Not that obvious Opera tricks

January 25, 2011 · by Aleksander Aas

There are thousands of ways to browse with Opera, some obvious, while some are more hidden away. We came across this rather cool topic in the Opera SubReddit and thought some of you might enjoy it.

Perhaps you pick up a new trick, or just rediscover a long lost favorite. Find out now!

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TamilTuesday, January 25, 2011 3:26:18 PM
http://redd.it/f84zl
Gaurav OjhaTuesday, January 25, 2011 3:53:43 PM
Really...that's true...
Cutting SpoonTuesday, January 25, 2011 5:10:34 PM
Always nice to run across one of these discovery sessions.
tomassplatchTuesday, January 25, 2011 5:28:08 PM
nice, i've just learnt ctrl+click on the image and ctrl+w.
d4rkn1ghtTuesday, January 25, 2011 6:51:10 PM
Gaurav TakTuesday, January 25, 2011 7:04:34 PM
Great...
Charles SchlossTuesday, January 25, 2011 7:20:54 PM
http://my.opera.com/Chas4/blog/2008/12/12/an-opera-trick http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/Wink.gif -

One trick I found by mistake, and love it
SaskatchewanTuesday, January 25, 2011 7:33:22 PM
Some of my advices made now:
- Mouse gestures support keyboard modifiers - use e.g. "GestureUp Ctrl" to "View address bar,6 | View address bar,0" - make gesture up while holding Ctrl (side note: doesn't work in Opera 11.00; works in Opera 11.01). Oh, I forgot: Use mouse gestures.
- Search directly from the Address bar, use search engine keywords, to search using that s.e. e.g. type "w cheese" to search for cheese in Wikipedia.
- You can use Shift+Click or Crtl+Shift+Click on context menu entries to open result in new page/new background page - you can do it even in Address field (whith Enter, of course)!
- Set a default zoom for all pages in Preferences > Webpages - default 100% is so small!
- Use Content blocking.
- Edit the menus, to suit your needs. Duplicate the menu setup, then edit that file. You can use same actions in menus, custom buttons, keyboard shortcuts and mouse gestures.
- Use Feeds instead of checking manually your favourite blog if there are new entries. Not only you doesn't have to do "empty checks", but opera will inform you about any news. Subscribe to RSS at http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/ to know about any new Opera snapshots.
- Found useful information, but don't want to dig in the page after coming back? Check the text > Save to note.
- You can browse with no Address bar - use F2 to open Go to Page dialogue.
- Remap F1 to "Go to nickname" use bookmarks' nicknames to go to page (Example: two bookmarks - abcde, bcd - type "a" to go to abcde)
- Use keyboard shortcuts. Use single-key shortcuts. You're afraid you'll close the page by accident after setting "x" as Close page? Use sequence shortcuts "x, x" - type x, then type x (side note: doesn't work in Opera 11.00; works in Opera 11.01).
- Enable "Windows" panel to easily manage many tabs (and windows).
- You can move toolbars to a different position by going to O Menu > Appearance > Toolbars, checking the toolbar and setting it's Placement. Find inline looks so much better at the bottom of a page!
- Turn off close buttons on tabs to save space (shortest way: opera:config#UserPrefs|ShowCloseButtons). Close tabs by middle-clicking them.
- Fill Personal information in Preferences > Forms. You don't have to read fields descriptions - just enter things you need to input in forms very often.
- Edit file types in Preferences > Advanced > Downloads and set Opera to save videos to videos folder, images to images folder, etc. without asking the user. BTW: Use right click > Save to download folder on a link - it's useful!
- Pages are opening new tabs even if you don't want them to do it? Ignore them!: opera:config#UserPrefs|IgnoreTarget
- Yet another icon in the tray makes you mad? Turn it off: opera:config#UserPrefs|ShowTrayIcon
Edit: OMG! It was supposed to be a short list , and I didn't even included all of the advices :/.
Miles DavisTuesday, January 25, 2011 7:54:56 PM
Nice shotcuts, gestures are great !
KarenTuesday, January 25, 2011 9:25:20 PM
w00t!
Uncle MickTuesday, January 25, 2011 10:41:30 PM
Here's one I stumbled across.

If you copy something from a web page to a note, double clicking on the note in the note panel will open the web page in the current tab.
ErikTuesday, January 25, 2011 10:57:04 PM
i love to have discovered '/', '.' and F3 instead of CTRL+F

thanks Saskatchewan

i also like CTRL+ALT+drag in a focused page, CTRL+main click over an image to save it and '*' to have a 100% zoom

nice post visit the recommended link

http://www.reddit.com/r/operabrowser/comments/f84zl/tricks_you_can_do_with_opera_that_are_not_obvious/
eehsunWednesday, January 26, 2011 8:20:29 AM
Didn't know that typing

/.

in the address bar would take you to Slashdot!

Pure genius
Aleksander AasWednesday, January 26, 2011 12:52:09 PM
Originally posted by eehsun:

/.

It's called an easter egg
Zdenko TimulakWednesday, January 26, 2011 5:02:01 PM
wow great things.
eehsunWednesday, January 26, 2011 6:53:32 PM
@Aleksander Aas

Are there any more easter eggs to be discovered?
Elizabeth RichloveThursday, January 27, 2011 9:43:32 PM
Good job keep it up!
Abioye AdewaleSunday, January 30, 2011 1:07:11 AM
Wow, what a great world.
queen ibiaTuesday, February 22, 2011 5:04:54 PM
simply fantastic
SaskatchewanWednesday, February 23, 2011 2:03:30 PM
I realized I use some "Not that obvious Opera tricks" that nobody mentioned before:
- Go Back in a new tab - duplicate page, then go back. The fastest way is to do this using mouse gestures: down-up, then left.
- Jump to "n-th tab" - create a keyboard shortcut Show popup menu, "Internal Window List". Hit the shortcut key, then hit the number key 1-0 to jump to tab number 1-10.
- You can log-in in a background tab (if you've got your password remembered on that site ) by performing a Fast Forward gesture (gestureRight, or Shift+gestureRight) over a tab.