How to make Momentum work in Opera?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@karrina Opera doesn't allow to change start page/speed dial.

[aa-g7u6KkBY]

aa-g7u6KkBY @leocg last edited by

Believe me or not, I found a way to solve this as soon as I saw the thread lol

Go to opera://settings/keyboardShortcuts
Hover over ctrl+T for "New Tab"
click the x
Now scroll all the way down
You will see the momentum extension
click on "type a shortcut"
now press ctrl + t

[Kahzmic]

Kahzmic last edited by

Ok I found a work around.
Download this extension: New Tab Start Page
Enter this:
"chrome-extension://laookkfknpbbblfpciffpaejjkokdgca/dashboard.html" into the url
you should be good after that.

[tr10x1d3]

tr10x1d3 @Kahzmic last edited by

@kahzmic I know this is a really old comment, but I just wanna say thank you, you made my day better, i was suffering with installing Momentum to my new tab, and now i am blessed with knowledge so thank you so much!!! hope you have a nice day!!

[xoashleyy]

xoashleyy @Kahzmic last edited by

@kahzmic aah!! i know this is from last year, but you are a lifesaver! i just switched back to opera from chrome after a while, and i wanted to use momentum on here but could not figure it out for the life of me. thank you so much!

[A Former User]

A Former User @aa-g7u6KkBY last edited by

@aa-g7u6kkby Veeeery nice. Tks a lot

[JohnChino]

JohnChino @Kahzmic last edited by

@kahzmic The New Tab Start Page extension worked, but is there a way to automatically select the address bar so you can search immediately and not manually select it and delete the content of the address bar and then search. I hope you can help me. Thanks! !

https://mega.nz/file/ZoRjEZaJ#GApPRRMolIfyaB6MmKMYA3FXns_KNzvIx2T_OhbCXsY

[seralto]

seralto @JohnChino last edited by

@johnchino this is very annoying, and I would like to fix it. The only shortcut I can give to make it easier is the combination CTRL+L to select the URL.

[StudentOfAll]

StudentOfAll @Kahzmic last edited by

@kahzmic
Brilliant!
And so easy
Thank you

[syukron07]

syukron07 @Kahzmic last edited by

@kahzmic thank you, its work guys

[ncmsec]

ncmsec @aa-g7u6KkBY last edited by

@aa-g7u6kkby I know that this is an older thread, but I am currently using Opera GX v. 109.0.5097.130. This is my first time using Opera for a browser and I think it is great! This suggestion still works in 2024.

I use StartMe as a new tab/home page, and usually after installing the extension in a browser it will automatically configure itself as the default new tab. In Opera GX it eventually says that "Opera doesn't allow its users to change the default New Tab page. We suggest you add start.me to the Speed Dial."

Changing the keyboard shortcut for StartMe to "CTRL + T" and leaving Speed Dial without a shortcut or a different one does work though and without hassle, thank you for this!

[SourcesSay]

SourcesSay @aa-g7u6KkBY last edited by

@aa-g7u6KkBY OMG. Just discovering this having for years jumped through other hoops to get it working (like adding another plugin). This is so much easier, and it still works! Thank you!

[SourcesSay]

SourcesSay @ncmsec last edited by

@ncmsec The prior solution "broke" on my recent opera update too. I think your reply here is what brought it up when I searched for a new solution. Thanks for leading me to the old one which is much easier.