How Do I Disable The New "Instant Search" Feature ?
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mike88 last edited by
I got the new "Instant Search" Popup and I am not happy with it. Whoever suggested this feature seriously needs attention. I thought at first it was malware infecting my computer before I did a Google search and see that Opera is responsible. I have looked in settings but cannot see a disable for this . Can someone help please ?
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padua last edited by
I second this. This 'feature' is unwelcome and an option to disable would be welcome. Thank you.
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mike88 last edited by
Thanks for your responses, I have now calmed down. I have removed it from the sidebar but when I first had the "instant search" bar appear I don't think I clicked on anything to get it to appear, which makes it mysterious. I hope the "instant search" bar can only be used by user intervention and not when Opera thinks it should be shown. As a side note when Opera does these "upgrades" why don't they show a page automatically after the update so the user is aware of what features have been added or removed.
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donq last edited by donq
@leocg
It does pop up first time, when you paste something into address bar or some similar action (don't remember anymore). Absolutely nasty behavior.Then, Alt+Space should open window menu - this is old and sometimes needed Windows shortcut, overwritten by Opera now
I really hope we will get option to completely disable such abomination.
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darthagnon last edited by
I hate this new "Instant Search", too. I use a launcher program (Wox) that already uses this shortcut, and am worried about conflicts. Need a toggle to disable this so-called feature. I can't help wondering how about this feature bloat that is coming to Opera - it must be contributing to CPU/RAM load somewhere. It already makes my older computer's fans whirr like a hurricane and opening Opera already takes ages when first opened. Couldn't extra features be delegated to plugins, like Chrome does?
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A Former User last edited by
You can go to Settings/Shortcuts /Configure Shortcuts and remove the shortcut entirely.
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A Former User last edited by
I disabled this the first time I used Opera after it was installed. Removed it from the side bar and shortcuts. Just now it popped up as soon as I clicked on the task bar to type, and didn’t go away until I pressed escape. There hasn’t been another upgrade, so I don’t know what else I need to do to make it go away for good. It never was needed so it needs to go away.
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newworldman last edited by
I don't use the instant search feature but I do use the tab search (mapped to F2), which has more utility for me. I liked it when I saw it in Vivaldi, though that combines both in one command if I recall.