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How to delete data from Opera Link?

2011年8月5日金曜日10:15:54

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Currently there is no option to delete data from Opera Link quickly but you can delete by the following method.

  1. Create a backup of the following files. Click link to see file path.
  2. Enable Opera Link and enable the items you want to delete from Opera Link.
  3. The following will delete local data and synchronization will delete data from Opera Link.
    • Open manage bookmarks Ctrl + Shift + B, delete all bookmarks and then empty trash.
    • Open notes, delete all notes and then empty trash.
    • Ctrl + T > Delete all Speed Dials
    • Alt + P > Advanced > Content > Blocked Content... > Delete all blocked sites
    • F8 > ↓ > Delete all typed addresses
    • Alt + P > Search > Delete all search engines
    • Alt + P > Forms > Password Manager...> Delete all passwords
  4. Go to Opera Link and make sure bookmarks, notes and Speed Dials are empty.
  5. Disable Opera Link.
  6. Close Opera.
  7. Restore files from backup.

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How to bring back address field dropdown button in Opera?

2011年7月1日金曜日11:58:20

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By default, address field dropdown button is disabled in Opera 11.50. You can view typed addresses using keyboard shortcut, ↓ or Alt + ↓. If you want dropdown button enable Show Dropdown Button In Addressfield.

Opera address field without dropdown button
Address field without dropdown button

Opera address field with dropdown button
Address field with dropdown button

See Useful opera:config (Opera Preferences Editor) entries for more opera:config tips.

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Go to a specific tab using keyboard shortcut in Opera

2011年6月1日水曜日14:57:20

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Opera has the following keyboard shortcuts to switch between tabs but there is no direct keyboard shortcut to go to a specific tab.

Action Keyboard Shortcut
Cycle to next tab Ctrl + Tab
Cycle to previous tab Ctrl + Shift + Tab
Switch to next tab Ctrl + Shift + F6 or 2 !
Switch to previous tab Ctrl + F6 or 1 !

! Work only if you enable Alt + P > Advanced > Shortcuts > Enable single-key shortcuts

If you use menu bar, enable Alt + P > Advanced > Browsing > Show window menu

Otherwise create a new keyboard shortcut in application section with w alt as input context and shortcut and the following as action. 

Show popup menu, "Internal Window List"
Now you can use keyboard shortcuts, Alt + W + 1, Alt + W + 2, ..., Alt + W + 9 and Alt + W + 0 to go to first tab, second tab, ..., ninth tab and tenth tab respectively.

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Disable Opera Mail Panel when Reading Feeds

2011年2月15日火曜日10:50:45

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Opera 11.10 & above

Disable Auto Mail Panel Toggle.

Opera 11.00 & 11.01

From version 11, Opera shows mail panel when reading feeds and several users don't like this. Mail panel can be disabled by modifying read feeds menu item action code as shown below.

If you don't know how to edit menu setup, see this. Under [Browser Feeds Menu] section, change the following line 

Item, M_FEEDS_MENU_READ = Read mail, "rss",,,"Mail Newsfeeds"
to 
Item, M_FEEDS_MENU_READ = Read mail, "rss",,,"Mail Newsfeeds" & Set alignment, "hotlist", 0
Update: Apr 13, 2011

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Show full URL in the Opera address bar

2010年12月20日月曜日18:42:30

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By default, Opera 11 hides web protocol and URL parameter in address and will show them when address field is focused.

Opera default address
Default

To show both web protocol and URL parameter, right click on the badge before address in address field and enable 'Show Full Web Address' or CTRL+F12 > Advanced > Browsing > Show full web address in address field

Opera showing both web protocol & URL parameter
Opera showing both web protocol & URL parameter

To show only URL parameter, disable Hide URL Parameter.

Opera showing only URL parameter
Opera showing only URL parameter

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Copy as first item in Opera hotclick popup menu

2010年10月31日日曜日5:36:13

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In Opera 10.60, Copy menu item was moved down in hotclick popup menu and several users don't like this change because they use copy more frequently than search. You can easily bring it to top by editing menu configuration file.

Opera hotclick popup menu before
Hotclick popup menu before 		Opera hotclick popup menu after
Hotclick popup menu after

If you don't know how to edit menu setup, see this. Under [Hotclick Popup Menu] section, replace the following 

[Hotclick Popup Menu]
Item, MI_IDM_SELSEARCH="Hotclick search, 200,,, "Search Web""
Submenu, MI_IDM_SEARCH_DUMMY_PARENT, Internal Search With
--------------------1
Item, MI_IDM_DOCCOPY=Copy
Item, M_COPY_TO_NOTE=Copy to note
Platform Win2000-Unix-Mac-QNX, Feature Voice, Item, M_HOTCLICK_MENU_ITEM_SPEAK=Speak selection
--------------------2
Item, MI_IDM_SELDICTIONARY=Hotclick search, 50
Item, MI_IDM_SELENCYCLOPED=Hotclick search, 51
--------------------3
Submenu, MI_IDM_SELTRANSLATE_EN_FR_PARENT, Translate menu
--------------------4
Item, M_HOTCLICK_POPUP_MENU_GOTO_URL="Go to page, "%t""
Item, MI_IDM_SELMAIL=Send text in mail
with 
[Hotclick Popup Menu]
Item, MI_IDM_DOCCOPY=Copy
Item, M_COPY_TO_NOTE=Copy to note
Platform Win2000-Unix-Mac-QNX, Feature Voice, Item, M_HOTCLICK_MENU_ITEM_SPEAK=Speak selection
--------------------1
Item, MI_IDM_SELSEARCH="Hotclick search, 200,,, "Search Web""
Submenu, MI_IDM_SEARCH_DUMMY_PARENT, Internal Search With
--------------------2
Item, MI_IDM_SELDICTIONARY=Hotclick search, 50
Item, MI_IDM_SELENCYCLOPED=Hotclick search, 51
--------------------3
Submenu, MI_IDM_SELTRANSLATE_EN_FR_PARENT, Translate menu
--------------------4
Item, M_HOTCLICK_POPUP_MENU_GOTO_URL="Go to page, "%t""
Item, MI_IDM_SELMAIL=Send text in mail

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How to remove Opera 'O' menu button?

2010年3月24日水曜日18:03:29

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In Opera, you can remove any button from toolbars Right click on button > Customize > Remove From Toolbar. But if you remove Opera 'O' menu button (red button in upper left corner) it will appear after next start. According to Opera employee Rijk,

This change was made on purpose to make it more difficult to hide the menu button by accident.

Opera O menu button
Opera 'O' menu button

To remove Opera 'O' menu button, Right click on button > Customize > Appearance... > Toolbars > Placement > Off

You can view Opera 'O' menu by pressing Alt key and releasing it.

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Web page looks different in Opera?

2009年11月29日日曜日15:27:26

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If web page looks different from normal then you might have enabled User Mode or style sheet. To bring back normal look disable all except Author Mode in View > Style or O Menu > Page > Style.

Opera Author Mode Style
Normal look (Author mode)

Opera Accessibility Layout Style
Accessibility layout

Opera Block Structure Style
Block structure

Opera Outline Style
Outline

Opera Table of Contents Style
Table of contents

Look with various styles

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How to open new tab with homepage in Opera?

2009年5月4日月曜日15:10:54

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Few users want to open new tab with homepage instead of Speed Dial and it can be accomplished by combining actions.

Keyboard shortcut

If you don't know how to edit keyboard shortcut see this. Change the action for keyboard shortcut, t ctrl in Application section to the following. 

New page, 1 & Go to homepage

Mouse gesture

If you don't know how to edit mouse gesture see this. Change the action for mouse gesture, GestureDown in Application section to the following. 

Open link in new page | New page & Go to homepage

Button

Drag & drop New tab button next to new tab button and then delete old new tab button.

Don't delete new tab button first.

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How to change the height of various toolbars in an Opera skin?

2009年4月5日日曜日12:38:48

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The height of toolbars in current default skin is large compared to previous default skin and it can be reduced to increase browsing space.

Create a backup of your current skin or the skin you want to change the height of toolbars.

  1. Extract skin.ini from zipped skin file.
  2. Reduce the values of Padding Top and Padding Bottom under the sections mentioned in the following table. You can also specify negative values.
    Toolbar Section
    Menu bar [Menu Button Skin]
    Main bar [Mainbar Skin]
    Personal bar [Personalbar Skin]
    Tab bar [Pagebar Button Skin]
    Address bar [Addressbar Skin]
    Navigation bar [Navigationbar Skin]
    View bar [Viewbar Skin]
    Status bar [Statusbar Skin]
  3. Update skin.ini in zipped skin file.
    You can't update an active skin.
  4. Activate modified skin from Tools > Appearance... > Skin or using Skin button.

See Opera Skinning article to know more about basics of skinning Opera.

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