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    Where is the "Recently closed tabs/Tab menu" button on the top right?

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    • mjneal
      mjneal last edited by

      Adding my voice to the pile here. This change added unnecessary work for the end user. The previous position was right beside the tabs and opening old tabs only required one click rather than navigating through a menu to access another menu. Accessing the old tabs menu was such a smooth processes that it became something the user could do without thinking about it. That's a goal any UI developer hopes to achieve. Why on earth would you make it more difficult to access such a basic and perfectly implemented feature?

      I've disabled the flag for this change but this is yet another baffling change for change's sake that Opera has made, the only thing keeping me here at this point is the Speed Dial.

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      • gt1919
        gt1919 last edited by

        Instead, there is a "Search on tabs" magnifier icon/button, which I do not need. There seems to be no way to change this in Settings.

        I hope it's just a bug of the latest update and not a new "feature".
        Or is it?

        Thanks.

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        • A Former User
          A Former User @Guest last edited by

          @strike9 thank you!!!!!!

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          • donq
            donq @gt1919 last edited by

            @gt1919 said in Where is the "Recently closed tabs/Tab menu" button on the top right?:

            Instead, there is a "Search on tabs" magnifier icon/button, which I do not need. There seems to be no way to change this in Settings.

            Disable opera://flags/#search-in-open-tabs - should help for now.

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            • cocodor
              cocodor last edited by

              Logging in the forums to also say that this is a poor decision.

              Also, thanks for the solution, but it just reminds me of the workaround to delete specific cookies (when it was accessible in the regular settings years ago).
              It's sad to see features take a step back in terms of usability and depth time and time again in Opera.

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              • hanna-d
                hanna-d last edited by

                I don't really know if I should write much about this, but I'm just disappointed that the option to reopen closed tabs was removed from the top bar. An excellent useful feature, I was using it very often.
                It would be awesome if it could be brought back in future updates.

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                • gt1919
                  gt1919 @donq last edited by

                  @donq
                  Thanks.
                  And where is "Other devices" menu now?

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                  • clack
                    clack @sgunhouse last edited by

                    @sgunhouse Bad move.
                    I completely agree with ericartman92.
                    Hope that Opera developers will put ASAP the recently closed tabs button in the place it used to be.

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                    • A Former User
                      A Former User last edited by

                      Why replace good old functionality with other?! It is just stupid. 🙄

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                      • mentallymental
                        mentallymental last edited by leocg

                        The dropdown list on top right used to show all open tabs, and on mouseover used to preview each open tab. That was extremely handy when I had many tabs open to quickly see which tab has what in it. I also used the Recently Closed list in it a lot which is also gone! The mouseover previewing was unique to Opera!! Why was it removed??

                        Yes, I know there exists a flag to get it back for now (opera://flags/#search-in-open-tabs), but why would you (devs) change the default feature?? And as a flag, it's probably gonna die out in a few stables releases. Aren't you just making Opera bland & similar to other browsers by removing such an important convenience feature, thus driving away users?

                        Opera user since 2008

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                        • mentallymental
                          mentallymental @ericartman92 last edited by

                          @ericartman92 said in Where is the "Recently closed tabs/Tab menu" button on the top right?:

                          @sgunhouse I find it ridiculous to be honest.
                          I myself am a developer, and whenever there's a feature that's being retired, there's always a sane and valid reason to do so, it is also explained thoroughly to the user why it has been done so. Since this was a feature for ease-of-use, it has been moved for no apparent reason. In the end, the quality and easy of use has degraded regardless of one's view - instead of making one click to access closed tabs (because not always do we need the last one), we now have to make additional movements and clicks. What's more, it's not placed far from tabs, where it was previously placed and felt natural.
                          Had to roll back and disable auto-update. Thank you very much for forcing me to tick to older versions because of no apparent reason.

                          I am very disappointed in how opera turned out to be, especially considering why so many of us have used it since version 9 and even before that.

                          I completely agree with ericartman92. Removing a unique feature of convenience and replacing it with one of degraded convenience is terrible move, and it drives away Opera's users. Why would you eliminate features that distinguish Opera from Chrome & Firefox?? It's not like Opera has the majority market.

                          Opera user since 2008

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                          • buntehose
                            buntehose last edited by

                            Till the last version there was a button to open a dropdown-menu of closed tabs.
                            I liked this very much.
                            The new solution that I have to open closed tabs one after one to find the tab I'm looking for is annoying and unpractical.
                            Any chance to get the button back?

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                            • A Former User
                              A Former User last edited by

                              Holy crap this is a bad move. This is one of the features in Opera I use most.

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                              • Sigrid
                                Sigrid last edited by

                                the arrow on the left of the minimize button is replaced by a search button! it was there yesterday and now it's gone. i really need that "recently closed" tabs function, how can i bring it back?

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                                • ak-pasha
                                  ak-pasha @burnout426 last edited by

                                  @burnout426 , thank you, so much!

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                                  • zetmencool
                                    zetmencool last edited by

                                    How do I remove "Tab Search" and return "recently closed tabs" in its place ??? After the upgrade it came out no one needs shit, tabs and so open, what do I search for? How to return recently closed? Opera Знімок_2020.png

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                                    • sorrode
                                      sorrode last edited by leocg

                                      I had to move my computer and now my Opera got updated to the new loadout
                                      I don't know about the average IQ of Opera users but I certainly don't need a function to find specific tab because you can just drag your damn tabs to organize them
                                      While you might find you need a page that you didn't knew you need before you closed it or just closed it accidentally
                                      Also why dafuq is the Search in tabs all fking white even in dark mode
                                      Do your damn engineers even test the damn product before pushing them out

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                                      • pauluzz
                                        pauluzz last edited by

                                        I also join the shouting fest here. Anyway, please keep the feature of the 'tabs trashbin'. It is more productive to close stuff and reopen what is needed than to search in too many open tabs.
                                        Or find a way to merge the two for all I care.

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                                        • iuliug
                                          iuliug last edited by

                                          Please restore the last Closed tab menu as it was before. hell yes i a m joining ya all.

                                          And do not remove features like that with out an impact assesment.

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                                          • ChesterSaD
                                            ChesterSaD last edited by

                                            Where is "recently closed tabs" gone? I don't see any use for this another search button, in any case.
                                            Seems like Opera's "button displacement department" is the most hard-working guys in their development team.

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