Opera FAQs, Tips, Tricks & Tweaks

Toggle menu bar using keyboard shortcut
Toggle menu bar using button
Main menu as submenu in right click menu
Main menu via keyboard shortcut
Remove menu bar

Toggle menu bar using keyboard shortcut (ALT+F11)

In your keyboard setup, delete Platform Unix before F11 alt under Application section.

Before

After

Toggle menu bar using button

Drag & drop Menu (click arrrow to view menu items or click Menu to enable/disable menu bar) or Menu (click to view menu items or click & hold to enable/disable menu bar) button to any toolbar.

Click Menu to toggle menu bar & arrow to show menu items

Main menu as submenu in right click menu

In your menu setup, add Submenu, Menu, Browser Menu Bar under [Document Popup Menu] section.

Main menu as submenu in right click menu

Main menu via keyboard shortcut

Create a new keyboard shortcut with action Show popup menu,"Browser Menu Bar"

You can create ALT+F to open File menu, ALT+E to open Edit menu, etc...

f alt = Show popup menu, "Browser File Menu"
e alt = Show popup menu, "Browser Edit Menu"
v alt = Show popup menu, "Browser View Menu"
b alt = Show popup menu, "Browser Bookmarks Menu"
g alt = Show popup menu, "Browser Widgets Menu"
s alt = Show popup menu, "Browser Feeds Menu"
t alt = Show popup menu, "Browser Tools Menu"
w alt = Show popup menu, "Browser Window Menu"
h alt = Show popup menu, "Browser Help Menu"

Remove menu bar

Uncheck Show Menu and restart Opera.

Updates:
2007: Jul 3, Nov 6

By default, Opera checks for update every week and notifies you when there is an update.

Notification message

To disable check for new version, Tools > Preferences... > Advanced > Security > Auto-update > Do not check for updates

For Opera version 9

Set Check For New Opera to 0.

For Opera version 8

Note the path to Opera directory by clicking this. Close Opera, go to Opera directory, open opera6.ini and change value of Check For New Opera to 0 under [User Prefs].

Update: Oct 11, 2009

Numbers before web page title in title bar

Tools > Preferences... > Advanced > Browsing > [Disable] Show Web page size in title bar

Disable show web page size in title bar

Lord Macaulay’s address to the British Parliament in 2 February, 1835.

I have traveled across the length and breadth of India and I have not seen one person who is a beggar, who is a thief, such wealth I have seen in this country, such high moral values, people of such caliber, that I do not think we would ever conquer this country, unless we break the very backbone of this nation, which is her spiritual and cultural heritage, and, therefore, I propose that we replace her old and ancient education system, her culture, for if the Indians think that all that is foreign and English is good and greater than their own, they will lose their self esteem, their native culture and they will become what we want them, a truly dominated nation.

Folder nickname
Command line shortcut
Keyboard shortcut
Button
JavaScript

Folder Nickname (Won't work in Opera 9.10-9.24 due to bug.)

Create a new folder in bookmarks and set nickname. Bookmarks → Manage Bookmarks... → Right click on folder → Properties... → Nickname Place bookmark of the sites you want as home page inside created folder. Enter nickname of folder as home page. Tools → Preferences... → General → Home page

Set nickname to folder

Place bookmark of the sites you want as home page inside a folder

Set homepage

Command Line Shortcut

Create a shortcut to Opera similar to following one.

"%ProgramFiles%\Opera\Opera.exe" www.site1.com www.site2.com bookmark_nickname

Keyboard Shortcut

If you don't know how to edit keyboard setup see this. Search for Go to homepage and change action to Go to page, "http://www.site1.com/" & New page & Go to page, "http://www.site2.com/"

Button

Drag & drop Go to homepage button to any toolbar. Note path to Toolbar Configuration file, close Opera, open and change www.site1.com & www.site2.com in toolbar configuration file.

JavaScript

Enter javascript:open('http://www.site1.com');open('http://www.site2.com');void 0 in Tools → Preferences... → General → Home page and Tools → Preferences... → General → Pop-ups → Open all pop-ups or Open pop-ups in background.

Update: Apr 29, 2007