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When using Google Slides in Opera on Linux (GNOME), the top navigation menu does not work consistently. Clicking on menu items frequently produces no response, though it occasionally registers.

Opera issues on Ubuntu 26.04 (Wayland / GNOME): Picture-in-Picture & Menu Rendering Problems

I recently updated my system to Ubuntu 26.04 running GNOME, which defaults to Wayland without an X11 option. Ever since the upgrade, I’ve been running into a couple of major issues with Opera:

Video Pop-out / Picture-in-Picture (e.g., YouTube):

The video pop-out window appears in the middle of the screen instead of the bottom-right corner.

More critically, it fails to stay "Always on Top." As soon as I click anywhere else on the screen, the pop-out hides behind other windows.

Truncated / Invisible Opera Menu:

The Opera main menu is improperly rendered and truncated. Text labels are cut off, making several menu items unreadable or invisible.

Since Ubuntu 26.04 runs Wayland by default, these issues will likely affect all Ubuntu users upgrading to this release.

Is anyone else experiencing these bugs under native Wayland in GNOME? Are there any known workarounds or flags to fix window placement and always-on-top behavior?

@Opera-QA-Team
Here is the video:
https://streamable.com/zsa4sp

On my computer I can all the time see the mouse cursor moving, on the video we do not see it.

Here is the output from the console:

opera --user-data-dir=$(mktemp -d) --disk-cache-dir=$(mktemp -d)
Gtk-Message: 16:49:40.008: Not loading module "atk-bridge": The functionality is provided by GTK natively. Please try to not load it.
[480669:480776:0820/164940.426829:ERROR:opera/opera_components/partner_bookmarks/partner_bookmarks_utils.cc:267] Unable to read partner speeddials file.
[480669:480760:0820/164941.208844:ERROR:extensions/browser/content_verifier/content_verify_job.cc:489] Content verify job failed for extension: ehlmjgafbankbokkgbjnalkgahahjgbd at path: index.html and for reason:1
WARNING: All log messages before absl::InitializeLog() is called are written to STDERR
E0000 00:00:1787237381.614424 480669 re2.cc:242] Error parsing '.?._x_ads_channel=(?!google).*': invalid perl operator: (?!
[480669:480760:0820/164941.633275:ERROR:extensions/browser/content_verifier/content_verify_job.cc:489] Content verify job failed for extension: ehlmjgafbankbokkgbjnalkgahahjgbd at path: index.js and for reason:1
[480669:480760:0820/164942.279893:ERROR:extensions/browser/content_verifier/content_verify_job.cc:489] Content verify job failed for extension: ehlmjgafbankbokkgbjnalkgahahjgbd at path: 5c970459e6839141139d.png and for reason:1
[480669:480760:0820/164942.309700:ERROR:extensions/browser/content_verifier/content_verify_job.cc:489] Content verify job failed for extension: ehlmjgafbankbokkgbjnalkgahahjgbd at path: 76319ed07df274653459.png and for reason:1
[480669:480760:0820/164942.341779:ERROR:extensions/browser/content_verifier/content_verify_job.cc:489] Content verify job failed for extension: ehlmjgafbankbokkgbjnalkgahahjgbd at path: b774f4633fe09bd8bd1f.svg and for reason:1
[480669:480760:0820/164942.344407:ERROR:extensions/browser/content_verifier/content_verify_job.cc:489] Content verify job failed for extension: ehlmjgafbankbokkgbjnalkgahahjgbd at path: b25893558c7f1ad49e5e.ttf and for reason:1
[480669:480760:0820/164942.344590:ERROR:extensions

@ironbone

I’ve been using Opera for more then 25 years—since the days when it literally had an ad banner built into the UI—but I’ve finally reached my limit. I am reporting this exact bug for the 10th time with zero response from the team, and it’s time to find an alternative.

Environment:

OS: Ubuntu, openSUSE

Installation Method: Snap

Persists with clean profile: Yes (tested with opera --user-data-dir=$(mktemp -d) --disk-cache-dir=$(mktemp -d))

Steps to reproduce:

Right-click on the empty space at the top of the browser window (outside the tab bar).

Click on any item in the context menu that appears.

Expected result:
The menu action executes normally.

Actual result:
Mouse input locks up completely. The cursor moves, but left and right clicks do not respond anywhere on the system.

Workaround / Severity:
Sometimes pressing Alt+Tab (or Ctrl+Tab) to switch windows restores input focus, but often it requires a hard reboot using the power button. This issue has persisted across the last several Opera versions.

@thelittlebrowserthatcould: I have the same issue on Ubuntu and OpenSuse with Opera installed via Snap.

When opening the menu, it locks my mouse—I can move the cursor, but clicks have no effect. Sometimes pressing Ctrl + Tab and switching to another window helps, but other times I have to hard-reboot the computer using the power button. I previously reported this problem, but received no response, and it has been happening across the last few versions.

@ironbone: Linux (Ubuntu, OpenSuse) + Snap

For quite some time now, clicking the right mouse button on Opera’s top bar, outside of the tabs area, causes mouse clicks to stop working across the entire system. Sometimes I can recover by pressing CTRL+Tab, but sometimes I have to use Alt+F1 to switch to the console and restart the system.

This issue has been present for at least several Opera releases.

And of course, I also tested it on a clean installation — the same problem occurs.

@ironbone: Sorry is about the
right clicking on the empty TAB bar

Environment: Ubuntu LTS (Snap version). Note: Works perfectly on OpenSUSE.

Issues:

Critical Bug: Right-clicking anywhere in the browser causes Opera to completely freeze and become unresponsive.

Missing Feature: The old menu that allowed users to easily view and restore recently closed tabs is missing. I expect this functionality to be brought back.

https://res.cloudinary.com/dtz0urit6/image/upload/q_auto:best,f_jpg/cloudinary-tools-uploads/fk5ca0gw3jm0hzhtvx9n

opera --user-data-dir=$(mktemp -d --tmpdir=.)

The same when opening opera like this. So this is not my configuration

opera --user-data-dir=$(mktemp -d --tmpdir=.

Snap Opera on Ubuntu
when I click with the left mouse button on the empty space of the tabs bar it freeze the Opera.
I have to click CTRL+TAB to go to an other program. Then return to Opera and it works.
Additionally in the context menu there, there is the system menu and not the Opera menu.

see
https://ibb.co/jPxgd2WG

Wayland is still not well supported.

The popup windows with videos from YouTube do not stay in the foreground. This is a very, very old problem, reported several times.

on snap there is only the version 130.0.5847.92

Still the same problems with languages and Opera AI

I have open a page in polish. My Opera language is polish. I open the opera AI and press the standard button for summary. The prompt send to the AI is "Streszczenie - Wydobądź kluczowe punkty z tej strony" - so it is in Polish.
BUT the summary I get is in ENGLISH

Solutions.

1. Make the text of the prompt containing the browser main language information. For example
   "Streszczenie - Wydobądź po polsku kluczowe punkty z tej strony"

2. Give the user the possibility to create buttons with own prompts

I thing the first solution can be done in 1 minute by one of your programmers.

Stil the same problem on YouTube with Wayland

@ihor2444: Confirmed

Still the same problems on Wayland.
Additinnaly I have observed that on Wayland
Use graphics acceleration when available
does not work. There is ony audio and no video (for example on youtube)

Tested this time on OpenSuse Tumbleweed

In Opera AI. The page is in polish, I click the button to make the summary. The text which is send to AI is in polish "Streszczenie - Wydobądź kluczowe punkty z tej strony". The summary is in English.
When using another prompt, for example "Streść ten artykuł po polsku" I will get the summary in polish.

Give us the possibility to create own button with own prompt text please.