How can I disable tab mute?

[hepptech]

hepptech @leocg last edited by hepptech

@leocg
Tab Audio Mute.
It is a feature added during some past update that mutes streaming audio on a given tab, by clicking the tab.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @hepptech last edited by

@hepptech It has been there for a long time and it can't be disabled as far as I know.
And you need to click on the sound indicator icon for the tab to be muted.

[psikogeek]

psikogeek last edited by

This has been an issue since 2016.

With many tabs, muting a tab is unavoidable while left mouse clicking. (because of space constraints)

While this feature was in trial, I hear that it could be disabled. Now, that it is inevitable, it would be nice to be able to disable it.

[trilliance]

trilliance last edited by

I am/was new to Opera. This is sending me back to chrome. I have a lot of tabs open all the time, and when I click to another tab than the one I'm listening to, then back, it will mute it a lot of the time, and it's only in the browser, not even in yt, netflix, whatever.

That sucks. I was sick of chrome but this browser is unusable the way I use a browser.

[gurrubhai]

gurrubhai @hepptech last edited by

@hepptech said in How can I disable tab mute?:

This feature is Really Annoying to me.
How can I disable the Tab mute feature, It just appeared after an update.

To disable the Tab mute feature in Opera browser:

Enter "opera://flags" in the address bar.
Find "Tab audio muting UI control" option.
Set it to "Disabled".
Relaunch Opera to apply the changes.

[hepptech]

hepptech last edited by

@gurrubhai said in How can I disable tab mute?:

To disable the Tab mute feature in Opera browser:
Enter "opera://flags" in the address bar.
Find "Tab audio muting UI control" option.
Set it to "Disabled".
Relaunch Opera to apply the changes.

This did not work for me.

Opera One(version: 100.0.4815.21)
Opera is up to date
Update stream:Stable
System:Windows 10 64-bit
Chromium version:114.0.5735.110

What's next?

[psikogeek]

psikogeek @gurrubhai last edited by

@gurrubhai Thanks. the muting flag in "opera://flags" works.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @hepptech last edited by

@hepptech said in How can I disable tab mute?:

This did not work for me.
Opera One(version: 100.0.4815.21)

Same here. Disabling the flag (disabled by default, but I set it to an explicit disabled just for good measure) has no effect for me, not even in Opera 99 without the Opera One UI.

[hepptech]

hepptech @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426

This can't possibly be this difficult resolve.

[ADF2k]

ADF2k @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 This still doesnt work when disabling the option in opera://flags
My version: Opera One (version: 101.0.4843.25)

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @ADF2k last edited by

@adf2k You can't disable it as far as I know.

[sunsey]

sunsey last edited by

Solve the quest and find the space to click on to switch to minimized tab. What a great UI designers, but who the hell really cares... We just don't let you even turn off that mute off - feel the pain and our creativity

[EggPlant891]

EggPlant891 @sunsey last edited by

@sunsey Thank you for sharing this example. This is precisely why the button is problematic for me too. I tend to have a music app in a pinned tab like yourself, but the mute button being present means that there is a very small margin that I can click to switch to the tab without accidentally muting my music. The #enable-tab-audio-muting flag does exist, and I have set to Disabled, however the flag appears to have no effect.

Opera One (version: 101.0.4843.43)
Update stream: Stable
System: Windows 10 64-bit
Chromium version: 115.0.5790.171

[Wufflers]

Wufflers last edited by

A really frustrating feature, why isn't there simply a toggle to remove this?