How to force maximize at start every time

[John2003cpht]

John2003cpht last edited by

I need opera to always open maximized on linux mint 21.1 and everthing I try fails. I have trired altering the shortcut to this opera --start-maximized %U and I tried opera --start-maximized . Any help would be appreciated.

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer @John2003cpht last edited by

@john2003cpht There should be a standard Xwindows argument for that, similar to the --geometry:mmmxnnn thst can identify a starting window size. I'll have to see if zi can look it up.

[John2003cpht]

John2003cpht @sgunhouse last edited by

@sgunhouse Thank you for looking into it.

[dmitriev81]

dmitriev81 @John2003cpht last edited by

@john2003cpht in the shortcut, try writing opera %U --start-maximized

[John2003cpht]

John2003cpht last edited by

That failed to work I tried the package from the site and the flat pak no good. If I cant get it to start maximized every time I cant use it.

[myswtest]

myswtest last edited by

Works here for me, but used the reverse:

opera --start-maximized %U

@John2003cpht .... you might have misspelled it or modified the rwong shortcut - what did you modify?

[John2003cpht]

John2003cpht last edited by

I triple checked. I pasted the line in no go and manully keyed in. It doesnt work on my computer at all.

[myswtest]

myswtest @John2003cpht last edited by myswtest

@john2003cpht

You never answered the question, "what" are you modifying (for the modified startup command).

Also, have you tried from a command line?
I just did and works fine. (%U not required for test)

opera --start-maximized

if it's still not maximizing, then you might have some strange anomaly with whatever D.E. you're using.
I'm using Tumbleweed with KDE Plasma.

[John2003cpht]

John2003cpht last edited by

Im sorry I didnt say I ment to. I have been changing the shortcut command line of the desktop shortcut. If that is the wrong thing Im willing to change something else but Im not sure what it is I need to change if that is not it.

[John2003cpht]

John2003cpht last edited by

I forgot to say Im using the newest version of opera and linux mint 21.1 I hope that helps. If more info is needed please let me know.

[myswtest]

myswtest @John2003cpht last edited by

@john2003cpht

I'll try again:

Also, have you tried running it from a command line?

Another question:

What desktop environment are you using?

[John2003cpht]

John2003cpht last edited by

I use the default cinnamon desktop and I have tried launching from the terminal with the same result everytime. Thank you all for looking into this.

[ValsoBG]

ValsoBG @John2003cpht last edited by

@john2003cpht That depends on the window manager, which if I'm not mistaken was named muffin. Since I'm using Cinnamon too (altough an older version, bc anything since 5.4.0 is not what I signed up for), I'm guessing there's something in your current version of muffin that prevents Opera from being maximized every time you start it. I downgraded Cinnamon to 5.2.7 (I'm using Arch, btw) and with it - muffin which is now version 5.2.1. And Opera is maximized every time I start it. You can try downgrading muffin (if you know how) to an older version of better yet - to the same version 5.2.1 I'm using.

[myswtest]

myswtest @John2003cpht last edited by

@john2003cpht said in How to force maximize at start every time:

I use the default cinnamon desktop and I have tried launching from the terminal with the same result every time. Thank you all for looking into this.

This seems to be a common issue on Mint / Cinnamon d.m.

Just do a google search for

opera maximize cinnamon desktop

... and you'll see posts going back to 2019. Making changes to the startup icon isn't consistent - there are a couple other shortcuts to try. Some say put a shortcut on the desktop and change it.

Quite a few also change this in Opera:
" In Opera go Menu > Settings.
In the "On startup" section select
"Retain tabs from previous session" (optionally select "Display the start page first" option if you want that). "