Opera FAQs, Tips, Tricks & Tweaks

If you frequently switch proxy, it's annoying to change it every time in Tools > Preferences... > Advanced > Network > Proxy servers

If you don't know how to edit menu setup see this. Add the following below the line Item, 52216 = Enable proxy servers | Disable proxy servers under [Quick Preferences Menu] and change 127.0.0.1:5865 & 127.0.0.1:8080 with your proxy servers.

Item, "HTTP 127.0.0.1:5865" = Set preference, "Proxy|HTTP server=127.0.0.1:5865" 
Item, "HTTP 127.0.0.1:8080" = Set preference, "Proxy|HTTP server=127.0.0.1:8080"

You can switch proxy server quickly in Quick preferences F12.

Proxy servers in Quick preferences

You can also use the following instead of above to set proxy server for http, https & ftp protocols but Opera won't respond for awhile when you switch proxy server.

Item, "HTTP,HTTPS,FTP 127.0.0.1:5865" = Set preference, "Proxy|HTTP server=127.0.0.1:5865" & Set preference, "Proxy|HTTPS server=127.0.0.1:5865" & Set preference, "Proxy|FTP server=127.0.0.1:5865"
Item, "HTTP,HTTPS,FTP 127.0.0.1:8080" = Set preference, "Proxy|HTTP server=127.0.0.1:8080" & Set preference, "Proxy|HTTPS server=127.0.0.1:8080" & Set preference, "Proxy|FTP server=127.0.0.1:8080"

Quick reply

1. Open toolbar configuration file in any text editor after closing Opera.
2. Add the following section to it and modify Maximum button width value.

   [Pagebar.style]
   Button style=3
   Large images=1
   Wrapping=0
   Maximum button width=100
   Grow to fit=0
   Mini buttons=0

3. Start Opera.

For Opera versions below 9

1. Extract skin.ini from zipped skin file and open it in any text editor
2. Add/modify the value of Pagebar max button width and Pagebar min button width under [Options] section.

   [Options]
   Pagebar max button width = 100
   Pagebar min button width = 50

3. Update skin.ini in zipped skin file and activate modified skin Tools > Appearance... > Skin.

Tab width = 50 px

Tab width = 100 px

Update: Sep 28, 2009

Try Opera or Opera Mini to see the difference.

If you are new to content blocking in Opera, see tutorial.

Easy way to block ads is to disabling the IFrames & JavaScript globally and enabling them for required sites in site preferences.

To block particular JavaScript or IFrame ad in a page, open info panel, note path under Scripts or Inline frames and add it to content blocker. Tools > Preferences... > Advanced > Content > Blocked Content... > Add...

To block flash use Flashblock for Opera 9.

From Opera 9.50, you can enable/disable content blocker globally using Block Ads button or per site basis using site preferences. F12 > Edit Site Preferences... > Content > Enable content blocking

A frequently updated filters can be downloaded from

• www.fanboy.co.nz/adblock/
• pgl.yoyo.org/as/
• www.technobeta.com/posts/opera-ads/
• Ad Blocking FiltersetP CSS
• Filterset.G User JS
• AdSweep User JS

Optimized filter to block most of the ads
Add the following under [exclude] section of urlfilter.ini file (see this if you don't have one) after closing Opera.

*-ad.cgi*
*-ads/*
*.ad-*
*.ad.*
*.adbrite.*
*.adrevolver.*
*.ads.*
*.adsonar.*
*.adtomi.*
*.advertising.*
*.atdmt.*
*.banner*
*.blogads.*
*.buysellads.*
*.casalemedia.*
*.chartbeat.*
*.click*
*.directtrack.*
*.doubleclick.*
*.etology.*
*.fastclick.*
*.google.*/adfetch*
*.googleadservices.*
*.googlesyndication.*
*.googletagservices.*
*.infolinks.*
*.kontera.*
*.linkbuddies.*
*.mochibot.*
*.overture.*
*.pheedo.*
*.qksrv.*
*.quantserve.*
*.roar.*
*.slickkicks.*
*.tradedoubler.*
*.tradepub.*
*.trafficzap.*
*.tribalfusion.*
*.vibrantmedia.*
*.wunderloop.*
*.zedo.*
*/accresults.*
*/ad.*
*/ad/*
*/ad_*
*/adbot.*
*/adc_*
*/adclient.*
*/adcouncil/*
*/adframe.*
*/adgifs/*
*/adgraph/*
*/adimages/*
*/adinfo*
*/adlog.*
*/adlog/*
*/adrotator.*
*/ads.*
*/ads/*
*/ads_*
*/advert*
*/adview.*
*/affiliates/*.js
*/banner/*
*/banners/*
*/hotfreebies.html*
*/housead/*
*/liveads/*
*/pagead/*
*/phpads/*
*/pop.cgi*
*/pop.htm
*/pops/*
*/poptest.*
*/popup/*
*/printads/*
*/redir.asp*
*/skyscraper/*
*/softad/*
*/sponsor/*
*/sponsors/*
*/tw/adt*
*120x240*
*120x600*
*120x90*
*160x600*
*234x60*
*336x280*
*468x60*
*728x90*
*_ad.js
*_ad_*
*_ads.js
*_ads_*
*_advert*
*_adx_*
*_banner_*
*_borders/*
*_superad*
*a.p.f.qz.*
*a.r.tv.*
*ad-flow*
*ad.trafficmp.*
*ad_type*
*adbot*
*adclick*
*adclix*
*adclub*
*adcycle*
*adflight*
*adframe*
*adimage*
*adknowledge*
*adlink*
*adlogix.*
*admaximize*
*admex*
*admonitor*
*adpulse*
*adrunner*
*adserv*
*adsoftware*
*adswap*
*adtomi.*
*aureate*
*avenuea*
*banner.*
*banners.*
*bluestreak.*
*burstmedia*
*burstnet*
*clickxchange*
*darkblue.*
*darkbluesea.*
*dbbsrv.*
*exitpopup*
*flycast*
*focalink*
*headerpopup*
*hitexchange*
*hitlist*
*hitsites*
*houseads_*
*i.us.rmi.yahoo.*
*imaginemedia*
*intellitxt*
*jsads*
*linkads*
*linkexchange*
*linkpopup*
*linkshare*
*linksynergy*
*media.fastclick*
*paypopup*
*popieen.*
*popme.*
*popunder*
*popupad*
*ps.interpolls.*
*radiate*
*secure.webconnect*
*smartsize_*
*spinbox.versiontracker.*
*spylog*
*subs.timeinc.*
*toolbar.google.*
*trafic.ro/*
*us.a1.yimg.*
*us.f.yahoofs.*
*valueclick*
*x.mycity.*
*z.about.*
*zdmcirc*

The following will block most of the counters. Don't add the following filters if you want to show Opera in browser statistics.

*.123count.*
*.123counted.*
*.2o7.net*
*.3dstats.*
*.4count.*
*.a-counters.*
*.acestats.*
*.addfreestats.*
*.aflashcounter.*
*.amazingcounters.*
*.analytics.live.*
*.christianstats.*
*.clickcounters.*
*.clickwit.*
*.coolwebcounter.*
*.count-all.*
*.counted.*
*.counter-intelligence.*
*.counter.*
*.counter4all.*
*.counterbot.*
*.countercentral.*
*.counters.*
*.counting4free.*
*.countmypage.*
*.countville.*
*.cqcounter.*
*.dataplain.*
*.debuging.*
*.devstats.*
*.digits.*
*.downloadcounter.*
*.dstats.*
*.easycounter.*
*.evostats.*
*.extreme-dm.*
*.extremewebstats.*
*.fakecounter.*
*.fastcounter.*
*.fastonlineusers.*
*.fhcotn.*
*.fishclix.*
*.flowcounter.*
*.free-hit-counter.*
*.free-hit-counters.*
*.free-stats.*
*.free-web-counters-online.*
*.freehitcounter.*
*.freeinvisiblecounters.*
*.freestats.*
*.freestatscounter.*
*.freeweblogger.*
*.fxcounters.*
*.geo.yahoo.*
*.goldstats.*
*.google-analytics.*
*.gostats.*
*.guesttrace.*
*.histats.*
*.hit-counter.*
*.hit-o-meter.*
*.hit-tracker.*
*.hitbox.*
*.hitmatic.*
*.hits-counter.*
*.hitscreen.*
*.hitslink.*
*.hitstats.*
*.hypercounter.*
*.ideal-tracker.*
*.imrworldwide.*
*.jellycounter.*
*.linkcounter.*
*.logclicks.*
*.magicounter.*
*.masterstats.*
*.max-stats.*
*.megastats.*
*.metacount.*
*.my-stats.*
*.myfreecounter.*
*.nedstat.*
*.nedstatbasic.*
*.nextgenstats.*
*.okcounter.*
*.onestat.*
*.onlinecount.*
*.opentracker.*
*.optimizely.*
*.our-counter.*
*.paycounter.*
*.pinkcount.*
*.pluslog.*
*.pmstats.*
*.procounter.*
*.prostats.*
*.pstats.*
*.q-counter.*
*.qcounter.*
*.realtracker.*
*.refcount.*
*.reliablestats.*
*.relmaxtop.*
*.rightstats.*
*.s-tracking.*
*.scorecardresearch.*
*.servustats.*
*.shinystat.*
*.shockcounter.*
*.site-stats.*
*.sitemeter.*
*.sitestats.*
*.sitetracker.*
*.sitetrafficanalyzer.*
*.sitetrafficstats.*
*.statcounter.*
*.stats4all.*
*.stats4me.*
*.stats4you.*
*.statsbank.*
*.statsession.*
*.statsforyoursite.*
*.statsrjnc.*
*.statswhere.*
*.stattrax.*
*.supercounters.*
*.superstats.*
*.td-soft.*
*.tdstats.*
*.the-counter.*
*.thecounter.*
*.trackyourstats.*
*.trafficexaminer.*
*.trafficfile.*
*.trafficserverstats.*
*.true-counter.*
*.trustats.*
*.tulipstats.*
*.ultimatecounter.*
*.ultrastatsnet.*
*.urgentclick.*
*.usertracer.*
*.vioclicks.*
*.virtualmall.*
*.vstats.*
*.w3counter.*
*.web-stat.*
*.webcounter.*
*.webhitcounter.*
*.webhits.*
*.websitestatistics.*
*.websitetracker.*
*.websitetrafficreport.*
*.webstat.*
*.webstats4u.*
*.webtistic.*
*.webtrends.*
*.whowasthere.*
*.wundercounter.*
*.wysistat.*
*.xcounters.*
*.xstats.*
*.xxxcounter.*
*.yahoostats.*
*.yourstats.*
*counter*.bravenet.*

To block Snap Preview Anywhere bubble, add the following to content blocker.

*spa.snap.com*

The following will block social network buttons.

*widgets.digg.com/button*
*.facebook.com/plugins/*
*.fbcdn.net/connect.*
*connect.facebook.*
*.gigya.*
*apis.google.com/*/plusone.js
*plus.google.com/*/apps-static/*
*plusone.google.com/*fastbutton*
*platform.linkedin.com/*
*.pinterest.*pinit*
*.stumbleupon.com/badge/embed/*
*platform.tumblr.com/*
*platform.twitter.com/*/tweet_button*
*vkontakte.ru/*/share.js*
*.wibiya.*

To save images from Flickr, add the following to content blocker.

*.yimg.com/*/spaceball.gif

If you don't have urlfilter.ini file, create a text file with the following, place it inside profile and restart Opera.

Opera Preferences version 2.1
; Do not edit this file while Opera is running
; This file is stored in UTF-8 encoding

[prefs]
prioritize excludelist=1

[include]
*

[exclude]
Remove this line and add ad block filters here.

Updates:
2007
Feb 1
Apr 7 (*i.imdb* removed as it blocks CSS. Thanks to M3CSL.), 22
Jun 12
Sep 3, 12
Oct 2 (*popup_* & *.mochiads.* removed), 8 (*_popup.* & */tracker/* removed. Thanks to Lex1.)
Nov 16

2008
Feb 24
Apr 13 (*/ads.* blocks Lifehacker CSS), 23
May 20
Jun 15, 28 (*.google.*cleardot.gif & *doubleclick* removed. Thanks to mp3geek.)
Jul 2, 3
Aug 8

2009
Jan 28
Mar 18, 30 (*view.atdmt* changed to *.atdmt.*. Thanks to Chas4.)
Aug 14

2010
Feb 24
Apr 2, 5
Aug 29
Dec 24

2011
Apr 23 (*.adserver.* & *.googleadservices.* removed as *adserv* blocks them. Thanks to kulma. *.2o7.net* moved to counters.)

2012
Apr 9
Oct 20

If you accidentally remove any buttons on toolbar, you can reset them easily.

If you don't have any custom buttons in toolbar, Right click on toolbar > Customize > Appearance... > Buttons > Reset toolbar to its defaults

Address field missing in address bar

Reset address bar

Drag & drop the missing/required button to toolbar

To reset all toolbars to default, Tools > Preferences... > Advanced > Toolbars > Toolbars setup > Opera Standard

Updates:
Jun 16, 2008
Dec 5, 2009