<![CDATA[How do I set my home page to something other than Opera Speed Dial?]]>I've been using FVD Speed Dial for years as it's the only way I've been able to maintain my saves across browsers.
(or even have a decent speed dial at all in a browser)

some time ago (not sure which update) Opera seems to have removed the ability to set a custom home page...
what's annoying about this is I now need FVD's extension button displayed and can't use the New Tab button to open it.

if there's still a way to set my home page to FVD speed dial so I can remove the extension button.
note that I'm looking to set the home page, not the startup page
currently I have my startup set to load my tabs from the previous session (which I want)

why does Opera merge remembering open tabs with only Opera Speed Dial as the startup page?

On Startup:

  • Begin fresh with start page
  • Retain tabs from previous session
    Display the start page first (o )
  • Open a specific page or set of pages

bad design right there
a better design would be:

Home Page:

  • Opera speed dial
  • Custom:
    [ _________________________ ]

On Startup:

  • Display your home page
  • Display a custom start page:
    [ _________________________ ]

Retain tabs from previous session ( o)
Start with home page first (o )

please fix 🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/31597/how-do-i-set-my-home-page-to-something-other-than-opera-speed-dialRSS for NodeFri, 10 Apr 2026 20:54:05 GMTSat, 30 Mar 2019 12:49:32 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to How do I set my home page to something other than Opera Speed Dial? on Thu, 17 Feb 2022 23:36:59 GMT]]>Homepage in New Tab
https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/homepage-in-new-tab/

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/274728https://forums.opera.com/post/274728Thu, 17 Feb 2022 23:36:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do I set my home page to something other than Opera Speed Dial? on Wed, 15 Sep 2021 11:27:13 GMT]]>@mrgrimm Awesome!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/262043https://forums.opera.com/post/262043Wed, 15 Sep 2021 11:27:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do I set my home page to something other than Opera Speed Dial? on Wed, 15 Sep 2021 12:45:31 GMT]]>That looks pretty promising. I will give it a spin. Thanks a lot.

Edit:

Worked like a charm. Thanks again.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/262040https://forums.opera.com/post/262040Wed, 15 Sep 2021 12:45:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do I set my home page to something other than Opera Speed Dial? on Tue, 14 Sep 2021 09:51:24 GMT]]>@mrgrimm You can use https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/new-tab-start-page/mjfahldkpjhcnfbbmdhpjolcjpcfhcpj as a workaround to set most start page replacement extensions to open when opening a new tab. See https://www.reddit.com/r/operabrowser/wiki/opera/fvd for one example.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/261922https://forums.opera.com/post/261922Tue, 14 Sep 2021 09:51:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do I set my home page to something other than Opera Speed Dial? on Sat, 11 Sep 2021 14:12:18 GMT]]>@mrgrimm It was just a reference in time.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/261720https://forums.opera.com/post/261720Sat, 11 Sep 2021 14:12:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do I set my home page to something other than Opera Speed Dial? on Sat, 11 Sep 2021 12:42:10 GMT]]>@leocg said in How do I set my home page to something other than Opera Speed Dial?:

@mrgrimm There are many, most probably. However, it's been years that Opera no longer supports having a custom new tab page, basically since the change to Chromium.

What does the change to Chromium have to do with it since the feature is supported in Chromium?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/261717https://forums.opera.com/post/261717Sat, 11 Sep 2021 12:42:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do I set my home page to something other than Opera Speed Dial? on Thu, 09 Sep 2021 16:39:40 GMT]]>@mrgrimm There are many, most probably. However, it's been years that Opera no longer supports having a custom new tab page, basically since the change to Chromium.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/261634https://forums.opera.com/post/261634Thu, 09 Sep 2021 16:39:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do I set my home page to something other than Opera Speed Dial? on Thu, 09 Sep 2021 16:11:15 GMT]]>Looks like this still has not been addressed. ALL other browsers have it where you can change the page that opens when you press the + on the tab bar. This feature should of never been removed. I just installed Oerpa for the first tiome in avery long time and have it almost exactly as I want it. The only thing missing now is setting what page opens when I press the + on the tab bar. Is there a request thread for this? Thanks

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/261632https://forums.opera.com/post/261632Thu, 09 Sep 2021 16:11:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do I set my home page to something other than Opera Speed Dial? on Sun, 13 Dec 2020 15:25:26 GMT]]>@Tcll there is an extension to do it
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/moment-1-personal-dashboa/lgecddhfcfhlmllljooldkbbijdcnlpe

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/236595https://forums.opera.com/post/236595Sun, 13 Dec 2020 15:25:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do I set my home page to something other than Opera Speed Dial? on Sun, 13 Dec 2020 15:21:46 GMT]]>no, it is a very good design. just it needs a copy of the design for the speed dial page

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/236594https://forums.opera.com/post/236594Sun, 13 Dec 2020 15:21:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do I set my home page to something other than Opera Speed Dial? on Sun, 31 Mar 2019 23:28:19 GMT]]>@leocg either way, you know what I meant now 🙂
thanks for inadvertently correcting me

yeah new-tab page, not homepage
though is there really a difference
both literally did the same thing X3

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/166868https://forums.opera.com/post/166868Sun, 31 Mar 2019 23:28:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do I set my home page to something other than Opera Speed Dial? on Sat, 30 Mar 2019 17:41:20 GMT]]>In Opera Presto there was one, if I remember correctly.

But I guess that having a homepage back there used to make more sense

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/166801https://forums.opera.com/post/166801Sat, 30 Mar 2019 17:41:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do I set my home page to something other than Opera Speed Dial? on Sat, 30 Mar 2019 16:07:59 GMT]]>@leocg fair enough, I may have been wrong with the homepage bit, confusing it with a new-tab page...
but there was definitely an option to have it 😛
and THAT's what I'm complaining about here

it was omitted and users are forced on Opera's speed dial
and that's what I'm shaming about above

so yeah, sorry for the confusion 🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/166799https://forums.opera.com/post/166799Sat, 30 Mar 2019 16:07:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do I set my home page to something other than Opera Speed Dial? on Sat, 30 Mar 2019 15:27:36 GMT]]>Opera Chromium never had a homepage, so it can't be re-add. 🙂

And I really don't see a good reason for them to start allowing setting a homepage.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/166796https://forums.opera.com/post/166796Sat, 30 Mar 2019 15:27:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do I set my home page to something other than Opera Speed Dial? on Sat, 30 Mar 2019 15:24:14 GMT]]>I'm just an user.

You can ask for it or show your support for the one of the already existing requests.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/166794https://forums.opera.com/post/166794Sat, 30 Mar 2019 15:24:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do I set my home page to something other than Opera Speed Dial? on Sat, 30 Mar 2019 14:28:36 GMT]]>@leocg please bring this up to your dev team
I'm sure you guys can re-add support 🙂

I really hope Opera isn't taking the same dumb path as other businesses, getting rid of great features and limiting users and such.

otherwise the only other option I have is building my own browser 😞

EDIT:
also, there's no extensions sadly 😞
the only extension I could find is no better than what FVD does already with it's extension button

Shame on the devs for omitting the feature and enforcing users to use Opera's speed dial
smh

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/166791https://forums.opera.com/post/166791Sat, 30 Mar 2019 14:28:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do I set my home page to something other than Opera Speed Dial? on Sat, 30 Mar 2019 13:18:19 GMT]]>There's no homepage in Opera. You can set a page or more to open when you start Opera but that's all, you will always see start page when you open a new tab.

Don't know if there are any extensions that could change it.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/166787https://forums.opera.com/post/166787Sat, 30 Mar 2019 13:18:19 GMT