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Open page with preferred page zoom in Opera

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 12:15:11 PM

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The font size of Tamil newspaper, Dinamalar is too small. For comfortable reading I have to zoom page to 150% every time. It is annoying to change page zoom every time as there is no setting for it in site preferences but you can load page with preferred page zoom easily.

Dinamalar.com with default page zoom
Dinamalar.com with default page zoom (100%)

  1. Open site in a new window and change page zoom to required level.
  2. Save active window as a new session. O Menu > Tabs and Windows > Sessions > Save This Session... > Change session name and enable 'Only save active window' or File > Sessions > Save This Session... > Change session name and enable 'Only save active window'
  3. Add saved session to a Speed Dial slot.
  4. (Optional) Change Speed Dial thumbnail image.

Similarly, you can open page with fit to width enabled or with no images.

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Comments

Charles SchlossChas4 Wednesday, September 1, 2010 12:53:40 PM

up

Artur „Jurgi” JurgawkaJurgi Wednesday, September 1, 2010 1:35:16 PM

there is no setting for it in site preferences


People were asking for such a feature long time ago… With no effect. :(

This workaround here is interesting, but most of the sites I read I open from RSS feed. :/

Tamil Wednesday, September 1, 2010 1:56:41 PM

Originally posted by Jurgi:

People were asking for such a feature long time ago…

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

Originally posted by Jurgi:

but most of the sites I read I open from RSS feed.

You can use style sheet.

d4rkn1ght Wednesday, September 1, 2010 3:13:08 PM

Great! up

Angelikiellinidata Wednesday, September 1, 2010 4:37:18 PM

thanks for sharing! up yes banana

Artur „Jurgi” JurgawkaJurgi Wednesday, September 1, 2010 7:03:05 PM

Originally posted by Tamil:

You can use style sheet.


To be honest, I don't know how. In CSS subject I've managed to change font size and block some content. Perhaps in the future… smile

StelianLZ2SDC Wednesday, September 1, 2010 7:12:11 PM

Thanks Tamil!up

Ankuryadavankur Wednesday, September 1, 2010 10:11:35 PM

Tamil you are amazing! You've combined so many things to make this idea work.

Hanvordhanvord Thursday, September 2, 2010 2:13:22 PM

up cheers

Dacotah Thursday, September 2, 2010 3:26:06 PM

cool
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Dacotah Thursday, September 2, 2010 3:58:48 PM

bigsmile

KarenNerak Sunday, September 5, 2010 5:49:09 PM

This is really awesome, Tamil. Thank you for sharing it! yes


Tamil Sunday, September 5, 2010 6:11:20 PM

http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/Dance2.gif -

KarenNerak Sunday, September 5, 2010 6:14:06 PM

yeshappy

Kamaleshkamalesh Thursday, September 9, 2010 6:20:26 PM

Wow, Tamil! Very cool, very creative workaround to not having this in Opera's Site Prefs. wink

(Hopefully, Opera devs get around to adding this into the base code.)

Abhinavdecodedthought Saturday, September 25, 2010 7:14:30 AM

up
but I am fine with the default setttings smile

tisazalay Saturday, October 16, 2010 5:20:16 PM

Thanks, that really helped me!, is there a way to set the default zoom for reading mails? When I read one in M2 it's always 100%, would like it to be 120%. Thanks again.
tisazalay

Tamil Sunday, October 17, 2010 4:58:51 AM

How do you open M2?

tisazalay Monday, October 18, 2010 6:12:21 PM

I open M2 by right clicking on the Opera icon in the tray and selecting read mail, (I also created a shortcut to the same and a custom button for it also), but I usually use the tray way, then it loads automatically the unread messages and display them, but they appear with 100% zoom, I need to press + or go to the O menu ->page ->zoom to resize the messages)

I would like to have 120% zoom as default for mails (I do that for webpages)... Thanks
tisazalay

Tamil Tuesday, October 19, 2010 7:17:48 AM

If you don't know how to edit menu setup see this. Under [Tray Popup Menu] change the following line 
Feature Mail, Item, M_INDEX_ITEM_POPUP_MENU_READ        = Read mail
to 
Feature Mail, Item, M_INDEX_ITEM_POPUP_MENU_READ        = Read mail & Zoom to, 120

tisazalay Tuesday, October 19, 2010 1:33:07 PM

WOW, that's amazing, I did customize the three locations with your tip, the "& Zoom to 120" made it! (menu, toolbar and keyboard), the menu and keyboard where straight through, for the toolbar I used the custom button maker with the parameters you hinted and It worked marvelously. I hope the Opera guys pay you big money! on the meanwhile, God Bless You! Thanks again.
tisazalay

ConstantineUAConstantine Saturday, October 23, 2010 12:49:41 PM

Tamil, tell me please how to disable (or enable) Fit to width function and mask Opera as IE for ALL sites?

Tamil Saturday, October 23, 2010 2:02:44 PM

Originally posted by UAConstantine:

how to disable (or enable) Fit to width function

CTRL+F12 > Webpages > Fit to width

Originally posted by UAConstantine:

mask Opera as IE for ALL sites?

Not possible.

ConstantineUAConstantine Saturday, October 23, 2010 2:05:40 PM

Correct is not
CTRL+F12 > Advanced > Webpages > Fit to width
but
CTRL+F12 > Webpages > Fit to width
smile

Tamil Saturday, October 23, 2010 2:09:37 PM

Sorry, I forget to remove it.

diogenes Sunday, December 19, 2010 4:29:27 AM

I found this on:

www.webmasterkb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/opera/9545/Page-Zoom-in-Opera-10-5

You can safely adjust this setting in opera:config instead. I'm just so
used to hacking INI files from the days before opera:config that it's what
I automatically think of.

Here is a link to the setting:

opera:config#UserPrefs|Scale

Tamil Sunday, December 19, 2010 8:06:49 AM

You can also change using preferences (CTRL+F12 > Webpages > Page zoom) but it will be applied for all sites.

Unregistered user Sunday, June 12, 2011 6:46:51 AM

Andy writes: Hi I used your advice to see the incoming mail at 120% zoom from the tray menu and the mail menu. How can I do to see 120% whe i access it from the side panel? Also, how can i set the "Compose window at 120%"? Thanks! Andrei

Tamil Monday, June 13, 2011 7:35:42 AM

How can I do to see 120% whe i access it from the side panel?

AFAIK, not possible.

Also, how can i set the "Compose window at 120%"?

How do you open compose window?

Unregistered user Monday, June 13, 2011 8:44:58 AM

Anonymous writes: Hi Tamil, There are 3 ways: - Ctrl+M (more rare) - The compose button (http://prntscr.com/21sbd) - by replying/forwardig an existing email Thanks

Tamil Tuesday, June 14, 2011 10:26:27 AM

Ctrl+M

Search for keyboard shortcut, m ctrl and change action to the following. 
Compose mail & Zoom in, 20


The compose button (http://prntscr.com/21sbd)
- by replying/forwardig an existing email

Add the following buttons and delete old buttons.

Compose, Reply & Forward

Unregistered user Sunday, June 19, 2011 12:59:11 AM

Anonymous writes: All work great except the reply, which seems broken. Btw, how can one edit buttons, maybe I can do it myself.... Thanks

Tamil Sunday, June 19, 2011 1:16:39 AM

Use Button Creator.

How to use Quote function:

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

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