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    • mrsomewhere
      mrsomewhere last edited by

      I had been using a Chrome extension called "Tab Scissors" as a work around to this lack of functionality in Opera, but that extension no longer exists, and I haven't been able to find a comparable extension. The lack of ability to move multiple tabs to a new window seriously limits the usability of Opera. I don't want to switch to another browser--there is much that I like about Opera--but I just can't keep using it the way that it is.

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      • burnout426
        burnout426 Volunteer @mrsomewhere last edited by

        @mrsomewhere The Tab Scissors extension is still available at https://www.crx4chrome.com/crx/75791/ (the "Download Crx File from Crx4Chrome" link at the bottom of the page). I extracted the CRX file and things look okay in general. But, maybe there's a reason it was removed from the Chrome webstore.

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        • mrsomewhere
          mrsomewhere @burnout426 last edited by

          @burnout426 Thank you for this information. I'll look into it.

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          • A Former User
            A Former User last edited by

            New user here migrating from Brave. The absence of this feature actually surprised me, and to see that people have been noting its absence and requesting its integration for nearly five years to no avail does not inspire confidence.

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            • e13gy
              e13gy last edited by

              I migrated from Chrome about a month ago and the lack of tab organization in Opera is my biggest complaint. Ridiculous that you can select multiple tabs for next-to-no reason.

              This is going to be the thing that drives me back to Chrome. 5 years and still this parity feature is unimplemented? Disgraceful, but I guess you get what you pay for.

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              • sparky132
                sparky132 last edited by

                Bump. I think this feature deserves continued attention.

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                • barlockk
                  barlockk last edited by

                  another bump, this feature would be well received.

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                  • 36Desires
                    36Desires @barlockk last edited by

                    @barlockk same for me. switched to Opera GX on all of my devices recently and am super bummed drag&drop of multiple Tabs doesn't work. please add this or I might go back to firefox.

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                    • PanicPug
                      PanicPug last edited by

                      It's also super weird, that even with the new "islands" feature it's not possible to drag and drop an island into a new window, still only single tabs and nothing else.

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                      • A Former User
                        A Former User @PanicPug last edited by

                        @panicpug it really is totally weird.

                        I wonder if this will ever be implemented and what the reason is it has not been implemented yet.

                        Also I don't get it why we cant create tab-groups additionally to Workplaces, because with implementing tab-groups it would be also technically much more easier to implement this feature by just simply right click on the marked/selected tabs and send them to a specific tab-group.

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                        • mrsomewhere
                          mrsomewhere @PanicPug last edited by

                          @panicpug said in Select multiple tabs and drag to a new window:

                          It's also super weird, that even with the new "islands" feature it's not possible to drag and drop an island into a new window, still only single tabs and nothing else.

                          I was thinking the same thing. I have a cautious hope that now that islands have been implemented, a future update will allow you to move an island to a new window, but considered that I made this request 6 years ago, I'm not holding my breath.

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                          • BRAAAAAAAV
                            BRAAAAAAAV last edited by

                            It's weird, because you can select multiple tabs, but you can't move them. I think that there's some plugin, probably, but at least you can move tabs from one window to another. That's not to bad for me, seeing as I only have to do that with around 5, but it's getting increasingly more difficult. I'm thinking of saving my two different windows separately in some folder, but still, it would be very useful.

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                            • Zincyman
                              Zincyman last edited by

                              Cmooon Opera. This is such a basic and necessary feature! Please get this done

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                              • leocg
                                leocg Moderator Volunteer @Zincyman last edited by

                                @zincyman Work in progress: opera://flags/#drag-multiple-tabs

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                                • aleksod
                                  aleksod @leocg last edited by

                                  @leocg Glad to see the feature is worked on. I will wait for the official release with the stable feature. Thanks for letting us know!

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                                  • Zincyman
                                    Zincyman last edited by

                                    @leocg my king! So glad to hear 🙂

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                                    • sparky132
                                      sparky132 @leocg last edited by

                                      @leocg I have enabled this. I now cannot drag any tab out into a separate window. Not even a single one. Bug?

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                                      • leocg
                                        leocg Moderator Volunteer @sparky132 last edited by

                                        @sparky132 Nope, something expected as said

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                                        • sparky132
                                          sparky132 @leocg last edited by

                                          @leocg So the expected behaviour is that I cannot drag a tab to a new window? There must be a misunderstanding, surely you can't be preventing this behaviour by design?

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                                          • leocg
                                            leocg Moderator Volunteer @sparky132 last edited by

                                            @sparky132 As said, when a flag is disabled by default, it means that it's not ready to be used. So the expected behavior of such flags are that they don't work at all

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