Maniphest T76136

Unable to untoggle fullscreen mode if it was enabled in startup file
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Bohdan Lvov (ostapblender)
Apr 26 2020, 11:23 PM
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  • BF Blender
  • User Interface
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Alaska (Alaska)
Bohdan Lvov (ostapblender)
Dalai Felinto (dfelinto)
Harley Acheson (harley)
Richard Antalik (ISS)

Description

System Information
Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.18362-SP0 64 Bits
Graphics card: GeForce GTX 970/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.5.0 NVIDIA 445.87

Blender Version
Broken: version: 2.83 (sub 15), branch: master, commit date: 2020-04-25 17:40, hash: rBf418eddf8e1c
Worked: Can't find any, earliest version which I've tried was 2.74 and it behaves the same.

Short description of error
If user enable full screen mode and save this scene as a startup file, it wouldn't be possible to return Blender to the windowed mode after the start from this file. If scene was changed and then user trying to disable fullscreen, it's impossible to close Blender, since it's apparently asking if file should be saved and the window itself never appearing.

Demo: https://youtu.be/Ih56mCo_3ks

As you can see from the video, new preview of this window aren't rendering, so there's literally no window anymore.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error

  1. Press Window -> Toggle Window Fullscreen
  2. Save startup file
  3. Restart Blender
  4. Toggle Window Fullscreen

Congrats, it's stuck and can be only closed through Task Manager.

Event Timeline

Bohdan Lvov (ostapblender) created this task.Apr 26 2020, 11:23 PM
Alaska (Alaska) changed the task status from Needs Triage to Needs Information from Developers.EditedApr 27 2020, 12:47 AM
Alaska (Alaska) added a subscriber: Alaska (Alaska).

Unable to reproduce on Linux with a GTX 1050Ti. May be a Windows bug

Harley Acheson (harley) added a subscriber: Harley Acheson (harley).Apr 27 2020, 5:00 AM
Richard Antalik (ISS) changed the task status from Needs Information from Developers to Needs Information from User.Apr 28 2020, 10:11 PM
Richard Antalik (ISS) added a subscriber: Richard Antalik (ISS).

I can not reproduce this as well

@Bohdan Lvov (ostapblender) can you try to wipe user preferences and check if that helps?
You can do that by pressing start and type %appdata% hit enter and rename folder Blender Foundation

Harley Acheson (harley) added a comment.Apr 28 2020, 11:26 PM

I haven't been able to reproduce this either. The instructions above only include "Toggle Window Fullscreen", while the video also shows that the 3DView Editor is "Maximize Area" as well (You can see the "back to previous" button. But I can't find any combination of Maximize and Fullscreen that results in what OP reports.

Bohdan Lvov (ostapblender) added a comment.EditedApr 28 2020, 11:43 PM
In T76136#919529, @Richard Antalik (ISS) wrote:

@Bohdan Lvov (ostapblender) can you try to wipe user preferences and check if that helps?
You can do that by pressing start and type %appdata% hit enter and rename folder Blender Foundation

I've tried it with all the mentioned versions and still not luck: https://youtu.be/ljPoA9lPJIs

Oh, and it's also has that frozen image of a fullscreen in the alt tab window, if it's helpful anyhow

Richard Antalik (ISS) added a comment.Apr 29 2020, 5:38 AM

Interesting.
@Bohdan Lvov (ostapblender) can you press Win+right key few times when Blender window dissappears? If that does nothing, try Win+up key.

Bohdan Lvov (ostapblender) added a comment.Apr 29 2020, 4:13 PM
In T76136#919718, @Richard Antalik (ISS) wrote:

Interesting.
@Bohdan Lvov (ostapblender) can you press Win+right key few times when Blender window dissappears? If that does nothing, try Win+up key.

No effect, unfortunately. Looks like since I can't select Blender window, it doesn't react to this shortcuts. If Blender was opened not in the fullscreen mode, but I'll turn it on and then press Win+Down to disable it - nothing seemingly happening, BUT I have to press "Toggle Window Fullscreen" to disable it twice. It fullscreen saved in startup file Win+Down leading to the same effect as just clicking on "Toggle Window Fullscreen" - window disappearing and not selectable anymore. I've tried to disable second display with no luck - behavior was exactly the same.

Richard Antalik (ISS) added a comment.Apr 29 2020, 7:43 PM

@Bohdan Lvov (ostapblender) are you saying, that if you don't do any changes to scene, there are no problems?

Can you try disabling autohide on start panel and also move it to bottom of the screen?

Bohdan Lvov (ostapblender) added a comment.Apr 29 2020, 8:03 PM
In T76136#920278, @Richard Antalik (ISS) wrote:

@Bohdan Lvov (ostapblender) are you saying, that if you don't do any changes to scene, there are no problems?

I'm still unable to retrieve Blender window, but at least it's possible to close it without task manager.

In T76136#920278, @Richard Antalik (ISS) wrote:

Can you try disabling autohide on start panel and also move it to bottom of the screen?

Sure, although it didn't change anything https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i1N5QZHFPc

Richard Antalik (ISS) updated the task description.Apr 29 2020, 8:33 PM
Richard Antalik (ISS) added a project: User Interface.
Richard Antalik (ISS) changed the task status from Needs Information from User to Needs Information from Developers.Apr 29 2020, 8:40 PM

Thanks for info. I have no more questions, but neither ideas what could cause this issue.

I think it is unlikely, that there is bug in Blender involved here. Possibly some 3rd party software or some weird OS/driver setting that could cause this. Unfortunately there is no easy way to check for this. @Bohdan Lvov (ostapblender) if you can investigate this further and poke at things on your side I think would help and possibly even resolve this problem.

Richard Antalik (ISS) added a comment.Nov 26 2020, 7:41 PM

@Bohdan Lvov (ostapblender) I am looking at older reports, is this still an issue? Or have anything changed?

Dalai Felinto (dfelinto) closed this task as Archived.Jan 18 2021, 12:28 PM
Dalai Felinto (dfelinto) added a subscriber: Dalai Felinto (dfelinto).

No activity for more than a week. As per the tracker policy we assume the issue is gone and can be closed.

Thanks again for the report. If the problem persists please open a new report with the required information.