Well, it has been a while now since I originally posted about wanting to use Ctrl Click as my shortcut for opening pages in a new tab (or a new page as Opera calls it!).
I had a couple of comments from people who said they had managed it, but no matter what I tried, I had no luck (perhaps it works differently on different operating systems). I even posted about it in the Opera Dev forums (not sure whether that was the right place!), but no joy there.
However, while searching for more information, I stumbled across a piece of Opera User JavaScript in the My Opera community forums - from shoust here.
If you want to implement it, you'll need to set up your User JavaScript folder, as described on this page. Then follow the link to shoust's post and save "allinbackground.js" to the folder you set up (you can ignore the bit about the "button"). Restart Opera (not sure if you have to, but I did) and you're all set up!
[Edit: You don't even need to restart! Opera gets better and better]
One further change might be to enable User JavaScript on HTTPS sites - but do so only at your own risk!
I hadn't realised that Opera had a flexible JavaScript engine out of the box; I'd only recently started using the Firefox Greasemonkey extension and enjoying it, so I should be able to port my scripts straight over!
Wednesday, 18 June 2008
Opera Ctrl-Click to open in new page / tab - updated
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Thanks :) I've been waiting for Opera to add this feature forever!
Thanks!
one thing to note (which was mentioned in your opera dev forum link) is
you must enable javascript to lower windows for this to work.
Thanks Johan, you're right - I missed that! I think that reply came along after my post here.
As the link says, it's:-
Tools -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Content -> JavaScript options -> Allow lowering of windows.
Without that option checked, new tabs are opened using the Ctrl key, but in the foreground rather than the background.
Thank you very much! This fixed one of my biggest annoyances with Opera!
how can I open a link by ctrl-click in a new active (focused) tab?
Hmm I don't really want to add javascript to a page to get this to work. I'm liking opera, but changing the keyboard/mouse shortcuts just doesn't seem to do anything. Kind of stupid...
Sure, it would be nice if we could get this behavior without resorting to javascript, but what a relief to have finally solved this problem.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
The easiest solution I have found is to reprogram your brain to use SHIFT CONTROL Click to open a link in a new tab.
a big thanks!
I am a new user of Opera on Linux
and this impediment was preventing me from adopting it.
But now I have started liking it more and more even than Firefox which has a very buggy version on Linux.
Hello ,
does someone of you have a clue how to SKIP the "save as" dialog when using "ctrl click" on images opened in opera?
I want to save images DIRECTLY by "ctrl click" (or some other simple shortcut).
Thank you very much for this tip.
It's very annoying that Opera does not use Ctrl + click as most os web browsers.
Now I can enjoy using Opera without this annoying behaviour.
just go to tools-preferences-advanced-shortcuts-middle click options and select open in new tab. much simpler then f***ing with javascript.
shift + left click = open new tab in foreground
ctrl + shift + left click = open new tab in background
ctrl + alt + z = re-open last closed tab
Hi Anonymous,
Yep - I know there are other keyboard shortcuts that work, but my problem is that I use Ctrl-Click in every other browser, and that's what I'm used to. Opera, good as it is, does not have enough benefits to make me change my habits!
Cheers,
Marv
Why can't Opera be normal? I'm using Opera for the first time in a long while and I'm almost ready to drop it because of this issue.
Now I have to screw with javascripts to get something that should be the default; or at most a checkbox in the settings tab.
I develop web pages and program in javascript and I don't even want to have to screw with it to get simple normal behavior.
I use IE, FF, Chrome, and Safari, on my desktop.. they all ctrl-click to open a new tab..
uggh;
opera really needs to add an option somewhere for ctrl click...after years of other browsers its really becoming a bother because that behavior is part of me i may switch back to FF simply because its so annoying
It is ridiculous, I agree.
Actually, the main thing stopping me from moving to Opera right now is the lack of a (proper) Xmarks implementation. That would be a big step for my willingness to switch over!
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