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URL Drag&Drop to *.url file
Well, I searched this forum but couldn't find the request for this handy feature.Like in Internet Explorer or Firefox, one can drag'n'drop the current url with it's favicon on to the desktop/folder/... and a .url file is automatically created with which one can open that url by clicking on it.
Thanks for your time!
I don't think it ever uses the favicon, but Opera does (should do) the the rest. Drag any link to the desktop, it will create a shortcut to it, using the link text.
For the Addressbar, you have to drag/drop the favicon itself, not the actual text.
For the Addressbar, you have to drag/drop the favicon itself, not the actual text.
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> For the Addressbar, you have to drag/drop the favicon itself, not the actual text.
Yes, that's what I meant; sry if I was a little bit unclear.
So, this procedure works for you? Hmm.... I only get the blocked mouse-icon (seen in the attachment)
drag-url-to-desktop.jpg
Yes, that's what I meant; sry if I was a little bit unclear.
So, this procedure works for you? Hmm.... I only get the blocked mouse-icon (seen in the attachment)
drag-url-to-desktop.jpg
3. May 2010, 08:18:03 (edited)
What Operating System?... It's working in Windows... I'll reboot into Linux and see if it works there in a bit.
Edit: Working in Linux too... Fedora 12 at least, Ubuntu 10.04 is being a pain so I won't bother...
Edit: Working in Linux too... Fedora 12 at least, Ubuntu 10.04 is being a pain so I won't bother...
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Well, just tried it on a Winxp machine... it's working. But I'm using Opera-Usb, so I tried that in XP: still working.
Next I installed the newest opera browser on my Win7 box, but it didn't work. Even when started as administrator.
So I have to conclude, that this is currently not working in Win7-x64? (I kinda doubt that, but what else could be the problem?)
Next I installed the newest opera browser on my Win7 box, but it didn't work. Even when started as administrator.
So I have to conclude, that this is currently not working in Win7-x64? (I kinda doubt that, but what else could be the problem?)
3. May 2010, 12:26:33 (edited)
It might not be working... I can't test Win7 since I got mad at it and formatted the drive for Linux...lol
My Vista SP2 32bit box is working fine though, at least in that regard...
Edit: as well as XP SP3 (the one I'm posting from).
My Vista SP2 32bit box is working fine though, at least in that regard...
Edit: as well as XP SP3 (the one I'm posting from).
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, so can't test it there...It would be great to have this also in the Windows version of Opera. I'd rather want them to implement this kind of functionality by drag & dropping tabs to the desktop. To keep the open in new window functionality, just let us drag & drop tabs into the document window instead. If we do that now Opera just refreshes the page and I personally find this very useless since I find CTRL + R a much faster way.