Right Click Save Image

Opera is SERIOUSLY lacking the most basic feature ever, RIGHT CLICK > SAVE IMAGE



Try it:
ebay link

Try it in other browsers; it doesn't work there either. Ebay's employing tactics to prevent it. If you click on another linked image (like an avatar in this forum) you'll see what it looks like normally.

Originally posted by lope3:

Opera is SERIOUSLY lacking the most basic feature ever

No, it's not. But you are lacking sense.

Although I can confirm it, it's the same condition with IE 9, Firefox 8 and Opera 11.60.

This is what Firefox 8 gives-



This is what Internet Explorer 9 gives-



But when we click on the image, it opens enlarged in a new tab and the results are interesting-

Opera 11.60-



Firefox 8 -



NOTE: It is important to note that while a Copy option is there it didn't work when I tried pasting it in a word processor.

Internet Explorer 9-



Don't know how but Internet Explorer 9 really manages to save the image when enlarged - I saved it on my computer just to make sure IE 9 doesn't save a blank image - but it managed to save the image.

Though this feature is already there in Opera if you try out other websites.

Well...it doesn't work in Opera like it does in IE but you can do this:

P.S. : @Swapnil99pro Why would you put it in a word processor?

Originally posted by smartydix:

P.S. : @Swapnil99pro Why would you put it in a word processor?

Just to try whether copying works or not. By word processor, I mean Microsoft Word, OpenOffice.org Writer etc.

Well I thought "Picture" processors would be better suited for that purpose

Originally posted by smartydix:

Well I thought "Picture" processors would be better suited for that purpose

Unfortunately I don't have Photoshop on my Windows 7 PC.

I think the problem here is that many websites don't want you to save their images and they found a simple and annoying trick: Classify the image as a background image.

For background images, most browsers just do not show a "download image" or "copy image to clipboard" option.

I don't like this too, because if you really need this image, then you have to dig around in the source code to find its URL, or use a screenshot and cut the image out of it.

My wish is:

Add "download" and "copy" options for background images!

Originally posted by Swapnil99pro:

Unfortunately I don't have Photoshop on my Windows 7 PC.

But you've got mspaint. Image processor doesn't equal Photoshop.

Originally posted by Saskatchewan:

But you've got mspaint. Image processor doesn't equal Photoshop.

Yeah but I don't like using it much. Anyways, I mostly copy images to word processors only to make projects; so the first testcase for 'copy' function was a word processor in my mind. Will use MS-paint in the future. Though Firefox's copy function doesn't work when pasting into MS-Paint too, so nothing that makes a difference.

some kind of images, like twitter backgrounds, it is not possible to do the "save image" normally, only using the dragonfly to find the image url

Try using the free Snipping Tool in Windows 7. (Although the OP looks like he might be using Windows 2000 or XP in Classic mode.)

Originally posted by avoidz:

Try using the free Snipping Tool in Windows 7. (Although the OP looks like he might be using Windows 2000 or XP in Classic mode.)

I wanna a native solution. Firefox has it, why not Opera?

Originally posted by ozoratsubasa:

Firefox has it, why not Opera?

Because its a waste of time duplicating code for something that already exists for most users. That sort of thing is something Extension authors can add if there is some need for it.

LOL till there We'll have to use the Dragonfly to find the link of the Image for that while I could simply to do a "right mouse button -> save background"
And the worst, I'll have to download a extension only for that?

Ok, ok...

Try this simple CSS fix:

@charset "utf-8";

.ic-cp, .ic-p
{
    display: none !important;
}

The gray borders around the image will be gone, but you can save the image. Is it a good tradeoff?

Installing user CSS:

1. Create a folder for storing user CSS files.
2. Store the CSS into a CSS file, such as "eBay.css".
3. http://www.ebay.com/ > Right click > Edit Site Preferences... > Display > Under "My style sheet", select "Choose..." > Select the CSS file > OK.
4. http://cgi.ebay.com/ > Right click > Edit Site Preferences... > Display > Under "My style sheet", select "Choose..." > Select the CSS file > OK.

If you have other eBay domains, make sure you add the user CSS too.

Thanks XP1 - this issue has been driving me bonkers for ages, and is just about the only reason I had to dive off & use IE, which has always left a nasty taste in the mouth.
Seems I now don't have to.
Will that css file generally display all pages on all sites OK (ie could it be used as a default style sheet?) [That is a question from a total website/browser/stylesheet ignoramus]

BTW, for any who come here (and there have been some nasty exchanges on this topic in other posts):
Ebay is NOT stopping the Save image thing, as the option is there for both listings and "enlarged pictures" in IE8 - which is why it was rather irritating it not appearing in Opera.

It WOULD be really nice if a future release of Opera could somehow make this long-standing irritation go away...