lithium")

                      Opera stable 82.0.4227.33
                      Kernel: x86_64 Linux 4.19.0-18-amd64
                      GTK version 3.24

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                      • john-53
                        john-53 last edited by

                        No problems with Linux Mint 19.3 and 20.2 Cinnamon, or Bodhi Linux 6.0 Moksha.

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                        • apathy
                          apathy last edited by

                          I'm having the same issue on Opera 82.0.4227.23 in Manjaro Linux (5.15.6-2) KDE 5.23.4

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                          • stratorrider
                            stratorrider last edited by

                            Same here. I use Latte Dock, so i had to minimize though clicking the icon there... Thanks for the hint @Silicon0014

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                            • Th3rioN
                              Th3rioN last edited by

                              Same here (KDE, Manjaro) - I just convinced my wife to use Linux + Opera and this bug happened during presentation about advantages of the Opera...😧

                              Fix this quickly, pls 🙂

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                              • shootervm
                                shootervm last edited by shootervm

                                As a hotfix when you get caught in a loop I recommend to rightclick app bar on one of the affected Opera windows and select More actions -> Move. It should stop the cycling focus.

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                                • A Former User
                                  A Former User @hekrhy last edited by

                                  @hekrhy said in Opera Failing to Minimize:

                                  Same problems (cannot minimize and crazy flickering on more opened windows), Opera 82.0.4227.23 on Kubuntu.

                                  have the same problem

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                                  • ubuntuhelp
                                    ubuntuhelp @hekrhy last edited by ubuntuhelp

                                    Same problems with Opera 82.0.4227.33 , Kubuntu KDE 20.04 .Help

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                                    • apathy
                                      apathy last edited by

                                      Okay, until this gets fixed, the only workaround I've found out for KDE users is going to the KDE System Settings > Window Management > Window Rules and create a rule for Opera forcing to enable the KDE tiltebar.

                                      alt text
                                      (Switch to Yes from what you see on this picture)

                                      The KDE titlebar works fine, but as a con you'll get a second titlebar up the native Opera one, as seen here:

                                      alt text

                                      The images are from a 2018 post about the titlebar, but the workaround still works on newer versions.
                                      https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=111&t=153878

                                      I know it's ugly to have the titlebar enabled, but at least it works, until it gets really fixed.

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                                      • Locutus
                                        Locutus last edited by

                                        I am running Manjaro KDE 21.2.1 with Opera 82.0.4227.43 and I just clicked on the minimize button on the tabbar and it minimized and instantly maximized again without me touching the maximize button or clicking on Opera's icon in my Plasma panel. I had Vivaldi open for something else and decided to test it and when I clicked minimize it minimized to the panel and stayed there. I then went back to Opera and opened a private window to test with that and the private window itself not the OS or desktop started flickering. I ended up having to right it's panel icon to close the private window. I'm going to do a reboot to see if that might solve the issue, but if anyone has any thoughts on what might be going on I really appreciate the feedback and help. Thanks

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                                        • Locutus
                                          Locutus last edited by

                                          OK while waiting for this thread to be approved I installed the beta to see one by one if it was my settings or an extensions. Before adding or changing anything I attempted to minimize it and it has the same behavior of auto remaximizing as soon is it's minimized. So this is a browser specific issue.

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                                          • john-53
                                            john-53 @Locutus last edited by

                                            @locutus said in Opera won't stay minimized:

                                            I am running Manjaro KDE 21.2.1 with Opera 82.0.4227.43 and I just clicked on the minimize button on the tabbar and it minimized and instantly maximized again without me touching the maximize button or clicking on Opera's icon in my Plasma panel. I had Vivaldi open for something else and decided to test it and when I clicked minimize it minimized to the panel and stayed there. I then went back to Opera and opened a private window to test with that and the private window itself not the OS or desktop started flickering. I ended up having to right it's panel icon to close the private window. I'm going to do a reboot to see if that might solve the issue, but if anyone has any thoughts on what might be going on I really appreciate the feedback and help. Thanks

                                            Please refer to this thread that was started about a month ago:

                                            https://forums.opera.com/topic/53015/opera-failing-to-minimize

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