Solved PiP window out of screen

MrCraftCod

Hello,

For some unknown reasons the picture-in-picture window is somewhere not visible on my screen. I can see it if I hover on the taskbar and it displays well the content.

Trying with another profile makes the pip window show up at the default location and is therefore visible.

I tried moving it with WIN+Shift+left/right but no luck with that.

Is there a way to reset the position of the pip window or simply move it with shortcuts?

Thanks for the help!

Edit:
Here's Vivaldi infos just in case.
5.3.2679.30 (Official Build) (64-bit)

MrCraftCod

So the window was indeed offscreen (in my case to the left of my left-most monitor).

I managed to find a way to bring it back to screen with another method than the WIN+SHIFT+arrows that doesn't work.

In case someone needs it too:

Shift right click on the icon of the PiP window in the taskbar
Select "Move" (you'll see your cursor go to where the window is, so for me it went to the left edge)
While the mouse cursor is still in "move" mode, simply use the arrows to move it

Pesala

@MrCraftCod Restarting Vivaldi should fix it.

MrCraftCod

Restarting Vivaldi, even after a windows restart still makes it pop somewhere not visible.

Pesala

@MrCraftCod I notice that recent versions now remember the user defined size and position of the PiP window, so restarting does not reset it to the default.

Have you disconnected a monitor or changed Window scaling recently?

MrCraftCod

@Pesala That's the weird part, I changed nothing regarding the monitors configuration or scaling.

Had windows updates though.

MrCraftCod

So the window was indeed offscreen (in my case to the left of my left-most monitor).

I managed to find a way to bring it back to screen with another method than the WIN+SHIFT+arrows that doesn't work.

In case someone needs it too:

Shift right click on the icon of the PiP window in the taskbar
Select "Move" (you'll see your cursor go to where the window is, so for me it went to the left edge)
While the mouse cursor is still in "move" mode, simply use the arrows to move it

ch1p

For those who experience the same issue on macOS, here's how to fix it:

close Vivaldi
go to ~/Library/Application Support/Vivaldi/Default
open the file called Preferences, it's where settings are stored in JSON format
find pip_placement key, adjust left and top
save the file, close it
open Vivaldi: the PiP window placement should be fixed now

ruffed

@ch1p Thanks for the tip. Found it in "Preferences" file (Windows version). But these numbers come back to defaults upon opening the browser

adminer

@MrCraftCod Danm god, you saved me. Thanks a lot!

gooddha

@MrCraftCod My daughter hide this pip window and i spend a couple of hours to find the solution. And it is great that i find the solution only on vivaldi forum)

gkyl

Because none of the methods mentioned above worked for me, here is another that just did the trick: I disabled the feature in settings ("Picture-in-Picture button on videos"), restarted Vivaldi, enabled it again, restarted a second time, and then the PiP window was back in its default position.

daddy5

@ch1p Thank You. You saved me.

tturalija

On MacOS Ventura 13 .1 none of the above worked. But I found a simple solution.

Lower resolution until you see PiP on the screen
move the screen to the desired position
return the resolution back to the original.

arche89

@MrCraftCod Thanks for that tip!

daniel.melendrez

@MrCraftCod thanks you for posting your solution. Worked great for me! I had been pulling my hair for several months

bokker

I created this command that does it for you on MacOS, remember to close vivaldi before running it:

json -I -f ~/Library/Application\ Support/Vivaldi/Default/Preferences -e 'this.vivaldi    .pip_placement.top=0' -e 'this.vivaldi.pip_placement.left=0'

here it is with an alias so you can just run the command as pipreset

alias pipreset="json -I -f ~/Library/Application\ Support/Vivaldi/Default/Preferences -e 'this.vivaldi    .pip_placement.top=0' -e 'this.vivaldi.pip_placement.left=0'"

altux

@bokker thanks for the alias.

a small reminder for all: you need to use node and install an external package called "json" globally for this to work. The json command is not available by default.

npm install -g json

ChrisJacobsz

@MrCraftCod said in PiP window out of screen:

So the window was indeed offscreen (in my case to the left of my left-most monitor).

I managed to find a way to bring it back to screen with another method than the WIN+SHIFT+arrows that doesn't work.

In case someone needs it too:

Shift right click on the icon of the PiP window in the taskbar

Select "Move" (you'll see your cursor go to where the window is, so for me it went to the left edge)

While the mouse cursor is still in "move" mode, simply use the arrows to move it

This works, had this issue since I connected a second screen but not using it all the time, issue is resolved thanks!

non-troppo

@altux, thanks. For those who don't want to install npm to install json then you can use a standalone tool called jq for this. jq is available in every package manager, for example homebrew, x-cmd, or pixi, so you can install with brew install jq | x env use jq | pixi global i jq

Once jq is installed, then the command would be:

jq ".vivaldi.pip_placement.left = 0 | .vivaldi.pip_placement.top = 0" "$HOME/Libr
ary/Application Support/Vivaldi/Default/Preferences" > tmp && mv tmp "$HOME/Library/App
lication Support/Vivaldi/Default/Preferences"