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    • osxking
      osxking @leocg last edited by

      @leocg thank you! I guess I was blind in the morning. It helped 🙂

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      • Reintar
        Reintar @leocg last edited by

        @leocg Thank you for this temporal fix, though based on time it takes them to fix it it's not so temporal, I guess, haha. Anyway I can't see any disadvantages for using it so thanks again.

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        • bimininjacat
          bimininjacat @Reintar last edited by

          @reintar

          @reintar said in Can't middle click on tab bar to open a new tab:

          @leocg Thank you for this temporal fix, though based on time it takes them to fix it it's not so temporal, I guess, haha. Anyway I can't see any disadvantages for using it so thanks again.

          It's still quite annoying the fact I cannot middle click to add a tab when there is no space on the tab bar

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          • santon10
            santon10 last edited by

            On my previous computers when using Opera GX I used to open new tabs using the mouse wheel button in an empty space of the tabs but since I installed it on a new computer it doesn't allow me to do this anymore, is there a way to enable it again?

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            • Zingado
              Zingado @leocg last edited by

              @leocg I logged into my account just to post this comment and thank you

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              • Luxaetern
                Luxaetern @santon10 last edited by

                @santon10

                @whatthafrank said in Can't middle click on tab bar to open a new tab:

                Here's some useful steps that helped me get this feauture back:

                1. Open: opera://flags/#scrollable-tab-strip in a new tab;
                2. Go to where it says "Scrollable tab strip";
                3. On the drop down menu to the right of it, click "enabled";
                4. Hit the "reload button on the bottom right or if it doesn't show itself, RESTART your computer;
                5. Fire up OperaGX, try it out and see if it works.

                Enjoy your feature again like before!

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                • Pixelcoach
                  Pixelcoach last edited by

                  i hope they bring it back bc i cant live without it now

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                  • hafne
                    hafne last edited by

                    Hey all
                    I've been using Opera GX for quite a while now and I've gotten really used to clicking my mousewheel on the tab-bar to open new tabs.
                    Now since the last update, this feature doesn't work anymore for me. Is there a reason for that? Can I fix it somehow, because I didn't find anything in the settings regarding it being able to be switched on or off?

                    Thanks in advance 🙂

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                    • makezu
                      makezu @hafne last edited by

                      @hafne did you really not saw that comment what Luxaetern posted?

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                      • llBlankll-kun
                        llBlankll-kun last edited by

                        Someone( @WhatThaFrank ) on this forum suggested this FIX, and it works:

                        Here's some useful steps that helped me get this feauture back:

                        1. Open: opera://flags/#scrollable-tab-strip in a new tab;
                        2. Go to where it says "Scrollable tab strip";
                        3. On the drop down menu to the right of it, click "enabled";
                        4. Hit the "reload button on the bottom right or if it doesn't show itself, RESTART your computer;
                        5. Fire up OperaGX, try it out and see if it works.

                        Enjoy your feature again like before!

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                        • BuffRuff
                          BuffRuff @llBlankll-kun last edited by

                          @llblankll-kun Thank you so much, this problem really got in the way of my workflow. But thanks to you I am now happy again!

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                          • JoritSbt
                            JoritSbt last edited by

                            i have found that i cannot open new tabs with my mouse wheel.
                            I used to be able to click my mouse wheel next to an open tab and a new tab would open. This is no longer possible.
                            Is this the same for you? or have I just changed something in the settings and am too stupid to reset it?
                            I hope you can help me

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                            • leocg
                              leocg Moderator Volunteer @JoritSbt last edited by

                              @joritsbt Check above.

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                              • Kennoninho
                                Kennoninho last edited by

                                So, i figured out how to solve this

                                1. type in your url this opera://flags
                                2. then you type on the search bar for Scrollable tab strip and enable it
                                3. be happy again
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                                • Fadsy
                                  Fadsy last edited by

                                  can someone close this forum since it had been solved? no point in keeping it open for discussion and confusing people

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                                  • arcalmighty
                                    arcalmighty last edited by

                                    Get this to the devs please its really annoying and its been too long since this problem has been carried

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                                    • SphoofXD
                                      SphoofXD last edited by

                                      Just wanted to boost this post by making a new notation cuz I have the same problem.

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                                      • SiKloX
                                        SiKloX @Kennoninho last edited by

                                        @kennoninho luv u man ❤

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                                        • zangels
                                          zangels last edited by

                                          i have tried enabling Scrollable trip tap strib but it only works for like 1 tab on youtube and then it just won't open another tab with middle house. 00145892-c2fa-4223-87ac-ce8762a102d6-image.png and i have it enabled tried to disable and enable again

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                                          • Nhat-tiezzz
                                            Nhat-tiezzz @Kennoninho last edited by

                                            @kennoninho thankkk you made my day

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