Eliminate Speed Dial Completely

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Hey all!

I'm a big fan of keyboard shortcuts. Concerning browser usage, CTRL+W is one of my favs to close tabs.

However, though I have Speed Dial already turned off in settings, closing the last tab in Opera via CTRL+W opens a Speed Dial tab instead of closing the browser entirely. All other browsers close the browser application upon CTRL+W on the last tab.

How can I make this happen with Opera? I'd prefer the industry standard as I'm not a fan of ALT, X to make it happen.

Thanks much!

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@operan00b Opera doesn't close itself when the last tab is closed, so there is no way to do that.

And closing the last tab opens a new start page, which contains speed dial. You can disable speed dials in settings page, like you said.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

So Opera doesn't follow the industry standard and instead, spawns the very thing users have configured in Settings to not show itself.

Got it. Disappointing, but got it.

[A Former User]

A Former User @Guest last edited by A Former User

@operan00b go to "opera:settings/shortcuts" (from the address bar), disable "Hold Ctrl+Q (or press it twice) to quit Opera" - of course if you don't want to use this function, and you can use "Ctrl+Q" to quit the browser immediately.
You can also add custom shortcut for that, go to "opera:settings/keyboardShortcuts", search for "exit" (from the search box), press "Type a shortcut" on the left of "Exit", and press e.g. "Alt+E".
You can even assign "Ctrl+W" for that and it will work, but since you use it for closing a tab, you will need to add a different shortcut for it ;-)

Additional notice: if you also want to be able to exit the browser immediately (without a warning) when you have open window with multiple tabs / multiple tabs open, go to "opera:settings/userInterface" and uncheck two options: "Warn on closing window with multiple tabs" and "Warn on quitting Opera with multiple tabs open".

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Very good @leocg! I'll tinker with things. Thanx much for the #NerdyGoodness!

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@operan00b Yes, Opera does better. have the whole browser closed when you close, many times by mistake, the last tab is something that other browsers should already have revised.