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    • bean224466
      bean224466 last edited by

      On some websites (e.g. Facebook or Opera Help) my "-" and "+" keys also work as zoom keys and this is driving me crazy. I would want "-" to zoom only when pressed together with the Ctrl key and not on its own.

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      • tisme
        tisme last edited by

        +1 confirming the same behavior. "advanced keyboard shortcuts" are disabled.

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        • lando242
          lando242 last edited by admin

          There is a file in the Opera directory that you can edit to change the shortcuts. Please read thsi post for an example on how to do that.

          https://forums.opera.com/post/36754

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          • bean224466
            bean224466 last edited by

            Thank you but it does not really give me an idea as to how to instruct Opera to NOT DO anything when i press the "-" key (apart from writing a hyphen). In the Preferences file I could not find anything about the "-" key; the only key reference is
            {
            "Keybindings": {
            "Settings": {
            "AdvancedEnabled": false
            }

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            • bean224466
              bean224466 last edited by

              In the meantime, I just wanted to comment on a Facebook post with a "+" sign in my comment and of course it also zoomed. Grrr.

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              • lando242
                lando242 last edited by

                Thats interesting. When I have a text box active - and + only type, not zoom. Or is this some keyboard shortcut built into Facebook? I don't use the site so I wouldn't know otherwise.

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                • bean224466
                  bean224466 last edited by

                  I just want to zoom ONLY with Ctrl- and Ctrl+ and not with - and +, pages and text boxes notwithstanding.

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                  • Deleted User
                    Deleted User last edited by

                    I can confirm that I have only seen this on Facebook. Textboxes on Youtube, Tweetdeck, other forum software and what other few pages I can quickly check all work just fine. Including this forum.

                    • The ",", "." and "/" keys pull up the in-page search.
                    • 6, 7, 8 change the zoom.
                    • "z" tries to go back a page.
                    • probably all of Opera's keyboard shortcuts are affected (I have "Advanced Keyboard Shortcuts" enabled).

                    Whatever JS Facebook is running is making Opera think the cursor is not in a textbox.

                    If it isn't already, this should be a Priority 1 "Site Unusable" bug. And it's out here because of your damn auto-update.

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                    • bean224466
                      bean224466 last edited by

                      "Whatever JS Facebook is running is making Opera think the cursor is not in a textbox."

                      That is the point. And the issue is there even if "Advanced Keyboard Shortcuts" are not enabled but then it is just the "-" and "+" keys.

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                      • bean224466
                        bean224466 last edited by

                        I filed a bug report.

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                        • 8sheldons8
                          8sheldons8 last edited by

                          I just went to Facebook, clicked in the textbox to update my status. The "-" and the "+" keys did not zoom but did print the symbol into the textbox as expected. I am on Opera 27 with Advanced Keyboard Shortcuts enabled.

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                          • leocg
                            leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                            It's DNA-32278.

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                            • bean224466
                              bean224466 last edited by

                              I just went to Facebook, clicked in the textbox to update my status. The "-" and the "+" keys did not zoom but did print the symbol into the textbox as expected. I am on Opera 27 with Advanced Keyboard Shortcuts enabled.

                              8sheldon8: Try the comment box under a post.

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                              • suszi
                                suszi last edited by

                                I have exactly the same - try to put Z into a comment..... NO WAY 😕

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