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    • ppclarke
      ppclarke last edited by

      @leocg said in Open Speed Dial in Current Tab:

      opera://startpage

      I added the url to the bookmarks bar and positioned it directly under where the speed dial button used to be. It works pretty good that way. I never considered the speed dial button a homepage button. If your home page is anything other than the speed dial tiles than it's not a homepage button.

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      • as1973
        as1973 last edited by

        I added "ALT+Y" as a shortcut for "Speed dial" in the opera settings. This also opens the speed dial in the current window and not in a new one.

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        • paulseaman
          paulseaman @as1973 last edited by

          @as1973 Okay! That worked. (And is the most useful/convenient suggestion so far.) Thank you. I had to scroll through the ridiculously-detailed Setup menus a couple times to find out how to customize shortcuts, but finally found it. Funny how the shortcut works (for changing the current tab back to Speed Dial), but clicking on the icon directly opens a new tab!

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          • paulseaman
            paulseaman @ppclarke last edited by

            @ppclarke Thanks for offering a suggestion. Yes, Speed Dial is my homepage. (I don't see any way in Opera, unlike most other browsers, for selecting your own homepage. But I like the "3D" character of Speed Dial, with its large icons, as a handy dashboard display for my most-used bookmarks.) Plus, I don't use the bookmarks toolbar: it's just one more bar taking up space at the top of the page and easily accessible from the sidebar menu.

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            • ppclarke
              ppclarke last edited by

              My browser had ALT + home for speed dial. That will work for me.

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              • as1973
                as1973 @ppclarke last edited by

                @ppclarke - I have changed it to easily get it with two fingers/one hand. I am a german user so it may be ALT+Z for US/GB keyboards.

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                • HanzoX7
                  HanzoX7 @ppclarke last edited by

                  @ppclarke said in Open Speed Dial in Current Tab:

                  My browser had ALT + home for speed dial. That will work for me.

                  That's quite handy and can probably get used to hit that key combination when I want to go back to my homepage re-using the existing tab. I still miss the good ol' home button Opera devs so rudely removed though.

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                  • EdisonMGF
                    EdisonMGF @leocg last edited by

                    @leocg what a marvelous solution! So practical!

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                    • remmie63
                      remmie63 last edited by

                      The big question, despite all the practical solutions, of course is: why?
                      Why create a home page option with speed dial but no quick way to get there. And why was it in previous versions available and is it in this latest version 'erased'.

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                      • EdisonMGF
                        EdisonMGF @remmie63 last edited by leocg

                        @remmie63 Sorry! I was just joking! I can not understand how the people of Opera had mak such mess! It´s almost impossible to use. I am considering change the browser, and I use Opera since its first version.

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                        • remmie63
                          remmie63 last edited by

                          No problemo! And agree, ofcourse!

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