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Opera delete private data dialog tweaks

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Delete private data dialog tweaks will

  1. Remove Detailed Options button.
  2. Add buttons for all items except Clear all e-mail account passwords & Clear all Wand passwords (to prevent accidental deletion) and you can quickly delete a single item without clearing previously selections. Buttons with * will reset your previous selection(s).
  3. Add two buttons for Clear history of visited pages, one to Clear history of visited links and another to Clear history of typed-in addresses.

Opera delete private data dialog after tweak
Opera delete private data dialog after tweak

Download (file contains all dialog tweaks) or create a text file dialog-modified.ini with following content, enter path to Dialog Configuration file, save and restart Opera.

Opera Preferences version 2.0
; Dialog specification file for Opera 7.0
; This file is stored in UTF-8 encoding

[Clear Private Data Dialog]
Title = DI_CLEAR_ALL_PRIVATE_DATA
Group, 0, , 0, 0, 0, 0, Size
;Group, 0, , 0, 0, 430, 90, Size Right
MultilineEdit, D_CLEAR_PRIVATE_DATA_WARNING, Description_label, 0, 0, 430, 60, Size right
;Expand, D_DELETE_PRIVATE_DATA_DETAILS, Details_expand, 0, 65, 300, 23, Size right, End = Switch groups, "Advanced_group"
;Group, 0, Advanced_group , 20, 90, 410, 300, Size right
Group, 0, , 0, 60, 410, 300, Size right
Checkbox, DI_IDM_CLEAR_NPCOOKIES, Delete_temporary_cookies, 0, 0, 250, 23, Size right
Button, * Delete Temporary Cookies,, 230, 0, 180, 23, Move right = Set Preference, "Clear Private Data Dialog|CheckFlags=4" & Delete private data & Click default button & Close page, 1 & Delay, 10 & Close page, 1
Checkbox, DI_IDM_CLEAR_ALLCOOKIES, Delete_all_cookies, 0, 30, 250, 23, Size right
Button, Manage Cookies,, 230, 30, 87, 23, Move right = Manage cookies
Button, * Delete Cookies,, 320, 30, 88, 23, Move right = Set Preference, "Clear Private Data Dialog|CheckFlags=1" & Delete private data & Click default button & Close page, 1 & Delay, 10 & Close page, 1
Checkbox, DI_IDM_CLEAR_PASSDOCS, Delete_passworddocs_and_data, 0, 60, 250, 23, Size right
Button, * Delete Password Protected Pages,, 230, 60, 180, 23, Move right = Set Preference, "Clear Private Data Dialog|CheckFlags=2" & Delete private data & Click default button & Close page, 1 & Delay, 10 & Close page, 1
Checkbox, DI_IDM_CLEAR_CACHE, Clear_cache, 0, 90, 250, 23, Size right
Button, Delete Cache, Empty_cache_now_button, 230, 90, 180, 23, Move right = Clear disk cache & Delay, 10 & Close page, 1
Checkbox, DI_IDM_CLEAR_GLOBHIS, Clear_visited_pages, 0, 120, 250, 23, Size right
Button, Clear Visited,, 230, 120, 87, 23, Move right = Clear visited history & Delay, 10 & Close page, 1
Button, Clear Typed-in,, 320, 120, 88, 23, Move right = Clear typed in history & Delay, 10 & Close page, 1
Checkbox, DI_IDM_CLEAR_DOWNHIS, Clear_transferred_files_history, 0, 150, 250, 23, Size right
Button, Clear All Finished Transfers,, 230, 150, 180, 23, Move right = Manage, "transfers" & Remove all finished transfers & Close page, 1
Checkbox, D_CLEAR_PRIVATE_DATA_CLEAR_BOOKM_VISITEDTIME, Clear_bookmark_visited_time, 0, 180, 250, 23, Size right
Button, * Clear Bookmark Visited Time,, 230, 180, 180, 23, Move right = Set Preference, "Clear Private Data Dialog|CheckFlags=1024" & Delete private data & Click default button & Close page, 1 & Delay, 10 & Close page, 1
Checkbox, DI_IDM_CLEAR_MAILPASS, Clear_email_account_passwords, 0, 210, 250, 23, Size right
Checkbox, DI_IDM_CLEAR_WANDPASS, Clear_wand_passwords, 0, 240, 250, 23, Size right
Button, D_CLEAR_PRIVATE_DATA_MANAGE_WAND_PW,, 230, 240, 180, 23, Move right = Manage wand
Checkbox, D_CLEAR_PRIVATE_DATA_CLOSE_ALL, Close_all_windows, 0, 270, 250, 23, Size right
Button, Empty Trash,, 230, 270, 87, 23, Move right = Empty page trash
Button, Close All Tabs,, 320, 270, 88, 23, Move right, End = Close all
You have to update dialog-modified.ini when you install major version of Opera.

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Comments

Mağruf ÇolakoğluZAHEK Wednesday, July 2, 2008 1:36:37 PM

Ohh,great:)Thanks Tamil.

Unregistered user Thursday, July 3, 2008 12:14:18 AM

JimBob writes: Great, thanks. How about including the "Buttons with * will reset your previous selection(s)." legend somewhere on the dialog? Is there any way to make the "Detailed Options" dropdown action, sticky? i.e so that it always displays all the options, by default?

Unregistered user Thursday, July 3, 2008 1:31:38 AM

JimBob writes: Oops, just noticed "Remove Detailed Options button." :-O

rseiler Thursday, July 3, 2008 4:59:55 AM

Now we just need a tweak to make such things as Manage Cookies, Manage Wand Passwords, Manage Site Preferences, and some other things, not take a loooooooong time to open (and often close) when you have a lot of cookies, passwords, etc.

Willem NuijenltGuillaume Saturday, July 5, 2008 1:40:10 AM

I noticed that from v9.50, from this dialog you cannot not remove temporarily downloaded files anymore. I suppose this dialog mod doesn't change that behavior, does it?

Tamil Saturday, July 5, 2008 4:00:18 AM

Originally posted by ltGuillaume:

I suppose this dialog mod doesn't change that behavior

yes

Unregistered user Sunday, July 20, 2008 10:27:08 AM

chrisk writes: hi all, wonderful dialog...but in O9.51 the "clear typed-in" button does not do anything. any ideas on what needs to be done to make it work?? (so annoying that whole issue of clearing address entries, history etc.) thanks, chrisk

Tamil Monday, July 21, 2008 5:38:38 AM

Can you see any typed-in addresses when you click down arrow in address field?

Unregistered user Monday, July 21, 2008 9:30:35 AM

Anonymous writes: hi tamil, and thanks for your reply. yes, obviously i have these entries, and lots of them, which is why i'm trying to figure a way to get rid of them (without losing all of history, nor with fiddling with the adr file etc). your dialog, if i understand right, should allow that...but here it doesn't work. chrisk

Tamil Monday, July 21, 2008 9:37:53 AM

Drag & drop Clear typed-in button to any toolbar and try.

ckvs Tuesday, July 22, 2008 6:33:00 AM

thanks tamil,
yes, that button works.
and indeed...my apologies!!!...after reading this
http://my.opera.com/bpm/blog/the-address-field-dropdown-control-panel-we-dont-have?cid=5706179
i realized that the button on your dialog panel _did_ work! as bpm argues in his analysis, the distinctions between what is actually on, or not on, the drop-down in the address bar, are so fuzzy and confusing!

so, altogether:
your dialog is, in the present state of O development, indeed the most useful solution in a situation of unnecessarily frustrating "improvement" of the browser.

thanks,
chrisk

StelianLZ2SDC Friday, August 8, 2008 8:17:29 AM

Thank you very Tamil!I am always and study here new things for the favorite Opera!
With greeting from Bulgaria! up

EricJH Wednesday, August 27, 2008 12:53:41 PM

Thank you for this dialogue. wizard

I noticed that with the 9.60 branch it made only four of six synchable objects visible. I posted about it in the beta forums and kslee came up with a solution that fixed the problem: http://my.opera.com/community/forums/findpost.pl?id=2713319 .

May be you can change your file accordingly?

Tamil Wednesday, August 27, 2008 2:09:05 PM

If I update now, 9.5x users will see check boxes without names and it will cause confusion.

EricJH Wednesday, August 27, 2008 3:57:01 PM

That makes sense. Or offer two versions. One for 9.5x and for the 9.6x branch. I am using the modified version on 9.6.

Tamil Thursday, August 28, 2008 5:58:23 PM

Dialog file will be modified between snapshots and it is difficult to maintain in long term. You can DIY easily using WinMerge.

RX8 Sunday, September 7, 2008 12:07:51 PM

Hello

This window dont open in Opera v.9.52 http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Blogs/O%20Delete%20Private%20Data.png

This button Clear typed-in is integrated in Opera menu (toolbar) but dont open this window http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Blogs/O%20Delete%20Private%20Data.png

dialog-modified.ini is in C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Application Data\Opera\Opera\profile\dialog-modified.ini

Dialog Configuration - is Ok path.

I little understand English language.

Tamil Sunday, September 7, 2008 2:01:25 PM

Did you restart Opera?

RX8 Sunday, September 7, 2008 2:33:14 PM

Yes.

Change path with C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Application Data\Opera\Opera\profile\toolbar\dialog-modified.ini

I restart the Opera but she don`t work.

Tamil Sunday, September 7, 2008 2:45:14 PM

Did you enter new path in Dialog Configuration?

RX8 Sunday, September 7, 2008 2:54:11 PM

Tamil Sunday, September 7, 2008 2:59:34 PM

What happens when you click Tools Delete private data... ?

RX8 Sunday, September 7, 2008 3:15:52 PM

Tamil Sunday, September 7, 2008 3:21:37 PM

What is there in Dialog Configuration box?

RX8 Sunday, September 7, 2008 3:32:53 PM

Tamil Sunday, September 7, 2008 3:40:55 PM

It should be path to downloaded dialog-modified.ini file in your hard drive. (C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Application Data\Opera\Opera\profile\dialog-modified.ini) Change it and restart Opera.

RX8 Sunday, September 7, 2008 3:55:39 PM

It finally works, thank you.

It looks that way in cyrillic alphabet:

http://img235.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hhhhhhhhdl4.jpg

To communicate with You ( Tamil ) I got help from my best friend and a girl ( MiMi ), friend of mine.

Thank you, Tamil.

Tamil Sunday, September 7, 2008 4:07:19 PM

To avoid overlapping text, open dialog-modified.ini file & replace DI_IDM_CLEAR_NPCOOKIES (delete temporary cookies) with short name in your language. Similary, replace for all overlapping text.

RX8 Sunday, September 7, 2008 5:03:41 PM

Encoding is not right, with smenyah it possible for Cyrillic, but appear yeroglif.


http://img231.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pfka1.jpg

Tamil Sunday, September 7, 2008 5:31:24 PM

Then you have to edit language file.

RX8 Sunday, September 7, 2008 6:00:16 PM

C:\Program Files\Opera\locale\bg\bg.lng ?

What's changed ?

Tamil Sunday, September 7, 2008 6:13:36 PM

C:\Program Files\Opera\locale\bg\bg.lng ?

yes Make a backup before editing.

Search for items shown in delete private data dialog box next to checkbox and replace with short name.

RX8 Sunday, September 7, 2008 6:35:47 PM

Window expands, but from your file, replaced (translated) in Cyrillic, become yeroglif.

Tamil Monday, September 8, 2008 6:33:59 AM

Download & replace existing dialog-modified.ini

Tamil Monday, September 8, 2008 1:04:49 PM

Use english language instead of yours for that one.

RX8 Monday, September 8, 2008 1:35:05 PM

So u suggest i use the english language for that menu because u have no idea how to change it in Cyrillic, right ?

Tamil Monday, September 8, 2008 2:19:05 PM

I know but default string will make button long & some strings are not available in language file.

darumaki Thursday, March 5, 2009 5:24:25 PM

How about a button for easy access, instead of going to the tool menu

Tamil Thursday, March 5, 2009 8:43:17 PM

ptlycldy Sunday, March 8, 2009 8:06:09 PM

The "Clear Typed-In" button works fine. Thanks. But...

Is there a way to edit/delete specific typed in addresses like you can in the history (Cntrl-Shft-H)?

That would allow you to keep most addresses, but drop private ones.

teodule Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:56:50 PM

Hello all of you....
I have a serious concern about privacy using Opera. The first point is that the cache is not completely emptied: links with sitecheck links remain and tell a lot about the sites you have visited (of course you shouldn't visit those sites !!!)
The second point: when I place the mouse cursor on an input box/field (e.g the search field of Google, and then depress the Down arrow then an input combobox appears which I cannot get rid of. As an example whenever I mistakenly press down arrow in the google input box I get: http://peachyforum.com/forums/t/193242.aspx. I have found no way to get rid of it. Annoying....Any suggestion ? Thanks

Tamil Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:54:28 PM

Unregistered user Saturday, August 29, 2009 5:55:48 PM

samystic writes: Hi! how to change 'Delete' button name in the above dialog to 'Delete All'?

Tamil Sunday, August 30, 2009 7:30:33 AM

You have to modify string in language file but this will change delete to delete all in all dialogs.

dude09 Thursday, September 17, 2009 6:42:38 PM

You might wanna add an Empty page trash button beside the Close All Tabs button.

Empty page trash command will allow user to empty the closed tabs history without close all opened tabs (a.k.a. Clear List of Closed Tabs).

Tamil Friday, September 18, 2009 10:44:02 AM

Done & thanks.

dapxin Friday, October 16, 2009 12:36:59 PM

Has this been updated for Opera 10 ? smile

Tamil Friday, October 16, 2009 2:02:00 PM

yes

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