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    • shinobu
      shinobu last edited by

      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

        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

          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

            @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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            • headspacedude
              headspacedude @Guest last edited by

              @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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              • avl
                avl Opera @shintoplasm01 last edited by

                @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

                  @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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                  • A Former User
                    A Former User last edited by

                    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
                      shintoplasm01 @Guest last edited by

                      @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

                        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

                          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

                            @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
                              shintoplasm01 @headspacedude last edited by

                              @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
                                avl Opera @shintoplasm01 last edited by

                                @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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                                • mister-k
                                  mister-k last edited by

                                  This may be an Opera bug but it is definitely not confined to macOS.

                                  I've been using Opera on macOS Sierra (10.12.6) and two Windows 10 machines and keep getting the same annoying behaviour.

                                  All was good until November 2018.

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                                  • shintoplasm01
                                    shintoplasm01 last edited by

                                    Still happening and reproducible on my MacBook Pro as of Stable 58.0.3135.53

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                                    • A Former User
                                      A Former User last edited by

                                      Tested on multiple Macs and still happening with latest version.
                                      This is very annoying, as Chrome, FF and Safari don't have such a bug.

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                                      • A Former User
                                        A Former User last edited by

                                        Hi,

                                        Has anyone tried creating a keyboard shortcut under App Shortcuts to override the Close tab shortcut? It may sound weird, but it is worth trying as a user-side patch if it does work.

                                        I'm currently using this now but I cannot recall the last time it has closed the window so I want to see if this idea can work for others too.

                                        Screenshot

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                                        • shintoplasm01
                                          shintoplasm01 @Guest last edited by

                                          @ant8672 Interesting, thanks for the suggestion.

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                                          • A Former User
                                            A Former User last edited by A Former User

                                            Still happening for me (Mojave 10.14.3, Opera 58.0.3135.65). Extremely annoying and no improvement after the latest updates. Clearly an Opera bug — I use this shortcut a lot and no other app ever had this issue.

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