IDEA always starts in full screen mode
Ever since I upgraded IDEA to version 2017.* I have been experiencing issues with IDEA starting up in full screen mode.
I do not like full screen mode, and I never use it. I have to go to "View-> Exit Full Screen" every time.
Sometimes I will have multiple windows open in IDEA when I shut it down. And when I re-open it, only 1 window will be in Full Screen mode, usually one in the background. Then I will do something in the active, non-full-screen-mode window that opens a dialog, and then full-screen-mode window will steal focus. This locks me out of being able to interact with IDEA, because the dialog is modal, but can't come to the front. So I cannot dismiss the modal, nor interact with the menu to exit full screen mode.
It is very annoying, and I would like to get it to never start up in full screen mode ever again. I've been dealing with this and trying to fix it for months.
Here are my installation details:
IntelliJ IDEA 2017.3 (Ultimate Edition)
Build #IU-173.3727.127, built on November 27, 2017
Licensed to Illumina / Tonya Ohrel
Subscription is active until February 9, 2018
JRE: 1.8.0_152-b16 amd64
JVM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM by Oracle Corporation
Linux 4.4.0-101-generic
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I to have this problem. and have had it for over a year
I use most of the jet brains tools and it has slowly crept in to all of them
Today I am using RubyMine 2024.1.4 on Ubuntu 24.04, - Its still a problem
But I just stumbled on a solution
When the window controls are lost, select the top menu bar and select “Merge main menu with window title…”
The window controls will now appear, merged on to the menu bar. (very useful) and you can now resize and snap the window
Further, doing the same again will reverse the merge and restore the original OS window controls (hooray)
I was so close to switching to VS code because of this issue
PS. The project selection screen on startup still has the issue and I don't have a way to prevent it from going full screen
Another point worth noting.. because I run Ubuntu, I am using the snap versions of all jetbrains tools
Chris Martin We are sorry to hear you are facing this issue. It might be configuration-specific, so we would be grateful if you provide the following details:
1. Complete IDE logs captured via IDE main menu Help | Collect logs and diagnostic data. You can share logs via our upload service, just let us know the upload ID.
2. Please indicate what triggered the full screen in your case: did you see it after every restart? Have you moved the IDE window between displays before the issue happened?
3. If you are within the X11 session (check this with
echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPEin the OS console), please provide the X11 UI test screenshot as described in this comment.Thank you for your collaboration!