The option to disable Downloads Icon/Popup
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anonan last edited byThe other people ask for this too.
https://forums.opera.com/topic/9319/how-to-disable-download-complete-pop-up-window-notification-in-opera -
sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by
And here:
https://forums.opera.com/topic/20002/change-download-pop-up
Note that for me, I can press a key or use the mouse and it goes away, so some details might help.
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anonan last edited by
@sgunhouse For one download it's just one extra click. For 5000 downloads it's 5000 additional clicks.
You may not notice one, five, ten little irritants. But not when there are thousands of them.
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anonan last edited by anonan
And why a normal person would need to keep a list of 5000 downloads?
@leocg What? What I did say about a list of downloads in THIS topic? The issue is actual even you clear the list of downloads after any download.
Upd:
Check my answer for your question about other topic here: https://forums.opera.com/topic/31729/8-sec-to-open-downloads-page-opera-60/6 -
anonan last edited by
This issue is actual for anyone who downloads files. And the more he downloads files, the greater the impact for him.
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anonan last edited by anonan
@leocg said in The option to disable Downloads Icon/Popup:
5000 downloads in a time interval short enough
Why for short interval? 5000 can be count of downloads for some months. And it would be 5000 additional clicks.
For example: downloading pictures from a gallery where navigating with a click (for example: vk.com):
Expected:
-Right click, Save As, Save + click (to go to the next image)
-Right click, Save As, Save + click
-Right click, Save As, Save + click
-Right click, Save As, Save + click
-...Actual:
-Right click, Save As, Save, POPUP -> additional click, + click
-Right click, Save As, Save, POPUP -> additional click, + click
-Right click, Save As, Save + click // (big size of a file)
-Right click, POPUP -> SECOND Right click, Save As, Save, POPUP -> additional click, + click // Pop-up closes the context menu
-Right click, Save As, Save POPUP -> additional click , + click
-...In case when I open some pages that contains a picture (to download it and close immediately), the pop-up don't allow me close the tabs via Ctrl+W. And I need click on the page, and only after that close the tab.
So it's annoying even you download a bit of files. Even one file. Because it requires to do an additional click to continue to work with the page.
I especially hate when this pop-up interrupts my typing or selecting text in address bar. Or when I type text in other place, even in a Bookmark description.
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anonan last edited by anonan
@leocg I have tested it with vk.com (You can reproduce it here: https://vk.com/photo-33124129_277874301 (just an example gallary)), ok, other sites may no do require to be in focus (for it the click is needed) to handle a click to navigate to the next page (or for something other), but anyway the loosing of page focus have the other negative effects (closing of context menu, an interrupt of working with a text, non working shortcuts).
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anonan last edited by anonan
My bad, I have not tested all things before posting here the report.
So, I'll fix this:
Pop-up does not prevent using of shortcuts (Opera 58 and 60). Probably on older version they work in this way, I have written it by memory, or may be I had mistake. Ok.This example applies only on vk.com (and may be on other site, that requires to have a focus on the page). You can test it by yourself with that gallery (It's just gallery with cats wallpaper). But. vk.com is one of the world popular site in the world (â„–19), especially in Russia (â„–3).
Closing a context menu, and interruption of work with text by that pop-up are applies on every site.
So the shortest problem description – side effect.
And as I said in the first post, it can be useful for people that use a third party extension. To do not have unnecessary icon on the tool bar. For example: Opera's Downloads extension is not perfect at all (works slow and buggy, does not show file size*, do not allow quickly (and conveniently) go to the file in Explorer).
*On Opera 58 file size was showed at least on the Downloads page (but not on Recent downloads pop-up). On Opera 60 file size does not show even on Downloads page. One more thing of "improvement" of Opera 60 update.
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anonan last edited by anonan
Although shortcuts (Ctrl+W) works when pop-up is appeared, but other keys does not work. I can't use the space button to scroll down the page, or use other keys in case when a site allows you to interact with it via A,S,D,W and other keys.
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mvelt last edited by
I am not a big fan of the "download complete" notification box that pops up after each one. In some cases, it actually seems to get in the way. For example, when saving images in Gmail, that pop-up interrupts the ability to use the keyboard to cycle to another image and creates and extra step to go through.
This might be a minor thing, but the extra clicks required made me migrate away from Opera some time ago, and I had hoped the newest versions of the browser added a setting for that. Even the new Opera GX doesn't seem to have the ability to disable it.
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v8powerage last edited by
@mvelt This Chrome extension has fixed it for me, download it and check "hide download shelf" it seems as the popup uses same code so it doesn't show anymore: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/always-clear-downloads-in/efoelbbfbknfhpmgclpcdbkoieedkkai?hl=en
In order for this to work however, first You have to install "Install Chrome extensions" extension: https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/install-chrome-extensions/
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mvelt last edited by
@v8powerage Looks to be working so far. Thanks for directing me to this, I really appreciate it!
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logarithmic last edited by
Created an account. Just to come here and post thank you for this... I use Opera to save pages to pdf I can not get elsewhere automated and the popup broke immersion for the scripts. Works perfect! Thanks!
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logarithmic last edited by
First result on google. So I am posting here.
This dude, seems to have a solution.
https://forums.opera.com/post/248058 -
michaelc7a last edited by
@v8powerage Brutal fix, not having the download link at all, but way-helpful for when you're trying to type while multiple downloads are completing.
