<![CDATA[Uploading media option greyed out]]>So, when I choose to upload media on certain sites where it opens a popup dialog, most of the time I'm presented a greyed out option and I'm unable to upload the media. There's 2 unstable workarounds that I've currently found, 1st being maximising the window and attaching what happens to be outside of it and the 2nd being constantly retrying by hitting the upload option. Photos of issues are attached below which ironically is recreating the issue!

Issue:
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Workaround 1
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Workaround 2 after 7 tries
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]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/74569/uploading-media-option-greyed-outRSS for NodeTue, 19 May 2026 05:06:59 GMTThu, 31 Oct 2024 14:42:49 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Uploading media option greyed out on Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:11:57 GMT]]>@leocg I can confirm that disabling autohide sidebar did fix the issue! Thank you @burnout426

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/364416https://forums.opera.com/post/364416Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:11:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Uploading media option greyed out on Mon, 18 Nov 2024 21:30:01 GMT]]>@leocg okay thanks! It has started working good when I did this btw.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/364415https://forums.opera.com/post/364415Mon, 18 Nov 2024 21:30:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Uploading media option greyed out on Mon, 18 Nov 2024 18:32:28 GMT]]>@ReadyTopsplay It seems to be a trigger for the issue, so disabling it may help.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/364402https://forums.opera.com/post/364402Mon, 18 Nov 2024 18:32:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Uploading media option greyed out on Mon, 18 Nov 2024 17:41:12 GMT]]>@burnout426 So you're saying disabling the autohide sidebar fixes it?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/364401https://forums.opera.com/post/364401Mon, 18 Nov 2024 17:41:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Uploading media option greyed out on Fri, 15 Nov 2024 14:20:53 GMT]]>Same issue! On the VirusTotal e.g.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/364148https://forums.opera.com/post/364148Fri, 15 Nov 2024 14:20:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Uploading media option greyed out on Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:59:58 GMT]]>@burnout426 yeah I hate that side bar anyways. Going to autohide and see. Thanks a ton

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/363943https://forums.opera.com/post/363943Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:59:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Uploading media option greyed out on Wed, 13 Nov 2024 01:11:26 GMT]]>I found that there's DNA-119685 reported for this issue. It says you have to have the sidebar set to autohide to trigger it. That's not on by default and I didn't have it on. When I turned on autohide for the sidebar though, I was reproduce the issue easily. So, yeah, we just have to wait for a fix or disable autohide for the sidebar for now.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/363941https://forums.opera.com/post/363941Wed, 13 Nov 2024 01:11:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Uploading media option greyed out on Tue, 12 Nov 2024 21:15:17 GMT]]>@Nero1LE Yup that's definitely a bug! They should force the clipboard popup to stay a the top

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/363933https://forums.opera.com/post/363933Tue, 12 Nov 2024 21:15:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Uploading media option greyed out on Tue, 12 Nov 2024 21:09:06 GMT]]>I use a wide screen with a few windows, its definitely a glitch. If you click from another window (activating) and slide over to click upload it takes 1-3 tries but it works. Going back and forth. It's strange but I've been working around this by doing this.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/363932https://forums.opera.com/post/363932Tue, 12 Nov 2024 21:09:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Uploading media option greyed out on Tue, 12 Nov 2024 21:04:18 GMT]]>@burnout426 No it does look a little bit greyed out, like there is a 10% opacity overlay on top of the whole page instead of it beying under the clipboard popup.
Check the attached image I did to explain it better!10a8ecfd-55c4-4716-b255-0cbada33230e-image.png

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/363931https://forums.opera.com/post/363931Tue, 12 Nov 2024 21:04:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Uploading media option greyed out on Tue, 12 Nov 2024 20:36:33 GMT]]>@wipo9476 Oh, so in your case, the dialog never gets grayed out, it just that sometimes, clicking a file in the dialog doesn't choose it right (load its path into the file field). I tried and tried on in Opera 114.0.5282.185 64-bit on Windows 11 23H2 and couldn't reproduce the "no file chosen" issue after clicking a file in the dialog. The dialog also never was grayed out where it didn't respond to any clicks etc.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/363930https://forums.opera.com/post/363930Tue, 12 Nov 2024 20:36:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Uploading media option greyed out on Tue, 12 Nov 2024 20:22:25 GMT]]>@burnout426
Here is a video about it:
https://youtu.be/QxIYYOPnmzk
You can clearly see how it worked fine at first but after it didn't work well.
It happen with all kind of files, I tried PNG,JPG,XMP,CR2 etc...

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/363929https://forums.opera.com/post/363929Tue, 12 Nov 2024 20:22:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Uploading media option greyed out on Tue, 12 Nov 2024 19:57:50 GMT]]>@wipo9476 Open up a new tab, paste:

data:text/html,%3Cinput%20type%3D%22file%22%3E

and press enter. Then, click "choose file".

Can you get it to happen there? If so, what's the filename for the most-recent download that shows up there and what exactly is in the clipboard?

Can you still reproduce if you clear the Windows clipboard and "Settings -> System -> Clipboard" before starting Opera and testing?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/363925https://forums.opera.com/post/363925Tue, 12 Nov 2024 19:57:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Uploading media option greyed out on Tue, 12 Nov 2024 19:40:29 GMT]]>@burnout426 I can confirm that using a new profile does not solve the problem. I even tried using my brother's pc and it has the same issue. sometimes it works fine but 80% of the time I keep getting the same issue.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/363924https://forums.opera.com/post/363924Tue, 12 Nov 2024 19:40:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Uploading media option greyed out on Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:56:02 GMT]]>@mystico The issue could be in your profile. To rule that out, you need to test with a new profile or test in standalone installation.

Since some many have the issue, it sounds like a bug. I can't reproduce it myself though.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/363916https://forums.opera.com/post/363916Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:56:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Uploading media option greyed out on Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:49:07 GMT]]>@burnout426 no I haven't

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/363901https://forums.opera.com/post/363901Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:49:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Uploading media option greyed out on Tue, 12 Nov 2024 11:21:43 GMT]]>Same problem. I am able to get around it by dragging and dropping attachments, but it is very frustrating to not be able to use the upload interface, where only a grayed out screen is presented.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/363898https://forums.opera.com/post/363898Tue, 12 Nov 2024 11:21:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Uploading media option greyed out on Tue, 12 Nov 2024 11:21:17 GMT]]>I can't wait for a fix as well. This has really hurt production time. It seem to have all started a month ago.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/363897https://forums.opera.com/post/363897Tue, 12 Nov 2024 11:21:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Uploading media option greyed out on Tue, 12 Nov 2024 00:01:28 GMT]]>I'm havign exactly the same issue for a week or so!
I hope they fix it since it's a very useful feature

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/363867https://forums.opera.com/post/363867Tue, 12 Nov 2024 00:01:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Uploading media option greyed out on Sun, 03 Nov 2024 11:05:23 GMT]]>@mystico said in Uploading media option greyed out:

but I've reinstalled opera multiple times in the past

Including starting with a new profile?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/363310https://forums.opera.com/post/363310Sun, 03 Nov 2024 11:05:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Uploading media option greyed out on Sun, 03 Nov 2024 10:07:31 GMT]]>@burnout426 I haven't tried a standalone install but I've reinstalled opera multiple times in the past and the issue was still there

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/363308https://forums.opera.com/post/363308Sun, 03 Nov 2024 10:07:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Uploading media option greyed out on Sun, 03 Nov 2024 09:49:19 GMT]]>@mystico Some other have been having the same issue, so I'm guessing it's a bug. I can't reproduce it myself, so I can't say for sure.

Does it happen in a test standalone installation for you too?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/363305https://forums.opera.com/post/363305Sun, 03 Nov 2024 09:49:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Uploading media option greyed out on Sat, 02 Nov 2024 12:22:18 GMT]]>@burnout426 Thanks, although I do use the clipboard paste a lot so it's kind of a feature that I need turned on

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/363237https://forums.opera.com/post/363237Sat, 02 Nov 2024 12:22:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Uploading media option greyed out on Sat, 02 Nov 2024 12:19:44 GMT]]>Another workaround is to disable "Show popup with clipboard and recent downloads when uploading files" at the URL opera://settings/userInterface so you just get a regular open dialog.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/363236https://forums.opera.com/post/363236Sat, 02 Nov 2024 12:19:44 GMT