Questions tagged [opera]
Web browser and Internet suite developed by Opera Software. Specify version number.
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Some fonts are difficult to read in Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera, while MSIE works fine
I noticed that on my computer, some fonts are difficult to read in Google Chrome, Firefox, and Opera. However, Microsoft Internet Explorer works fine.
For example, on https://www.overleaf.com/...
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Opera 49.0 Can't Edit and Remove Default Search Engines (/ncr)
I want to use "google.com/ncr" but I can't edit or remove default search engines in Opera Browser. There is no way to do that.
Redirection is pointless for me. I just want to search and get results ...
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Opera just imported everything from Chrome, including authentication tokens. How can I protect my Chrome profile folders?
I've recently installed Opera browser in unattended mode (using Chocolatey: choco install opera). When I opened it for the first time, Opera had all my bookmarks imported from Chrome (unwanted, but OK)...
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How to run software that depends on a legacy library, the Debian way?
i want to keep using Opera v12.16, the last Version before their switch to Chrome-based Opera.
This has a dependency chain:
opera v12.16.1860
gstreamer0.10-plugins-good v0.10.31-3+nmu4+deb8u2
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Opera doesn't show me addressbar content completion for all pages. Why?
When I type something in the address bar then I sometime see Opera offering pages which have the given word in the page text. This would be very useful if it worked all the time, but whenever I try it ...
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Accessing blocked websites in a country with Internet censorship; preferably with whitelisting, to allow normal connection for non-blocked websites
I will be staying in a country that has Internet censorship in the near future (it's one of these countries: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Internet_censorship#Substantial ) and I ...
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Opera default search engine settings
I recently purchased a new laptop. The language was initially set to UK English, but I am in South Africa, and so it should be South African English.
Anyways, I changed it accordingly, and also ...
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Internet Explorer opens when I double-click firefox.exe or chrome.exe
I've been experiencing a problem for quite some time from now. I use Windows 7 and I cannot open Google Chrome or Firefox.
When I click on the .EXE it opens Internet Explorer instead of Google ...
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Nothing is shown after logging into Google play developer console in Opera
When I try to log in to Google Play Developer Console, it asks for my email address. In the past, when I entered it, it showed the menus and I could access everything.
Since a few days, when I've ...
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How to minimize active tab on click and change back to the last used tab in Chrome
I like to use Opera, and it provides the feature of clicking on the active tab minimizes itself and changes back to the last used tab. Very handy feature.
When I had to use Firefox, I eventually find ...
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Opera web browser kerberos authentication with delegation support
I'm using a LAN web site which relies on impersonation to be able to connect to a SQL Server machine (located on another machine in the domain). I'm not able to get it to authenticate properly using ...
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How to recover “last session” files from opera and chrome
After my MacBook crashed and chrome autoupdated, I lost all the tabs in my previous session. In a panic, I made a mistake and closed the new session after opening a history tab. This meant the last ...
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How do I view all cookies in Opera - including the one storing the Google Channel ID?
It seems currently impossible in Opera to view all cookies including their values. For instance, google (via its domains google.com, gstatic.com, googleapis.com, probably youtube.com, etc) sets some ...
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Customize tab menu in Opera
In Opera 49 top right corner of title bar, there's an additional icon for the "Tab Menu". When clicked it displays "Recently closed tabs" and "Open tabs".
Is it possible to customize the "Tab Menu" ...
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Opera makes scoped_dir* folders in the Downloads folder
When I download an executable file on Opera, and then launch the file via the Downloads menu, Opera generates a scoped_dir* folder with * being a bunch of random numbers. I can't figure out how to ...
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User-CSS and Site Preferences in Opera 42
I was attempting to follow this link's instructions on enabling user CSS / Site Preferences in Opera, but it seems to be out of date and I can't find an area in the settings to do so: http://www.opera....
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Why does "xdg-open" with an URL open two extra empty tabs in Opera?
My xdg html default looks like this:
$ xdg-mime query default text/html
opera.desktop
The Exec line in opera.desktop looks like this:
Exec=opera %U
Now, opening a tab in Opera like this:
opera "...
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Selectively deleting a site from history fully on Opera/Chrome?
When I attempt to selectively delete a site from the Opera site history, although it disappears from the history list it still appears with the suggestions feature in the address bar (obtained from ...
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Different upload speed on youtube in different browsers
So I upload a lot of heavy videos on youtube and upload speed is kinda important for me. My speed is 100 mbits and upload supposed to be 80 to nearby places. Speedtest to san jose shows 22 mbit upload ...
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Configure Opera to permanenty use pac proxy config
Is there a way to configure Opera to use .pac file proxy config?
When I click "Change Proxy Settings" in Settings there is only info how to achieve it via command line params:
--proxy-pac-url=URL
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How to remove Google Chrome window border on Windows 10
As you can see on screenshot Google Chrome Browser (Version 46.0.2490.86 m) has 1px white border around on Windows 10 Build 1511. I suppose it's a native browser interface border, not depending from ...
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Open URL in text selected in field or on page, in separate tab in Opera
I have just migrated from Google Chrome to Opera and one of the Chrome's functions, that I miss the most is the Go to [url] item in context menu, when I select a piece of text on page or in any field, ...
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Opera continually crashes every time I open it & is totally not usable
I'm using Windows XP and have Opera 30.0
Is that the latest version of Opera that works on XP???"
Opera has work very well for years, but suddenly now EVERY time I try to use it, it crashes after ...
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Opera theme files on Mac OS X
Where are the theme images stored for Opera on Mac OS X?
I've dug deep in the Opera.app package as well as ~/Library/Application Support/com.operaSoftware.Opera and I've had no luck.
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How to edit tab shortcut keys into Ctrl + num like Firefox or chrome in Opera 21?
I am using Opera 21 and it doesn't have the ability to switch tabs using the Ctrl + number. Are there any extensions that can mimic this feature?
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Browsing sessions in Opera are no longer saved on next Opera startup
After a long time of using Opera web browser without any issues, a really annoying one appeared today. I had about 10-15 tabs open for my regular use when I am surfing internet. The setting that I ...
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How can I edit cookies in Opera Next 18.0
I want to edit the cookies of a website in Opera Next 18.0. Is it possible? I'm open to extensions, plug-ins... Even digging into the system.
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How do I convert Opera's bookmarks into Firefox' and preserve the bookmark nicknames / keywords?
Both Opera and Firefox have a function that allows you to type a nickname / keyword into the address bar, and then automatically load the bookmark URL associated with that nickname/keyword. More info: ...
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Using pandoc, dzslides and mathjax only works with Firefox
I'm trying to create dzslides with pandoc (v. 1.9.4.2) that contain equations which I want to be rendered by mathjax. Consider the following example:
% $\TeX$ test
% John Doe
% March 22, 2013
## ...
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Changing Opera's source search highlighting color?
I'm running Opera 12.01 and the highlighting color for source searching is a very very faint gray - barely distinguishable.
After looking at this thread
How to change Opera's source search ...
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Silverlight and Opera
I am an avid fan of Opera, and have been for a number of years. Despite its bad rap, it is a very solidly built browser that has phenomenal standards support.
A some of the sites that I use have ...
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How do I get classic page search back for Opera 10.5?
I have upgraded to Opera 10.51 (from Opera 9.64).
How do I get search in a page (Ctrl + F) to use a dialog box (as in 9.64) instead of the modal jumping around? (I have to press Esc in order to be ...
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My browsers freezes or stop working + unresponsive tab + can't close tabs
I'm using google-chrome, firefox and opera as browsers on my PC.The problem is that sometimes (or quite a lot of times) the browser freezes or stop working.
For example chrome will tell me after a ...
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Firefox, Chromium, Opera - A lot of IO on my SSD (PCIe NVMe) on Lubuntu
I hope this forum is the right one to ask, as this is related to web browsers and writing behaviours on SSD.
I’m on Lubuntu 23.04 with
Linux MYCOMPUTER 6.2.0-20-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC ...
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Browser address bar often forgets the link after I press Enter and does nothing
I have this problem that is bothering me for quite some time and it happens on my desktop and laptops.
It happens quite often, at least one time to a few times per day.
I mainly use Chrome and Opera ...
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How to add all sites from a specific domain into Opera GX's dark mode?
I recently installed Opera GX and learned about their dark mode extension, and I tried it on Stack Exchange, specifically Seasoned Advice:
So there's a configuration set where I can choose which ...
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Export custom search engines from Chrome to Opera and keep in sync
Here describes a method but is now broken in the latest version of Chrome. Are there any other methods that I can use to do the same? Will be even better if there's a video tutorial. Thanks!
How can I ...
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How to remove default Search Engines?
Below is the leading solution for Opera in the past but doesn't work for my version, Version:68.0.3618.165.
[root]/[version]/resources, path was not there so I created the folder path and dropped the ...
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CPU usage explodes from 30-40% to 99%?
Whenever I try to browse www.upstox.com in Opera 65 or any other browser, suddenly CPU usage explodes to 99%, GPU usage explodes to >80%, fan starts to throw fire at me.
Meanwhile, this service ...
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Keywords/formats I can look for to find lost chrome/opera 'Recent tabs' file?
The situation: Some time ago i used chrome and was slowly switching to opera to browse the internet. Then chrome updated and in the process wiped out all the tabs i usually used, and i couldn't ...
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How to disable [Shift + Enter] shortcut in Opera Browser?
When typing a query into google search I always seem to accidenally push the Shift+Enter keys instead of just the Enter key. This causes the search results to open in a new browser window instead of ...
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Facebook on Mac Opera - blank pages, errors in Developer's Console
Since few days I encounter issues with Facebook...
I am unable to see Notifications, Messenger... I even don't have the 'publish' widget present on my fanpage.
Opera Developer's console contains ...
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Preventing Opera from automatically opening SVGs in browser
I've set Inkscape as the default software for opening SVG files, and indeed, I can open SVG files that I've downloaded in Inkscape by double-clicking in Explorer. However, when double-clicking it from ...
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Cannot import passwords into Opera
I'm trying to import my passwords from Chrome into Opera but it's not working, it shows that all settings were imported successfully even though the passwords aren't there (bookmarks are).
I've also ...
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Keyboard shortcut to go to last tab in Opera on Mac
If there are more than 10 tabs open in Opera, how do I directly jump to the last tab?
In Chrome, this was doable via ⌘ + 9, but in Opera, this takes me to the 9th tab.
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OSX fullscreen mode unexpected behaviour
I'm facing a very frustrating issue with OSX 10.11.3.
I start recently to work with all my apps using fullscreen mode, and switching between them with CMD+tab. However, sometimes, it does not switch/...
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How can I change the default theme for every new Opera user on MS Terminal Server?
Running Opera on a Terminal Server became slow somewhere between Opera version 10 and 30 when graphical themes were introduced as the default theme.
On the other hand Opera 36 does contain a theme ...
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weird issue with graphics or browser?
I have an annoying issue I get this visual problem:
My browser is Opera.
I have tried changing refresh rate from 60 to 75 Hz but sometimes it doesn't improve.
System props: system + NVIDIA ...
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Where Is Opera Plug-ins Database?
In Opera 12 for the PC, you can see the plug-in used for .SWF files by clicking Tools/Preferences/Downloads/{find .SWF}/Edit...
The path & file ("npswf32.dll") pointed to by Opera exists on my ...
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meaning of "a user's browser" in Microsoft Security Update description
I have a bunch of Security Updates in queue for Windows 7, affecting various versions of the .NET framework. I read some of the descriptions. Here's one:
This update resolves vulnerabilities in ...