Protect your screen from prying eyes with Panic Button from Opera GX

[Opera Comments Bot]

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We’re excited to tell you that your days of being caught looking at dubious content online could be over, thanks to the new Panic Button from Opera GX.

Read full blog post: Protect your screen from prying eyes with Panic Button from Opera GX

[andrew84]

andrew84 last edited by

Maybe I can assume that during the One version developing process the panic button was in use very often taking into account the final result.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by burnout426

Make sure you update to Opera GX 105.0.4970.46.

Then, goto the URL opera://settings/early_bird, enable Eary Bird, enable the Panic Button and restart Opera.

Then, goto the URL opera://settings/panic_button_settings, make sure the panic button is enabled and add/remove the links you want.

Then, when you press F12 to go into panic mode, Opera will switch to a window that loads one of those sites at random. Press F12 again to get out of panic mode.

There's also the flag at the URL opera://flags/#panic-button for the panic button feature.

Also, at the URL opera://settings/keyboardShortcuts, you can see the panic button keyboard shortcut is configurable if you don't like F12.

[Daniel753]

Daniel753 @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426: Is there any way i can disable the panic button?

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @Daniel753 last edited by

@daniel753 Yes. It's mentioned in the comment right above yours. Goto the URL opera://settings/panic_button_settings and disable it.

[bazbzon]

bazbzon last edited by

hey, how do I change what website the panic button takes me?

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @bazbzon last edited by

@bazbzon Which site opens will be random based on the list of sites you have at the URL opera://settings/panic_button_settings.

[electro620V]

electro620V last edited by

how do i change the default panic button F12 and make it something else like (`)

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @electro620V last edited by

@electro620v Goto the URL opera://settings/keyboardShortcuts and change the shortcut for it.

[Haosun]

Haosun last edited by

I believe i have the newer version Opera and it does not look like the one in the video so I can't see the panic button option how do i fix

[Piper1234]

Piper1234 last edited by

i think the panic button should open up many different tabs