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    [Solved]The combined Address Search bar is no longer working

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    • RonM
      RonM @leocg last edited by

      @leocg Good Morning I closed opera and reopened it and everything is fine now. but my reset of setting I have to configure the way I had it now. The reset did not work until it was closed and opened again. Problem has gone away all is fine. Thank you for your concern.

      Ron

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      • auxce
        auxce last edited by

        Not solved.

        Address bar search works after reopening but the problem returns after some time the browser is opened:

        Typing a search string into address bar -> [Enter] -> nothing happens.

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        • davidr
          davidr last edited by

          I am experiencing the exact same thing: whether in a new or existing tab, whether in a new or existing window, if I click in the address/search bar, type, and press Enter, nothing happens. It doesn't matter whether I type a search string or a Web address known to be valid (even with https://www and all): nothing happens. The typing appears dimmed as I type, and there is a globe icon at the left of the bar. However, in a private window everything works as it should. I'm using Opera v. 78.0.4093.147, which should be the latest version.

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer @davidr last edited by

            @davidr If it works in a private windows, then most probably a extension is causing the problem. It could be a broken profile too.

            So far I couldn't reproduce the problem.

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            • davidr
              davidr @leocg last edited by

              @leocg said in [Solved]The combined Address Search bar is no longer working:

              @davidr If it works in a private windows, then most probably a extension is causing the problem. It could be a broken profile too.

              So far I couldn't reproduce the problem.

              Thanks, Leo. It's strange, because it only began happening recently, and I haven't altered my extensions or profile. Could it perhaps be connected to the enhanced address bar?

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer @davidr last edited by

                @davidr Don't know. I see that opera://flags/#enhanced-address-bar was disabled here, I enabled it and will see if it triggers the problem.

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                • leocg
                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @davidr last edited by

                  @davidr Even with Enhanced Address Bar enabled, i still can't reproduce the issue.

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                  • davidr
                    davidr @leocg last edited by

                    @leocg , thanks for working on it. I have to think it's a newly introduced bug of some kind, since several of us are now reporting it. Further info: if I type into the address/search bar in an existing tab and hit Enter, it doesn't do anything but reload the existing page, reinserting its address into the bar.

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                    • saur
                      saur last edited by

                      I have exactly the same issue, last stable installed.
                      Similar to this bug:
                      https://forums.opera.com/topic/44882/solved-address-search-bar-doesn-t-work-won-t-let-me-enter-grays-out-text-etc/175

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                      • davidr
                        davidr last edited by

                        Just updated to Version:78.0.4093.184, and it seems to be fixed. Hopefully for good--as @saur points out, it was reported and supposedly fixed last November!

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                        • davidr
                          davidr @davidr last edited by davidr

                          Aaannd no it's not. The problem is back today, still not fixed.

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                          • liero
                            liero @davidr last edited by

                            Yeah it's frustrating because it's a problem that seems to happen after several minutes to hours of use. Once it happens, if I open a new tab, type in a website URL and hit enter, nothing happens.

                            In my limited experimenting I've done, I've noticed that if I open a new tab, type in a URL, say, Google.com for example, switch to a different tab, and then switch back to the tab I was typing the URL in, and THEN hit enter, it will navigate to google. But the problem still persists, it doesn't fix it. Additionally if you then try to go from google.com to youtube.com using the same trick (type in URL, don't hit enter, switch to a different tab, then switch back), it will begin to navigate...but won't actually go anywhere.

                            Curiously I've noticed if I Ctrl-N and open a new window, the address bar in the new Opera window works perfectly fine and behaves as expected, but the address bar on the old Opera window still doesn't work.

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                            • MSGaBe
                              MSGaBe last edited by

                              I've been using Opera for years.At least 15.And i have never had any issues until this started to happen.You can't search anything in the address bar.If i open a new tab, i still can't use it. Sometimes, if i close the browser, it would work..for like a tab or 2, and then this bs starts all over again.
                              Closing the browser every time it goes crazy it`s not an option , i have usually 10+ tabs open that i use.
                              I thought updating the browser to the latest version would fix this issue. It did not.
                              So help !?

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                              • davidr
                                davidr @liero last edited by

                                Thanks, @liero ! I appreciate your detailed testing, and I can reproduce exactly what you say. Previously I had observed that the problem never happens in a private window (Ctrl+Shift+N), but maybe it was just any new window. The one thing I can add is that if the typed address is going to fail, it appears grayed out / faded out; if it's going to work, it is the normal darker color. It's good to know I'm not alone! It's hard to imagine what could have been done to create this problem; but then I'm not a professional programmer. πŸ˜‰

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                                • johnd78
                                  johnd78 last edited by

                                  The problem is still relevant. It is easy to reproduce - it is enough to change the "Aero" theme of Win 7 to the basic theme (or vice versa) while the browser is running.
                                  Appeared in Opera 78.0.4093.112, actual for Opera Beta 79 and Opera Dev 80. There is no this bug in Opera 77.0.4054.90.

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                                  • MSGaBe
                                    MSGaBe last edited by

                                    The [Solved] in the name of this topic needs to be removed since this is still happening. Using vers.78.0.4093.184 and it`s happening all the time.

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                                    • davidr
                                      davidr @johnd78 last edited by

                                      @johnd78 said in [Solved]The combined Address Search bar is no longer working:

                                      The problem is still relevant. It is easy to reproduce - it is enough to change the "Aero" theme of Win 7 to the basic theme (or vice versa) while the browser is running.
                                      Appeared in Opera 78.0.4093.112, actual for Opera Beta 79 and Opera Dev 80. There is no this bug in Opera 77.0.4054.90.

                                      Thank you for this information. I may try this out. Does the problem not occur in Windows 10 then?

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                                      • MSGaBe
                                        MSGaBe last edited by

                                        Changing the theme has no effect on my end.The problem persists.

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                                        • vandaminator
                                          vandaminator last edited by

                                          It isnΒ΄t solved
                                          Occours on:
                                          Windows 7 SP1
                                          Opera 78.0.4093.184

                                          After Aero mode changes, example this issue can occour when you share your browser (Opera) screen on MS Teams

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                                          • davidr
                                            davidr @johnd78 last edited by

                                            @johnd78 , I'm sorry to say that changing the Aero theme in Win7 does not work for me. 😞

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