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    • ynhockey
      ynhockey last edited by

      I have been getting this for a long time as well. It seems to happen when I click on the search result within a second or so, waiting longer usually prevents it from happening. I thought it might be related to pending XHRs but it doesn't seem to be the case--even when there are pending ones but I wait longer, the issue doesn't occur.

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

        The same thing, I don't use the actual back button not the keyboard shortcut. Instead, I have a mouse button mapped to the "system's" back function (through Logitech's Gaming Software). It often happens when I open a new tab (Ctrl + T, sometimes through the mouse, sometimes through the keyboard) enter a random search term and quickly follow a result link. If I want to go back Opera skips the search page and instead goes directly to the New Tab screen, going forward returns me to the clicked link, not the search results page. Essentially as if I had gone from the new tab directly to the clicked link, no search in between.

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        • burnout426
          burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by

          @mbartelsmanm said in Back button skips a page:

          "system's" back function (through Logitech's Gaming Software).

          Can you map it specifically to alt + left arrow to see if it makes any difference?

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          • LeLeH
            LeLeH @burnout426 last edited by

            @burnout426 have the same problem and alt + left arrow still skips the search page

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            • A Former User
              A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

              @burnout426 issue continues

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              • burnout426
                burnout426 Volunteer @gmiazga last edited by

                @mgeffro said in Back button skips a page:

                We seem to had some success with reproducing itwith network bandwith 50kb/s.

                I still couldn't reproduce with 50kb/s throttling and cache disabled in the developer tools.

                @mbartelsmanm said in Back button skips a page:

                @burnout426 issue continues

                Can you change the shortcut to do an ESC (for stop loading) first and then back to see if it works around the issue? It seems it has to do with navigation to a link and then using back when the pages haven't finished loading. Are you on a slow connection? Do you have any extensions installed? Some extensions make take a bit to analyze the pages where it triggers the bug easier.

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                • A Former User
                  A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

                  @burnout426 tried a few things, it seems to happen if you click a link before the search page finishes loading, but only if the search is the first thing you do in a new tab.

                  That is:

                  • open new tab
                  • enter query in address bar
                  • perform search
                  • before results finish loading click a link
                  • press back/alt-leftarrow
                  • skip a page back to new tab
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                  • burnout426
                    burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                    @mbartelsmanm said in Back button skips a page:

                    That is:

                    Yep. That's what I was trying. Couldn't reproduce myself, but definitely believe you.

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                    • panosv
                      panosv last edited by

                      it's still happening, is there any fix with new opera? thanks.

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                      • davcadostal
                        davcadostal last edited by davcadostal

                        Possible workaround:

                        1. go to opera://flags/#enable-history-entry-requires-user-gesture
                        2. set to "Disabled"
                        3. relaunch browser

                        Could be caused by a bug, where user gesture is not detected correctly before page has finished loading or something like that.

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                        • LeLeH
                          LeLeH @davcadostal last edited by

                          @davcadostal Seems to have fixed it for me. Thanks!

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                          • davcadostal
                            davcadostal @LeLeH last edited by

                            @LeLeH Glad it helped 🙂

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

                              @davcadostal It's already disabled 😞

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                              • davcadostal
                                davcadostal @Guest last edited by

                                @mbartelsmanm Sorry to hear that ☹
                                Then I have no idea what else to do. (I assume you have tried disabling extensions etc.)
                                Hopefully this gets fixed soon, because this is a pretty annoying issue.

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                                • panosv
                                  panosv @davcadostal last edited by

                                  @davcadostal this solution is for what? about "back button skips a page"?

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

                                    Ok, so I recently updated Opera to the latest version 60.- and it seems the issue has been fixed

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                                    • panosv
                                      panosv @Guest last edited by

                                      @mbartelsmanm how long have you used the new version?

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

                                        @panosv A few days now, tried to replicate the issue but failed every-time, even though it used to be relatively easy to replicate before.

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                                        • davcadostal
                                          davcadostal @Guest last edited by davcadostal

                                          @mbartelsmanm Still happening to me on 60.0.3255.70

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                                          • davcadostal
                                            davcadostal @panosv last edited by

                                            @panosv said in Back button skips a page:

                                            @davcadostal this solution is for what? about "back button skips a page"?

                                            Yep.

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