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Change Caps Lock key to Opera key

Sunday, November 28, 2010 10:38:22 AM

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The Caps Lock key is one of the useless key in the keyboard. Opera Launcher will turn it into something useful.

Opera key
Caps Lock key to Opera key

Caps Lock key will

  • create new tab when Opera window in focus.
  • activate Opera window when not in focus.
  • start Opera if there is no Opera window.

Shift+Caps Lock keyboard shortcut will enable or disable Caps Lock.

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Comments

Joonas Lehtolahtigodjonez Sunday, November 28, 2010 11:31:00 AM

Is it able to modify the physical button to look like the one in the picture or is doing that left as an exercise for the reader?

lamarca lamarca Sunday, November 28, 2010 11:31:37 AM

Originally posted by Tamil:

The Caps Lock key is one of the useless key in the keyboard


absolutely no caps is my motto smile

Tamil Sunday, November 28, 2010 11:35:18 AM

Originally posted by godjonez:

is doing that left as an exercise for the reader?

I will do it if you send Caps Lock key to me.

Unregistered user Sunday, November 28, 2010 11:36:36 AM

Christian writes: Ingenious idea, did this already years ago using autohotkey.

Mağruf ÇolakoğluZAHEK Sunday, November 28, 2010 12:32:27 PM

smile nice

Artur „Jurgi” JurgawkaJurgi Sunday, November 28, 2010 2:02:37 PM

I'm not sure, if it's a good idea to associate „Opera” with „lock”. wink

Suntana Sunday, November 28, 2010 2:53:57 PM

Hey, Tamil, there seems to be something odd going on.
While in YOUR Blog, my Drop Down Menus from "Suntana ..." "Community ..." and "Opera" don't stay up. I can't click on anything in them because they disappear before I can click on any links in there. What's up? Is that by design? Or is it a glitch that just started? Or what?

d4rkn1ght Sunday, November 28, 2010 5:51:46 PM

Great! up

Dacotah Sunday, November 28, 2010 7:52:33 PM

up

banana

D1sasterp1ece Sunday, November 28, 2010 8:35:11 PM

Good idea, but not for me - in my case, Opera is in the taskbar all the time and it's easily accessible, unlike e.g. my audio player, which sits hidden in the system tray and for which I use one of the extra keys on my keyboard.

KarenNerak Sunday, November 28, 2010 10:37:56 PM

Epic awesomeness!!! headbang

Unregistered user Monday, November 29, 2010 12:05:39 AM

Anonymous writes: Erm, I use my caps lock key...

Cutting Spoonhellspork Monday, November 29, 2010 1:00:04 AM

Originally posted by Jurgi:

associate „Opera” with „lock”


Like "apple" and "garden"? Worry not.

Useful feature methinks.

Tamil Monday, November 29, 2010 7:30:44 AM

@Suntana: Works fine for me.

@Dacotah: http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/Drool.gif -

Unregistered user Monday, November 29, 2010 12:14:52 PM

Anonymous writes: perfect

evan laytsu fhioyamafhioyama Monday, November 29, 2010 2:00:38 PM

koplok not:hat:

evan laytsu fhioyamafhioyama Monday, November 29, 2010 2:01:10 PM

hiiiiii what are you dioing?

bmhv Monday, November 29, 2010 2:16:11 PM

well... I'm using an A4Tech G800 keyboard, which enables you to switch Caps Lock with Ctrl button, so what'll happen if I use this function while switching my keys ?

Martin JosefssonMartin23 Monday, November 29, 2010 2:23:15 PM

Why not make the "Windows button" (or "Super-key" as it is called in Linux) to Opera button!smile

Suntana Monday, November 29, 2010 2:29:17 PM

It's still doing it, Tamil. Weird.

If I conduct 10 or 12 consecutive quick attempts, I can get one of them to finally allow a Drop Down Menu to stay up and allow me to click on one of the links. And that's only if I jerk the Cursor down very quickly and land on one of the links.

Oh well. I guess I'll just have to chalk it off to it being some NEW MyOpera glitch.

Aleksander AasAleksander Monday, November 29, 2010 2:46:10 PM

There was some server issues, but they have been solved now!

Unregistered user Monday, November 29, 2010 3:06:59 PM

Köksal writes: Slm

Tamil Monday, November 29, 2010 3:32:02 PM

Originally posted by bmhv:

what'll happen if I use this function while switching my keys ?

Probably, Opera Launcher won't interfere.

Originally posted by Martin23:

Why not make the "Windows button" to Opera button!

It is shortcut for Windows start menu.

Originally posted by Suntana:

It's still doing it, Tamil. Weird.

See Aleksander reply.

Jan de SmitJanndeSmit Monday, November 29, 2010 3:39:52 PM

Originally posted by Suntana:

Oh well. I guess I'll just have to chalk it off to it being some NEW MyOpera glitch.


Same with me. And I had the same problem on my own new design when I was rewriting some css of the topbar. But now it's allright on my own blog. I have a nice blue color in the dropdown menu's.
@ Tamil: Like your blog, information and good work for the community.

Tamil Monday, November 29, 2010 3:46:45 PM

Originally posted by JanndeSmit:

Like your blog, information and good work for the community.

Thanks.

Suntana Monday, November 29, 2010 4:36:49 PM

Clicking on Reload didn't fix it.
I then brought up my Opera Portable and that did the same thing.
Oh well. I won't clog up this thread.
I'll see if the problem clears up in the next couple of days.

Tamil Monday, November 29, 2010 4:42:48 PM

Okay.

Unregistered user Monday, November 29, 2010 6:39:01 PM

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Jan de SmitJanndeSmit Monday, November 29, 2010 9:51:47 PM

Originally posted by Suntana:

I'll see if the problem clears up in the next couple of days.


Relax, my dear friend. Time will heal these minor problems. bigsmile

Zephirine Monday, November 29, 2010 10:25:06 PM

http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/Good.gif -

daroc Monday, November 29, 2010 10:30:48 PM

Personally, I have made something similar to this one using Autohotkey (with no configuration window) but I used F1 instead of CapsLock. Then, I turned Shift+F1 to work as F1.
Do you often use F1 for getting help? Do you know any application that uses Shift+F1 shortcut? idea

max1c Monday, November 29, 2010 11:59:42 PM

I thought this has been known long ago. ;\
What I used to do is: create Opera short cut -> right click it -> In "Shortcut key" press "`" or any other button you would like to have it on and use it that way. But ever since Windows 7 I keep Opera shortcut on the launch bar, so no need for keyboard short cut p

KimberlySqueakeyCat Tuesday, November 30, 2010 3:30:07 AM

Originally posted by Tamil:

I will do it if you send Caps Lock key to me.




OK, I need address to send you the key

Tamil Tuesday, November 30, 2010 7:27:35 AM

Originally posted by SqueakeyCat:

I need address to send you the key

http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/Secret.gif -

KimberlySqueakeyCat Tuesday, November 30, 2010 7:28:17 AM

I'm serious if you are. I'd love to have an O for Opera on my keyboard.

KimberlySqueakeyCat Tuesday, November 30, 2010 7:29:14 AM

BTW, how do you get the pictures next to the names of your friends and yourself???? I asked Karen once, but I forget what she said.

Tamil Tuesday, November 30, 2010 7:33:57 AM

Originally posted by SqueakeyCat:

I'm serious if you are.

sherlock

Originally posted by SqueakeyCat:

how do you get the pictures next to the names of your friends and yourself?

Add the following to your CSS and change name & smiley.
.comment-by a[href='/Tamil/']:after {
    content: url(http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/MonkeyComputer.gif);
    padding-left: 4px;
    display: inline-block;
    vertical-align: middle;
}

KimberlySqueakeyCat Tuesday, November 30, 2010 8:01:57 AM

Originally posted by Tamil:

Add the following to your CSS and change name & smiley.




So I just change "tamil", "tamil", "smilies" and "monkeycomputer"???

Do I do that for each person individually?

Tamil Tuesday, November 30, 2010 8:31:04 AM

The following line is for username. 
.comment-by a[href='/Tamil/']:after {

The following line is for smiley URL.
    content: url(http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/MonkeyComputer.gif);

Originally posted by SqueakeyCat:

Do I do that for each person individually?

yes

KimberlySqueakeyCat Tuesday, November 30, 2010 9:05:57 AM

OK. Thank you. Will have to start adding items to people's names when I wake up. I gotta go to bed. Its 4 am here.

zzz zzz zzz zzz

Tamil Tuesday, November 30, 2010 9:10:31 AM

http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/Bye.gif -

Unregistered user Tuesday, November 30, 2010 10:10:34 AM

Anonym writes: -1 windows only

Unregistered user Tuesday, November 30, 2010 10:14:49 AM

T3H B0Y writes: ILUVCAPS!!!!!1ELEVEN I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE IT!!1 TO SOME SH1TTY OPERA LAUNCHER!!!11 CAPSLOCK 15 FO T3H 1337!!1111SEVEN DO SOMETHING ABOUT OPRBRWZ BUGZ INSTEAD!!!11

Unregistered user Tuesday, November 30, 2010 10:17:37 AM

T3H B0Y writes: THIS IS AN ANTI-CAPSLOCK CAMPAIGN!!!!!11 REFUSE!!!11 RESIST!!1ELEVEN

Robertrobert2610 Tuesday, November 30, 2010 11:31:04 AM

Great idea. Makes the useless Caps Lock key a much more useful one smile

МаксимiMaXiMkA Wednesday, December 1, 2010 2:49:25 PM

я вас не понимаю

Tamil Wednesday, December 1, 2010 4:07:39 PM

Originally posted by iMaXiMkA:

я вас не понимаю

Opera Launcher will make Caps Lock to create new tab or focus or start Opera.

KimberlySqueakeyCat Wednesday, December 1, 2010 4:11:14 PM

can you link me all of the programs that you have made, so I can check them out please. Thanks.

Tamil Wednesday, December 1, 2010 4:14:05 PM

http://my.opera.com/Tamil/blog/index.dml/tag/AutoHotkey

KimberlySqueakeyCat Wednesday, December 1, 2010 4:29:15 PM

what about the tool bar that you made, and the smiley thingy?

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