My OperaTab Vault
Friday, November 26, 2010 6:52:48 AM
Tab Vault 2 is now available!
Check the big link at the bottom of this page!
Tab Vault now supports localization! See here if you want to make a translation.
What is Tab Vault?
Tab Vault is a place to store the tabs you want to get to later without leaving them in memory and on your tab bar. It's like bookmarks, except it reminds you how many tabs you've stored away.
(Yes, it's similar to michalborek's To-Read sites. No, I'm not copying him. I started building this as a Unite app before Opera extensions were announced, but I decided to rewrite everything as an extension.)
How does it work?
Click the extension's button to open the Tab Vault pop-up.
Click Save Tab to store the current tab in the vault. Click on a saved tab to open it in a new tab, or click the X on the right to send it to Tab Vault's trash. Ctrl + click on a tab to open it in the background or drag the tab onto the web page to open it in the current page.
You can drag saved tabs to reorder them. Tab Vault 2.0 now supports tab groups. When dragging a tab, move your cursor to the right edge of the tab (over the arrow icon) and drop it onto another tab to create a group. Groups can be expanded and collapsed just like tab stacks, and you can rename them by clicking the pen icon that appears when you hover your mouse over a group.
Click "Trash" at the top to get to Tab Vault's trash. Any tab you delete from the main list will show up here until you clear the list. Just like with Opera's Closed Tabs, click an item in the list to undelete it, or click Clear List of Closed Tabs to empty the list.
Tab Vault can also import and export Opera's session files. You can use this to back up your tabs for safekeeping.
If you need help using Tab Vault, click the help link at the bottom of Tab Vault's options page. If that doesn't answer your question, ask in the comments here and I'll do my best to answer it.
Download the latest version from the extensions catalog!
If you have comments, questions, or find a problem, please post in the comments below!
Known Issues
Check the big link at the bottom of this page!
Tab Vault now supports localization! See here if you want to make a translation.
What is Tab Vault?
Tab Vault is a place to store the tabs you want to get to later without leaving them in memory and on your tab bar. It's like bookmarks, except it reminds you how many tabs you've stored away.
(Yes, it's similar to michalborek's To-Read sites. No, I'm not copying him. I started building this as a Unite app before Opera extensions were announced, but I decided to rewrite everything as an extension.)
How does it work?
Click the extension's button to open the Tab Vault pop-up.
Click Save Tab to store the current tab in the vault. Click on a saved tab to open it in a new tab, or click the X on the right to send it to Tab Vault's trash. Ctrl + click on a tab to open it in the background or drag the tab onto the web page to open it in the current page.
You can drag saved tabs to reorder them. Tab Vault 2.0 now supports tab groups. When dragging a tab, move your cursor to the right edge of the tab (over the arrow icon) and drop it onto another tab to create a group. Groups can be expanded and collapsed just like tab stacks, and you can rename them by clicking the pen icon that appears when you hover your mouse over a group.
Click "Trash" at the top to get to Tab Vault's trash. Any tab you delete from the main list will show up here until you clear the list. Just like with Opera's Closed Tabs, click an item in the list to undelete it, or click Clear List of Closed Tabs to empty the list.
Tab Vault can also import and export Opera's session files. You can use this to back up your tabs for safekeeping.
If you need help using Tab Vault, click the help link at the bottom of Tab Vault's options page. If that doesn't answer your question, ask in the comments here and I'll do my best to answer it.
Download the latest version from the extensions catalog!
If you have comments, questions, or find a problem, please post in the comments below!
Known Issues
- The "Drop to open in current page" message does not show up on pages containing iframes in Opera 11.01 or lower. This is fixed in Opera 11.10.
- The "Copy Tab URL" context menu item will not function at first due to Adobe Flash's security settings. Check Tab Vault's options page for instructions to fix this. It won't work if you have plugins disabled either.
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Joel Spadinspadija # Monday, April 23, 2012 9:55:00 PM
Bradley Brett Woodsbbwoods # Friday, April 27, 2012 10:29:35 AM
Thanx for this extension. It is very useful.
I have a question/problem, however: I can't seem to move tabs into a group once I created it (besides the one tab used to create a group). All of my tab selections in vault have an "x" next to them, like in your upper screen shot. How does one get the vault Pop-up menu to change so that the tabs have arrows next to them, like in your second screenshot? There is no explanation for this difference between these two screen shots of the Vault Pop-up list/menu in your primer on this page.
I am using Tab Vault 2.4.2 and the default preference settings in Opera 11.6.2 on Mac OS 10.6.8.
Joel Spadinspadija # Friday, April 27, 2012 2:48:10 PM
Originally posted by earlier on this page:
It is kinda awkward, but each tab being rather small vertically, that was the best solution I could find. Also, you don't need to use the right edge to move things in and out of expanded groups.
TiRANiDTiRaNiD # Friday, April 27, 2012 8:23:37 PM
One wish - it would be very handy if 'The Last Selected' item in the list of sites saved in the Tab Vault was marked somehow - for example, the text of the last selected item was Bold or Italicized, or the background of the item changed the color.
The thing is that if the list contains a lot of items with similar names it becomes difficult to discern which item was clicked and which wasn't.
This screenshot will help explain what I mean - http://files.myopera.com/TiRaNiD/files/tab_vault_screen.png
As you see on the screenshot there are several items with similar names, and when I need to check every one of these links one by one it gets a bit confusing, because it's not obvious which link was clicked and which was not.
Of course, when there are only six items like there are on the screenshot, it is not Very confusing. But sometimes I have similar lists with 30 or more items. This is when it gets unclear.
Limelimelye # Saturday, April 28, 2012 3:36:29 AM
1) The ability to save all open tabs into one tab group with a single click. This would be extremely helpful!
2) An option to 'auto-save' tabs. When enabled, it would create a tab group that automatically kept a record of all open tabs from your current/most recent browser session. That way if the browser crashes you can restore your lost tabs without any problems -- There's a lot of extensions out there for other browsers that do this (Session Buddy is the best example), but literally none for Opera. (And Opera's built in session manager is broken since it does not save your last session. Opening your 'previous session' simply opens your current session since it overwrites the previous session save file once you relaunch the browser. So you can't restore what you lost! Really, really poor design. It entirely defeats it's own purpose...)
Session Buddy: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko
With a few more features, Tab Vault could fix this Opera issue, and simultaneously excel beyond extensions like 'Session Buddy'. Plus, since it seems like Session Buddy has no plans to ever develop for Opera, that means you have the reigns! :)
Joel Spadinspadija # Saturday, April 28, 2012 6:37:00 AM
As for #2, Opera does actually save your previous session, but it doesn't show up in the session manager (if you look in the folder where sessions are stored, you will see an autosave.win file). I have had Opera relaunch without reopening the last session after a crash though.
Limelimelye # Saturday, April 28, 2012 7:34:05 AM
Originally posted by spadija:
Oh, so cool! Thanks for that tip. I read through all the instructional stuff (twice!) and seem to have missed the little blurb about there being more options if you right-clicked. Nice to know. Totally my oversight there.
As for number 2, I assumed that Opera was overwriting that autosave.win file after you relaunched the browser after a crash/accidental closure (I suppose my assumption was incorrect?) I run opera to always launch with my home page, and not with my previously opened tabs, so maybe that has something to do with it. Sometimes I'll accidentally CTRL-Q instead of CTRL-A and lose my entire session, which has always been a headache.
Still, if it's that simple, maybe you could add a little button in the menu that will launch the autosave.win file for you without having to mess with the autosave file? I know that this isn't Tab Vault's main purpose, but it definitely would make the extension an even more indisposable utility. You'd at least get many kudos from me for it.
Either way, thanks for the (so fast!) reply, and just for making such an awesome little extension either way. Keep up the great work!
Bradley Brett Woodsbbwoods # Saturday, April 28, 2012 8:02:53 AM
My point is THERE IS NO ARROW AT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TAB BAR, ONLY AN "X" -- just like the upper of your two screen shots of the vault pop-up menu (sorry for using all caps, but I don't know how else to get my point across, as I was quite explicit in my previous comment/question as to what I was asking about). So how can I move the cursor over a non-existent arrow icon?
And again, I am asking: how does one get the pop-up vault to have arrow icons like your lower screen shot? Is this only possible on other OS's (i.e. something other than Mac OS 10.6.8)? Do I need to change something from the default options/preferences?
If I right click or control-click a tab in the pop-up vault -- anywhere besides directly on the "x", which deletes it -- I get a semi-transparent circle with Opera Mouse features that gives me choices to 1) open the saved URL tab in a new tab, 2) stop or go to the 3) previous or 4) next URL in that tab's history, but it does not allow me to drag the tab into a tag group with in the Vault Pop-up.
Joel Spadinspadija # Saturday, April 28, 2012 1:50:50 PM
Also, I have no idea why Ctrl+click would open the mouse gesture indicator (the big semi-transparent circle with four arrows in it), but if you right-click and move the mouse or hold the button for about a second, you start a mouse gesture. To get a context menu in Opera, you must right-click without holding the button down for a while or moving the mouse.
If right clicking still does nothing, you probably have Opera set so scripts don't get right click events. Open Tab Vault's options page, right click the page background and edit the site preferences, then go to the "scripting" tab and check "allow scripts to detect context menu events".
Lihonosov # Friday, May 4, 2012 6:02:27 AM
http://s2.ipicture.ru/uploads/20120504/PM269Rqp.png
Version Tab Vault 2.4.2
hupfdule # Friday, May 4, 2012 11:21:44 AM
Of course, reloading doesn't help.
Any ideas, why this is the case and (especially) how I can manage to save such a google search.
For example, try to save this tab: http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=opera+tab+vault&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
Saskatchewan # Friday, May 4, 2012 12:02:09 PM
hupfdule # Friday, May 4, 2012 12:28:53 PM
Originally posted by Saskatchewan:
No, it isn't. :-)
I didn't know that JavaScript must be enabled for the site to store.
But since Google doesn't force Google Instant anymore (which collides with the single-key shortcuts in opera) I can just reenable JavaScript for it.
Thanks
Joel Spadinspadija # Friday, May 4, 2012 12:37:55 PM
Joel Spadinspadija # Friday, May 4, 2012 8:32:50 PM
K-Veikko # Wednesday, May 9, 2012 10:03:21 AM
I am mostly using Tab Vault to store visited pages addresses. Seldom visit again.
Would be nice if there is a keyboard short-cut to save the tab (with selected options). Maybe even a user defined shortcut. – One-klick add.
Saskatchewan # Wednesday, May 9, 2012 10:42:05 AM
Originally posted by K-Veikko:
What do you mean: "with selected options"? There's already a possibility to create a custom keyboard shortcut to save tabs. See "Buttons and Shortcuts" section on the preferences page. Use the code from there co configure your shortcut directly in Opera: –O– Menu > Settings > Preferences > Advanced > Shortcuts.Joel Spadinspadija # Thursday, May 10, 2012 6:03:54 PM
MikeMike46 # Friday, May 11, 2012 2:03:04 PM
I'm guessing it could be still due to ongoing development of Opera 12 ?
Joel Spadinspadija # Saturday, May 12, 2012 5:39:46 AM
MikeMike46 # Saturday, May 12, 2012 2:07:18 PM
might be best if I stick with 11.62 for now I'm guessing then...
thanks for the reply.
Mike.
Michael SentinellaOssiebloke # Sunday, May 13, 2012 6:47:46 AM
Michael SentinellaOssiebloke # Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:52:38 AM
Originally posted by Ossiebloke:
Now a week later and the problem seems to have fixed itself.
Joel Spadinspadija # Sunday, May 20, 2012 5:08:49 PM
Tiago Wakabayashiozoratsubasa # Monday, June 4, 2012 3:11:21 AM
Joel Spadinspadija # Monday, June 4, 2012 6:57:48 PM
Tiago Wakabayashiozoratsubasa # Wednesday, June 20, 2012 5:54:34 PM
Saskatchewan # Wednesday, June 20, 2012 6:24:36 PM
MikeMike46 # Friday, July 13, 2012 6:26:11 AM
is there a possibility of making it use a default icon next to each bookmark in the list please instead of a different icon per bookmark?
thanks.
Joel Spadinspadija # Friday, July 13, 2012 11:49:16 PM
metude # Saturday, August 4, 2012 3:11:53 AM
Saskatchewan # Saturday, August 4, 2012 9:21:47 AM
metude # Saturday, August 4, 2012 1:42:02 PM
Originally posted by Saskatchewan:
Also i lost whole vault items on 12.50 after restart.
Joel Spadinspadija # Saturday, August 4, 2012 7:35:10 PM
metude # Saturday, August 4, 2012 8:20:02 PM
Originally posted by spadija:
Probably same.
raygrot # Sunday, August 12, 2012 10:53:11 AM
Nice extention but now absolutely useless. Any help?
Joel Spadinspadija # Sunday, August 12, 2012 11:24:51 PM
norgac # Sunday, August 19, 2012 3:26:44 PM
Since Opera 12 browsing isn't really fun anymore, high CPU load and so on, and I'm working on it to find out the reason. Because I haven't found out til now I do not even have the slightest idea what could be the reason for Tab Vault having lost all of it stored tabs today.
Exporting Tab Vault to a session file every day to avoid total data loss is no solution I think.
So my question is:
Where does Tab Vault store its Data?
Knowing this I could backup this file automatically and the possible loss of Tab Vaults data wouldn't be frightening any more.
Joel Spadinspadija # Monday, August 20, 2012 7:15:15 AM
norgac # Sunday, August 26, 2012 4:57:41 PM
Larry EdwardsSitka_Ak # Wednesday, August 29, 2012 1:56:56 PM
When I click the icon, the tab vault list appears, but when I move the mouse over any part of the list (including the buttons such as "Save Tab") the Tab Vault window closes immediately, and very briefly a window title "Security Issue" flashes on-screen and disappears.
I need to at least recover my list of 200+ URLs, but of course what I realy want is to get Tab Vault running properly again.
Advice? If there is a later version of Tab Vault, how do I install it without loosing my list?
ADDED LATER: The security issue pop-up is from Opera. It disappears in a flash, so I can't read what it says. I have the latest version of Opera.
- Thx.
Larry EdwardsSitka_Ak # Wednesday, August 29, 2012 6:59:52 PM
By making whitespace on the browser screen as a backdrop to the pop-up and clicking the Tab Vault button a few dozen times, at last I was able to read the message in the Security Issue pop-up.
There is an Opera icon followed by Security Issue in the window header. The message is: "The server's certificate chain is incomplete and the signer(s) are not registered. Accept?" The server name given is on my company's intranet, and indeed it does not have a certificate (and never will). There are Accept and Reject buttons, but the pop-up disappears in a few milliseconds, so I get no chance to click the Accept button.
This is from a tab that I added to the vault last night.
Can Tab Vault be fixed so that either: (1) no server is accessed until an item on the list is clicked; or (2) so that the Opera pop-up will remain static so the Accept or Reject button can be clicked; or (3) so that the error can be detected by Tab Vault, with a Tab Vault pop-up appearing to give the user a chance to make the choice?
Meanwhile, how can I recover my list entries to a text file? I saw another message about this at https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/tab-vault/?reports&display=en#r47465, but when I load the data file into the Opera developer
tools window I don't see any "Console Tab."
ADDED THOUGHT: ... or, in the Tab Vault right-click menu perhaps an item could be added to prevent Tab Vault from pinging the URLs in the list. I suspect that they are being pinged to get the icon graphics. (And another fix might be to store the icon thumbnails so that the pining isn't necessary.)
Joel Spadinspadija # Wednesday, August 29, 2012 10:00:35 PM
Storing the thumbnails might work, though they would have to be saved as base 64 encoded text, since extensions can only save text data. Acquiring the images through the extension's background process would certainly avoid the problem, since failing to get an icon wouldn't close the popup. I will have to see how much space this takes with many different icons, since extensions are only alotted a certain amount of data storage.
Larry EdwardsSitka_Ak # Thursday, August 30, 2012 12:07:57 AM
Meanwhile, how can I export the the URLs in my list, so that I get down to the work I have been struggling for weeks to have enough time to do? (Worst possible timing on this problem popping up!)
Joel Spadinspadija # Thursday, August 30, 2012 12:49:40 PM
I attempted to explain how to decode extension preferences here. If you find that confusing, ask questions there and I can try to clarify things and/or post screenshots of the harder parts.
opticyclic # Tuesday, September 4, 2012 6:17:30 PM
It should also be renamed as "Save Tab Stack" since Opera refers to stacks and not groups.
Joel Spadinspadija # Wednesday, September 5, 2012 5:55:17 AM
The next release is still a ways off, since I am rewriting most of the popup UI, but I am adding a dropdown arrow to the save tab button, which should make the extra saving methods more visible. This is still very much a work in progress, but it currently looks like this.
opticyclic # Wednesday, September 5, 2012 7:55:20 PM
Tab Stack - Unstack/Close Stack
"Open Tab Group in new window" would be a nice new feature too.
Larry EdwardsSitka # Thursday, September 6, 2012 11:26:04 PM
I had to uninstall Tab-Vault, and am unable to reinstall it. I get a pop-up saying "Opera required," but I am running Opera. Also, I just updated another Opera extension successfully.
Joel Spadinspadija # Friday, September 7, 2012 12:54:44 AM
If that doesn't work, something may not have been properly removed when you uninstalled Tab Vault. This post describes where and how extension data is stored. If "TabVault.oex" still exists in the widgets folder, try deleting it. If "widgets.dat" still contains a reference to Tab Vault, try closing Opera, deleting Tab Vault's <section> from "widgets.dat" and restarting Opera.