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    • idrin
      idrin last edited by

      Hi all - the issue was investigated for some time and it seems that the solution has been found. As described here, the newest beta should contain the fix. Would you please care to check out if it works for you? Thanks!

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      • vanguardkeep
        vanguardkeep last edited by

        Beta v34 did not fix my problem.

        Mine occurs solely whenever I have DevTools open while at the same time the Device Mode toggle is set to a mobile device as viewport.

        Only my keyboard (and not my mouse) stops responding. That applies to the entire site I'm viewing with mobile viewport emulation but also all other input elements on all of the other tabs as well! Except the address bar, thank God. The problem seems to be limited to that; when I press the toggle again and click on the refresh button (F5 doesn't work yet) at least the keyboard responds again. But as things are right now, I am unable to test adjustments to websites for whom I'm updating their mobile versions and see the result instantly. Pretty annoying.

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        • A Former User
          A Former User last edited by

          @idrin
          I'm experiencing this on developer channel (and I update it regularly)
          so if beta is successor from developers builds it looks like it didn't fixed
          unless fix is beta-only (and not dev)
          using latest 35.0.2060.0

          on my side, it happens when some of the mouse gestures fails somehow....
          for instance, if I perform DOWN-RIGHT to close the tab, and the tab gets closed, but context menu gets stuck on newly focused tab (I can cancel it by clicking somewhere, but it shouldn't breach out)
          From that moment I can't type, use mouse gestures, click on bookmarks bar or static bars on Facebook and twitter
          Sometimes on all tabs, sometimes only on some tabs, newly created were not infected

          I think this started to happening when extra mouse gestures were introduced... around 7-9 months ago
          there some weird combo of browser.js and mouse gestures not triggering correctly (or finishing)... if i had to guess

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          • A Former User
            A Former User last edited by

            @idrin
            still happens in beta, the situation that I described in previous post

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            • canaussie
              canaussie last edited by

              Posting this from Chrome - because I too have suddenly started to have this issue. Dev tools open, latest Opera, Windows 7 Pro 64 - very frustrating!

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              • romwell
                romwell last edited by

                Version 34 on Win 8.1 64bit, experiencing the same problem.

                Version: 34.0.2036.25
                Update stream: Stable
                System: Windows 8.1 64-bit (WoW64)

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                • priapitis
                  priapitis last edited by

                  I am also having this problem. Restarting fixes it, but that's not very convenient. I'm able to type in the address bar but no where else.

                  System: Windows 7 64-bit (WoW64)
                  Opera Version: 34.0.2036.25

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                  • A Former User
                    A Former User last edited by

                    Still happening here very occasionaly.
                    Opera 35.0.2066.10, Windows 10

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                    • cy414
                      cy414 last edited by

                      actually had this. thought it was a dud add-on.
                      one factor of the bug was that it did work for some fields, but ignored the [ins] setting, meaning i was overtyping what i had already done.

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                      • kbcz
                        kbcz last edited by

                        also having this problem - no dev tools whatsoever. win8. very very very frustrating. please focus on this as it renders browser unusable. alway have many tabs open, hate to restart browser more than anything

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                        • shadowxt
                          shadowxt last edited by

                          I had the same problem since version 32. I was so fed up with it that I was about to dump Opera. The only fix that works so far is to completely disable mouse gestures and use a different mouse gesture extension for chrome. So far, haven't seen a single lock up since. Something about the mouse gesture that is built into Opera is locking up and preventing any input. This often occurs on any web sites using Adobe Flash.

                          If it wasn't for the lack of updates for Coolnovo, I would have stayed with Coolnovo and dumped Opera a long time ago. Opera is barely usable only with adding about 5 to 6 extensions to enable simple Tab management options such as opening pages in a background tab, preventing the closing of application when the last tab has been closed, setting a new start page or replacing the crappy built-in speed dial software. Speed dial 2 is generations ahead of the garbage that Opera uses. Its sad how a great browser turned to crap by developers who doesn't listen to their own customers. They keep adding useless features and won't fix the things that makes browsing bearable by adding more tab browsing options. I hope they actually pay attention to the UI more instead of focusing on stupid changes like rewording "Opera" on the upper left corner to "Menu". Give me a break.

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                          • venoel
                            venoel last edited by

                            Opera developer 36.0, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I have the same issue after using gesture (close tab)

                            • Its sad how a great browser turned to crap by developers who doesn't listen to their own customers*
                              +1

                            I miss about Opera ver.12

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                            • leocg
                              leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                              Opera developer 36.0, Ubuntu 14.04

                              This is Opera for Windows' forum. You will most probably have better luck if you post in Opera for *nix forum.

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                              • venoel
                                venoel last edited by

                                Opera developer 36.0, Ubuntu 14.04

                                This is Opera for Windows' forum. You will most probably have better luck if you post in Opera for *nix forum.

                                But problem exactly the same.

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                                • boberdober
                                  boberdober last edited by

                                  The problem like vanguardkeep still present. When you open "device mode" keyboard stops working

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                                  • kumaramonk
                                    kumaramonk last edited by

                                    Now here's the kicker: I'm using Opera 12, essentially a different program, and I met with the same problem. Now it's ok again. It seems to get it working normally again, I need to restart. I believe the developers did something remotely that broke something.

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                                    • k4lgarcias
                                      k4lgarcias last edited by

                                      Opera beta 36.0 does the same i had to write this comment on a notepad and copy it here.

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                                      • bannedfromtv1982
                                        bannedfromtv1982 last edited by

                                        Still no fix?

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                                        • xisps80
                                          xisps80 last edited by

                                          The same happens to me, this is really annoying. I've been an Opera user for years, I'm really used to it but if I cannot find a solution to this, I'm afraid I'll have to start chroming or something and I really hope not to do so.

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                                          • eressiel10001
                                            eressiel10001 last edited by

                                            Same problem here.
                                            Opera version 35.0.2066.92.
                                            Windows 10.

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