How to disable tabs list popup?

leocg · Mar 1, 2022, 11:32 AM

leocg Moderator Volunteer @PurpleT Feb 28, 2022, 8:44 PM

@purplet Not possible to disable it at the moment.

nasos333

nasos333 Mar 1, 2022, 4:22 AM

Hi all,

Any news on this ?

The browser is currently unusable due to this world record bad feature.

Would be great to know if will be fixed or move to another browser directly. It takes away so much of my time and is extremely confusing

nasos333

nasos333 Mar 1, 2022, 4:27 AM

please disable it

g3-scorpio

g3-scorpio @igrblkv Mar 1, 2022, 7:05 AM

@igrblkv said in How to disable tabs list popup?:

igrblkv
There is an option to switch to Opera GX - there is no such problem. Maybe it's for now: Version —LVL 3 (core: 83.0.4254.70)

Opera GX - It's just a toy for little kids.
Latest stable version - Opera_83.0.4254.54_Setup

PurpleT · Mar 1, 2022, 12:55 PM

PurpleT @leocg Mar 1, 2022, 11:32 AM

@leocg Why?
Its not a lot to ask for a setting to turn it off.
I guess I'll have go looking at browsers again as I'm not interested in ones who have such arrogant designers who fail to offer choice on even the most simple of things.

leocg · Mar 6, 2022, 9:27 PM

leocg Moderator Volunteer @PurpleT Mar 1, 2022, 12:55 PM

@purplet Because there is no setting to disable it at the moment.

PurpleT

PurpleT @leocg Mar 1, 2022, 5:05 PM

@leocg Yes I know, that's why I said it's not too much to ask for a setting to turn ot off.
I can't be bothered with idiots who can't be bothered to give us such a simple setting. So again I'll be looking to use a different browser if they're going to force annoying crap on me.

seriousgigi

seriousgigi @leocg Mar 1, 2022, 10:49 PM

@leocg your job is too hard since most people (including me) react like "remove this setting" "cut the crap" in most cases lol

A Former User Mar 2, 2022, 12:01 PM

With PurpleT here. Just gone through a process of giving my privacy right up to come here cause I had to Content no matter what. I'm gone. Chow Opera

peteee

peteee Mar 3, 2022, 2:52 AM

Wow i can't believe this is back again, what a terrible feature. Opera, can we the users please vote on what becomes 'permanent'? I'd like to not migrate to another browser just because of you all are getting 'creative' again

sarahmarcus

sarahmarcus Mar 3, 2022, 7:49 AM

There is an option to switch to Opera GX - there is no such problem. Maybe it's for now: Version —LVL 3 (core: 83.0.4254.70)

KubaK

KubaK Mar 5, 2022, 6:39 PM

This feature is really annoying. Please give us option to switch it off.

blackie1406 · Mar 7, 2022, 7:36 AM

blackie1406 Mar 6, 2022, 8:10 PM

I have just tried to install a previous version of Opera rather than the atrocious V84 and find that the install box has an update box and it is impossible to install the old version I have just downloaded without updating first. Is it possible to somehow bypass the udate.

echo-the-husky · Mar 6, 2022, 11:03 PM

echo-the-husky @leocg Mar 6, 2022, 9:27 PM

@leocg What do you mean 'at the moment'?! The option to disable the 'feature' was already available by disabling it in flags, this option has now been removed.

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @echo-the-husky Mar 6, 2022, 11:03 PM

@echo-the-husky Flags are for developers to enable or disable the features they are working on, for development and test. Flags aren't settings for users to enable or disable something, although they can do it.

Once the feature is enabled by default in stable channel, its flag is no longer necessary and is removed.

burnout426 · Jun 27, 2022, 3:06 PM

burnout426 Volunteer @blackie1406 Mar 7, 2022, 7:36 AM

Download the final version of Opera 83 from https://download3.operacdn.com/pub/opera/desktop/83.0.4254.62/win/ to your Downloads folder.

If you have 64-bit Windows, download the x64 one.

Goto the URL opera://about, and take note of the "install" and "profile" paths.
Close Opera.
Copy your profile folder to a safe place just in case there's something that Opera 84 did with your profile that's not compatible with Opera 83 where running the profile with the older version corrupts your profile. Unlikely to be a problem in this case, but you never know.
Uninstall Opera but don't choose to delete your data when uninstalling.
Delete the Opera install folder if it still exists.

Launch a command prompt and run:

  "%userprofile%\Downloads\Opera_83.0.4254.62_Setup_x64.exe" --launchopera=0

for example to launch the Opera installer and tell the installer not to launch Opera after it's installed.

When the installer starts, click "options" and review all the options carefully to make sure they're how you want them. Then, click "install".
Now that Opera is installed, go into the "83.0.4254.62" folder in Opera's install folder and rename "opera_autoupdate.exe" to "opera_autoupdate.off".

If you have trouble renaming the file because Windows say it's in use, open up Task Manager in Windows and end task on any Opera autoupdate processes you see on the "Processes" tab.

For good measure, open Task Scheduler in Windows, select "Task Scheduler Library", scroll down till you see "Opera Scheduled Autoupdate", right-click it, and choose "disable".

If you have more than one "Opera Scheduled Autoupdate" task, you can look at each task's "Actions" tab to see what Opera it's for so you disable the right one.

Then, you're good to go to use Opera 83 till Opera 84 has the option you want. When that's the case, while Opera is closed, enable the Autoupdate task again, rename "opera_autoupdate.off" back to "opera_autoupdate.exe", start Opera, wait 20 to 30 seconds, goto the URL opera://about, and let Opera update to the latest build of 84.

blackie1406

blackie1406 @burnout426 Mar 8, 2022, 8:46 AM

@burnout426
Many thanks. Working perfectly now.
Regards

Tcan

Tcan @burnout426 Mar 9, 2022, 4:02 AM

@burnout426 I'll try installing the old if it will let me because this "feature" is a deal breaker for me too.

ArkhAngel

ArkhAngel Mar 22, 2022, 8:41 PM

I can't believe there is no way to disable this annoyance now apart from downgrading.

I used the following link to suggest an improvement:
https://opera.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/9

In Opera Settings, on the left, there is a "Rate Opera" link which I used to tell whoever receives it how pathetic this "feature" is. Best thing is it can be used multiple times.

Maybe if they get a few hundred negative comments, they'll start considering adding two lines in their code so we can Disable this Unwanted crap.

But then again, there is no limit to devs arrogance.

Remember devs, having a tabbed browser is useful for having Multiple tabs. That means that having 10+ tabs opened is not a rarity. Your tabs tooltip is Not a good thing in that case. Find another way to implement it or let us disable it.

leocg · Mar 23, 2022, 5:12 PM

leocg Moderator Volunteer Mar 22, 2022, 10:06 PM

From Opera 85 changelog:

DNA-97250 Add a setting to disable showing tabs from the same domain in the fast tab tooltip