Hello everybody,
I’m new to Linux and hoping to make the switch from Windows and currently duel booting w8 pro with Mint cinnamon and so far I like the look of it.The first problem i’ve encounted is that Opera browser won’t open maximised unless I leave it maximised when closing it and then it has to open on the last page I was on.
I know it can be done but being a complete novice I need to be talked through the whole process of opening the terminal and inserting/editing command lines.
Can anybody help?
thanks.
Does running this in a terminal
opera --start-maximized
start Opera maximised ?
Note the American spelling of maximized in the command … NOT the British maximised.
Thanks for speedy reply.
Yes it does open it maximised.
Well theoretically you could edit the launcher(s) for Opera so the “Exec=” line reads
Exec=opera --start-maximized %U
instead of the default
Exec=opera %U
If you don’t know how to do this, just ask 
[EDIT]
Open a terminal and run:
sudo xed /usr/share/applications/opera.desktop
when the text editor opens, find the 3 lines
Exec=opera %U
and
Exec=opera --new-window
and
Exec=opera --private
and change them so they now read:-
Exec=opera --start-maximized %U
and
Exec=opera --new-window --start-maximized
and
Exec=opera --private --start-maximized
SAVE the file.
Now try launching Opera from the main menu … did it start maximised ?
Thanks for your efforts …no it didn’t open maximised so rechecked and noticed when I save it I get this message in terminal…
** (xed:10371): WARNING **: 07:47:13.828: Set document metadata failed: Setting attribute metadata::xed-spell-language not supported
** (xed:10371): WARNING **: 07:47:13.828: Set document metadata failed: Setting attribute metadata::xed-encoding not supported
I am saving it but should I be using ‘save as’?
Run
xed /usr/share/applications/opera.desktop
and post the contents here.
also post any output from:
ls -a ~/.local/share/applications | grep opera
xed /usr/share/applications/opera.desktop…produces this
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Opera
GenericName=Web browser
Comment=Fast and secure web browser
TryExec=opera
Exec=opera --start-maximized %U
Terminal=false
Icon=opera
Type=Application
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;
MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml_xml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;application/x-opera-download;
Actions=NewWindow;NewPrivateWindow;
[Desktop Action NewWindow]
Name=New Window
Exec=opera --new-window --start-maximized
TargetEnvironment=Unity
[Desktop Action NewPrivateWindow]
Name=New Private Window
Exec=opera --private --start-maximized
TargetEnvironment=Unity
and
ls -a ~/.local/share/applications | grep opera…produces this
opera.desktop
Okay run:
xed ~/.local/share/applications/opera.desktop
and make the same changes to that file … then SAVE it … then test.
Still not opening maximised… ???
As a test, run:
xed ~/Desktop/opera.desktop
when a BLANK file opens, make it read
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Opera
GenericName=Web browser
Comment=Fast and secure web browser
TryExec=opera
Exec=opera --start-maximized %U
Terminal=false
Icon=opera
Type=Application
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;
MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml_xml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;application/x-opera-download;
Actions=NewWindow;NewPrivateWindow;
[Desktop Action NewWindow]
Name=New Window
Exec=opera --new-window --start-maximized
TargetEnvironment=Unity
[Desktop Action NewPrivateWindow]
Name=New Private Window
Exec=opera --private --start-maximized
TargetEnvironment=Unity
SAVE the file and exit the text editor.
You should now have a new “Opera” icon on the desktop … if you close ALL instances of Opera, then relaunch it from that new desktop launcher, does it start maximised ?
And can you explain exactly where you’ve been trying to launch Opera from ? (in the main menu ?, in a dockbar ?, from a panel shortcut ?, etc.)
I have been launching it from the desktop icon.However I copied and pasted all the text you posted up above and now it opens maximised ;D ;D
Thank you very much for your patience and efforts, your a star.
Maybe this old dog (56) can learn new tricks and stick with Linux. ;D
No problem my friend, glad I could help
Come on, you don’t need all these coding and editing to get that behavior. If it does not open in full screen, just click and hold on the top of the window and drag to the top of the screen until it turns full screen. Close Opera and open again. It should start in full screen. Now click&hold and drag it back, close and re-open.
JS
Did you actually read the OP ?
so he obviously knew that, he then continued…
So as the title of the topic wasn’t specifically about Opera, I answered what was asked.
Where’s the problem (specially considering the OP was happy with the result) ?