Opera FAQs, Tips, Tricks & Tweaks

Tips for Opera browser since 2005

How to have more bookmarks in Opera personal bar?

Friday, April 11, 2008 12:56:44 PM

, , ,

Opera Personal Bar
Opera personal bar (default)


Right click on a bookmark in personal bar > Properties... > Name (rename with short name)

Opera Personal Bar
Opera personal bar with short names


Right click on personal bar > Customize... > Style > Images only

Opera Personal Bar Images Only
Opera personal bar with images only


Bookmarks > Manage Bookmarks... > Right click on a folder > Properties... > Show on personal bar

Opera Personal Bar
Opera personal bar with folders

How to sort notes in Opera?Formatting tools with animated smilies in My Opera quick reply/comment/reply to PM

Comments

CharlieBAMAToNE Friday, April 11, 2008 2:31:46 PM

Been using Personal Bar with bookmark folders for years! up

Dustin SabeckyViperstryker Friday, April 11, 2008 5:14:25 PM

Never thought to try the images only. Good tutorial.

Sergio Uribesuribe Friday, April 11, 2008 9:50:33 PM

great tip, thanks!

rezadotcom Tuesday, April 15, 2008 7:16:18 PM

heart

Unregistered user Friday, May 2, 2008 7:05:25 AM

NN writes: Hi, can you please help me with Bookmarks problem - when I'm opening more (but not all) links from Opera Bookmarks (I'm using custom Bookmarks list dropdown button) it's annoying, because after click on every bookmark link Opera close Bookmarks and I must open Bookmarks again, open link, open Bookmarks again, open link and etc. I'd like to have behaviour when I can click on Bookmark links (one after another) and these will be opened in background and Bookmarks will be still on top focused, until I'll click somewhere on webpage.

Tamil Friday, May 2, 2008 8:45:28 AM

AFAIK, it is not possible.

Susanlostkiwi Monday, June 2, 2008 10:08:58 PM

To NN:
Wouldn't it be an idea to use your panel for this? I have mine hidden on the left, you can open it by hovering, it shows the bookmarks and will stay open if you like and keeps your place. It will also open each link in a new tab. Just a thought. smile

Tamil Thursday, June 12, 2008 6:14:36 AM

Originally posted by lilmoder:

I want to show folders in status bar. It's possible somehow?

AFAIK, no.

Unregistered user Tuesday, June 17, 2008 11:21:41 AM

av writes: Hi Tamil, is there a way to show bookmarks as images only but show the folders names? or if not is there a way to associate an image with a folder? I'm using both folders and bookmarks on my personal bar and if I set it to show images only I can't tell the difference between my folders.

Tamil Tuesday, June 17, 2008 11:31:10 AM

is there a way to show bookmarks as images only but show the folders names?

Nope.

if not is there a way to associate an image with a folder?

AFAIK, no.

Unregistered user Tuesday, June 17, 2008 12:24:42 PM

av writes: No good for me then... anyway, thanks for the quick response.

Unregistered user Tuesday, July 29, 2008 10:57:15 PM

a. aesthetik writes: Being able to show my bookmark folders on my personal bar was very important for me in replicating my Firefox experience, BUT The inability to drag tabs/sites to the whatever folder on the personal bar that I decide is a huge annoyance. Having the "panel" constantly open on the side is not something I want to do nor do I want to have to open it every time to find the appropriate folder I want to save a wesbite I am viewing. I've read around and it appears that this is something that can't be changed or helped which is sad because its just another way that FF is superior. +-+ another frustration is the INABILITY to right click a bookmark within a folder on the personal bar in order to open a background tab.

Unregistered user Wednesday, August 6, 2008 8:18:36 AM

bobclifford writes: i use text, and reduce to name to a minimum in order reduce space, i would like to remove the "folder droparrow", i have done this with mozilla in userChrome.css, and would like a solution for opera. thank you in advance for any help you can provide to remove the folder droparrows

Tamil Wednesday, August 6, 2008 8:25:53 AM

Sorry, I don't know.

mistaknly Thursday, August 28, 2008 9:27:35 PM

Is there a way to do away with Opera's method for handling the personal bar? It is really confusing to have to look all over the place instead of in "ONE" folder as in FF. I always create a personal bar anyway but it eventually gets screwed up and I have to clean up after myself.



Is this a feature change, a forum thread, or is it something that I could do?

Thanks

Tamil Thursday, August 28, 2008 9:30:52 PM

Originally posted by mistaknly:

It is really confusing to have to look all over the place instead of in "ONE" folder as in FF.

Create a new folder in bookmarks and place all personal bar items inside it.

Unregistered user Friday, January 9, 2009 10:04:32 PM

Anonymous writes: is there a wa for the icons to be placed more aesthetically like in google chrome?

Tamil Friday, January 9, 2009 10:12:46 PM

I don't know.

Unregistered user Sunday, January 25, 2009 3:46:18 PM

chochitoca writes: How can I show the name of a folder in my personal toolbar when iput the cursor on top, like the opera folder shows?

Tamil Sunday, January 25, 2009 3:54:50 PM

AFAIK, not possible.

Unregistered user Monday, May 11, 2009 10:34:56 AM

^Gh0sT^ writes: Any chances to add space between the links in the personal bar, because they are so close one next to other that's hard for reading/focusing. I'm using text only bookmarks and with FF there was a separator. Got this here ? I guess not...

Unregistered user Sunday, August 30, 2009 2:15:23 PM

Anonymous writes: How can I slide a new url into an existing personal bar folder?

Tamil Sunday, August 30, 2009 2:30:42 PM

Bookmark it to that folder in bookmarks than enable show in personal bar option after opening manage bookmarks...

Unregistered user Friday, November 6, 2009 5:49:38 PM

Crazy_John writes: Hi anyone knows where the personal bar bookmarks are saved ? because i go install the new version and the last time i did this i lost all them. Thanks

Unregistered user Friday, November 6, 2009 6:32:42 PM

Crazy_John writes: got it. is in the opera6.adr file

Tamil Saturday, November 7, 2009 8:47:41 AM

bookmarks.adr file in Opera 10.

Unregistered user Saturday, November 14, 2009 10:34:11 AM

Bibo writes: Is there anyway how can I delete bookmarks from Personal bar? I want click on bookmark in Personal bar a choose delete so bookmark will be remove not just hidden from Personal bar. Thansk for help

Tamil Saturday, November 14, 2009 11:23:05 AM

Nope.

Saurabh Kumarsaurabhloyolean Monday, February 1, 2010 2:23:27 PM

Unable to put any button on personal bar and unable to put any folder on status bar. How to save space?

Tamil Monday, February 1, 2010 3:08:35 PM

Originally posted by saurabhloyolean:

How to save space?

See this.

Unregistered user Friday, March 19, 2010 2:21:51 PM

Anonym writes: hi, can anyone tell how to save the personal bar links as a file??

Tamil Friday, March 19, 2010 2:28:14 PM

It is saved in bookmarks file.

Unregistered user Sunday, June 13, 2010 1:03:59 AM

rick writes: Is there an option to sort the personal toolbar alphabetically? Or do I need to slide them around manually.

Tamil Sunday, June 13, 2010 8:50:57 AM

Is there an option to sort the personal toolbar alphabetically?

Nope.

Unregistered user Wednesday, August 18, 2010 11:28:35 AM

Martin writes: I like the function in Firefox\Chrome, that when you have pressed a bookmark-folder, you can just hower over the rest of the folders, and they will list all the bookmarks in that folder. With opera you have to click on every bookmark-folder to show the contents. Is there any way to enable this in opera?

Tamil Wednesday, August 18, 2010 11:35:05 AM

Is there any way to enable this in opera?

Nope.

NginUS Tuesday, November 16, 2010 6:55:15 PM

If you have a bunch of folders as drop-down menus in your personal bar, it doesn't help to use the image-only option on the bar.
In this case, replacing the names of the bookmarks which contain identifiable images to the pipe "|" character saves space, while providing the opportunity to differentiate each folder by a single letter/character.

As for making the contents of personal bar drop-down menus open in background tabs, I have no idea how to make that work.
I have a forum post here if anyone would like to suggest a solution:
http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=807202

This is among the greatest usability issues I've encountered since attempting to migrate back after >5 years on Firefox.

Similarly to the bookmark background tab issue is that of the 'Search' highlighted text' function which fails to preserve the current tab, which is also a UX fail to me.

How to use Quote function:

  1. Select some text
  2. Click on the Quote link

Write a comment

Comment
(BBcode and HTML is turned off for anonymous user comments.)

If you can't read the words, press the small reload icon.


Smilies

Opera

Opera

Opera Blogs

Softwares (Freeware)

  • Opera

    Opera is a fast and safe web browser.

  • PDF-XChange Viewer

    PDF-XChange Viewer is a faster & fully featured PDF Viewer.

  • Notepad++

    Notepad++ is a source code editor and Notepad replacement, which supports several programming languages.

  • StrokeIt

    StrokeIt is an advanced mouse gesture recognition engine and command processor.

  • VLC media player

    VLC media player is a cross-platform media player which supports a large number of multimedia formats, without the need for additional codecs.

  • Ubuntu

    Ubuntu is a linux-based operating system.

  • Avast Home Edition

    Avast is a complete anti-virus package.

  • TrueCrypt

    TrueCrypt is a on-the-fly encryption (OTFE) program for Microsoft Windows and Linux.

  • AutoHotkey

    AutoHotkey is a free, open-source utility that can automate almost anything by sending keystrokes and mouse clicks.

  • Universal AutoCorrect

    An AutoHotKey script that will automatically correct a predefined list of misspellings.

  • XYplorerFree (Last freeware version)

    XYplorerFree is a multi-tabbed portable file manager for Windows.

  • Total Uninstall (Last freeware version)

    Total Uninstall monitors any changes made to your system during the installation of a new application. It allows you to perform a complete uninstall without having to rely on the supplied Add/Remove program which can leave files or changes behind.

  • Dup Detector

    Dup Detector finds duplicate and near duplicate images.

  • IrfanView

    IrfanView is a very fast, small, compact and innovative graphic viewer for Windows.

  • WordWeb Free

    WordWeb is a one-click English thesaurus and dictionary for Windows that can look up words from in almost any program.

  • Autoruns

    See what programs are configured to startup automatically when your system boots and you login.

  • Process Explorer

    Find out what files, registry keys and other objects processes have open, which DLLs they have loaded, and more.

  • Process Monitor

    Monitor file system, registry, process, thread and DLL activity in real-time.

  • VirtualBox

    VirtualBox allows you to run an entire operating system inside your current operating system.

  • Revo Uninstaller

    Uninstall programs even if you have problems in uninstalling.

  • ManicTime

    ManicTime is a time-tracking application that records how and when you use your computer and generates useful statistics and reports from the data.

Softwares (Nagware)

  • WinRAR

    WinRAR is a powerful compression tool with many integrated additional functions.

  • Sandboxie

    Sandboxie allows you to run any program but all changes that result from the usage are kept in a sandbox environment, which can then be deleted later.

Softwares (Shareware)

  • XYplorer

    XYplorer is a multi-tabbed portable file manager for Windows, featuring a very powerful file search, versatile preview facilities, a highly customizable interface, and a large array of unique ways to efficiently automate frequently recurring tasks.

  • Beyond Compare

    Beyond Compare is a advanced file and folder comparison utility.