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

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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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                              • LazyMan
                                LazyMan last edited by

                                After lates update I saw that you replaced a useful "Resently closed" button by "Search". It was one of my favourite function in Opera, because it simple to use in two clicks. But now I should open the lateral panel (1), chose what I closed (2), and close the panel (3). So +1 useless step. And it is so unconfornable to use!

                                Please, turn my favourite button back (or make it configurable for turning in).

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                                • slaxer
                                  slaxer last edited by

                                  Great. The feature I used Opera for (that and mouse gestures) is now gone.

                                  I guess it's time to use other browsers and see if there's an addon that does the same.

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                                  • donq
                                    donq @LazyMan last edited by

                                    Once again - disable opera://flags/#search-in-open-tabs - should help for now.

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                                    • nsx
                                      nsx last edited by

                                      It's pretty clear by this point that this "experiment" is a big fat fail, please let it die.

                                      I'm using Opera on my phone and computer, and have been using it since it was paid/ad supported. Lately it feels like the devs are forcing more and more crap onto the users, with more and more incentive for users to switch platform.

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                                      • marius-ss
                                        marius-ss last edited by

                                        I was almost start swearing here but someone added hided settings !!🧢

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                                        • marius-ss
                                          marius-ss @leocg last edited by

                                          @leocg well mister moderator in such cases is better to not say nothing !!!

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                                          • maydin95
                                            maydin95 last edited by

                                            I used to press that button literally every day and after updating my Opera, i had a little shock for a while.

                                            I always close tabs and need to reopen from last closeds literally every day. I have more than 150+ tabs because of my job currently, still I accidentally discovered "Search in Tabs" feature using shortcut (probably was Shift+Tab but it seems removed) but never used.

                                            That button was one of best features of Opera when I start using it in 2009 and I still love it.

                                            I hope developers find another way to implement new features without making old boys sad.

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