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    • leocg
      leocg Moderator Volunteer @johnlhillhouse last edited by

      @johnlhillhouse It should. How are you opening a new tab? What do you see in the address bar?

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      • johnlhillhouse
        johnlhillhouse @leocg last edited by leocg

        @leocg this is usually there but https://my.yahoo.com which i would like to get rid of also. i may have mislead you some and there may not be an answer but it is when i am on a page and then want to go back to the address bar there is always that pages Long url. also i use the extension New Start Page so new tabs will open in my home page. thank you for your help

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        • leocg
          leocg Moderator Volunteer @johnlhillhouse last edited by

          @johnlhillhouse To open a new tab with no address in its address bar you need to disable that extension.

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer @johnlhillhouse last edited by

            @johnlhillhouse If you double click on the address bar or use F8, the whole address will be select and you can just start typing the new one or press delete to remove it.

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            • johnlhillhouse
              johnlhillhouse @leocg last edited by

              @leocg yes, but when i do that i do not have my home page with the new tag? am i missing something? I know some of this is a small issue but it helps to learn thank you

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              • johnlhillhouse
                johnlhillhouse last edited by

                the double click does hot work but the f8 is great. still when you are on a page and want to go to a different address you still have a long url to delete. i tried f8 and double click on this and it did not clear the address bar

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                • leocg
                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @johnlhillhouse last edited by

                  @johnlhillhouse In fact I wonder how that extension is working, since Opera doesn't allow setting up a page to be opened when a new tab is opened.

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                  • leocg
                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @johnlhillhouse last edited by

                    @johnlhillhouse F8 is to focus the address bar. Done that, you start typing the new address or press delete to remove the current one.

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                    • johnlhillhouse
                      johnlhillhouse last edited by

                      as simple it sounds this really helps!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thank you very much!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                      ps- another question i have win 7 pro and 32 bit (yea, i know old but works fine for me but the first whole bunch of times i could not get opera to download------ had all protection turned off------- the forum did not respond and i don't know of any way to contact Opera directly. finally i went here---
                      Index of /ftp/pub/opera/desktop/75.0.3969.149/win/and went to autoupdate.exe to get it to install and work. only thing is the whole opera program stays in download and does not go to program files like most others. not rush but any ideas? again thank you very much

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                      • johnlhillhouse
                        johnlhillhouse last edited by

                        extension works fine. is there any other way to open a new tab that opens in your home page? thank you

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                        • leocg
                          leocg Moderator Volunteer @johnlhillhouse last edited by

                          @johnlhillhouse Different issue, should be discussed in a different topic.

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                          • leocg
                            leocg Moderator Volunteer @johnlhillhouse last edited by

                            @johnlhillhouse Nope because Opera doesn't really have a home page and doesn't allow you to change the new tab page.

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                            • burnout426
                              burnout426 Volunteer @leocg last edited by

                              @leocg Opera blocks chrome_url_overrides from manifest.json in an extension. It also blocks chrome.tabs.update() of the page to a new URL in most instances. In this extension's case though, it does:

                              chrome.tabs.update(id, {url:"about:blank"});
                              chrome.tabs.create({url:homepage, active:true});
                              chrome.tabs.remove(id);
                              

                              As in, it creates a new tab and removes the one Opera opens really fast.

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                              • johnlhillhouse
                                johnlhillhouse last edited by

                                thank you for the reply, but this is way beyond my expertise.

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