Hello everyone
I set the program windows to always open maximized
Hello @Maciek 
- Open it
- Maximize it
- Close it
- Reopen it and it should be maximized.
- Gnome saves the previous geometry, as I know
That is the default.
The method described by you works, but it works on windows of system programs. I have Opera installed and I need to maximize it every time
No, that works on all applications that use the GTK Framework. Opera don’t use GTK and have Chromium inside. Therefore you need set a parameter for that application since it doesn’t respect GTK.
Not sure, but maybe:
opera --help
gives you the parameters.
Firefox for example uses GTK and it works
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I use --start-maximized with Chromium, so it’s likely to work for Opera. 
I edited the file by adding the phrase you provided. Unfortunately, it did not work.
GNU nano 6.4 /usr/share/applications/opera.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Opera
GenericName=Web browser
Comment=Fast and secure web browser
TryExec=opera
Exec=opera %U --start-maximized
Terminal=false
Icon=opera
Type=Application
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;
MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml_xml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-schem>
Actions=new-window;new-private-window;
[Desktop Action new-window]
Name=New Window
Exec=opera --new-window
TargetEnvironment=Unity
[Desktop Action new-private-window]
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Don’t edit anything in /usr/share/applications/ directly. Make a copy of it under ~/.local/share/applications/
You can also try just invoking the command in the terminal to make sure it works:
opera --start-maximized
Or see if it spits out any interesting messages or errors or warnings.
I think the order should be different:
Exec=opera --start-maximized %U
possibly even in quotes:
Exec="opera --start-maximized %U"
not sure at all - test the command in a terminal first
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Good catch, and that’s true.
Hopefully, when they try to manually run it from a terminal, it’ll be more clear if it will even work in the first place.
~ opera --start-maximized ✔
[350203:350203:1015/200531.555261:ERROR:url_pattern_set.cc(275)] Invalid url pattern: chrome://startpage/
[350203:350203:1015/200531.555456:ERROR:url_pattern_set.cc(275)] Invalid url pattern: chrome://startpage/
[350203:350203:1015/200531.555517:ERROR:url_pattern_set.cc(275)] Invalid url pattern: chrome://startpage/
[350203:350203:1015/200533.417326:ERROR:interface_endpoint_client.cc(689)] Message 0 rejected by interface blink.mojom.WidgetHost
CrashID=1eadc376-9345-43fc-a827-0143b2221015
Discarded=1
[350203:350203:1015/200534.946923:ERROR:named_platform_channel_posix.cc(142)] connect /home/maciek/.config/opera/oauc_pipe_r: Połączenie odrzucone (111)
[350203:350203:1015/200535.367508:ERROR:CONSOLE(0)] "Unchecked runtime.lastError: Could not establish connection. Receiving end does not exist.", source: chrome://startpage/ (0)
[350203:350203:1015/200535.368768:ERROR:CONSOLE(557)] "Uncaught TypeError: Cannot set properties of null (setting 'height')", source: chrome://op-resources/modules/startpage/main.js (557)
neither of the recordings worked
… but apparently, Opera does not feature the same command line parameters as Chromium does
It was a guess.
What about:
this is another guess to see the available command line options
a guess, because I do not have it installed (yet)
these are all the available command line options:
opera --help
Opera 91.0.4516.77 Stable
Features available through command-line switches:
--with-feature:address-bar-dropdown-categories [Enabled by default: true]
--with-feature:address-bar-dropdown-cities [Enabled by default: false]
--with-feature:address-bar-dropdown-unfiltered-full [Enabled by default: false]
--with-feature:autoupdater-allow-ipv6 [Enabled by default: false]
--with-feature:enhanced-address-bar [Enabled by default: true]
--with-feature:cashback [Enabled by default: false]
--with-feature:cashback-extension-download [Enabled by default: false]
--with-feature:easy-files-multiupload [Enabled by default: true]
--with-feature:enable-force-dark-from-settings [Enabled by default: true]
--with-feature:game-maker-studio-integration [Enabled by default: true]
--with-feature:history-onboarding [Enabled by default: false]
--with-feature:native-crypto-wallet [Enabled by default: true]
--with-feature:opera-account-popup [Enabled by default: true]
--with-feature:pinboard [Enabled by default: true]
--with-feature:safe-browsing [Enabled by default: true]
--with-feature:scrollable-tab-strip [Enabled by default: true]
--with-feature:side-profiles [Enabled by default: false]
--with-feature:sidebar-autohide [Enabled by default: false]
--with-feature:sidebar-site-panel [Enabled by default: false]
--with-feature:snap-from-panel [Enabled by default: true]
--with-feature:startpage-sync-banner [Enabled by default: false]
--with-feature:strict-security-mode [Enabled by default: false]
--with-feature:vpn-pro [Enabled by default: true]
--with-feature:workspaces-dnd [Enabled by default: false]
--with-feature:yat-emoji-addresses [Enabled by default: true]
--with-feature:yandex-zen-news [Enabled by default: false]
Don’t you DARE correct me in front of everyone in public!!! 
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I’m really sensitive about my pride and ego. 
Momma… Momma… I’m still the smartest person the in world, right? 
Sure it does.
aha - good to know
I didn’t find that piece of information in my short excuse for a “research”
and:
I said
… but apparently, Opera does not …
I see you’re using GNOME, but in KDE you can specify “Rules” for certain windows, such as “start maximized”. Maybe there’s a setting in GNOME, or GNOME tweaks?
But first, see if you can get this to work from the terminal.