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    • A Former User
      A Former User last edited by 14 Dec 2018, 08:21

      Version: 57.0.3098.102
      OS: 10.14.1

      The bug is still here. Very annoying. No other software on my machine demonstrates this issue so I assume it's an Opera bug.

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      • A Former User
        A Former User last edited by 14 Dec 2018, 11:51

        This thing seriously annoying. When it can be fixed?

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        • A Former User
          A Former User last edited by 17 Dec 2018, 17:12

          Hi all,

          I'm having headaches with this issue. I didn't customised any shortcut in Opera and from time to time when I use the Command + W shortcut to close a tab the complete Opera Window is closed. Without any error message.

          Other Opera windows are still open so I'm sure I'm not accidentally hitting Command + Q.

          Any clue how to fix this?

          Thanks.

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            leocg 1 Reply Last reply 17 Dec 2018, 20:25
          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by 17 Dec 2018, 20:25

            Known issue.

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            • leocg
              leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by 17 Dec 2018, 20:26 This post is deleted!
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              • A Former User
                A Former User last edited by 19 Dec 2018, 16:06

                For now, there is a temporary work aroun: After you've hit Command + W (and the window closes instead of the tab) do the following: Command + N (to open a new window) followed by Command + Shift + T (to re-open the last tab). This will actually open the last window you've closed including all tabs (granted it wasn't an incognito window).

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                  A Former User 1 Reply Last reply 31 Dec 2018, 10:09
                • shinobu
                  shinobu last edited by 20 Dec 2018, 09:05

                  Yes I tried that too. Hasn't happened once since I reinstalled Opera yesterday...

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                  • A Former User
                    A Former User @Guest last edited by 31 Dec 2018, 10:09

                    For me the best workaround for this issue is:

                    1. Open again opera
                    2. Chooce "History" option from the top
                    3. Choose option: reopen last closed window
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                    • shintoplasm01
                      shintoplasm01 last edited by 23 Jan 2019, 08:00

                      This just happened to me too (and not for the first time either)...

                      Opera Stable 57.0.3098.116
                      macOS Mojave 10.14.2
                      MacBook Pro+Touch Bar (mid-2016)

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                      • shintoplasm01
                        shintoplasm01 @shintoplasm01 last edited by 23 Jan 2019, 08:06

                        @shintoplasm01

                        Presumably this is now being fixed in the Developer version 59 (under DNA-73684). I've asked if this could at least be backported to the upcoming Stable 58...

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                          avl 1 Reply Last reply 23 Jan 2019, 14:23
                        • headspacedude
                          headspacedude @Guest last edited by 23 Jan 2019, 09:23

                          @hub It won't be fixed as cmd+w is a macOS system wide keyboard shortcut to close windows. Looking into it, it seems dumb that Opera would include this as a shortcut to close current tabs, when it is a system wide mac command.. All I can think of is that macOS is over riding it and that Opera should introduce a new shortcut to overcome this. See list of mac shortcuts here: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201236

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                            shintoplasm01 1 Reply Last reply 23 Jan 2019, 15:42
                          • avl
                            avl Opera @shintoplasm01 last edited by 23 Jan 2019, 14:23

                            @shintoplasm01 said in Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab.:

                            @shintoplasm01

                            Presumably this is now being fixed in the Developer version 59 (under DNA-73684). I've asked if this could at least be backported to the upcoming Stable 58...

                            It has been backported to O58 stable, let us know if you still see anything like this problem!

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                            • shintoplasm01
                              shintoplasm01 @headspacedude last edited by 23 Jan 2019, 15:42

                              @headspacedude All browsers, including FF, Safari and Chrome include Cmd+W as a shortcut to close tabs and none have displayed this bug. I'm glad that O58 looks likely to have fixed this, by the way, as confirmed elsewhere.

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                                headspacedude 1 Reply Last reply 29 Jan 2019, 12:49
                              • A Former User
                                A Former User last edited by 26 Jan 2019, 15:00

                                Still same problem wit O58, Very annoying. I'm seriously considering switching back to another browser, even if I liked Opera a lot,

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                                  shintoplasm01 1 Reply Last reply 27 Jan 2019, 06:48
                                • shintoplasm01
                                  shintoplasm01 @Guest last edited by 27 Jan 2019, 06:48

                                  @sinouhe I concur. I just had this happen to me again... Opera devs, this bug is seriously dragging on for quite a few versions now... 😞

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                                  • sergeyivan
                                    sergeyivan last edited by 28 Jan 2019, 10:14

                                    To fix the issue you need to close the start tab (Speed dial). After that it works normally

                                    Also, it makes sense to enable window closing confirmation.

                                    Hopefully that helps.

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                                    • avl
                                      avl Opera last edited by 29 Jan 2019, 08:47

                                      Everyone, my most sincere apologies, I read some information wrong: the fix for the remaining issue that occurs after opening a new window was not backported to O58 in time for the initial release, so it'll only be in the next O58 update to come along. This will be released at the start of next week.

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                                      • headspacedude
                                        headspacedude @shintoplasm01 last edited by 29 Jan 2019, 12:49

                                        @shintoplasm01 Yes, because as I said, this is a macOS system shortcut, not one exclusive to Opera. Opera need to provide a new shortcut on macOS to close tabs. Or you could redefine it, which I know is not ideal (see the link): https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjd-62Eg5PgAhWcUxUIHfmnAAwQFjACegQIBxAM&url=http%3A%2F%2Fosxdaily.com%2F2017%2F08%2F08%2Fcreate-custom-keyboard-shortcut-mac%2F&usg=AOvVaw019KKJXU-aAg6ebNq05HWb

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                                          shintoplasm01 1 Reply Last reply 29 Jan 2019, 14:14
                                        • shintoplasm01
                                          shintoplasm01 @headspacedude last edited by 29 Jan 2019, 14:14

                                          @headspacedude So please could you explain to me why the Cmd+W shortcut works perfectly for closing tabs and not windows in Chrome and Firefox? It's not an incompatibility with system-wide macOS shortcuts, it's an Opera bug which is still waiting for a fix.

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                                            avl 1 Reply Last reply 29 Jan 2019, 14:36
                                          • avl
                                            avl Opera @shintoplasm01 last edited by 29 Jan 2019, 14:36

                                            @shintoplasm01 said in Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab.:

                                            @headspacedude So please could you explain to me why the Cmd+W shortcut works perfectly for closing tabs and not windows in Chrome and Firefox? It's not an incompatibility with system-wide macOS shortcuts, it's an Opera bug which is still waiting for a fix.

                                            Yes, just to be clear, this is an Opera bug :). It appeared when updating to macOS 10.14 because Apple changed the behavior of how often menus and shortcuts get refreshed.

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                                              sergeyivan 1 Reply Last reply 11 Mar 2019, 12:51
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