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    • shintoplasm01
      shintoplasm01 @Guest 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
        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
          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
            headspacedude @shintoplasm01 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
              shintoplasm01 @headspacedude 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
                avl Opera @shintoplasm01 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
                  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
                    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
                      A Former User last edited by

                      Tested on multiple Macs and still happening with latest version.
                      This is very annoying, as Chrome, FF and Safari don't have such a bug.

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                      • A Former User
                        A Former User last edited by

                        Hi,

                        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.

                        Screenshot

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                        • shintoplasm01
                          shintoplasm01 @Guest last edited by

                          @ant8672 Interesting, thanks for the suggestion.

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                          • A Former User
                            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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                            • ksarunas
                              ksarunas last edited by

                              How long this one will stay unfixed? This is ridiculous..

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                              • A Former User
                                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
                                  shintoplasm01 last edited by

                                  The solution proposed by @ant8672 worked for me, in the absence of an internal Opera fix.

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                                  • A Former User
                                    A Former User last edited by

                                    58.0.3135.68 - still happening a lot.

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                                    • A Former User
                                      A Former User last edited by

                                      58.0.3135.90 - cmd+w closes the window (intermittent issue). Also window close button sometimes closes another window. Extremely annoying.

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                                      • sergeyivan
                                        sergeyivan @avl last edited by

                                        @avl said in Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab.:

                                        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.

                                        Public bugtracker would help significantly in cases like this. Everyone would be able to track the status of the issue instead of complaining in comments.

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                                        • leocg
                                          leocg Moderator Volunteer @sergeyivan last edited by

                                          They probably would complain about the status of the bug.

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                                          • shintoplasm01
                                            shintoplasm01 @leocg last edited by

                                            @leocg said in Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab.:

                                            They probably would complain about the status of the bug.

                                            😂

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