Menus

The key Opera functions are available from the main menu. Note that nearly every element of the browser can be right-clicked to display a context menu offering further options.

Main menu

Alternatively, to display the menu as a traditional menu bar, select "Show Menu Bar" from the main menu. The menu bar contains the following default elements:

File	Edit	View	Bookmarks	Widgets	Tools	Help

Optional menu items

Additional items appear on the menu when you enable other Opera features, for example:

Feeds	appears when you subscribe to a newsfeed and allows you to manage your feeds
Mail	appears when you set up an Opera Mail account and allow you to manage your mail and contacts
Contacts	appears when you set up an Opera Mail account and allow you to manage your mail and contacts
Chat	appears when you set up an chat account and allow you to manage your chats
Window	appears if you choose to display it and shows a list of open windows and tabs. To display the Window menu, select Settings > Preferences > Advanced > Browsing and select "Show window menu".

Context menus

Context menus appear when you right-click various items and elements, either in the browser or on a webpage. They contain options relevant to the current element.

Page menu

The page menu appears when you right-click a part of a webpage where there are no links, images, or forms.

Options of note include:

Reload Every

Monitor page by reloading frequently

Send Link by Mail

Compose an email message to tell a friend about the current page

Source

View the source of current document

Validate

Validate the source of current document using an online service

Text menu

The context menu for selected text contains a number of useful options.

Link menu

The link menu appears when you right-click a link and lets you decide how to open or save the linked document or address. Try here

Image menu

The image menu appears when you right-click an image and contains multiple options for opening, copying, and saving the image. Select "Image properties" to get all available metadata on the currently selected image.

When you click an image that has a link, a menu will appear that combines items from both the image and link menus.

Mailto menu

The "mailto:" menu appears when you right-click a "mailto:" link and lets you copy, save, or use the linked email address. Try it here

When you click an image that links to an email address, a menu will appear that combines items from both the image and "mailto:" menus.

Form menu

The form menu appears when you right-click inside a form field. It holds a number of text editing options as well as the option to insert personal information from the Forms preferences and notes. Select "Check spelling" to perform a spelling check on all content in the current form field.

Quick preferences

Some of the most useful and frequently-used preferences are available in the "Quick preferences" menu.

You can access this menu at any time by pressing F12 or selecting Quick preferences from the Tools menu.

Open All Pop-Ups	Let websites open pop-ups freely
Open Pop-Ups in Background	Show all pop-up windows behind my ordinary pages and windows
Block Unwanted Pop-Ups	Opera tries to show only pop-ups requested by you
Block All Pop-Ups	Prevent all kinds of pop-up windows
Enable Animated Images	Allow images that change
Enable Sound in Webpages	Allow audio files
Enable Plug-Ins	Let webpages launch plug-in programs
Enable JavaScript	Let webpages execute scripts
Enable Opera Turbo	Optimize pages with Opera Turbo
Enable Cookies	Let sites set cookies
Send Referrer Information	Let sites know which page you came from
Enable Proxy Servers	Connect to internet via proxy server
Edit Site Preferences	Specify permanent settings for current site

Tip: Open Opera's preferences (press Ctrl+F12) for access to more settings.

Related topics

• Toolbars
• Language settings