coralie mercier

Opera 12: new version, new esoteric bug

Thursday, June 21, 2012 11:18:56 AM

I'm taking the time to document the obscure bug that I often experience with Opera 12 (like every other day since I installed version 12 on the day it was released).

It is a surprising bug to say the least, not too annoying (as you'll understand, Opera quickly recovers from it), but still, I reported it (DSK-367824).

[Update 2012-06-26: This is a duplicate of DSK-365797]

For no good reason that I can see or that console logs can explain, Opera actions are suddenly mapped to others, regardless that I use their keyboard shortcuts or that I click commands in the menus. When this happen, I feel like Opera is in play mode (like it's a software thing to replace commands with other actions!).

For example, I want a new tab but get the window to "Open...". The first time that occurred, I thought "aha! so I need to press cmd-o if I want to get a new tab." Nope, all I got was the "Save As..." window. In play mode, it's "Save As...", or cmd-s, that will open a new tab. Consistently. Except that I don't know what triggers play mode.

I played as long as I could, it was entertaining. The play-mode key-combos I found are:
cmd-t (for new tab) == open file
cmd-n (for new window) == save-as
cmd-s (to save) == new tab
cmd-c (to copy selection) == fullscreen
cmd-v (to paste selection) == right click
cmd-w (to close tab) == game over, it does cmd-q (to quit).

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Comments

Unregistered user # Thursday, June 28, 2012 10:19:09 AM

Jonathan Morris writes: Thank goodness it's not just me.. Just having the problem right now - cmd V to paste a URL in suddenly made Opera go full screen. So does cmd A and cmd C, but not every time... And cmd W to close a window. Well, guess what - it maps to cmd Q and quits Opera. Of all the bugs I've had over the years, this must be the most annoying one for ages.

Jonathan Morrisjonmorris # Sunday, July 8, 2012 1:03:10 PM

I've recently downloaded the latest beta (12.01) and it still has this bug! It's now getting very frustrating to the point of me deciding to drop back a version or just use Chrome more.

Unregistered user # Tuesday, July 10, 2012 12:20:50 PM

emil svantesson writes: and command+Q opens a new window ...

Unregistered user # Wednesday, July 11, 2012 5:32:21 PM

tejas writes: Any idea if this is fixed yet? Worst bug ever.

Unregistered user # Wednesday, July 11, 2012 7:48:43 PM

Anonymous writes: Having this problem too.

coralie mercierkoalie # Wednesday, July 25, 2012 12:17:17 PM

Meanwhile there is still no fix, and I resist learning the wrong key bindings, so as to not clutter my messy brain.

The single advantage of this is that Opera12 doesn't really get a chance to leak memory. Sooner or later, I perform cmd-w to close a window and that quits the app.