Solved Browser window resize locks my cursor

michaelmcewan

Hi all,

I looked for a solution to this problem elsewhere, but I could not find one. Whenever I resize a Vivaldi browser window by clicking the edge and dragging, my cursor gets locked to resizing the window until I click again. The preferred behavior is to click and hold while resizing, and then to release the mouse button when finished. Is there an option to do this?

Thanks

//MODEDIT: See also: Vivaldi resize keeps selected and Vivaldi Window resize on Windows 10

michaelmcewan

I am just replying to say that I fixed this, although not entirely sure what was causing it. It seemed to be some kind of extension interaction, that would have had to come from LastPass or uBlock Origin.

Even when I did a fresh install, as soon as a synced with my Vivaldi account, it would start again. One of the extensions must have modified a hidden setting somewhere.

I fixed the problem by deleting my sync account, recreating it, and then fresh installing Vivaldi. I have not yet reinstalled any extension.

Ornorm

@michaelmcewan Hello, I don't have this issue. The preferred behavior you describe is the one I have by default.
Do you have something defined specifically in your mouse settings?
Can you also share with use the version of Windows you're using + the version of Vivaldi?
Thanks.

Ornorm

@Ornorm I don't know if this can help stuck on resize
(It concerns Ubuntu but who knows)

Ornorm

@Gwen-Dragon Nice one!
@michaelmcewan can you verify under your mouse settings if the ClickLock is turned on? If yes, turn it off and see if your issue is resolved :

Pesala

@michaelmcewan You might like to try the Sizer 4.0

I create software tutorials for which it is useful to set a standard window size like 1024x768.

Ornorm

@Gwen-Dragon You're welcome. Mine is in French so I did make a search to find the correct picture in English in order to be more explicit
(Team work! Yeah! )

michaelmcewan

Hi guys, thanks for the help. Unfortunately, I am still having the issue. I should mention that the cursor getting locked to resizing the window only occurs on Vivaldi windows. All other applications behave normally. My Windows version is 10 version 1709, and my Vivaldi browser is 2.7.1628.33

michaelmcewan

Also, it only started happening after the last update I did. Maybe it's a bug? Should I report it as such?

michaelmcewan

I am just replying to say that I fixed this, although not entirely sure what was causing it. It seemed to be some kind of extension interaction, that would have had to come from LastPass or uBlock Origin.

Even when I did a fresh install, as soon as a synced with my Vivaldi account, it would start again. One of the extensions must have modified a hidden setting somewhere.

I fixed the problem by deleting my sync account, recreating it, and then fresh installing Vivaldi. I have not yet reinstalled any extension.

Pesala

@michaelmcewan I can reproduce it easily using the Top Left or Bottom Left corners of the window.

I closed the Sizer app mentioned above by ending the task in Windows Task Manager, and can still reproduce the issue easily. I reckon it is a feature, not a bug. Maybe an Easter Egg.

Specs: AMD A10-6800K, 8 Gb on Win 10 64-bit 1909 build 18363.592 • Snapshot 2.11.1792.3 (64-bit)

robtpatrick

@michaelmcewan This verifies my dealings with conflicting extensions, install extensity; from the Chrome store;if you have this issue again, this extension lets do disable extensions which may conflict!!

enc0re

I'm facing this issue also. I have synced everything with my work and home Vivaldi. Extensions only UO, bitwarden, ghostery and one custom for our work. Not always, but often happens this resize issue but only on company notebook (Win10 1607 LTSC), never happened on my home computer (Win10 1809 + Insider).

carinad3a

FYI I ran into this exact issue. Click Lock in Windows 10 wasn't enabled, but it only affected my vivaldi window from the top. I been lazy updating it.... Was running 3.5.2 and now updated to 3.6.2 and the issue went away. I do have uBlock installed but I didn't disable.

enc0re

I've updated my company notebook to Win10 1909. Issue still persists. It is pretty annoying. What annoys me more that I can't tell how to reproduce it other than with resizing window.

Alright, I find the thing. There is setting under Control Panel -> System -> Advanced system settings -> Visual effects - Show window content while dragging.

I had it checked but it was somehow bugged and resizing windows was behaving like with unchecked checkbox. Uncheck it, check again, restart browser and damn issue was gone.

enc0re

False alarm. My workaround is just temporary, after OS reboot, issue is there again..

enc0re

I just reported bug for this issue. This behaviour drives me crazy, never ever saw this bug with other software.

(VB-82172) Window resizing follows mouse cursor after releasing primary mouse button

carinad3a

This issue went away for awhile but has come back. I remember an update was released and that seemed to cure it. Several months later, it's happening again. It's the only program that does this (Windows 10).

enc0re

Yup, still happening on 5.x on my company notebook. I think I will open bugreport for this. This bug is super annoying.

pafflick

@jfsvivaldi01 I'm unable to reproduce that issue here. Tested in Vivaldi Stable 5.0.2497.32 & Snapshot 5.1.2526.3 (both 64-bit on Windows 10 ver. 21H2, x64, build ver. 19044.1415).

Please check the Troubleshooting issues guide and try performing some basic troubleshooting.

enc0re

I didn't created bug yet, I think this will end up in category never fixed up, as there is no way to reproduce it. For this, it will be needed to do more advanced debugging, like watching which windows messages are fired/not fired when mouse is clicked/holding/released.