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    How to stop Opera from following a link on hoover automatically?

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    • sejTn656B8bFD
      sejTn656B8bFD last edited by

      Nowadays, some news sites are composed of clickable links entirely. Simply, there is barely any space where I could place the mouse cursor that is not a link by design.

      And on these sites, I frequently run into a problem with Opera as it follows (e.g. clicks) automatically and without user interaction the first link where I let the mouse rest for 3 seconds or so.

      Is there a way to turn this behavior off, by settings, via extension?

      Many thanks for any advice!

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @sejTn656B8bFD last edited by

        @sejtn656b8bfd There is not even a setting to turn it on. No idea about extensions.

        To be honest, I don't remember even have seen it happening.

        Did you try disabling javascript for the page?

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        • A Former User
          A Former User @sejTn656B8bFD last edited by

          @sejtn656b8bfd Could you provide a link to a site that exhibits this behaviour ? I have not noticed this except for scammer websites.

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