[Solved]Bring back the "Recently closed" button on the top bar on the right
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A Former User last edited by A Former User
I wonder if you can do these things:
- Change recently closed button icon back to how it was. This magnifying glass is confusing.
- Disable/delete or permanently colaps the list of openned tabs. I really dont know how this feature is usefull rather then interfering.
- Permanently open full list of recently closed tabs. Why it is colapsed anyway?
- Make recently closed tabs list longer and/or adjustable. Sometimes even 25 tabs is not enough and searching in history is pain in the ass.
- Have recently closed tabs in order how they was closed and not in some random unknown order. It is RNG or something? I really dont get it why?!
- Have the list of recently closed tabs right under the recently closed tabs button and not in middle of the screen and almost like fullscreen. If you really need that feature then swinging mouse from button to middle of the screen and again and again make no sence if you just can have it right under the button
Number 2 and 5 is very important and number 3 will be very helpfull. Everything else will be very nice but nut really nice to have.
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superduper last edited by
@airforce25228 People, why are you keeping on flogging this dead horse? It should be obvious by now that whoever are developing Opera 1) have no idea what they are doing and 2) don't give a damn about their users. So just bury it and get a new one. Vivaldi looks worth giving it a try.
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treego last edited by
@superduper said in Bring back the "Recently closed" button on the top bar on the right:
@airforce25228 People, why are you keeping on flogging this dead horse? It should be obvious by now that whoever are developing Opera 1) have no idea what they are doing and 2) don't give a damn about their users. So just bury it and get a new one. Vivaldi looks worth giving it a try.
I think Opera's current implementation in Opera 71 is very nice with regards to being able to access recently closed tabs! Ctrl-Space -or- select the magnifying-glass icon at the upper right.
It's elegant and searchable. Wonderful!
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superduper last edited by
@treego Oh, really? And only three items in the list? And the list in the middle of the screen? Well, some people like pain.
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A Former User last edited by
@superduper Developers are known to be blind and ignoring community so we have to be louder and be heard I think? I wouldnt be so sure about that "obvious" thing.
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treego last edited by
@superduper said in [Solved]Bring back the "Recently closed" button on the top bar on the right:
@treego Oh, really? And only three items in the list? And the list in the middle of the screen? Well, some people like pain.
I have much more than three items in my list when I click on "show more"; are you using the latest Opera 71? No pain here!
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superduper last edited by
@airforce25228 Who says I am not going to do anything? I have already done. I have switched to Vivaldi, which has the closed tabs option and lots of other goodies that Opera does not.
As for as being louder, why should I beg someone to give me something that others are offering to give me without my asking for it? -
superduper last edited by
@treego I don't. My Opera will not update to version 71, it says my version 70 is up to date.
Anyway, it's too little too late. I am already on my way to Vivaldi. -
treego last edited by
@superduper said in [Solved]Bring back the "Recently closed" button on the top bar on the right:
@treego I don't. My Opera will not update to version 71, it says my version 70 is up to date.
Anyway, it's too little too late. I am already on my way to Vivaldi.Vivaldi is nice. I have it on my system, but I list several reasons here why I prefer Opera: https://forums.opera.com/topic/41570/positively-preferring-opera-over-the-pretenders
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dorumin 0 last edited by
Indeed, I am one of the people inconvenienced by this change. Not about to throw much more of a fit or say I'm moving to another browser, even though I really do think the old UI was better for me (it showed more tabs, currently open, and synced device tabs)
Nevertheless, this thread is not actually solved, if the solution is outdated. I don't believe it's unreasonable to expect users to keep seeing this thread when they're in Opera 70, confused as to why the flag is nowhere to be seen. The solution is outdated. This post is no longer solved, and has become a ranting ground for people who dislike this change (note: not dislike change entirely, that is generalization, I believe people who make decisions in Opera that do this would be mistaken)
So, yeah. I'm here because I Googled why my dropdown is gone. There is no solution. That's a shame.
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treego last edited by
@dorumin-0 said in [Solved]Bring back the "Recently closed" button on the top bar on the right:
So, yeah. I'm here because I Googled why my dropdown is gone. There is no solution. That's a shame.
But, there is a solution. Update to Opera 71 and click on the icon in the upper right corner. You can view as little as 3 recently closed tabs or up to 20 or more recently closed tabs when you do that. The same can be viewed by pressing Ctrl-Space.
Opera even now allows one to search for a closed tab by keyword(s) if so desired.
I think Opera has gotten even better with respect to recently closed tabs, honestly, over the past few version updates.
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superduper last edited by
@treego said in [Solved]Bring back the "Recently closed" button on the top bar on the right:
I think Opera has gotten even better with respect to recently closed tabs, honestly, over the past few version updates.
Until I got to this sentence I was willing to give the benefit of a doubt that this is some die hard Opera fan, but now I can see that this is just an Opera shill.
There are plenty of citations in this thread why the recent crutch of the closed tabs is not as convenient, as the old one was, and to state that it's an improvement is definitely shilling for Opera/ -
superduper last edited by
@treego said in [Solved]Bring back the "Recently closed" button on the top bar on the right:
But, there is a solution. Update to Opera 71
Especially for graduates of the Midvale School for Gifted I repost my earlier post:
My Opera will not update to version 71, it says my version 70 is up to date.
Anyway, it's too little too late. I am already on my way to Vivaldi. -
treego last edited by
@superduper said in [Solved]Bring back the "Recently closed" button on the top bar on the right:
@treego said in [Solved]Bring back the "Recently closed" button on the top bar on the right:
I think Opera has gotten even better with respect to recently closed tabs, honestly, over the past few version updates.
Until I got to this sentence I was willing to give the benefit of a doubt that this is some die hard Opera fan, but now I can see that this is just an Opera shill.
There are plenty of citations in this thread why the recent crutch of the closed tabs is not as convenient, as the old one was, and to state that it's an improvement is definitely shilling for Opera/"Shill?" No. I am just an enthusiastic and satisfied user of Opera. Did you check my link for why I prefer Opera over other browsers, yet?
https://forums.opera.com/topic/41570/positively-preferring-opera-over-the-pretenders -
tauto last edited by tauto
Hello people!
I'm just updated my Opera GX to LVL2 (core: 71.0.3770.138) and the closed tabs button missed again!
It appears that Opera is attempting to get ride off permanently, because #search-in-open-tabs is no more avalilable in flags.
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A Former User last edited by
This is a copy of my GX forum request, since main-browser users presumably want the feature back just as much as GX users.
(forums.opera.com/topic/43627)A recent update to opera removed the opera://flags/#search-in-open-tabs, which allowed users to keep Recent Tabs in leu of Search in Open Tabs.
I'd like the flag back, or (given that the search in tabs feature can now also show recently closed tabs) an option to have the new feature show up in the same way the old did.The old feature showed up in a dropdown from the icon, which was great for when a user needed to quickly get back to a tab they'd just closed, whereas the new feature shows up over the center of the browser, which is great for searching, but not so great for getting back to recently closed tabs.
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mentallymental last edited by@ericartman92 This no longer works.
First of all, they changed the flag to #search-in-closed-tabs.
And even if it is set to Disabled, it makes no difference.
Opera user since 2008
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mentallymental last edited by mentallymental
I know this has been requested in another topic(s) but the workaround there no longer works.
I am talking about this Search button the top right that replaced the beautiful Dropdown of Open/Closed tabs:
I very often have 50+ tabs open when I'm working on something intensely. The old dropdown box had the following advantages over this new "Search tabs" feature:
- You could mouse-over the tab name in the dropdown box to instantly see a preview of the contents of that tab.
- You could Shift+Click the tab name in the dropdown to quickly close that tab.
- The dropdown box was much longer (in height) and showed many more tabs than the new Search box's UI.
- The dropdown box was in place on the side away from obstructing the tab; that was a better UI design than diverting the user's attention to a new UI box placed centrally, obstructing the currently open tab. Plus, the Search box doesn't conform to the theme (I have Dark theme on).
Point number 1 & 2 were very useful for me! Point 1 allowed me to quickly find the tab that I was trying to find by visual inspection; I need not remember a text from it to type into the stupid Search box that exists now. Point 2 allowed me to clean up my tabs. I could just shift+click away tabs selectively that I dont need from the dropdown box without going to that tab first and then closing it.
For new users who don't know what I'm referring to, this is what the Tabs Dropdown list looked like:
https://www.technobezz.com/files/uploads/2016/03/New-Bitmap-Image-36.bmpThis is how my tab bar looks right now when I need to clean up the tabs, and I dearly miss the old Tabs Dropdown box that was stupidly removed.
@Opera, you are bringing upon your own demise, and I hate to see this happening. Even after SO MANY people have asked to bring this back, you have not brought it back; rather you even removed the #search-in-open-tabs flag. You're begging for the Ghana pallbearers to carry your coffin to the graveyard! Don't you dare delete this post; let people support it and you do something about it.
Opera user since 2008
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mentallymental last edited by
@superduper
Seeing as Opera devs don't care about their users nor do they have any idea on what they are doing with the UI, I am considering switching to Vivaldi now. But Vivaldi also lacks the features I am looking for which Opera had before this terrible change. How's the dev team and community response at Vivaldi?
Features I care about are:- A quick list of Open Tabs (like the dropdown that Opera had) which shows preview of tab with mouseover.
- Ability to close tabs with shift+click / <some key>+click on the tab
- Popout video that has better controls than the vanilla popout from chromium. Opera had a great one before they switched to the dumb one from chrome.
- Syncing extensions, passwords across devices.
Opera user since 2008
