<![CDATA[[Implemented-Developer]Allow more than 5 workspaces]]>Personally, I need at least twice as much and I'm not even using 40% of the vertical real estate on my monitor, so I completely miss the point of this gratuitous limitation...

Can you please unlock the number of workspaces that can be created, or provide a rationale why it makes sense to have no more than 5 workspaces?

Thanks!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/40413/implemented-developer-allow-more-than-5-workspacesRSS for NodeWed, 11 Mar 2026 17:15:10 GMTMon, 04 May 2020 16:00:39 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to [Implemented-Developer]Allow more than 5 workspaces on Sat, 12 Oct 2024 11:02:04 GMT]]>@t4akawolf said in [Implemented-Developer]Allow more than 5 workspaces:

Re: [Implemented-Developer]Allow more than 5 workspaces

Since it took me multiple searches and time to arrive at the workaround for this particular bug, thought I'd make a separate post for you, user from the future.

Summary of the bug: When you try to create a 6th workspace on Opera's desktop browser, it renames one of the 5 existing workspaces instead of creating a new one.

Workaround: Right-click Player (the Special Feature that lets you listen to YouTube Music / Spotify / etc., in the sidebar itself), then select Hide Player. Now try creating the 6th workspace. Should work.

I am on Opera version 97.0.4719.63, and can confirm that:

  1. I was unable to create a 6th workspace until I hid Player.
  2. After creating the workspace, I re-enabled Player, and the 6th workspace persisted.

Hope this is useful.

This is the proper way to make a bug report. This bug and workaround are still accurate & reproduceable in October 2024.
Opera version: 113.0.5230.135 - OS: Windows 10

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/361798https://forums.opera.com/post/361798Sat, 12 Oct 2024 11:02:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Implemented-Developer]Allow more than 5 workspaces on Sat, 12 Oct 2024 10:56:40 GMT]]>@AntiqueAntelope It's 2024 and I'm having the same issue STILL. Toggling "Player" off in settings worked as a temp fix - Thank you so much !!! 😁 I hope the Opera Devs fix this soon because 4 years is a long time to have a small but significant bug like this still kicking.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/361797https://forums.opera.com/post/361797Sat, 12 Oct 2024 10:56:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Implemented-Developer]Allow more than 5 workspaces on Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:19:13 GMT]]>@pattarachart I just created an extra 22 (to make 24 total) workspaces no problem in Opera 113.0.5230.86 64-bit on Windows 11 23H2.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/359718https://forums.opera.com/post/359718Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:19:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Implemented-Developer]Allow more than 5 workspaces on Wed, 11 Sep 2024 15:54:05 GMT]]>Currently you only have 10 workspaces and cannot add more.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/359704https://forums.opera.com/post/359704Wed, 11 Sep 2024 15:54:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Implemented-Developer]Allow more than 5 workspaces on Tue, 28 May 2024 02:13:30 GMT]]>@ruaine83 I have no issues for what it's worth. I can create all 24 workspaces no problem. Tested in Opera One 110.0.5130.39 64-bit on Windows 11 23H2.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/351702https://forums.opera.com/post/351702Tue, 28 May 2024 02:13:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Implemented-Developer]Allow more than 5 workspaces on Mon, 27 May 2024 02:30:55 GMT]]>@t4akawolf This did Not work

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/351620https://forums.opera.com/post/351620Mon, 27 May 2024 02:30:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Implemented-Developer]Allow more than 5 workspaces on Mon, 10 Apr 2023 07:51:11 GMT]]>Re: [Implemented-Developer]Allow more than 5 workspaces

Since it took me multiple searches and time to arrive at the workaround for this particular bug, thought I'd make a separate post for you, user from the future.

Summary of the bug: When you try to create a 6th workspace on Opera's desktop browser, it renames one of the 5 existing workspaces instead of creating a new one.

Workaround: Right-click Player (the Special Feature that lets you listen to YouTube Music / Spotify / etc., in the sidebar itself), then select Hide Player. Now try creating the 6th workspace. Should work.

I am on Opera version 97.0.4719.63, and can confirm that:

  1. I was unable to create a 6th workspace until I hid Player.
  2. After creating the workspace, I re-enabled Player, and the 6th workspace persisted.

Hope this is useful.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/306209https://forums.opera.com/post/306209Mon, 10 Apr 2023 07:51:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Implemented-Developer]Allow more than 5 workspaces on Mon, 24 Oct 2022 13:39:58 GMT]]>@antiqueantelope

Just in case someone else ends up here from a google search, I can verify that this behavior of being limited to 5 workspaces is still a problem. However, @AntiqueAntelope 's fix of digging into the settings, finding the sidebar player toggle and flipping it will solve your problem.

Specifically, here are the steps:

  1. Open your preferences
  2. Search for "Enable Player"
  3. This should pull up only the toggle you need.
  4. Switch it "OFF"!
    4.5 IF the toggle is already off, toggle it "ON" and then "OFF" again!
  5. Add a new workspace and it should appear and stick like it should.

Fixed!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/292161https://forums.opera.com/post/292161Mon, 24 Oct 2022 13:39:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Implemented-Developer]Allow more than 5 workspaces on Mon, 09 May 2022 12:26:25 GMT]]>Sorry for the double-post, looks like the "edit" period for my previous reply has expired.

I'm back with another update, on a different computer but with the same Opera GX version and account.

So, as expected, the workspaces I added a few hours ago on the other computer is automatically here (so >5 workspaces). However, trying to add more on this computer reverts back to the behaviour of replacing/renaming existing workspaces.

So I went to check the Music/Player functionality deep in general settings again, and it's already enabled (it looks like settings sync up very well on Opera 😁). So I toggled it to "Disabled" this time, and tried to add more workspaces again immediately (without any browser restarts etc).

And bam, it's behaving as intended again.

But I've grown to like the Music/Player sidebar thingy over the past few hours, so I turned it back on, and adding workspaces still behaves correctly.

So now it's confirmed that toggling the Music/Player functionality is one reproducible way to fix this bug regardless of whether it starts or ends on "On" or "Off", and does not require any restarts.

Hopefully devs can poke into this to find out the actual interaction to be addressed.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/280663https://forums.opera.com/post/280663Mon, 09 May 2022 12:26:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Implemented-Developer]Allow more than 5 workspaces on Mon, 09 May 2022 06:44:48 GMT]]>@sgunhouse I went digging deeper in the options menu to try to find a way to check/restore functionality without re-installing or clearing profile data.

Somehow, turning on the "background music" feature, seemingly completely unrelated, has fixed this for me. Not sure if toggling this also checks/updates some other stuff in the code, but others still stuck on 5 workspaces may try this.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/280652https://forums.opera.com/post/280652Mon, 09 May 2022 06:44:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Implemented-Developer]Allow more than 5 workspaces on Mon, 09 May 2022 06:17:13 GMT]]>@antiqueantelope Just tested in LVL3 (core: 85.0.4341.72), I was able to create 6 workspaces.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/280651https://forums.opera.com/post/280651Mon, 09 May 2022 06:17:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Implemented-Developer]Allow more than 5 workspaces on Mon, 09 May 2022 03:44:12 GMT]]>I'm on Opera GX 85, but still limited to 5 workspaces. Trying to add more just renames one of the existing ones, as reported by @pumkin54 and @dante003.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/280645https://forums.opera.com/post/280645Mon, 09 May 2022 03:44:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Implemented-Developer]Allow more than 5 workspaces on Wed, 17 Nov 2021 23:58:58 GMT]]>@jacesvg Update: It worked, thank you so much.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/267569https://forums.opera.com/post/267569Wed, 17 Nov 2021 23:58:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Implemented-Developer]Allow more than 5 workspaces on Mon, 15 Nov 2021 16:25:02 GMT]]>@ibsenleo Thanks, I'll try this out.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/267329https://forums.opera.com/post/267329Mon, 15 Nov 2021 16:25:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Implemented-Developer]Allow more than 5 workspaces on Sun, 14 Nov 2021 10:10:57 GMT]]>@jacesvg Hi! I had the same issue. I just opened the tab manager, disable tabs, reenable tabs and after it let me create new tabs. Seemed something related to old config. Im using Opera GX but i think is the same code base. Hope to be useful

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/267213https://forums.opera.com/post/267213Sun, 14 Nov 2021 10:10:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Implemented-Developer]Allow more than 5 workspaces on Fri, 24 Sep 2021 05:13:14 GMT]]>@dante003 Is there any update about getting this in Opera GX? I'm stuck at 9 workspaces, and having max workspaces would be quite helpful in many circumstances.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/262882https://forums.opera.com/post/262882Fri, 24 Sep 2021 05:13:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Implemented-Developer]Allow more than 5 workspaces on Sat, 26 Jun 2021 19:23:12 GMT]]>@pumkin54 said in [Implemented-Developer]Allow more than 5 workspaces:

@sgunhouse Hm, I'm using 75 and just tried to add a sixth. It just overwrote my fifth one. I still can't get more than five.

Yeah, same problem here. I'm on Opera 77, and when I try to create another workspace, it just rename one of the five workspaces.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/255791https://forums.opera.com/post/255791Sat, 26 Jun 2021 19:23:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Implemented-Developer]Allow more than 5 workspaces on Thu, 29 Apr 2021 11:22:36 GMT]]>@sgunhouse Hm, I'm using 75 and just tried to add a sixth. It just overwrote my fifth one. I still can't get more than five.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/250203https://forums.opera.com/post/250203Thu, 29 Apr 2021 11:22:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Implemented-Developer]Allow more than 5 workspaces on Mon, 29 Mar 2021 03:13:32 GMT]]>@jhjones This fix has even already made it to the regular public branch, I've been rocking 7 workspaces for a few weeks now. (Thanks devs!)

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/246988https://forums.opera.com/post/246988Mon, 29 Mar 2021 03:13:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Implemented-Developer]Allow more than 5 workspaces on Mon, 29 Mar 2021 00:20:09 GMT]]>@jhjones Update to a current version, 74 is too old.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/246984https://forums.opera.com/post/246984Mon, 29 Mar 2021 00:20:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Implemented-Developer]Allow more than 5 workspaces on Sun, 28 Mar 2021 21:17:29 GMT]]>@roti-0 Sorry to revivify this old thread, but I'm looking to create more than 5 workspaces with Developer v.74 -- When I click the "add more" workspaces button in the Sidebar setup, it just force-renames one of the existing 5 that I already have. Nothing I can find or do will create more than 5 Workspace tabs. Does anyone know the exact procedure whereby one creates Workspaces #6-24? Any help would be highly regarded! :^)

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/246981https://forums.opera.com/post/246981Sun, 28 Mar 2021 21:17:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Implemented-Developer]Allow more than 5 workspaces on Wed, 04 Nov 2020 16:27:10 GMT]]>With the developer version 74, I was able to create 24 workspace, as many as the number of predefined icons. Promising.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/231624https://forums.opera.com/post/231624Wed, 04 Nov 2020 16:27:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Implemented-Developer]Allow more than 5 workspaces on Sun, 01 Nov 2020 23:46:11 GMT]]>@leocg said in Allow more than 5 workspaces:

DNA-88682 Increase the number of allowed workspaces to the number of available icons

When might this be added to Opera GX?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/231309https://forums.opera.com/post/231309Sun, 01 Nov 2020 23:46:11 GMT