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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

rbaleksandar Tuesday, February 21, 2012 7:37:17 PM

Originally posted by Tamil:

Replace HTTP with SOCKS in code.


It's not working. I've read that the SOCKS-configuration can only be done via opera:config and can't be found in the normal settings menu.
I tried setting up Tor with your method. Didn't work. I get an error that it seems that I'm using Tor, which is not HTTP but SOCKS proxy. Can you please make a tutorial for Tor? It's really hard to find any decent info about Tor and Opera. All I can find is complaints that OperaTor is discontinued, that there is no TorButton for Opera etc. etc. This doesn't help at all. bigsmile I have a couple of proxies (for school, for home) and it would be nice if I can add Tor to the list.

Tamil Thursday, February 23, 2012 12:05:29 PM

Let me see.

Unregistered user Friday, February 24, 2012 8:27:57 AM

HAok SAM writes: to rbaleksandar: SOCKS-configuration works fine

albertcsabi Monday, March 12, 2012 6:54:29 PM

Thanks, you saved my life.

Unregistered user Thursday, July 12, 2012 11:05:48 AM

Anonymous writes: can it work for opera 12??

Tamil Thursday, July 12, 2012 11:09:47 AM

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

Unregistered user Tuesday, July 17, 2012 1:51:50 PM

HAok SAM writes: CAn you tell me why this: Set preference, "Proxy|Use HTTP=0" & Set preference, "Proxy|Use HTTPS=0" & Set preference, "Proxy|Use FTP=0" & Set preference, "Proxy|Use SOCKS=1" works fine, but this: Set preference, "Proxy|Use SOCKS=0" & Set preference, "Proxy|Use FTP=1" & Set preference, "Proxy|Use HTTPS=1" & Set preference, "Proxy|Use HTTP=1" only enables HTTP and disables SOCKS, FTP and HTTPS remain disabled

Tamil Tuesday, July 17, 2012 2:06:02 PM

Sorry, no idea.

Unregistered user Wednesday, November 21, 2012 10:23:59 AM

Anonymous writes: Hey Tamil, thank for the great example. In my case, if I enable the proxys on the menu, it turns on the automatic radio button in the menu and not the manual configs. Can you tell me, how I can activate this one instead of the automatic?

Tamil Tuesday, November 27, 2012 10:47:00 AM

What code did you add to menu setup?

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