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    • burnout426
      burnout426 Volunteer last edited by burnout426

      @thegoaty I get the same behavior as @leocg. When there's only one window open, you can't close the last tab. When there are multiple windows open, you can close the last tab, which closes the window. If that action cause only one window to remain, the last tab in that remaining window will switch to being unclosable. (For Opera GX, right-click the GX Corner tab and choose "move GX corner to sidebar" so the pinned GX corner tab doesn't interfere with this behavior.)

      This is all intended behavior. Opera users typically don't like the last tab to close the browser. It would be nice if there was an option to control this though, but there isn't.

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      • thegoaty
        thegoaty @burnout426 last edited by

        @burnout426 Thank you, this is what i was looking for. kinda strange that the placement of GX corner does this. I actually completely removed the GX corner thanks to your input. i personally don't see why you wouldn't close the window with the last tab, but i'm sure there are applications where it matters.

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        • astalesia
          astalesia @burnout426 last edited by

          @burnout426 thankyou!!! I've been looking for this for a long time

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          • manofry
            manofry @thegoaty last edited by

            @thegoaty I had the same issue and @leocg really made no sense, I'm sorry you had to go through that. Thank you @burnout426 because your reply actually solved the issue.

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            • XGamerzzZ
              XGamerzzZ last edited by

              i got same problem while closing other tab next tab i close will close also but not all tabs will but doing randoming close .. and also mouse problem icon always change like you long press scroll mouse key idk if my mouse problem but im doing this on other browser its on good condition maybe opera browser bug or glitch problem hope they can fix this broswer i love the feature ...

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              • Oreon-Necris
                Oreon-Necris last edited by

                For those of you still struggling with this issue, simply move the "GX Corner" to the side bar instead of a tab at the top so when you move the last tab out of window or close it the window will now close.

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                • infinitus
                  infinitus last edited by

                  Just wanted to give a solution to that problem:

                  If you hit ctrl + shift + w you will close the window alongside the tab (even if it's the last tab and there are no other windows open) 🙂

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                  • Uberprutser
                    Uberprutser @thegoaty last edited by

                    @thegoaty I would like this as well 🙂

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                    • sorities
                      sorities last edited by

                      Everyone who still has this issue, I think someone got to it in a previous post, but there are posts after it that still are asking.

                      Settings: Serach for gx corner. Set it to be in the sidebar.
                      This removes the gx corner from the tab count, and will let the windows close when you close your tabs, I don't usually have the sidebar enabled, so it works like other browsers for me now.

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                      • Yalaus
                        Yalaus last edited by

                        Found the solution, simply right click the controller button in the top left and move it to sidebar. That'll make it so when you close all the tabs it closes the window.

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                        • davidmcgrath94
                          davidmcgrath94 @Yalaus last edited by

                          @yalaus Which one is the "controller button" in the top left?

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