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    • callmepadre7
      callmepadre7 last edited by leocg

      Either it's not added or a bug is preventing me from doing so. I'd like to be able to simply drag a tab from one opera gx window anto another opera gx window tab bar. Currently, when I try to drag a tab to another window it will create a fully separate window.

      I could have sworn this was a feature, so this should be under bugs if it is. I've closed all windows and tried to drag after re-opening Opera gx, but the tab dragging does not work.

      I searched for this suggestion, but the posts were quite old and didn't seem to have any response.

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      • A Former User
        A Former User @callmepadre7 last edited by

        @callmepadre7 I'd like to have this ability too, so did you find the solution? Or it just is not omplemented in opera gx yet? Because there is this feature in Chrome, for example.

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        • juval
          juval @callmepadre7 last edited by

          @callmepadre7 , for anyone having the same question/problem and finding this topic (like I did). Opera gx has this feature but I think sometimes this bugs out, due to windows being 'idle' or something.

          Solution for me, which is a bit weird but works:

          1. Have both windows open next to each other.
          2. Right click on the tab bar of the target window (you want the tab dragged onto)
          3. (immediately) Drag the tab you want to switch onto the target window

          This works for me. I think this takes the target window out of the idle state.

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          • Avatar40k
            Avatar40k @juval last edited by

            @juval I know for a fact that I have dragged tabs from one window to another. I used Opera GX for several months with no issues, then last week I lost all ability to transfer tabs. I've tried closing Opera, restarting my PC. Nothing works, including the right click method.
            What's so bizarre about this is that it worked for so long and just stopped for seemingly no reason.

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            • A Former User
              A Former User last edited by

              If you have tow windows, take a tab using left click, and then place it in the window that you wish to put it in using the right click at the same time as the left click. Left click to drag and right click to place.

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              • grandmasterdoggo
                grandmasterdoggo @Guest last edited by

                The solution is actually deceptively simple, you just have to hold the tab you are dragging over the taskbar of the window you want to drag it into, until you see that the other tabs in that window move to make a space for it

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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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