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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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                    • ksarunas
                      ksarunas last edited by

                      How long this one will stay unfixed? This is ridiculous..

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                      • A Former User
                        A Former User last edited by

                        Updated to the latest version 58.0.3135.68 but the problem is still there.

                        And that's clearly an Opera bug, as I use Cmd+W a lot across all apps and no other app has ever had this problem.

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                        • shintoplasm01
                          shintoplasm01 last edited by

                          The solution proposed by @ant8672 worked for me, in the absence of an internal Opera fix.

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                          • A Former User
                            A Former User last edited by

                            58.0.3135.68 - still happening a lot.

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                            • A Former User
                              A Former User last edited by

                              58.0.3135.90 - cmd+w closes the window (intermittent issue). Also window close button sometimes closes another window. Extremely annoying.

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                              • sergeyivan
                                sergeyivan @avl last edited by

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

                                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.

                                Public bugtracker would help significantly in cases like this. Everyone would be able to track the status of the issue instead of complaining in comments.

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                                • leocg
                                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @sergeyivan last edited by

                                  They probably would complain about the status of the bug.

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                                  • shintoplasm01
                                    shintoplasm01 @leocg last edited by

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

                                    They probably would complain about the status of the bug.

                                    😂

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                                    • A Former User
                                      A Former User last edited by

                                      Have the same problem in 58.0.3135.107 on mac... slightly annoying

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                                      • A Former User
                                        A Former User last edited by

                                        I also experience this!! its so frustrating and it also happens pretty inconsistently. I can't tell what what might be causing it. Sometimes, navigating or closing tabs with the mouse seems to fix the issue but never permanently.
                                        please fix!!

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                                        • A Former User
                                          A Former User @Guest last edited by

                                          @ant8672 that works! thanks

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                                          • a5300
                                            a5300 last edited by

                                            macOS Mojave 10.14.4
                                            Opera 62.0.3331.66

                                            still happening!!!

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