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2. May 2010, 02:30:04

ryanknapper

Posts: 8

Keyboard command for changing tabs

The default Mac option for changing tabs is Command+Shift+Open Bracket/Close Bracket. With 10.53 this behavior seems to have changed, but to exactly what I don't know. Sometimes it does change the tab but most of the time it changes the page within the current tab. I haven't yet figured out what it's action is.

Can anyone tell me what it does, or hopefully how I can get it back to just switching tabs?

2. May 2010, 04:52:00

Vectronic

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Posts: 2538

I don't use Mac, so maybe I shouldn't even bother responding.

But according to the keystrokes for Windows (searching for "Platform Mac") they are sill the same commands, defined as:

} ctrl = Switch to next page
{ ctrl = Switch to previous page

Translated: Command+Shift+[ or ]

But...
] ctrl = Forward or Fast Forward
[ ctrl = back

So maybe you're missing Shift sometimes? Keyboard is wearing out, or maybe Opera just got worse at keystrokes, and they should be fully defined as "command shift [" etc, rather than the sort of abbreviated ones.

2. May 2010, 08:13:50

OakdaleFTL

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Why not use single-key shortcuts, "1" and "2", for this? Would it conflict with some macro program?
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2. May 2010, 15:06:48

Opera Software

daniel

Mac product tester, Opera Software

Posts: 1287

Control–Tab (tab bar)
Control–Shift–Tab (tab bar in reverse)

or

Option–Tab (tab cycler)
Option–Shift–Tab (tab cycler in reverse)

2. May 2010, 22:19:08

brumbles

Posts: 68

cmd+option+left and right allow you to move between tabs.

2. May 2010, 23:43:06

ryanknapper

Posts: 8

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Command-Shift-]/[ is standard aross many Mac applications. Firefox, Terminal, Safari… Opera used to work too.

20. May 2010, 14:10:21

sjwoodman

Posts: 1

I agree with @ryanknapper - switching tabs with command+shift+[/] used to work. I've tried updating to the latest Beta and still doesn't work. I've also tried changing the settings in the shortcut key options but can't get that to work either.

It is incredibly annoying. I know that there are other ways of switching tabs but some of them require you to be double jointed in your fingers! sad

Simon

23. August 2010, 12:21:43

notavailable33

Posts: 2

You can remove cmd+[ and cmd+] shortcuts (forward/back) and then cmd+{ and cmd+} will work. But it works perfectly fine in 10.10... I've filed a DSK-300010 about it in May...

Each time I try new opera version I have to go back to 10.10. But now 10.10 stopped working with gmail (cannot input reply text), so it is more than annoying.

My patience is at the verge of switching to Chrome. sad

24. August 2010, 17:15:15

MarkLJackson

Posts: 315

I have always used "^ + tab" for for moving in tabs, and "⌘ + tab" for moving between windows. This is standard on Mac Apps.

As for shift + command + / that brings up Help. That is a UI standard.

I agree notavailible that 10.10 was the last stable and useful version, and I have returned to it. I don't even use it for logging in anywhere (I am typing this Safari) as cookies are horrible munged in 10.61 (which I am testing, again).

You can remove cmd+[ and cmd+] shortcuts (forward/back) and then cmd+{ and cmd+} will work.



Did you mean
⌘ + [
⌘ + ]
⌘ + {
⌘ + }
?

24. August 2010, 18:55:35

notavailable33

Posts: 2

Originally posted by MarkLJackson:

I have always used "^ + tab" for for moving in tabs, and "⌘ + tab" for moving between windows. This is standard on Mac Apps.



It works, but it's cumbersome, somehow the ones below work for me much better (and they're also consistent between the apps.
Also, this is regression bug, those shortcuts are still in standard opera keyboard shortcuts, they simply stopped working properly.

Originally posted by MarkLJackson:

You can remove cmd+[ and cmd+] shortcuts (forward/back) and then cmd+{ and cmd+} will work.



Did you mean
⌘ + [
⌘ + ]
⌘ + {
⌘ + }
?



Exactly.

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