Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab.
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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.
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shintoplasm01 last edited by
Still happening and reproducible on my MacBook Pro as of Stable 58.0.3135.53
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A Former User last edited by
Tested on multiple Macs and still happening with latest version.
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ant8672 last edited byHi,
Has anyone tried creating a keyboard shortcut under App Shortcuts to override the Close tab shortcut? It may sound weird, but it is worth trying as a user-side patch if it does work.
I'm currently using this now but I cannot recall the last time it has closed the window so I want to see if this idea can work for others too.
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A Former User last edited by A Former User
Still happening for me (Mojave 10.14.3, Opera 58.0.3135.65). Extremely annoying and no improvement after the latest updates. Clearly an Opera bug — I use this shortcut a lot and no other app ever had this issue.
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A Former User last edited by
Updated to the latest version 58.0.3135.68 but the problem is still there.
And that's clearly an Opera bug, as I use Cmd+W a lot across all apps and no other app has ever had this problem.
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shintoplasm01 last edited by
The solution proposed by @ant8672 worked for me, in the absence of an internal Opera fix.
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