<![CDATA[How to Disable Error Console?]]>How in h*ll does one disable the error console? (Sorry for the language but this has not made for a happy camper.)

The error console has become a real PITA as every site (including opera.com),
throws errors. Not only do pages take forever to load (literally over a minute each), but the popup console window keeps blocking legitimate windows.

I have looked (many times), through all the options in the UI. The only one I found turns it on - [Tools | Advanced | Error Console] - but nothing to turn it
off. Neither did I find anything in About:config.

The "Advanced Documentation" page is anything but: Web specs, JS, CMD line,
version history, User CSS, etc but absolutely nothing on user preferences or options. Not even a category.

Searching on Opera.com was extremely frustrating as most of the help links just go around in circles without offering anything substantial. I finally stumbled upon an old developer tools page that listed categories for "Advanced Preferences" Again, everything EXCEPT "error console".

Do I have to reinstall Opera to turn error console off?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/5944/how-to-disable-error-consoleRSS for NodeTue, 21 Jul 2026 02:08:54 GMTTue, 21 Oct 2014 21:31:04 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to How to Disable Error Console? on Thu, 23 Oct 2014 22:25:50 GMT]]>Ah!
🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/55766https://forums.opera.com/post/55766Thu, 23 Oct 2014 22:25:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to Disable Error Console? on Thu, 23 Oct 2014 21:21:00 GMT]]>It was turned off in setup. I had turned it on for some diagnostics and then couldn't turn it off.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/55760https://forums.opera.com/post/55760Thu, 23 Oct 2014 21:21:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to Disable Error Console? on Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:21:28 GMT]]>I believe I'm right in saying that "open console on error" should be disabled by default, so how it got enabled on your setup is a bit of a mystery.
Glad you fixed it anyway!
🆙

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/55692https://forums.opera.com/post/55692Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:21:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to Disable Error Console? on Thu, 23 Oct 2014 04:27:25 GMT]]>Like I said, I looked at all the options, including advanced, many times (and I am sure the JS options as well), but did not see a thing. Since there is, (magically), now such a setting I can only assume that the gremlins :devil: were hiding it from me. So, thank you for getting the gremlins to back off. Yes, that works. 🆙

However, I do have a gripe about the UI. Turning an enable option in one near top level location and putting the disable in a totally different location (and five levels down to boot!), is NOT the way to run a railroad.

Opera used to be a well designed, innovative and useable browser but it is getting less and less so with each new iteration. Sad.

Again, Thank you for your help.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/55670https://forums.opera.com/post/55670Thu, 23 Oct 2014 04:27:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to Disable Error Console? on Tue, 21 Oct 2014 21:43:38 GMT]]>I'm assuming Opera 12.
Did you check Tools>Preference Settings>Advanced>Content>Javascript Options?
Un-checking "open console on error" there should do it.
🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/55462https://forums.opera.com/post/55462Tue, 21 Oct 2014 21:43:38 GMT