Opera FAQs, Tips, Tricks & Tweaks

Opera Standard skin with

1. Smaller toolbars.
2. Clear Speed Dial (without border, number and close button).
3. Thin drag bar [ ... ].
4. Buttons without borders in tab bar tail.
5. Yellow attention color.

Opera Standard skin

Opera Standard 10 Slim skin

Download skin from Opera Standard Slim skin page or click direct download link.

Known Issue: Speed Dial State 2 won't work with this skin due to side effect of hiding Speed Dial number.

You can get Speed Dial background shown in screenshot from here.

Opera has 9 color schemes by default and you can change it from Tools > Appearance... > Skin > Color scheme. Following will add 140 (including 6 duplicates) color schemes.

Download dialog-modified.ini (file contains all dialog tweaks), enter path to dialog-modified.ini in Dialog Configuration, save and restart Opera.

[or]

1. Create a copy of ui\dialog.ini (defaults\dialog.ini for versions below 10) from Opera installation directory, rename it to dialog-modified.ini and open it in any text editor.
2. Under [Customize Toolbar Dialog] section replace line starting with Dropdown, 0, Skin_color_scheme_dropdown with the following and save.

   Dropdown, 0, Skin_color_scheme_dropdown, 100, 290, 150, 23, Move down = Disable skin coloring,,,D_COLOR_SCHEME_NO_COLOR_S | Use system skin coloring,,,D_COLOR_SCHEME_SYSTEM_COLOR_S | Set skin coloring, #583F28,,D_COLOR_SCHEME_GOLD | Set skin coloring, #9A8454,,D_COLOR_SCHEME_SAND | Set skin coloring, #479B65,,D_COLOR_SCHEME_JUNGLE | Set skin coloring, #4E7A94,,D_COLOR_SCHEME_SEA | Set skin coloring, #283358,,D_COLOR_SCHEME_BLUE | Set skin coloring, #606090,,D_COLOR_SCHEME_INDIGO | Set skin coloring, #43354D,,D_COLOR_SCHEME_PURPLE | Set skin coloring, #BE324C,,D_COLOR_SCHEME_CRIMSON | Set skin coloring, #801010,,D_COLOR_SCHEME_RED | | Set skin coloring, #F0F8FF,,Alice Blue | Set skin coloring, #FAEBD7,,Antique White | Set skin coloring, #00FFFF,,Aqua | Set skin coloring, #7FFFD4,,Aquamarine | Set skin coloring, #333366,,Atlas Blue | Set skin coloring, #F0FFFF,,Azure | Set skin coloring, #F5F5DC,,Beige | Set skin coloring, #FFE4C4,,Bisque | Set skin coloring, #000000,,Black | Set skin coloring, #FFEBCD,,Blanched Almond | Set skin coloring, #0000FF,,Blue. | Set skin coloring, #8A2BE2,,Blue Violet | Set skin coloring, #A52A2A,,Brown | Set skin coloring, #DEB887,,Burly Wood | Set skin coloring, #5F9EA0,,Cadet Blue | Set skin coloring, #7FFF00,,Chartreuse | Set skin coloring, #D2691E,,Chocolate | Set skin coloring, #FF7F50,,Coral | Set skin coloring, #6495ED,,Cornflower Blue | Set skin coloring, #FFF8DC,,Cornsilk | Set skin coloring, #DC143C,,Crimson. | Set skin coloring, #00008B,,Dark Blue | Set skin coloring, #008B8B,,Dark Cyan | Set skin coloring, #B8860B,,Dark Golden Rod | Set skin coloring, #A9A9A9,,Dark Grey | Set skin coloring, #006400,,Dark Green | Set skin coloring, #BDB76B,,Dark Khaki | Set skin coloring, #8B008B,,Dark Magenta | Set skin coloring, #556B2F,,Dark Olive Green | Set skin coloring, #FF8C00,,Dark Orange | Set skin coloring, #9932CC,,Dark Orchid | Set skin coloring, #8B0000,,Dark Red | Set skin coloring, #E9967A,,Dark Salmon | Set skin coloring, #8FBC8F,,Dark Sea Green | Set skin coloring, #483D8B,,Dark Slate Blue | Set skin coloring, #2F4F4F,,Dark Slate Grey | Set skin coloring, #00CED1,,Dark Turquoise | Set skin coloring, #9400D3,,Dark Violet | Set skin coloring, #FF1493,,Deep Pink | Set skin coloring, #00BFFF,,Deep Sky Blue | Set skin coloring, #696969,,Dim Grey | Set skin coloring, #1E90FF,,Dodger Blue | Set skin coloring, #B22222,,Fire Brick | Set skin coloring, #FFFAF0,,Floral White | Set skin coloring, #228B22,,Forest Green | Set skin coloring, #FF00FF,,Fuchsia | Set skin coloring, #DCDCDC,,Gainsboro | Set skin coloring, #F8F8FF,,Ghost White | Set skin coloring, #FFD700,,Gold. | Set skin coloring, #DAA520,,Golden Rod | Set skin coloring, #808080,,Grey | Set skin coloring, #008000,,Green | Set skin coloring, #ADFF2F,,Green Yellow | Set skin coloring, #F0FFF0,,Honey Dew | Set skin coloring, #FF69B4,,Hot Pink | Set skin coloring, #CD5C5C,,Indian Red | Set skin coloring, #4B0082,,Indigo. | Set skin coloring, #FFFFF0,,Ivory | Set skin coloring, #F0E68C,,Khaki | Set skin coloring, #E6E6FA,,Lavender | Set skin coloring, #FFF0F5,,Lavender Blush | Set skin coloring, #7CFC00,,Lawn Green | Set skin coloring, #FFFACD,,Lemon Chiffon | Set skin coloring, #ADD8E6,,Light Blue | Set skin coloring, #F08080,,Light Coral | Set skin coloring, #E0FFFF,,Light Cyan | Set skin coloring, #FAFAD2,,Light Golden Rod Yellow | Set skin coloring, #D3D3D3,,Light Grey | Set skin coloring, #90EE90,,Light Green | Set skin coloring, #FFB6C1,,Light Pink | Set skin coloring, #FFA07A,,Light Salmon | Set skin coloring, #20B2AA,,Light Sea Green | Set skin coloring, #87CEFA,,Light Sky Blue | Set skin coloring, #778899,,Light Slate Grey | Set skin coloring, #B0C4DE,,Light Steel Blue | Set skin coloring, #FFFFE0,,Light Yellow | Set skin coloring, #00FF00,,Lime | Set skin coloring, #32CD32,,Lime Green | Set skin coloring, #FAF0E6,,Linen | Set skin coloring, #FF00FF,,Magenta | Set skin coloring, #800000,,Maroon | Set skin coloring, #66CDAA,,Medium Aqua Marine | Set skin coloring, #0000CD,,Medium Blue | Set skin coloring, #BA55D3,,Medium Orchid | Set skin coloring, #9370D8,,Medium Purple | Set skin coloring, #3CB371,,Medium Sea Green | Set skin coloring, #7B68EE,,Medium Slate Blue | Set skin coloring, #00FA9A,,Medium Spring Green | Set skin coloring, #48D1CC,,Medium Turquoise | Set skin coloring, #C71585,,Medium Violet Red | Set skin coloring, #191970,,Midnight Blue | Set skin coloring, #F5FFFA,,Mint Cream | Set skin coloring, #FFE4E1,,Misty Rose | Set skin coloring, #FFE4B5,,Moccasin | Set skin coloring, #FFDEAD,,Navajo White | Set skin coloring, #000080,,Navy | Set skin coloring, #FDF5E6,,Old Lace | Set skin coloring, #808000,,Olive | Set skin coloring, #688E23,,Olive Drab | Set skin coloring, #FFA500,,Orange | Set skin coloring, #FF4500,,Orange Red | Set skin coloring, #DA70D6,,Orchid | Set skin coloring, #EEE8AA,,Pale Golden Rod | Set skin coloring, #98FB98,,Pale Green | Set skin coloring, #AFEEEE,,Pale Turquoise | Set skin coloring, #D87093,,Pale Violet Red | Set skin coloring, #FFEFD5,,Papaya Whip | Set skin coloring, #FFDAB9,,Peach Puff | Set skin coloring, #CD853F,,Peru | Set skin coloring, #FFC0CB,,Pink | Set skin coloring, #DDA0DD,,Plum | Set skin coloring, #B0E0E6,,Powder Blue | Set skin coloring, #800080,,Purple. | Set skin coloring, #FF0000,,Red. | Set skin coloring, #BC8F8F,,Rosy Brown | Set skin coloring, #4169E1,,Royal Blue | Set skin coloring, #8B4513,,Saddle Brown | Set skin coloring, #FA8072,,Salmon | Set skin coloring, #F4A460,,Sandy Brown | Set skin coloring, #2E8B57,,Sea Green | Set skin coloring, #FFF5EE,,Sea Shell | Set skin coloring, #A0522D,,Sienna | Set skin coloring, #C0C0C0,,Silver | Set skin coloring, #87CEEB,,Sky Blue | Set skin coloring, #6A5ACD,,Slate Blue | Set skin coloring, #708090,,Slate Grey | Set skin coloring, #FFFAFA,,Snow | Set skin coloring, #00FF7F,,Spring Green | Set skin coloring, #4682B4,,Steel Blue | Set skin coloring, #D2B48C,,Tan | Set skin coloring, #008080,,Teal | Set skin coloring, #D8BFD8,,Thistle | Set skin coloring, #FF6347,,Tomato | Set skin coloring, #40E0D0,,Turquoise | Set skin coloring, #EE82EE,,Violet | Set skin coloring, #F5DEB3,,Wheat | Set skin coloring, #FFFFFF,,White | Set skin coloring, #F5F5F5,,White Smoke | Set skin coloring, #FFFF00,,Yellow | Set skin coloring, #9ACD32,,Yellow Green

3. Enter path to Dialog Configuration file and save.
4. Restart Opera.

More color schemes

Optional: Add HTML Named Colours & HEX Codes panel to view colors.

Update: Aug 2, 2009