why did they remove reattaching browers tabs?

leocg · 13 Mar 2023, 16:07

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Palencar 12 Mar 2023, 13:23

@palencar How to reproduce? As I said above, it seems to be working here.

emivy · 13 Mar 2023, 17:57

emivy @leocg 13 Mar 2023, 15:55

@leocg For me, the tabs only merge when the new tab is dragged on top of another tab. Will not merge if the new tab is dragged onto the empty space of the tab bar.

Palencar

Palencar @leocg 13 Mar 2023, 16:07

@leocg I could see that it is working as you said, just when placing on the left of the +, but very close to it, and also sometimes in a very small space inbetween other tabs... but that fails a lot and sometimes is not possible, and for the left of the + now you have to aim a lot which is annoying for my speed flow, while before I (and I guess everyone) could just drop it everywhere in the bar and it would get dragged right away. But yes, at least is working... so I may not change opera for now, but will see... it is still very annoying and quite worst compared as it was before, really a big downgrade. Maybe this was causing another issues and they decided to do it like this now, dunno.. but I just hope some day it will come back as before

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @emivy 13 Mar 2023, 17:57

@emivy Right, the same seems to happen here.

edvardius

edvardius 23 Mar 2023, 11:43

Hey, I was wondering if anyone created the thread about this issue and here it is.
Is there a possibility that the previous method of snapping to the window during such drag'n'drop will be brought back? Because it was way more comfortable previously, but now it's a bit of a nuisance that you have to aim to this specific point to reattach dragged tab.

edvardius · 14 Apr 2023, 06:03

edvardius 23 Mar 2023, 12:03

Please bring back the previous tab snapping method, it was more convenient and easy to use. Now the tab has to be put precisely next to the existing one, which is a big step back in the terms of usage comfort.

Earlier the tab could be hovered over the bar like shown below and it snapped right to the window:

Now it has to be put on the left of the point I marked, otherwise it'll just create a new window, which is a bit annoying:

edvardius · 16 Apr 2023, 04:16

edvardius @edvardius 14 Apr 2023, 06:03

@leocg @burnout426 Are you able to tell which Opera version had tab reattaching functionality working normally as previously? It would be very helpful, as someone in need could downgrade to it.

burnout426 · 16 Apr 2023, 10:05

burnout426 Volunteer @edvardius 16 Apr 2023, 04:16

@edvardius I don't remember, but you can make a test standalone installation of each version to find out. You can start with the newest version and go backwards. Or, as a shortcut, start with 95.0.4635.80 and then if it still has the problem, go backwards. If not, go forwards.

edvardius · 18 Apr 2023, 12:59

edvardius @burnout426 16 Apr 2023, 10:05

@burnout426 Thank you for the tip!

Edit: This version works, thanks!

For people using this temporary solution I'd suggest to add following command to your Opera shortcut properties, to prevent auto-update:

--disable-update

edvardius

edvardius @edvardius 18 Apr 2023, 12:59

For all interested, disregard "--disable-update" solution. Opera updated itself regardless...

eddiepbell

eddiepbell @leocg 18 Apr 2023, 19:51

@leocg ihave the same problem The (+) tab at the top is gone so you can't have multiple pages you can jump too.??

eddiepbell

eddiepbell @leocg 18 Apr 2023, 19:54

@leocg that's what hes
's talking about I have the issue you stated.

edvardius

edvardius 10 May 2023, 08:36

If for someone the "old" way of snapping windows and tabs to the tab bar is one of the crucial functionalities (like for me), I've found a solution for this problem. It seems that Opera 95 stable release is the best option and the only problem is forcibly maintain auto-update disabled. I've researched an auto-update subject a bit and I see it may be a bit of a problem.
Here's the short tutorial how to solve this issue:

Download and install latest release of Opera 95 from here: https://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/desktop/95.0.4635.84/win/ - remember to select file that ends with Setup.exe or Setup_x64.exe, not Autoupdate one.
Go to installation location and remove all other versions' folders, leave only "95.0.4635.84" one.
Go inside this folder and remove all "opera_autoupdate" files. If you can't do this,
3a. Open Task Manager, go to Users (for Win10, I don't remember for other systems), find "opera_autoupdate.exe" and end this process.
Remove scheduled startup Opera process, you can do this e.g. with CCleaner -> Tools -> Startup -> find and remove Opera assistant process from the list.
Edit the shortcut you're using to run the Opera by changing Target from launcher.exe to opera.exe (I'm not sure if it has any effect, it's just to prevent launcher from running anything else) and add "--disable-update" in the end.
5a. If you're running Opera from the taskbar, unpin your current shortcut and drag'n'drop the one prepared in point 5. to replace it. This is important not to run the old shortcut, as it won't have the update disabled and it will spoil the whole operation by updating to the newest version.

So far Opera didn't update itself and this solution seems to be working properly - tabs are snapping like a charm, O-Menu icon is always on proper position and never disappears, window and tab management is back to normal.