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Useful opera:config (Opera Preferences Editor) entries

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Opera's preferences window Tools → Preferences... provides access to preferences the are most commonly adjusted. There are many more options that are available for you to adjust, however, they are hidden and can be found in the built-in preferences editor.

To access the hidden preferences editor, type opera:config into the address bar and press enter. To learn more about each opera:config entry, click the help link at top right side in the preferences editor.

Opera Preferences Editor
Opera Preferences Editor

The following are some useful opera:config entries.

Entry Description
BitTorrent|Enable Enables file distribution using BitTorrent
ECMAScript Available memory for JavaScript engine in kB
Highlighted Background Background of text that is highlighted (after a search for instance)
Highlighted Background Unfocused Background of text that is highlighted but has no focus
Highlighted Text Color for text that is highlighted
Highlighted Text Unfocused Color for text that is highlighted but has no focus
Selected Background9.50 Background of text that is selected
Selected Text9.50 Color for text that is selected
DiskCache|Size Disk cache size in kilobytes
Frames Show Active Shows active frame with border
IFrames Enables inline frames
ISP|Id! Custom user agent substring
User agent with custom string 'Tamil'.
Opera/9.50 (Windows NT 5.1; U; Tamil; en)
Enable Content Blocker Enables content blocker
Enable HostName Web Lookup Use Web service to search if server name lookup fails
HostName Web Lookup Address URL to Web search to use if server name lookup fails
Password Lifetime Expiry time in minutes for master password in memory
Keep Entries Days Days to keep entries in transfer manager
Addressbar Content Search9.50 Enables address bar content search
Allow Empty Workspace Permits the last tab to be closed
Alternative Page Cycle Mode Page cycle mode to use when cycling without displaying list of pages
0 = Recently used order
1 = Page bar order
Application Icon! Windows Full path to alternative icon file. See How to customize Opera icon & title?
Auto Dropdown Allows auto completion dropdown
opera:config#UserPrefs|BrowserJavaScript Whether to download and use the browser.js file. Enable by setting to 1, Opera will then download the file and set to 2.
0 = Never download or use
2 = Use and check for updates weekly
1 = browser.js signature invalid. On next check for update, a new browser.js will be downloaded and the value set to 2.
Cache Directory4 Full path to cache directory
Check For New Opera Keeps track of weekly check for new updates. Set to 0 to disable. See How to disable check for new version of Opera?
Color List Row Mode Alternate background colours in lists.
1 = light blue (default)
3 = white (off)
Ellipsis In Center Shorten button and tab names in the middle
Enable Edit Triple ClickUNIX Handling double clicks in text edit fields.
0=Double-click text to select all
1=Double-click to select word, triple-click to select all
Enable Mouse Flips9.51 Enables mouse flips (FlipBack & FlipForward)
Enable Usage Statistics Enables usage statistics sent to Opera. See Help us help you! for more info.
Enable config URL Enables opera:config
If you want to enable opera:config after disabling, close Opera, delete the line Enable config URL=0 in opera6.ini file.
History Navigation Mode 1 = Automatic mode
2 = Compatible mode
3 = Fast mode
Read more about history navigation.
Ignore Target Disallows documents to create new windows/pages
Max Direct History Lines Maximum numbers of typed-in URLs
Maximum Font Size Do not allow fonts larger than value in pixels
Min Allowed GDI ResourcesWindows Attempt to free system resources when low by value in percentage
Number Of Hits Preferred number of search results per page.
0 = Use search engine's own default
Google only. To work in other engines, you have to append &x=%i to search engine address where x is search query name for number of results. For Google, http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&num=%i
Open Dialog Under MouseUNIX Launch dialog where mouse pointer is already located
opera:config#UserPrefs|Scale Default document zoom, in percent
Scroll Is Pan9.50 Enables grab-and-scroll mode. Alternatively, hold down Ctrl+Alt and then click & drag the page to enable on the fly scroll.
Enable Scroll Marker9.60 Enables scroll marker. Scroll maker will indicate the previous position of the bottom or top of the page after a scroll action.
0 = Off
1 = Show when reaching the bottom or top of the page, and when the last scroll action scrolls less than a full page's amount
2 = Always show when scrolling
Shows Address In Caption! Displays URL rather than page title in title bar
Show Bookmarks In Addressfield Autocompletion9.60 Enables bookmarks in the address field auto-completion drop-down
Speed Dial Search Type Set to 0 to remove Speed Dial search bar (versions below 9.50 only)
Speed Dial State Available options:
0 = Folded ("Show speed dial" message)
1 = Normal view
2 = Read Only (Hides "What is Speed Dial" & "Show speed dial" buttons)
3 = Disabled
Title Main caption on title bar. Shows standard caption by default; Page title and Opera. Add "%s" to display Opera's build number. See How to customize Opera icon & title?
Use Integrated Search Uses available multi-search field or "Find in page" field instead of dialog for "Find in page"
opera:config#UserPrefs|UserJavaScriptonHTTPS Allows User JavaScript on secure servers. Use with caution.
Visited Pages9.50 Enables content search
VisitedLink|StrikeThrough Strikethrough on visited links

! = Requires Opera restart
X.YZ = Available in and after Opera version X.YZ
UNIX = Available only in UNIX
Windows = Available only in Windows

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Comments

Darken 20. May 2008, 21:26

Excellent, thanks.

pfelelep 21. May 2008, 14:14

thanks indeed! :up:

anamorphose 21. May 2008, 17:59

Excellent ! you are doing a fine job.

el_esponjoso 28. May 2008, 00:07

Hi Tamil
Congratulations by this blog, it has very useful information for whole opera users.

I have a blog: http://my.opera.com/el_esponjoso/blog/ in spanish, I had translated almost all your posts but this post will be very difficult for me writing it because the information is on a table and I don`t know how to put information in tables in posts of My Opera blogs,

so I ask you, (if only you want or wish), please sending me by PM the source code of this post for facilitating me the writing of this post in spanish.

Cheers.
:wink: :wink: :wink:

Tamil 28. May 2008, 03:19

Originally posted by el_esponjoso:

please sending me by PM the source code of this post for facilitating me the writing of this post in spanish.

Check your PM or right click on this page → Source :wink:

el_esponjoso 28. May 2008, 04:37

Thank you very much by the source code, Tamil

Cheers
:wink: :wink: :wink:

leoalassia 12. June 2008, 20:08

Hi Tamil, i have recently upload opera 9.27 to 9.5.
I want to synchronize my opera, but the menu File->Synchronize does not exists! do you know if it is some configuration mistake, or a bug or whatever?

Tamil 12. June 2008, 21:17

Originally posted by leoalassia:

I want to synchronize my opera, but the menu File->Synchronize does not exists!

See Opera FAQ #76.

leoalassia 13. June 2008, 04:07

thanks a lot!
but now when I restarted opera, all my bookmarks dissapears!!! (I entered in links.opera.com and there were, but not in my pc!)

rseiler 23. June 2008, 22:17

Addressbar Content Search - Enable address bar content search
Visited Pages - Enables content search

Those two could be clearer.

Addressbar Content Search - Determines whether to search the contents of the database in the addressbar.
Visited Pages - Controls whether full-page content should be indexed or not.

Anonymous 7. July 2008, 18:31

Anonymous writes:

Great tips ! :)

Is it possible to have the IS ID to change the string instead of just added a substring ?
It doesn't really spoof the id, it just add another string to the first...

Tamil 7. July 2008, 18:33

Is it possible to have the IS ID to change the string instead of just added a substring ?

Nope.

Anonymous 23. July 2008, 06:30

Kostas writes:

Hi Tamil,
Thanks for your info. It Is a very interesting blog.
I would like to ask your help, for a problem I have. Using version 9.51, I cannot keep the entered addresses. For me it is very useful, the addresses to be kept and to be reused without entered words.
Thanks in advance.
Kostas.

Tamil 23. July 2008, 07:09

Do you use Delete private data with Clear history of visited pages option?

Anonymous 23. July 2008, 08:08

Anonymous writes:

Thank you Tamil :-)
Everythink its ok.

iam1simpleguy 28. October 2008, 11:27

hi tamil,i am not able to open preferences when i click from tools preferences or even CTRL+F12 ,dont know where what went wrong:confused:

Tamil 28. October 2008, 11:45

Did you change anything in dialog.ini file?

iam1simpleguy 28. October 2008, 15:17

yeah u found it. n now its working as i restored dialog.ini.but not sure why i changed dialog.ini as i was reading your tips n tricks n doin needed changes,u have any idea :idea:

Tamil 28. October 2008, 15:32

You should not replace default dialog.ini with my dialog.ini file as it contains only modifications. See the instructions in More color schemes in Opera.

iam1simpleguy 28. October 2008, 15:43

yeeaaaas u are right n both are working..thx ...again

Tamil 28. October 2008, 15:48

:smile:

Anonymous 24. June 2009, 18:40

Anonymous writes:

Hi
I have black berry storm . I want to read Tamil web site . please help me .

Thanks.

Tamil 24. June 2009, 23:31

Sorry, I don't know.

dapxin 24. June 2009, 23:38

you should be able to use this http://www.google.com/gwt/n to reformat the pages. goodluck

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