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How to avoid focus to another tab while viewing a tab in Opera?

Tuesday, 10. January 2006, 04:23:19

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Disable Allow script to raise window

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Tools → Preferences... → Advanced → Content → JavaScript Options... → [DISABLE] Allow raising of windows

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This preference panel in v.9x is missing that option. Is it hiding somewhere else?

By carla216, # 1. March 2006, 16:46:36

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Originally posted by carla216:

Is it hiding somewhere else?
No.

Click this and [UNCHECK] Allow script to raise window.

By Tamil, # 2. March 2006, 03:59:48

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Anonymous writes:

vey helpful excellent info..thanks alot

By anonymous user, # 12. October 2006, 10:47:38

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Anonymous writes:

How to avoid tab movement going to address bar from the browser form

By anonymous user, # 24. March 2008, 06:21:00

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If i am not wrong

this topic is about keeping the active tab open and allowing the links which are present on the webpage (in the active tab) to open silently (i.e. the new tab does not get focus).


If i am right : it doesn't work for me.

By Rounak, # 9. April 2008, 15:04:31

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@Rounak, When gmail loads it will focus gmail tab even if you are viewing any other tab. If you enable above setting, you will remain in the tab you are currently viewing.

By Tamil, # 9. April 2008, 15:31:29

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suppose i open this webpage -->

http://my.opera.com/AyushJ/blog/index.dml/tag/UserJS



now i click on the following link on the above webpage

http://files.myopera.com/AyushJ/scripts/snap-links.js




what happens is :

the link (http://files.myopera.com/AyushJ/scripts/snap-links.js) opens in a new tab (and it becomes active/focussed)

and the current tab (http://my.opera.com/AyushJ/blog/index.dml/tag/UserJS) loses focus.

I dont want this to happen. I want to remain on the current tab and let the new tab open silently without becoming active..

Can you plz help?

Thanks in advance.



By Rounak, # 9. April 2008, 15:59:17

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Use anyone of the following.
  1. Right click on link and select Open in Background Tab
  2. Configure mouse middle button to Open in Background Tab (Press SHIFT+Mouse middle button to configure)
  3. CTRL+SHIFT+Click on link

By Tamil, # 9. April 2008, 16:11:26

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Thank you Tamil. It works.

By Rounak, # 9. April 2008, 17:32:27

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Help! writes:

Hi Tamil, could you please help me with this problem?

I have my middle mouse button set to "open in background tab". So if I click on a link, the tab pops up in the background which is fine, BUT, the currently open window (the page which is "active" and the link was on) loses focus. By that I mean if I want to click another link on the SAME PAGE, I must click twice. Once to "regain" focus and once more to actually activate the link. Doing some more testing, right clicking then selecting "open in background tab" does not have this issue.

Is there a way to fix this? I think this problem only started in Opera 8 and has since carried over.

By anonymous user, # 11. July 2008, 22:09:58

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I don't have any problems with middle mouse button to open link in background.

By Tamil, # 11. July 2008, 22:17:25

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