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"Go to Web Address/URL" in a new/background tab in Opera hot click menu

Wednesday, November 2, 2005 9:11:53 AM

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If you don't know how to edit menu setup see this. Add the following under [Hotclick Popup Menu] section and save. 

Item, Go to Web Address in New Tab=Copy & New Page & Go to page, "%c"
Item, Go to Web Address in Background Tab=Copy & New page & Go to page, "%c" & Minimize page


Go to Web Address/URL in Opera hot click menu
Hot click popup menu

Update: Mar 16, 2009

Opera extra mouse gestures"Open in Firefox & Internet Explorer" in Opera right click menu

Comments

qicai02 Tuesday, May 30, 2006 4:54:45 AM

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Unregistered user Monday, July 3, 2006 3:59:21 AM

Anonymous writes: Just what I was looking for! Thankyou

islamguidedotcom Monday, August 14, 2006 2:40:16 PM

Hmm.. i can't seem to follow this under opera linux 9.01... maybe its in general... can u update this please..
Also, is there any way you could extend this to searches done on the toolbar through g 'opera' or the google search bar?

Thanks in advance!

...RADicaLMMS Sunday, October 1, 2006 11:34:50 PM

This is sweet, Thanks.

...RADicaLMMS Monday, October 2, 2006 12:34:09 AM

"Go to URL" in a background page jumps to another tab, than the current one, I think it has something do with "cycle in tab order"?

Tamil Monday, October 2, 2006 12:45:28 AM

Originally posted by islamguidedotcom:

i can't seem to follow this under opera linux 9.01... maybe its in general... can u update this please..

You have to add it in ini file in /home/USERNAME/.opera/toolbar

Originally posted by RADicaLMMS:

"Go to URL" in a background page jumps to another tab, than the current one, I think it has something do with "cycle in tab order"?

Enable Open new tab next to active in CTRL+F12 ⇒ Advanced ⇒ Tabs

MisterE Wednesday, November 22, 2006 10:54:55 PM

I had this in my menu and I removed it after I find out that "Go to URL" works just fine if you hold the Shift key down.

Schneemann Friday, April 27, 2007 7:25:26 PM

Hmm, this looks like it overwrites the clipboard. What about some javascript instead?

Tamil Friday, April 27, 2007 7:31:21 PM

Originally posted by Schneemann:

What about some javascript instead?

I don't know javascript. sad

Unregistered user Saturday, May 5, 2007 11:33:24 PM

Arcady Chumachenko writes: Thanks!

DiegoDeass Friday, June 1, 2007 2:26:46 AM

Thank you! bigsmile

AyushAyushJ Friday, August 3, 2007 6:31:48 PM

You can also uncheck Reuse current tab in Preferences > Advanced > Tabs to always open a new tab for searches, context menu items, bookmarks etc..

dapxin Friday, January 11, 2008 12:26:52 AM

Will this work in 9.5 ? I tried it but no luck.

Thanks anyways.

Tamil Friday, January 11, 2008 4:56:53 AM

Originally posted by dapxin:

Will this work in 9.5 ? I tried it but no luck.

Works in Opera 9.5.

Unregistered user Wednesday, June 18, 2008 5:28:45 AM

MikeZ writes: Thank you so much! This is exactly what i am looking for.

Mağruf ÇolakoğluZAHEK Monday, March 16, 2009 9:14:28 AM

thanks tamil.I haven't seen this till now smile

Unregistered user Wednesday, March 18, 2009 6:42:32 PM

familiar466 writes: I can't change the shortcut in Opera to open in background tab. I'm using a laptop, Ctrl and left click would be much easier but can't find the preference! Help someone!

Tamil Wednesday, March 18, 2009 10:38:29 PM

You can't change it.

Unregistered user Saturday, July 4, 2009 8:24:20 PM

Anonymous writes: Thank you very much!

Unregistered user Wednesday, July 22, 2009 8:05:40 AM

Anonymous writes: Thanks man! This serves my purpose nicely :-)

amitbm Wednesday, July 22, 2009 1:41:53 PM

Great!! Works nicely in Opera 10 beta 2 also :-)

Shaffe Saturday, August 1, 2009 12:02:57 PM

It works fine on Opera 10, but I prefer use the shift key.

Unregistered user Sunday, August 2, 2009 4:46:16 AM

linuxmint writes: works for me too!thanks Version 9.64 Build 2480 Platform Linux the standard_menu (1).ini is at /home/USERNAME/.opera/menu

Doliprane'Doliprane Saturday, September 12, 2009 3:38:05 PM

I tried the same with Google or dictionaries but it doesn't work.

Item, "Google" = Hotclick search, 200

How to do here?

Tamil Saturday, September 12, 2009 3:48:11 PM

It won't work for search.

Doliprane'Doliprane Saturday, September 12, 2009 3:52:44 PM

ahhh bomb

Strathos Monday, September 14, 2009 12:44:29 AM

Pretty ingenious. Thanks!

bpm Thursday, February 18, 2010 10:52:38 PM

Originally posted by Schneemann:

Hmm, this looks like it overwrites the clipboard. What about some javascript instead?


Item, "Go, new"= Go to page, "javascript: var url=(document.getSelection()) if (url.indexOf('http://%27)==-1) var url=('http://%27+url); window.open(url)();void(0)",,,"forward"

for background page also: http://my.opera.com/bpm/blog/pagelaunch-from-a-text-url

QuHno Wednesday, May 19, 2010 5:50:31 AM

One option missing in 10.50+: Open a link in a new private tab.

This should help:
Item, Open in New Private Tab = Copy link, -2, "urlinfo" & New private page & Paste and go

with Icon:
Item, Open in New Private Tab = Copy link, -2, "urlinfo",,"New private page menu" & New private page & Paste and go[/url]

If you prefer windows you can replace [I]tab[/I] by [I]window[/I] and you can use [I]Copy[/I] instead of [I]Copy link[/I] if you want to copy urls from texts.
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Unregistered user Friday, September 10, 2010 11:31:52 AM

Anonymouse writes: hey! how you doing?? how to edit Address Menu (Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Paste and Go, Delete,etc.) in Opera 10.60, vista premium??

Tamil Wednesday, September 15, 2010 11:24:42 AM

Fine, you have to edit [Edit Go Widget Popup Menu] section.

tisazalay Sunday, October 31, 2010 12:21:50 PM

Is there a way to make e-mail links always open in background tabs when left clicking on them?
Thanks

Tamil Sunday, October 31, 2010 12:33:08 PM

http://my.opera.com/Lex1/blog/show.dml/989155

tisazalay Monday, November 1, 2010 3:37:40 PM

Well, Mr.Ruzanov kindly pointed that extensions don't work in Opera Mail (at least for now), what I was thinking is to change the default behavior of left mouse click on opera mail (not long press), the simple click, to always open links in background tabs... Sort of a gesture or something like that, but with a simple click.
Thanks.

Tamil Monday, November 1, 2010 4:25:25 PM

AFAIK, not possible.

tisazalay Monday, November 1, 2010 4:48:21 PM

Originally posted by Tamil:

AFAIK, not possible.



Thanks, Tamil.

Unregistered user Saturday, February 5, 2011 8:17:21 AM

Anonymous writes: This is not wokring in Opera 11, unfortunately. Please update with a fix. Thanks bro.

Tamil Monday, February 14, 2011 12:43:09 AM

This is not wokring in Opera 11, unfortunately.

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

talos2002 Friday, December 9, 2011 11:00:43 PM

The workaround of exchanging the ability to reuse the current tab for the ability to search in a new tab is not very useful sad

The "Go to Web Address in New/Background Tab" makes searching without that limitation possible, but has it's limitations as it doesn't work for hyperlinks' text.

Tamil Sunday, December 11, 2011 12:33:35 PM

Screenshot?

Tamil Friday, December 16, 2011 11:00:04 PM

Edit menu setup and replace contents of [Link Selection Popup Menu] section with the following.
Include, Hotclick Popup Menu
--------------------1
Item, M_BOOKM_ITEM_POPUP_MENU_OPEN = Open link, -2, "urlinfo"
Item, MI_IDM_MENU_PAGEBAR_LINK_IN_NEW_PAGE = Open link in new page, -2, "urlinfo"
Item, MI_IDM_MENU_PAGEBAR_LINK_IN_BG_PAGE = Open link in background page, -2, "urlinfo"
--------------------3
GhostItem, M_INSPECT_ELEMENT = Inspect element

talos2002 Saturday, December 17, 2011 12:30:10 AM

You have my respect.
Thank you very much!

Tamil Saturday, December 17, 2011 12:32:42 AM

smile

Unregistered user Sunday, December 18, 2011 6:55:32 PM

Anonymous writes: excellent works well in the latest opers. thank you very much

VolvoxVolvoxpl Tuesday, January 24, 2012 11:38:40 AM

Why in code there is "& Minimize page", and on picture is "Switch to previous page"?

Tamil Tuesday, January 24, 2012 11:53:44 AM

I updated code but not picture.

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