[MC-265519] Game minimizes when certain areas of the screen are clicked on Mac in fullscreen mode

On Mac, clicking certain areas of the screen minimizes the game.

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is duplicated by 8

MC-265534 Application Minimizes When Clicking Outside of Upper Left of Screen Resolved

MC-265553 Mouse and Trackpad cursor minimizes window on Macbook Air Resolved

MC-265616 Game Minimizing Resolved

MC-265690 minimizing Resolved

MC-265812 Unable to do certain things after Fullscreen Resolved

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Screen Recording 2023-09-23 480.mov

Comments 19

Majestic585 2023-09-22T19:03:11Z

This seems like the same issue as I've been having as of the most recent update. A few days ago, the game worked as normal. As of 1.20.2, the game will launch and load normally, but every time I try to click anywhere on the title screen, the game window minimizes and I can't access anything past that point.

The game will still run in the background, and whenever I click on the minimized window it will bring me back to the title screen.

The buttons still highlight when hovering over them, and otherwise the title screen runs as it would normally. I just can't access the game, either with singleplayer or online.

As I am relatively new to running Minecraft, I am unaware of any similar issues/fixes to do with previous versions, and could not find this exact bug previously on this site.

Again, this is not a crash. The game window minimizes upon trying to interact with the title screen.

Dzmitry Safin 2023-09-22T20:38:01Z

I can confirm this. Version 1.20.2 on macOS 10.15 7.

The only button which works - "Singleplayer". Everything else (any button click) causes game to be minimized.

It is possible to press buttons using keyboard: select button with TAB, then Enter. Using mouse looks like click event goes through the game window to the desktop (or other opened window, if any). As a result - game gets minimized.

Brain81505 2023-09-23T12:39:41Z

Cannot confirm in 1.20.2, this seems to be a technical support issue

peashooter 2023-09-23T12:55:09Z

i also could not reproduce this in 1.20.2 neither in Windows nor Mac. i tried to click on the buttons but all of them work, there's no behavior of crashing, minimizing, not responding or closing. no screenshots, videos, or crash report to proof that this happened. as @brain189 said, this might be a technical support issue

Dzmitry Safin 2023-09-23T19:24:20Z

Attached screen recording. Sorry for the video quality - had to export it into 480p due to file size limitation.

First click - button "Multiplayer" - game window minimized.

Then I clicked "Singleplayer" - it worked.

Button "Create New World" - game window minimized.

Button "Back" - game window minimized. Also, this click was in the bottom of the screen, where Dock panel located. So this click "went through" the game window and started Terminal application from the Dock.

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NguyenFranky 2023-09-24T09:32:16Z

I also have this issue, I play MC in both Windows and Mac. I mainly play Minecraft on Windows but sometimes I play Minecraft on Mac. When I tried try click the button on Mac, it minimizes. Of course, I can still play MC on Windows, but this is a very annoying issue for Mac players. Also I'm not sure if "close" for the reporter means crash or minimize, but this is the best issue we have for now.

Dzmitry Safin 2023-09-24T12:50:51Z

One more point: this bug is not related to buttons themselves. It is about area where you click.

Part of the screen, about 1/2 height from the top and 2/3 width from the left, works fine. That is why button "Singleplayer" can work. Everything else (bottom half or right side of the screen) causes game to be minimized.

I.e., click anywhere (not only buttons) within that area makes game lost its focus and get minimized.

Another bug might be related to this one: MC-265534

OPStellar 2023-09-24T19:14:11Z

This is happening for me on macOS 10.14.6 (Mojave). No matter where I click, it minimizes the screen. Also, it messes with the size of my desktop items, causing them to re-scale whenever I switch application windows. This might not be an issue if I could quickly change to windowed mode, but selecting 'Options' minimizes the screen just the same as 'Singleplayer'. Is there a way to set Fullscreen to 'OFF' without accessing the Options menu in-game?

In one instance, my screen was frozen on Minecraft (Java) and wouldn't change until I quit the application. Thankfully, the application switcher still displayed when I held command and tapped tab so that I could see which application was active in the foreground even though it wouldn't display the application's window.

I even tried uninstalling and reinstalling the build (1.20.2). The minimizing bug doesn't occur with Minecraft: Java Edition 1.20.1, but the desktop re-scaling does (which causes inconvenient freezes when switching applications) unless Fullscreen mode is set to 'OFF'.

NOTE: The Java application minimizes itself whenever I switch applications (which I do using command+tab), regardless of the build version.

vettrock 2023-09-25T05:34:27Z

I have been having the exact same issue since a few days ago. version 1.20.2. My mouse works normally in the launcher, and on every other application. In Minecraft, I can move the mouse, and highlight items. I can navigate the menu via keyboard shortcuts. However every time I right or left click, the game minimizes. Additionally the scroll wheel is not functional in the game, but works outside of the game. Unlike the other poster, I cannot get single player mode to launch, that also minimises.

dberndt7 2023-09-25T05:44:04Z

I've been able to reproduce this a few times now. Running OS 11.6 on a Macbook Air M2, minecraft 1.20.2. The issue occurs when clicking in certain parts of the screen. It can be solved by going to video settings and turning off full screen. After doing so the issue no longer occurs when playing in a window not in fullscreen. However after turning fullscreen back on the issue reoccurs and the screen minimized again when clicking in certain areas of the screen. This issue was not present for me before the most recent update.

vettrock 2023-09-25T06:46:14Z

Going out of full screen resolves this issue for me as well. Going back to full screen and the issue returns. I am on MacOS 10.15.7 on an iMac.

Dzmitry Safin 2023-09-25T06:49:48Z

Seems it will take very long time for Mojang to fix this, since there are only 4 votes. Meanwhile, game is unplayable in fullscreen. Too bad... 😞

Yesitsdrew 2023-09-26T01:12:34Z

Same issue for me. Lower half or maybe lower third of the window (full screen or not), creates the problem. Logged MC-265553, not knowing this had already been logged. thanks for the heads up @NguyenFranky.

haykam 2023-09-26T14:47:07Z

This issue seems to be related to GLFW issue #2377. Minecraft 1.20.2 updated the LWJGL library from 3.3.1 to 3.3.2, which updated the GLFW library from 3.3.6 to 3.3.8. Therefore, the bug seems to have been introduced here.

The bug seems to occur on all quadrants of the window except for the top-left quadrant. Does the issue still happen on a non-scaled screen, perhaps? The display settings should allow switching to a resolution that is double the scaled Retina resolution.

haykam 2023-09-26T18:24:02Z

Upon further investigation, the difference between Minecraft 1.20.1 and 1.20.2 (and thus GLFW 3.3.6 and 3.3.8) is that the fullscreen option in video settings uses the style mask 0b0100 in 1.20.1, but 0b1100 in 1.20.2. The enabled bit corresponds to .resizable. This GLFW commit seems to have caused this behavior by causing the resizable bit to not be cleared when entering fullscreen.

My speculation is that the resizable bit is typically not set while in full screen, and older versions of macOS interpreted resizing incorrectly for that unique case. While I believe GLFW would have to clear this bit within _glfwSetWindowMonitorCocoa, Minecraft could possibly clear/reapply the resizable bit on its own after its own glfwSetWindowMonitor calls to fix the issue without requiring a GLFW update.

Edit: I misinterpreted what bit 0b1000 corresponds to; it should be .resizable, not .miniaturizable.

TheWhiteWind 2023-10-13T16:40:19Z

I'm seeing this ticket has been resolved and marked "fixed", but the issue is still persisting for my machine.

Is the fix still pending roll out?

vholtcamp.gmail 2023-10-14T14:38:49Z

Still seeing this behavior as well.

[Mod] turbo 2023-10-14T14:46:03Z

Are you still experiencing this problem in 23w41a? If so, could you please attach a video showing the behavior?

vholtcamp.gmail 2023-10-14T21:32:13Z

Apologies - the problem is not occurring when I select 23w41a (currently the "Latest Snapshot"). Thanks so much!