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    • leocg
      leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by leocg

      Seems to be working in LVL4 (core: 96.0.4693.59).

      Edit: You need to enable opera://flags/#scrollable-tab-strip for it to work for now.

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      • iMoo1124
        iMoo1124 @leocg last edited by iMoo1124

        @leocg thank you, holy moly

        What a ridiculous change.

        God it feels good to be able to do this again

        Did they do the same thing to the ability to drag highlighted items to the tab section to open new tabs as well?

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        • leocg
          leocg Moderator Volunteer @iMoo1124 last edited by

          @imoo1124 It's a bug, enabling the flag is just a workaround until they release a fix.

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          • iMoo1124
            iMoo1124 @leocg last edited by

            @leocg I see, that makes way more sense

            in any case, thanks for posting the workaround

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            • Luxaetern
              Luxaetern @leocg last edited by leocg

              @leocg Oh, you friggin' lifesaver. Hopefully it gets fixed soon, but this'll definitely do in the meantime!

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              • burhanseeen
                burhanseeen last edited by

                I am using opera gx. In the past, when I clicked on the top of the window with the mouse wheel, it would open a new tab, but I can't open it anymore, how can I activate this setting again?

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                • leocg
                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @burhanseeen last edited by

                  @burhanseeen Known issue. For now you can enable opera://flags/#scrollable-tab-strip to get it back.

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                  • WhatThaFrank
                    WhatThaFrank last edited by

                    Here's some useful steps that helped me get this feauture back:

                    1. Open: opera://flags/#scrollable-tab-strip in a new tab;
                    2. Go to where it says "Scrollable tab strip";
                    3. On the drop down menu to the right of it, click "enabled";
                    4. Hit the "reload button on the bottom right or if it doesn't show itself, RESTART your computer;
                    5. Fire up OperaGX, try it out and see if it works.

                    Enjoy your feature again like before!

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                    • BemisKoenig
                      BemisKoenig last edited by

                      @WhatThaFrank Thank you so much it worked for me. You saved my life. 🙂

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                      • Pepasafonso
                        Pepasafonso @WhatThaFrank last edited by

                        @whatthafrank thanks, it worked really well

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                          • osxking
                            osxking last edited by

                            Windows 10 [latest update]
                            Opera GX LVL 4 (core: 96.0.4693.104)

                            The problem is quite simple. Before the update, I could open and close tabs with my scroll wheel (to close it, need to click the wheel on the tab; to open a new one - click on a free space [screenshot]). 7fa57624-d05a-48cc-a265-597c120144fa-image.png

                            It was so convenient and easy that now I just bing sadge
                            Idk if that really was a feature and now is deleted, but I lost it and want to get it back 😞

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                            • leocg
                              leocg Moderator Volunteer @osxking last edited by

                              @osxking Check above

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                              • Alfeyx
                                Alfeyx last edited by

                                I've been several years i use OperaGX! and I've never had this problem... since then, to open a new tab, I use the 3 button on my mouse (the middle button, the wheel) but recently this shortcut no longer works and it it's really annoying can someone help me to solve this problem
                                sorry for my english

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                                • osxking
                                  osxking @leocg last edited by

                                  @leocg thank you! I guess I was blind in the morning. It helped 🙂

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                                  • Reintar
                                    Reintar @leocg last edited by

                                    @leocg Thank you for this temporal fix, though based on time it takes them to fix it it's not so temporal, I guess, haha. Anyway I can't see any disadvantages for using it so thanks again.

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                                    • bimininjacat
                                      bimininjacat @Reintar last edited by

                                      @reintar

                                      @reintar said in Can't middle click on tab bar to open a new tab:

                                      @leocg Thank you for this temporal fix, though based on time it takes them to fix it it's not so temporal, I guess, haha. Anyway I can't see any disadvantages for using it so thanks again.

                                      It's still quite annoying the fact I cannot middle click to add a tab when there is no space on the tab bar

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                                      • santon10
                                        santon10 last edited by

                                        On my previous computers when using Opera GX I used to open new tabs using the mouse wheel button in an empty space of the tabs but since I installed it on a new computer it doesn't allow me to do this anymore, is there a way to enable it again?

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                                        • Zingado
                                          Zingado @leocg last edited by

                                          @leocg I logged into my account just to post this comment and thank you

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                                          • Luxaetern
                                            Luxaetern @santon10 last edited by

                                            @santon10

                                            @whatthafrank said in Can't middle click on tab bar to open a new tab:

                                            Here's some useful steps that helped me get this feauture back:

                                            1. Open: opera://flags/#scrollable-tab-strip in a new tab;
                                            2. Go to where it says "Scrollable tab strip";
                                            3. On the drop down menu to the right of it, click "enabled";
                                            4. Hit the "reload button on the bottom right or if it doesn't show itself, RESTART your computer;
                                            5. Fire up OperaGX, try it out and see if it works.

                                            Enjoy your feature again like before!

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