F12 to open DevTools

[ilkkah]

ilkkah last edited by

Chrome opens/closes DevTools with F12, can we have the same in Opera? It would make Opera a more feasible replacement for Chrome.

Thank you.

[l33t4opera]

l33t4opera last edited by

Hi @ilkkah, if you would like, you can rebind it, just follow the below steps:

1. Close the Opera, go to the Opera's profile folder (find the path in O-Menu>About Opera>Paths>Profile), and open the "Preferences" file in your text editor, then add/edit the first lines, as below:

{
   "Keybindings": {
      "Basic": {
         "DevTools": [ "F12" ],
         "QuickPreferences": [ "Ctrl+Shift+I" ]
      },
      "Settings": {
         "AdvancedEnabled": true
      }
   },

(the value for the "AdvancedEnable" can be "false", if you don't use advanced keybindings)

2. Save the changes, close the file, relaunch the Opera \m/ :cheers:

[ilkkah]

ilkkah last edited by

Thanks - I'll do that at some point.

There are also some other keybindings though that I would like to see implemented in Opera, like Ctrl+PgUp to previous tab and Ctrl+PgDn to next tab. These can probably be redefined by myself too, so it's a partial solution, but I'm seeing the possibility that people would jump to Opera from Chrome if it had all those nice things that Chrome has.

Also Ctrl-num to switch to tab number "num". E.g. Ctrl+2 to tab number 2.

[ilkkah]

ilkkah last edited by

What would be the settings for these key bindings:

• Next Tab
• Previous Tab
• Tab number #N

Is it possible to define the key bindings for these?

[ilkkah]

ilkkah last edited by

Also key binding for:

• Show bookmarks bar

Possible?

[l33t4opera]

l33t4opera last edited by

@ilkkah: "Ctrl+PgUp to previous tab and Ctrl+PgDn to next tab":

{
   "Keybindings": {
      "Basic": {
         "CycleToNextTab": [ "Ctrl+PageDown" ],
         "CycleToPreviousTab": [ "Ctrl+PageUp" ],
         "PageLeft": [ "Ctrl+Shift+PageUp" ],
         "PageRight": [ "Ctrl+Shift+PageDown" ]
      },
      "Settings": {
         "AdvancedEnabled": true
      }
   },

"key binding for: Show bookmarks bar": AFAIK, there is no single shortcut key for this function, but you can press the key sequence: alt b enter c enter, or using mouse: go to O-Menu>Bookmarks, select "Show Bookmarks Bar"

[ilkkah]

ilkkah last edited by

Thanks, my copy of Opera is now a bit easier to use for a long time Chrome user.

Oops - I just noticed that this disabled the normal Ctr+Tab for cycling through tabs, it's not possible to defined both of these to cycle, is it?

[ilkkah]

ilkkah last edited by

To answer myself, yes it is.

CycleToNextTab": [ "Ctrl+PageDown", "Ctrl+Tab" ]

[l33t4opera]

l33t4opera last edited by

@ilkkah: Yep :yes: you can use both at the same time:

{
   "Keybindings": {
      "Basic": {
         "CycleToNextTab": [ "Ctrl+Tab", "Ctrl+PageDown" ],
         "CycleToPreviousTab": [ "Ctrl+Shift+Tab", "Ctrl+PageUp" ],
         "PageLeft": [ "Ctrl+Shift+PageUp" ],
         "PageRight": [ "Ctrl+Shift+PageDown" ]
      },
      "Settings": {
         "AdvancedEnabled": true
      }
   },

\m/ :cheers: