Vertical tabs makes bar at top persistent in fullscreen mode

[Draco737]

I've encountered an issue that is problematic as an ultrawide OLED screen user: an element of Vivaldi is persistent in fullscreen mode.

Specifically, when using vertical tabs on either the left or right side and entering fullscreen, a portion of the top bar stays visible, as shown below. It goes away if I choose horizontal tabs on either the bottom or top of the screen. (Also note what you see is a portion of the full size of the window, which is too large to see clearly. The top bar the arrow points towards runs the whole length of the top of my screen.)

The screenshot above is in the latest snapshot on a standalone installation. I've gone through the troubleshooting steps and have not been able to resolve this issue, aside from relocating tabs to either the bottom or top of the window.

If memory serves correctly, this started happening in the latest stable release that increased the text size in the browser's menus and improvements to the UI, 6.7.3329.31. The standalone snapshot version is 6.8.3358.3.

Curious if anyone else can replicate this issue?

[Ayespy]

@Draco737 I can't reproduce it on my 27" UHD monitor. But it's not OLED - for whatever that's worth.

[Pathduck]

@Draco737 I can reproduce this here, Win10 using a clean profile of latest Stable 6.7, also occurs in 6.8 Snapshot and Dev builds.

Has zero relation to using an "OLED" screen though.

This is already reported as:
VB-106038 An unnatural bar appears at the top of the screen when in fullscreen

Can be worked around with some custom CSS until fixed:

#browser.fullscreen #header {
    display: none;
}

https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/10549/modding-vivaldi

[Draco737]

@Pathduck Ah thanks, I did have a good rummage around the forum for variations on the wording to this issue but nothing come up.

Understandable about OLED not making a difference, until the bar is persistent enough such that it starts to cause burn-in – that's why I go fullscreen, to hide the UI elements and reduce the risk of burn-in.

Thank you again for confirming this issue!

[JBanana]

When I press F11 to view a page full screen, there's a space the same colour as a tool bar at the top of the screen. This only happens when I have tabs at the side. If I switch tabs to the top then full screen works OK.

I reset settings, switched of extensions, tested on a new profile, but I could always reproduce the issue by putting tabs on the left.

[Pesala]

@JBanana Please see Trouble-shooting issues.

[mib2berlin]

@Pesala
Hi, I guess everybody have this with vertical tabs, the question is: Is this a bug.

[JBanana]

@mib2berlin
Making the page full screen doesn't make the page fill the screen. Seems like a bug to me, but that's only my opinion.

It used to work. It changed with one of the recent updates.

[mib2berlin]

@JBanana
Can you upload a screen shot, please?

[JBanana]

@mib2berlin
Here's a screen shot of this forum page. The blue part is the top of the page. There's a pale grey area above. That's the part that shouldn't be there.

[mib2berlin]

@JBanana
Yes exactly, was it not like this since ever?
This was the question, bug or by design.

[Pathduck]

Topics merged. Please use the search.

There's a CSS workaround above.

@mib2berlin I believe you're thinking about Hide UI mode (Ctrl+F11) where the Title Bar always shows.

[mib2berlin]

@Pathduck
Hi and no, but I should not write in threads about a feature I never use myself.
Thanks for merging the threads, mib

[JBanana]

@Pathduck said in Vertical tabs makes bar at top persistent in fullscreen mode:

Please use the search.

I tried to be well behaved, but the results for "full screen" and "fullscreen" are different!

Glad to see there's a bug ticket open and a work round.

[Pesala]

I am still unable to reproduce this on the latest Snapshot with tabs on the left.

Ctrl+F1 = Toggle UI is not the same as Fullscreen mode (F11).