Open multiple browsers at the same time at startup

[JoarSB]

JoarSB last edited by

Hi! Okay, I'm not the best explainer in the world, so just bare with me here.

I got 2 monitors, and often I use the Opera GX browser on both my monitors. I've gone through the settings, but I can't seem to find an option to open multiple browsers at the same time at startup. I got the "open tabs at restart" feature on, but that only seem to work for one browser. That means that when I close my browsers, only the browser I closed the last will reopen with my tabs ready to use. It's not a huge problem, but it would be really nice to get a function enabled where it can open multiple browsers at the same time with my previously used tabs to reopen, as that would make my workflow so much smoother!

Hope that was clear enough, please tell if it's not and I'll try to explain it better for you.

JoarSB

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

Don't close any browser windows and close Opera via "Menu -> Exit". Then, when you start Opera, all browser windows will be restored.

[JoarSB]

JoarSB @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 Oh wow, didn't know there was a difference there! Thanks for the tip! Do you know the reasoning behind why it is like this?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @JoarSB last edited by

@joarsb Because that's the normal and expected behavior.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @JoarSB last edited by

@joarsb

The X for a window means to close a window. If there's only one window open and you close it, Opera no longer needs to be opened, so Opera exits instead.

At the URL opera://settings/onStartup, it says "Retain tabs from previous session". When there are multiple windows opened and you close a window, the window you close and all its tabs are destroyed, which means those tabs no longer exist to retain when you finally close the last window to exit Opera.

Think of the setting as "Retain/Restore currently-opened tabs from previous session" or "Save currently-opened tabs when exiting Opera".