Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab.
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A Former User last edited by
Hi all,
I'm having headaches with this issue. I didn't customised any shortcut in Opera and from time to time when I use the Command + W shortcut to close a tab the complete Opera Window is closed. Without any error message.
Other Opera windows are still open so I'm sure I'm not accidentally hitting Command + Q.
Any clue how to fix this?
Thanks.
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A Former User last edited by
For now, there is a temporary work aroun: After you've hit Command + W (and the window closes instead of the tab) do the following: Command + N (to open a new window) followed by Command + Shift + T (to re-open the last tab). This will actually open the last window you've closed including all tabs (granted it wasn't an incognito window).
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shinobu last edited by
Yes I tried that too. Hasn't happened once since I reinstalled Opera yesterday...
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A Former User last edited by
For me the best workaround for this issue is:
- Open again opera
- Chooce "History" option from the top
- Choose option: reopen last closed window
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shintoplasm01 last edited by
This just happened to me too (and not for the first time either)...
Opera Stable 57.0.3098.116
macOS Mojave 10.14.2
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shintoplasm01 last edited by
Presumably this is now being fixed in the Developer version 59 (under DNA-73684). I've asked if this could at least be backported to the upcoming Stable 58...
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headspacedude last edited by@hub It won't be fixed as cmd+w is a macOS system wide keyboard shortcut to close windows. Looking into it, it seems dumb that Opera would include this as a shortcut to close current tabs, when it is a system wide mac command.. All I can think of is that macOS is over riding it and that Opera should introduce a new shortcut to overcome this. See list of mac shortcuts here: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201236
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avl Opera last edited by
@shintoplasm01 said in Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab.:
Presumably this is now being fixed in the Developer version 59 (under DNA-73684). I've asked if this could at least be backported to the upcoming Stable 58...
It has been backported to O58 stable, let us know if you still see anything like this problem!
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shintoplasm01 last edited by
@headspacedude All browsers, including FF, Safari and Chrome include Cmd+W as a shortcut to close tabs and none have displayed this bug. I'm glad that O58 looks likely to have fixed this, by the way, as confirmed elsewhere.
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A Former User last edited by
Still same problem wit O58, Very annoying. I'm seriously considering switching back to another browser, even if I liked Opera a lot,
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shintoplasm01 last edited by
@sinouhe I concur. I just had this happen to me again... Opera devs, this bug is seriously dragging on for quite a few versions now...
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sergeyivan last edited by
To fix the issue you need to close the start tab (Speed dial). After that it works normally
Also, it makes sense to enable window closing confirmation.
Hopefully that helps.
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avl Opera last edited by
Everyone, my most sincere apologies, I read some information wrong: the fix for the remaining issue that occurs after opening a new window was not backported to O58 in time for the initial release, so it'll only be in the next O58 update to come along. This will be released at the start of next week.
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headspacedude last edited by
@shintoplasm01 Yes, because as I said, this is a macOS system shortcut, not one exclusive to Opera. Opera need to provide a new shortcut on macOS to close tabs. Or you could redefine it, which I know is not ideal (see the link): https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjd-62Eg5PgAhWcUxUIHfmnAAwQFjACegQIBxAM&url=http%3A%2F%2Fosxdaily.com%2F2017%2F08%2F08%2Fcreate-custom-keyboard-shortcut-mac%2F&usg=AOvVaw019KKJXU-aAg6ebNq05HWb
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shintoplasm01 last edited by
@headspacedude So please could you explain to me why the Cmd+W shortcut works perfectly for closing tabs and not windows in Chrome and Firefox? It's not an incompatibility with system-wide macOS shortcuts, it's an Opera bug which is still waiting for a fix.
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avl Opera last edited by
@shintoplasm01 said in Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab.:
@headspacedude So please could you explain to me why the Cmd+W shortcut works perfectly for closing tabs and not windows in Chrome and Firefox? It's not an incompatibility with system-wide macOS shortcuts, it's an Opera bug which is still waiting for a fix.
Yes, just to be clear, this is an Opera bug :). It appeared when updating to macOS 10.14 because Apple changed the behavior of how often menus and shortcuts get refreshed.
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mister-k last edited by
This may be an Opera bug but it is definitely not confined to macOS.
I've been using Opera on macOS Sierra (10.12.6) and two Windows 10 machines and keep getting the same annoying behaviour.
All was good until November 2018.
