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    • A Former User
      A Former User last edited by

      Same problem on Mac OS Mojave

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      • notorious7302
        notorious7302 @szczepanson last edited by

        still present and it also happens on Opera GX (obviously)

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        • jbjb
          jbjb last edited by

          I had the same problem as @szczepanson it started working for me after following steps:

          • changing the display language to english
          • restarting Opera
          • sigining out and signing in again in the synchronization menu

          Without following steps the opera://activity were working fine but he icon on the task bar was missing and not available for selection.

          I am using Opera in version is 60.0.3255.165

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          • szczepanson
            szczepanson @jbjb last edited by

            @jbjb Did this procedure fixed problem permanently?
            In my case it's totally random if this icon shows up after opening Opera.

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            • notorious7302
              notorious7302 @szczepanson last edited by

              for me it's random for both Opera and Opera GX I say again

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              • vic2pal
                vic2pal last edited by

                Now, it appears normally
                Yesterday it wasn't

                The same version of opera

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                • A Former User
                  A Former User last edited by

                  I'm facing the problem too. I'm on Opera version 62.0.3331.18. I can't see the Tabs icon in the sidebar. However,
                  opera://activity shows the synced tabs. Also, the Synchronization icon in the top right is hidden when you open the browser. It shows again after you navigate to opera://activity.

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                  • vic2pal
                    vic2pal last edited by

                    A problem is being reported for a year and a half.. and no reply from Opera Team!
                    Why?????

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                    • leocg
                      leocg Moderator Volunteer @vic2pal last edited by

                      @vic2pal I guess the idea is to use the tabs menu.

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                      • vic2pal
                        vic2pal @leocg last edited by

                        @leocg Sorry, Can't get what you mean..
                        The problem is that "Tabs" button is missing

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                        • leocg
                          leocg Moderator Volunteer @vic2pal last edited by

                          @vic2pal I mean that I don't think they will fix it because the idea is to use the tabs menu.

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                          • vic2pal
                            vic2pal @leocg last edited by

                            @leocg Sorry again,, what is the "tabs menu"?
                            isn't it the same missing button?

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                            • leocg
                              leocg Moderator Volunteer @vic2pal last edited by

                              @vic2pal The tabs menu is at the top right, near the close button. It's a icon with three lines forming a arrow down.

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                              • panosv
                                panosv last edited by

                                hi, because is about sync here, i want to ask, the sync icon , has been removed from upper right?

                                examples:

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                                • slytheringirl
                                  slytheringirl @panosv last edited by slytheringirl

                                  @panosv Have you tried signing out and signing back in, because the sync icon now disappears if you're already signed in when you start Opera. Signing out and signing back in makes it come back and stay for as long as you keep Opera up, then it'll disappear again when you close Opera. In my opinion, sync has been broken for a long time now and the devs have no real intenion of ever fixing it. I had to reset my data for the umpteenth time recently because it mysteriously removed my tablet (and no, I did not do it myself). As I keep telling ppl here, sync does whatever it wants when it wants. It's a miracle if ANYTHING gets synced at all.

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                                  • vic2pal
                                    vic2pal @leocg last edited by

                                    @leocg Wow..! 😅
                                    Never notice the "other devices" in that menu

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                                    • panosv
                                      panosv @slytheringirl last edited by

                                      @slytheringirl said in Sync tabs icon missing on sidebar:

                                      Have you tried signing out and signing back in, because the sync icon now disappears if you're already signed in when you start Opera. Signing out and signing back in makes it come back and stay for as long as you keep Opera up, then it'll disappear again when you close Opera

                                      thanks for clarifying, is what you are saying, but why they changed it after we close the browser? if you know

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                                      • slytheringirl
                                        slytheringirl @panosv last edited by

                                        @panosv I wish I knew myself what's going on with sync. It's been such a hassle trying to get anything sync at all these days. I don't think it was an intentional change on the devs' part, but a bug within the system that no one seems to care enough about to fix.

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                                        • marwerno
                                          marwerno @slytheringirl last edited by

                                          @slytheringirl
                                          I have to agree. On the SAME machine I have Opera as well as the new gaming Opera GX.
                                          Sync took quite a while to happen. I can only see the current browser tabs even so I have over 8 Operas linked to this 1 account (since I have mostly 2 Opera browser per machine).
                                          As for the tabs selection visible:
                                          This screenshots is from the same machine, different Opera Version. One shows the tabs selection, the other one does not (but on both it was switched on before...)
                                          a2d5d38b-524b-4a00-8e90-189370862304-image.png

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                                          • jbjb
                                            jbjb @szczepanson last edited by

                                            @szczepanson yes, for me steps I have described above fixed the problem permanently.

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