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    • A Former User
      A Former User last edited by

      This works, you just need to drag the tab to the tab area of its new host window. Coming from Safari, I was confused too in the beginning but then realised it worked like this with Opera.

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      • grandmasterdoggo
        grandmasterdoggo @Guest last edited by

        There's also this neat feature called workspaces which you can access on the sidebar

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        • AstroDas360
          AstroDas360 last edited by

          I have found an easy fix, simply right click gx corner which is on the top left and click "move to sidebar." Now it shouldn't cause you to create a new window when dragging a tab to another window.

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          • Pixeljammer
            Pixeljammer @AstroDas360 last edited by

            @astrodas360 this was very useful and solved my issue

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            • MirisuChan
              MirisuChan @grandmasterdoggo last edited by

              @grandmasterdoggo Well its not that deceptively easy, even trying everything and hovering it over the tabs, doesnt do anything no matter how long i hold it, it just creates a new window by letting it go.... it just doenst work on my browser for whatever reason. But it did work just a few days ago without problems was able to switch tabs to other windows just as in the chrome browser. Now it somehow doesnt work anymore like right a second after it was successfully done multiple times it stopped working after it.

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              • MirisuChan
                MirisuChan @AstroDas360 last edited by

                @astrodas360 amazing this worked

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                • Yokerr
                  Yokerr @MirisuChan last edited by

                  @mirisuchan

                  I have the same issue, did anyone solve it? It's years already and it's still bugged? Can't move tab to another window on another screen....sometimes possible, sometimes can do totally nothing, it's really frustrating ;/

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                  • dinemata
                    dinemata last edited by

                    Moving the GX Corner to sidebar solved my problem.

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                    • Stoogiemeister
                      Stoogiemeister last edited by

                      The answer is to drag the tab from main window to your 2nd window on 2nd monitor, but the trick is to hold click and hover it above the + symbol on the other screen window for up to 2 seconds, you will then see the tab underneath move which means u can let go of left click now to drop it. Repeated test heaps of times, it works. nothing else works however

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                      • sparkyexe
                        sparkyexe @callmepadre7 last edited by

                        @callmepadre7

                        This recently started on my browser too. What you need to do is first right click on the tab you want to move. Then grab it with left mouse button to the other window.

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                        • div98
                          div98 @callmepadre7 last edited by

                          @callmepadre7 i had the same problem,
                          what works for me is simply dragging the tab to the intended window and hovering it there for a bit, after that it reads as an existing tab

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                          • dinemata
                            dinemata @Stoogiemeister last edited by

                            @stoogiemeister said in Tab Dragging onto another Window:

                            The answer is to drag the tab from main window to your 2nd window on 2nd monitor, but the trick is to hold click and hover it above the + symbol on the other screen window for up to 2 seconds, you will then see the tab underneath move which means u can let go of left click now to drop it. Repeated test heaps of times, it works. nothing else works however

                            This is the right solution.

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                            • Mati1700
                              Mati1700 @callmepadre7 last edited by

                              @callmepadre7 Yes, I'm having the same issue. But I need to work with several windows, so i'm switching to Chrome while it gets fixed.

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                              • gorditasupremes
                                gorditasupremes @grandmasterdoggo last edited by leocg

                                @grandmasterdoggo Bumping this for anyone who may have googled to get here. This Worked For Me. I am used to the tab transfer in chrome happening more quickly. But waiting for the current tabs to reshape to make room for the new tab was the key. Thanks!

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                                • DrewTamashi
                                  DrewTamashi @grandmasterdoggo last edited by leocg

                                  @grandmasterdoggo Bump, Go figure the main issue is the speed. all other explorers are pretty much instant when you drag tabs over.

                                  Note: When you are dragging a tab over, hover the tab either on-top (the tab will shrink) or in-between (they will move out of the way as described) tabs that are already there. Just off to the side doesn't seem to work.

                                  Drag Tabs OperaGX

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                                  • taylormlack
                                    taylormlack last edited by

                                    this but for mobile too ð–¹­

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                                    • melvinwongzh
                                      melvinwongzh @AstroDas360 last edited by

                                      @astrodas360 confirm this works tq

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                                      • Salva7409
                                        Salva7409 last edited by

                                        Found an easy solution, you have to drag the tab to the + sign used to open a new tab. It's not as intuitive as in Chrome, but it works.

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