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How to add more Speed Dials in Opera?

Friday, 13. June 2008, 11:16:59

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Opera has 9 Speed Dials by default but you can add more in Opera 9.50.

  1. Note the path to speeddial.ini file.
  2. Close Opera.
  3. Open speeddial.ini file in any text editor.
  4. Add the following lines and adjust number of rows & columns to your need. If you use widescreen monitor, increase number of columns. Use trial & error method and adjust rows & columns so that Speed Dials will fit on your screen properly. 
    [Size]
Rows=3
Columns=4
  5. Start Opera.

More Speed Dials in Opera
Click on image to view fullsize screenshot

Keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+1 to Ctrl+9 will open Speed Dials 1-9 respectively. To open extra Speed Dials using keyboard shortcut, create new keyboard shortcuts in Application section with action Go to speed dial, X where X is Speed Dial number.

To remove Speed Dial search box,
Above Opera 9.60, Tools > Preferences... > Search > [Select] Speed Dial search engine > Edit... > Details>> > [Disable] Use as Speed Dial search engine
Below Opera 9.60, set Speed Dial Search Type to 0

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Update: Nov 22, 2008

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