<![CDATA[Closing a tab switches to back to the wrong one]]>Let's say I have two open tabs A and B. The left tab is the active one. When I open a link from that page in a new tab (A1), this new tab is created between the two others, meaning A - A1 - B. Now I decide to close the current active tab A1. I would expect tab A to be the active one (since I came from there) but actually tab B is now the active one.

This behavior is really annoying for certain workflows and I see no reason why it should behave like this.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/23561/closing-a-tab-switches-to-back-to-the-wrong-oneRSS for NodeSun, 12 Jul 2026 16:45:24 GMTSat, 25 Nov 2017 10:35:24 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Closing a tab switches to back to the wrong one on Thu, 01 Nov 2018 05:50:46 GMT]]>In Opera 12's tab settings, you have 3 choices for what happens when you close a tab. You had "activate the last active tab", "activate the next tab", and "Activate the first tab opened from the current tab". Also in Opera 12, you could choose to open a tab at the end of the tab bar or next to the current tab. There was also a setting for the order of how tabs were cycled.

Vivaldi has similar close options. It has a checkbox for "always activate related tab" and then a close order option with the choice of "Activate in recently used order", "Activate left in tab order", and "Activate right in tab order".

Point being, there are a bunch of ways to handle closing of tabs. Opera just needs the options so users can pick the way they want.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/157872https://forums.opera.com/post/157872Thu, 01 Nov 2018 05:50:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Closing a tab switches to back to the wrong one on Thu, 01 Nov 2018 05:50:05 GMT]]>@t3rm1 said in Closing a tab switches to back to the wrong one:

Follow these steps:

Open tab A (eg. google.de)
Open a link from tab A in a new tab (called B )
Go back to tab A and open another link in a new tab (this tab is now between A and B, called A1)
Close tab A1. This will open tab B instead of tab A.

Can you confirm this?

I can confirm this.

@t3rm1 said in Closing a tab switches to back to the wrong one:

The question is: Why would it make sense to open another tab instead of the previous one when closing a tab.

Tab B was the last tab that was opened, so Opera switches back to it.

As for A1 being between A and B, tha's the default "open tab next to active tab" behavior. You can change that by turning off opera://settings/userInterface?search=cycle%20tabs%20in%20most%20recently%20used%20order

Note though that if you turn that off, you might have to close all tabs to test as Opera might get confused.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/157871https://forums.opera.com/post/157871Thu, 01 Nov 2018 05:50:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Closing a tab switches to back to the wrong one on Wed, 31 Oct 2018 09:02:32 GMT]]>It's super-funny, because I would like Opera to open next tab after closing active one, but instead it opens in some awkward order.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/157809https://forums.opera.com/post/157809Wed, 31 Oct 2018 09:02:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Closing a tab switches to back to the wrong one on Tue, 30 Oct 2018 16:36:46 GMT]]>I have the same issue. For whatever reason, if I close a child tab opened from another page, Opera insists on displaying the next open tab on the right, as opposed to the source tab on the left like all other browsers do. Pretty frustrating. v53.0.2907.68

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/157793https://forums.opera.com/post/157793Tue, 30 Oct 2018 16:36:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Closing a tab switches to back to the wrong one on Sat, 03 Mar 2018 20:20:16 GMT]]>I expressed it wrong. I just wonder what reason there could be that the tab to the right of the closed one gets the focus instead of the left (and previously focused) tab. Since I don't know any I think it has to be a bug.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/141273https://forums.opera.com/post/141273Sat, 03 Mar 2018 20:20:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Closing a tab switches to back to the wrong one on Tue, 27 Feb 2018 18:55:56 GMT]]>@t3rm1 what do you mean by 'open another tab'? You don't need to open another tab.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/140950https://forums.opera.com/post/140950Tue, 27 Feb 2018 18:55:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Closing a tab switches to back to the wrong one on Tue, 27 Feb 2018 17:27:41 GMT]]>The question is: Why would it make sense to open another tab instead of the previous one when closing a tab. I can't find any reasons for it. Too bad we won't get any response for the ticket.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/140946https://forums.opera.com/post/140946Tue, 27 Feb 2018 17:27:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Closing a tab switches to back to the wrong one on Tue, 27 Feb 2018 03:27:31 GMT]]>@t3rm1 I'm start thinking that this is an intended behavior and there are some logic on it.

Start Opera with no sites opened. Open any site (page 1). From site 1 open two links in new tabs . Go to the first tab on the right (page 2) and close it, the one on the right (page 3) will become the new active tab.
From that page (page 3), open two new tabs and then close the page. Now the page on the left (page 1) will become the active one.
And if you go to the page on the left (page 4) and close it, the page on the right (page 5) will now be the currently active.

I think it's because Opera cycles between the tabs opened from the same page. So if you load site A and from there open pages A1, A2 and A3 and then open a new tab and load site B, if you close A3 you will get A2 as the active one, because it was also opened from A, and not site B.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/140928https://forums.opera.com/post/140928Tue, 27 Feb 2018 03:27:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Closing a tab switches to back to the wrong one on Mon, 26 Feb 2018 21:31:21 GMT]]>@leocg Thanks for the link. I reported it.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/140901https://forums.opera.com/post/140901Mon, 26 Feb 2018 21:31:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Closing a tab switches to back to the wrong one on Mon, 26 Feb 2018 20:24:09 GMT]]>@t3rm1 Well, we don't even know if it is considered a bug that needs to be fixed. If you think it is, you can report it

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/140884https://forums.opera.com/post/140884Mon, 26 Feb 2018 20:24:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Closing a tab switches to back to the wrong one on Mon, 26 Feb 2018 18:45:05 GMT]]>@leocg Okay, so you got the issue sometimes. That's good. What is the next step. How can we get this fixed?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/140872https://forums.opera.com/post/140872Mon, 26 Feb 2018 18:45:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Closing a tab switches to back to the wrong one on Sun, 25 Feb 2018 23:03:42 GMT]]>@t3rm1 It may not be easy to reproduce because some behaviors don't seem to be consistent or, at least, I wasn't able to find out which would be the default one.

Here if I do a search in Google and click on one of the results to open the page, that page will be on the right of the google search page and the next result opened will be in the right of previously opened one. So instead of A, A1 and B and would be A, B, C or A, B, A1.

Sometimes closing a tab actives the one on the right and sometimes the one on the left.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/140825https://forums.opera.com/post/140825Sun, 25 Feb 2018 23:03:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Closing a tab switches to back to the wrong one on Sun, 25 Feb 2018 22:18:08 GMT]]>@t3rm1 Ι told you 3 months ago that it doesn't happen and never happened. You can ask 100 people in the blog about it and no one will confirm it, as I happen to follow the blog and its comments daily for years and there hasn't been one time that someone mentioned that as a problem, so if you experience that with the portable version as well then I can't help you further.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/140824https://forums.opera.com/post/140824Sun, 25 Feb 2018 22:18:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Closing a tab switches to back to the wrong one on Sun, 25 Feb 2018 21:36:46 GMT]]>@xirit32 You didn't even try to follow my steps, did you? As I said, it is 100% reproducible. I have tested it on different computers, with a clean profile and even with the portable version.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/140822https://forums.opera.com/post/140822Sun, 25 Feb 2018 21:36:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Closing a tab switches to back to the wrong one on Sun, 25 Feb 2018 12:15:32 GMT]]>@t3rm1 Download whatever version of Opera you like and do a portable installation to some other disk drive place, try it there.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/140796https://forums.opera.com/post/140796Sun, 25 Feb 2018 12:15:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Closing a tab switches to back to the wrong one on Sun, 25 Feb 2018 09:00:41 GMT]]>@leocg Yes, I tested it with a clean profile and it is 100% reproducible.

Follow these steps:

  1. Open tab A (eg. google.de)
  2. Open a link from tab A in a new tab (called B )
  3. Go back to tab A and open another link in a new tab (this tab is now between A and B, called A1)
  4. Close tab A1. This will open tab B instead of tab A.

Can you confirm this?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/140789https://forums.opera.com/post/140789Sun, 25 Feb 2018 09:00:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Closing a tab switches to back to the wrong one on Tue, 20 Feb 2018 21:45:42 GMT]]>@t3rm1 Tried a clean profile already?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/140435https://forums.opera.com/post/140435Tue, 20 Feb 2018 21:45:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Closing a tab switches to back to the wrong one on Tue, 20 Feb 2018 20:37:27 GMT]]>Any ideas?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/140424https://forums.opera.com/post/140424Tue, 20 Feb 2018 20:37:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Closing a tab switches to back to the wrong one on Sun, 18 Feb 2018 16:45:52 GMT]]>Here is a demo:

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Any suggestions?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/140214https://forums.opera.com/post/140214Sun, 18 Feb 2018 16:45:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Closing a tab switches to back to the wrong one on Sat, 25 Nov 2017 12:52:59 GMT]]>@xirit32 The only extensions I have are AdGuard and Ghostery.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/132430https://forums.opera.com/post/132430Sat, 25 Nov 2017 12:52:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Closing a tab switches to back to the wrong one on Sat, 25 Nov 2017 12:20:26 GMT]]>@t3rm1 In my case closing A1 returns me to A. Always did so. Maybe you have some tab extension interfering with it?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/132428https://forums.opera.com/post/132428Sat, 25 Nov 2017 12:20:26 GMT