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Fast proxy switching in Opera

Monday, April 9, 2007 4:07:09 PM

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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
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"

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Comments

Pallab DeIndyan Tuesday, April 10, 2007 8:46:46 PM

Thats an awesome tip.

kardjo sukarmankardjo Thursday, April 19, 2007 3:08:25 AM

WOW.. very clear... Thank's. Good Work!

Timothy ConnerVJgamer Monday, May 21, 2007 5:51:13 PM

Tamil, your a life saver!

Unregistered user Thursday, June 28, 2007 3:33:06 PM

vital writes: great! thanks!

Unregistered user Tuesday, August 7, 2007 11:53:09 PM

Anonymous writes: Fantastic - been looking for a trick like this for ages. Many thanks!

Unregistered user Thursday, September 13, 2007 11:28:58 AM

Anonymous writes: do u no any proxy sites dat work at skool

Unregistered user Monday, September 17, 2007 4:32:13 PM

Anonymous writes: I set HTTP, HTTPS and FTP as one Proxy and HTTP, HTTPs as another. How can i disabled the unwanted FTP Proxy?

Tamil Monday, September 17, 2007 5:02:36 PM

How can i disabled the unwanted FTP Proxy?

Try changing FTP server=127.0.0.1:8080 to Use FTP=0

Unregistered user Monday, September 17, 2007 5:33:20 PM

Anonymous writes: That works very good but there is some bug in it i think because when i use this two lines http://cxg.de/?id=OVPqHJwNZxjegGT and im hitting first the gateway proxy and then the debianS1 proxy he only changes the FTP proxy and leaves the HTTP and HTTPs settings.

relation Friday, September 21, 2007 12:52:15 PM

when i use the http, https & ftp protocols together, the Radio Button besides the menu option is not displayed.

Tamil Saturday, September 22, 2007 2:06:08 PM

Originally posted by relation:

when i use the http, https & ftp protocols together, the Radio Button besides the menu option is not displayed.

yes it won't show radio button.

Martinmokushi Wednesday, November 14, 2007 11:18:50 PM

Tamil, I bow to you oh great one m(_ _)m.
Ive got ip tunneling and 3 ipv4 adresses on my nic and switch the outgoing adress using 3proxy wich is mapping a port to an outgoing address. It's been a hassle till now as i could only have one of them (enabled or disabled) without going the loong way in preferences every time. Now i can switch between any of the 3 ip's as well as TOR with just an F12 + click. You made my day.

Unregistered user Sunday, January 13, 2008 3:54:22 PM

Loevborg writes: Good information! If you'd like to do the same, but with "Automatic Proxy Configuration", as required it some settings, then use this: Item, "Proxy LRZ" = Set preference, "Proxy|Automatic Proxy Configuration URL=url.to.pac" & Set Preference, "Proxy|Use Automatic Proxy Configuration=1"

Unregistered user Thursday, August 28, 2008 7:47:52 AM

untergehen writes: Great howto. Could I somehow put the proxy menu items down to the status bar? Like SwitchProxy tool in Firefox?

Tamil Thursday, August 28, 2008 5:50:39 PM

Could I somehow put the proxy menu items down to the status bar?

yes Modify proxy servers in following code, paste in textarea below Step 3. Create the button, click Create Button and then drag & drop button to status bar.
Set preference, "Proxy|HTTP server=127.0.0.1:5865",,"127.0.0.1:5865" > Set preference, "Proxy|HTTP server=127.0.0.1:8080",,"127.0.0.1:8080"

MarkBanjoPaterson Wednesday, September 3, 2008 1:40:45 PM

Excellent! just what I was after. Thank you smile

Unregistered user Thursday, October 2, 2008 2:30:08 AM

James Caccese writes: Hey, any reason that these options wouldn't work? Item, "No Proxy" = Set preference, "Proxy|Automatic Proxy Configuration URL=" & Set Preference, "Proxy|Use Automatic Proxy Configuration=0" & Set preference, "Proxy|HTTP server=" & Set preference, "Proxy|USE HTTP=0" & Set preference, "Proxy|HTTPS server=" & Set preference, "Proxy|USE HTTPS=0" & Set preference, "Proxy|FTP server=" & Set preference, "Proxy|USE FTP=0" Item, "Automatic Proxy" = Set preference, "Proxy|Automatic Proxy Configuration URL=autoproxy.example.com/proxy" & Set Preference, "Proxy|Use Automatic Proxy Configuration=1" & Set preference, "Proxy|HTTP server=" & Set preference, "Proxy|USE HTTP=0" & Set preference, "Proxy|HTTPS server=" & Set preference, "Proxy|USE HTTPS=0" & Set preference, "Proxy|FTP server=" & Set preference, "Proxy|USE FTP=0" Item, "Hardcoded Proxy 1" = Set preference, "Proxy|Automatic Proxy Configuration URL=" & Set Preference, "Proxy|Use Automatic Proxy Configuration=0" & Set preference, "Proxy|HTTP server=hardcode1.example.com:80" & Set preference, "Proxy|USE HTTP=1" & Set preference, "Proxy|HTTPS server=hardcode1.example.com:80" & Set preference, "Proxy|USE HTTPS=1" & Set preference, "Proxy|FTP server=hardcode1.example.com:80" & Set preference, "Proxy|USE FTP=1" Item, "Hardcoded Proxy 2" = Set preference, "Proxy|Automatic Proxy Configuration URL=" & Set Preference, "Proxy|Use Automatic Proxy Configuration=0" & Set preference, "Proxy|HTTP server=hardcode2.example.com:80" & Set preference, "Proxy|USE HTTP=1" & Set preference, "Proxy|HTTPS server=hardcode2.example.com:80" & Set preference, "Proxy|USE HTTPS=1" & Set preference, "Proxy|FTP server=hardcode2.example.com:80" & Set preference, "Proxy|USE FTP=1" (wow! super large post -- sorry) I mean, sometimes they do, I can tell because of the momentary 'pause'. Sometimes they will work, sometimes they wouln't. From my about opera: Version: 9.52 Build: 10108 Platform: Win32 System: Windows XP Java: Sun Java Runtime Environment version 1.5 XHTML+Voice: Plug-in not loaded -James

Tamil Thursday, October 2, 2008 10:25:54 AM

Sorry, I can't figure out why it is not working. confused

Please post in forums.

Unregistered user Wednesday, October 8, 2008 3:59:01 PM

Fred writes: Thank you. For unix users, the menu file is ~/.opera/menu/standard_menu_1.ini Unfortunately, socks proxies are not supported, and the chosen proxy is not marked in the list. We're far from firefox + foxyproxy but it's a nice workaround.

Unregistered user Sunday, February 1, 2009 3:13:41 PM

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pwseo Thursday, March 5, 2009 1:02:26 AM

I had been looking for something like this for ages... I can't believe I only started to learn how customizable Opera is now.. I've been missing a lot lol!

Great Tip, and awesome blog :)

victorxstc2 Tuesday, July 7, 2009 11:43:31 AM

your are definitely a magick, or at least a genius smile

Unregistered user Wednesday, July 15, 2009 9:22:07 PM

Névtelen writes: Hi! I try add a new hotclick popup menu item for proxy switching with "auto paste" but its doesent work. I try with %t and %l to. So when i select one ip. in opera and rightclick on it, i want a button to use it to my proxy. Item, "Use this proxy" = Set preference, "Proxy|HTTP server=%l" Its change my proxy to %l, and not the ip what i select...

Tamil Thursday, July 16, 2009 1:55:03 AM

Is proxy is link or text?

Unregistered user Thursday, July 16, 2009 11:08:36 AM

Névtelen writes: Its a text what i select.

Tamil Thursday, July 16, 2009 11:18:36 AM

Try 
Item, "Use this proxy" = Copy & Set preference, "Proxy|HTTP server=%c"

Unregistered user Tuesday, July 21, 2009 11:53:18 AM

Névtelen writes: Its not work, same like my line. When i use this make my http proxy ip: "%c" to:(

Unregistered user Thursday, August 27, 2009 5:57:06 AM

skeith writes: how to set all the protocols proxy in one item?

Tamil Thursday, August 27, 2009 11:39:34 AM

See after image in blog post.

Cuong Phu DANGpcd Monday, September 14, 2009 3:12:53 AM

Oh. It seems to be convenient! Thanks for sharing. I will take a try.
Nice day!

Unregistered user Sunday, February 14, 2010 2:12:24 PM

Anonymous writes: Building menu's is fine for a home made "Tor Button" or a couple of proxies. Nice trick on editing the menu resources. However, not so much when you desire to import a list of proxies. Your going to be there for 8 hours typing it in! and vice-versa removing bad proxies as well. Opera needs a equal mod to Firefox's ProxySel And TorButton (Both Together) And for the record I never liked foxyproxy at all. We could code an a simple gui interface to import and format the info from a proxy list to make it usable in this menu structure. Which is probably what I will do since I risk exploits with my poor old 3.x Mozilla with all my proxy candies.

adeff Saturday, March 20, 2010 8:40:17 PM

thanks for the tips.. idea
now, i'm can change my multiple proxy more easily.... yes

Nailz Tuesday, April 13, 2010 12:58:36 PM

For use in [Hotclick Popup Menu]

Item, "Set HTTP Proxy" = Copy & Show preferences, 5 & Go to end & Previous Item & Previous Item & Previous Item & Focus next widget & Click Button & Delay, 50 & Next item & Delay, 50 & Check item & Delay, 50 & Focus next widget & Paste & Delay, 50 & Click default button & Delay, 50 & Click default button

Works in default Opera 10.5 ui/menus.

Unregistered user Thursday, June 10, 2010 7:43:50 PM

Anonymous writes: how about autpmatic configuration script ? How do we add them ?

Tamil Friday, June 11, 2010 3:01:48 AM

CTRL+F12 > Advanced > Network > Proxy Servers... > Use automatic proxy configuration

Unregistered user Tuesday, July 6, 2010 6:39:42 AM

Anonymous writes: hi anybody knows to switch proxies automatically every few minutes or so. i mean the proxy switching should take place automatically every few minutes.may be we can add proxy list in .txt file and load to proxy switching software.?can anybody mail me with this: vivekrgcet@gmail.com

Unregistered user Sunday, November 28, 2010 8:24:19 AM

yasir writes: not working.... :( using windows7 and opera version 10.63. nothing happens and i want to quickly switch my http proxy servers as per my requirements. Firefox gives this opportunity but i want to use opera too. is there any addon for it. or kindly explain it in simple. my http proxy servers are 172.16.0.1:80 and 172.56.56:80 . this is university and we have to quickly switch through proxies as different sites are set on different proxy by our firewall ! Thanks waiting for reply. also past your advice and ans at my email address yasirhafeez840@gmail.com. Thank you.

Unregistered user Sunday, February 27, 2011 4:14:41 AM

Anonymous writes: Superb!! one of the most useful tips for opera :D if only we know the opera javascript programming, we can do almost anything with opera :D perhaps one day someone will write an opera proxy switcher addons...

Unregistered user Monday, September 5, 2011 6:02:30 AM

Anonymous writes: Any ideas on how to make this work for opera mobile android?

Tamil Monday, September 5, 2011 8:36:25 AM

Sorry, no idea.

Unregistered user Sunday, January 8, 2012 7:55:43 AM

Anonymous writes: In opera 11.6 the (Item, 52216 does not exist) but you can find the [Quick Preferences Menu] there it works and it works very good! But how do i make the code for socks??

Tamil Sunday, January 8, 2012 3:32:14 PM

Replace HTTP with SOCKS in code.

Unregistered user Sunday, January 8, 2012 10:25:49 PM

Anonymous writes: Thanks Tamil Have replaced HTTP with SOCKS in code If I click on the Sock Proxy HTTP is still activated (seen in CTRL F12) Opposite: When I click the HTTP Proxy Socks are still activated The webpage give me errors Is there a way to activate only one (HTTP or SOCKS) without going through preferences?

Tamil Monday, January 9, 2012 2:37:15 PM

Set preference, "Proxy|Use HTTP=1" & Set preference, "Proxy|Use HTTPS=1" & Set preference, "Proxy|Use SOCKS=0" & Set preference, "Proxy|HTTP server=127.0.0.1:8080"
Set preference, "Proxy|Use HTTP=0" & Set preference, "Proxy|Use HTTPS=0" & Set preference, "Proxy|Use SOCKS=1" & Set preference, "Proxy|SOCKS server=127.0.0.1:8080"

Unregistered user Tuesday, January 10, 2012 2:24:46 AM

Anonymous writes: Thank you Tamil Have tried your tip Set preference, "Proxy|Use HTTP=1" & Set …………….. Unfortunately it has not work for me

Unregistered user Tuesday, January 10, 2012 9:10:47 AM

HAok SAM writes: ...same for me :(

Unregistered user Tuesday, January 10, 2012 9:53:52 AM

HAok SAM writes: update: i've removed all that is with HTTPS and it works working example: Set preference, "Proxy|Use SOCKS=0" & Set preference, "Proxy|Use HTTP=1" & Set preference, "Proxy|HTTP server=127.0.0.1:8080" Set preference, "Proxy|Use SOCKS=1" & Set preference, "Proxy|Use HTTP=0" & Set preference, "Proxy|SOCKS server=127.0.0.1:8080" NOT working example: Set preference, "Proxy|Use HTTP=1" & Set preference, "Proxy|Use HTTPS=1" & Set preference, "Proxy|Use SOCKS=0" & Set preference, "Proxy|HTTP server=127.0.0.1:8080" Set preference, "Proxy|Use HTTP=0" & Set preference, "Proxy|Use HTTPS=0" & Set preference, "Proxy|Use SOCKS=1" & Set preference, "Proxy|SOCKS server=127.0.0.1:8080" PS. Thanks Talim :)

Unregistered user Thursday, January 12, 2012 12:36:04 AM

macbet writes: If I set the Code like this 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" I have a nice marker in front of the proxy which i clicked. I use this Code but the marker in front of the proxy disappear Item, "http test"=Set preference, "Proxy|Use HTTP=1" & Set preference, "Proxy|Use SOCKS=0" & Set preference, "Proxy|HTTP server=127.0.0.1:5865" Item, "sock test"=Set preference, "Proxy|Use SOCKS=1" & Set preference, "Proxy|Use HTTP=0" & Set preference,"Proxy|SOCKS server=127.0.0.1:1080" So far it's working, but I do not know which proxy is active, without checking it in Preferences

rbaleksandar Thursday, January 12, 2012 11:01:59 AM

Thank you so much, Tamil! It was just unbearable to go through the whole Menu-Submenu-Subsubmenu-thing. You save me a lot of time and made my browsing experience with Opera much much better. Thanks again and take care!

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