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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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                                    • Gloriam00
                                      Gloriam00 last edited by

                                      Once you've got 8-10 tabs open, you run out of empty space. Same issue with Opera One.
                                      I'd love to switch back to either Opera GX or Opera One, but this is a dealbreaker, I've used this feature since Opera 9 during the days it used the Presto Engine instead of Chromium.

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