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    • munastronaute
      munastronaute last edited by

      When I leave a background tab inactive for a while, and switch to it, it refreshes. This annoys me and I want a way to turn it off? How do I, though?

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @munastronaute last edited by leocg

        @munastronaute Not possible to disable it for good. You can try going to opera://discards and disable it for specific pages and, probably, temporarily.

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        • munastronaute
          munastronaute @leocg last edited by

          @leocg Well, that sucks.

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          • box250383
            box250383 last edited by

            This happened after the last update. The opera has three pages open. One is active. After some time about 15 minutes, inactive pages are reloaded. This is normal.? This has not happened before.

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            • sgunhouse
              sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

              Some websites specify that the page is supposed to be reloaded after a certain time interval, so that you always have access to the latest information. So without knowing what the pages were, I can't say if that is anything strange.

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              • box250383
                box250383 @sgunhouse last edited by

                @sgunhouse This is a site with a game. open for example 3 pages. on short, three game accounts are loaded. Previously, these pages were active even if they were not visited for a long time. after the last update of the opera, two of these three pages that were in the background start to reload.
                And this is not only with the game site. I'm watching the film. I went away for 20 minutes. the laptop fell asleep. I turn it on - the site reloads. Is it possible to somehow get back the previous version of the opera?

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                • leocg
                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @box250383 last edited by

                  @box250383 See above

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                  • box250383
                    box250383 @leocg last edited by

                    @leocg thanks. I am not alone with this problem

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                    • box250383
                      box250383 @leocg last edited by

                      @leocg And do not help me where to find "go to opera: // discards" Is it somewhere in the opera settings? Can't find "discards" via translator

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                      • leocg
                        leocg Moderator Volunteer @box250383 last edited by

                        @box250383 Not a problem but a Chromium change.

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                        • leocg
                          leocg Moderator Volunteer @box250383 last edited by

                          @box250383 just type opera://discards in address bar.

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                          • box250383
                            box250383 last edited by

                            Good day.
                            I want to clarify again.
                            after the last update of the browser, inactive (background) open pages fly off, that is, they are reloaded. that is, while you are working in one tab, Facebook opened in another tab is disabled
                            this is very inconvenient. just a disaster.
                            Can I do it as it was before the update? or you can eliminate this inconvenience.

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                            • box250383
                              box250383 last edited by

                              @box250383 said in Opera refreshing pages automatically if background tab left for a certain time:

                              go to opera: // discards

                              settings - advanced - background synchronization - Allow recently closed sites to finish receiving and transmitting data (recommended) - negative.
                              are these settings?

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                              • box250383
                                box250383 @leocg last edited by

                                @leocg Or what extension should I install?

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                                • leocg
                                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @box250383 last edited by

                                  @box250383 Nope, it's something completely different.

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                                  • leocg
                                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @box250383 last edited by

                                    @box250383 I don't know any to recommend.

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                                    • A Former User
                                      A Former User last edited by leocg

                                      True. This is so annoying. I already reported this and tweeted them, but no answer. This is a major inconvenient because I lose the progress when tab refreshes. I don't know why they added this option. I specifically hated this in Chrome, at least they have an option to disable it. Wouldn't like to switch because I honestly love Opera.

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                                      • leocg
                                        leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                                        @sclears It's a Chromium change, so (almost) all Chromium based browser will behave that way.

                                        And Chrome doesn't have an option to disable it. At least not that I could find in Chrome Canary.

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

                                          @leocg It does have the option, in chrome/flags.

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                                          • leocg
                                            leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                                            @sclears Then it was or will be removed because Chrome Canary no longer has such option.

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