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    Tab Islands tips and tricks (Creation, Handpick Islands, Expand/Collapse, Shortcuts..)

    Tab Islands, Tabs and Workspaces
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    • lukaszdm
      lukaszdm @sarasc last edited by

      @sarasc It will be great if I could close whole tab island. ie if I browsing amazon to search some item I opened lots of tabs and then I have to close them manually because I cannot close all tabs in group that is created by opera.

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      • Soloshot376
        Soloshot376 last edited by

        As @starstriker said, It would be really nice to be able to move islands and organize them properly. Definitely a must have feature.

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        • stephensmith999
          stephensmith999 last edited by

          If I close Opera (or it crashes), will my previously created tab islands be restored when I reopen it?

          I am creating tab islands to group related websites that I use often, for example, those related to my various banking and investment activities. However, I would not want to go to all that trouble if I stand to lose them when Opera is closed.

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer @stephensmith999 last edited by

            @stephensmith999 If you close Opera, yes, your tab islands will be remembered.

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            • terryflorida
              terryflorida @ghirahim last edited by

              @ghirahim Ok. The "tab Island" doesn't work, nor does the "stacking". Edge can do this, why not Opera...or Firefox for that matter!

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer @terryflorida last edited by

                @terryflorida Tabs island works here. If you say how it's not working, maybe someone can help.

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                • stephensmith999
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                  • stephensmith999
                    stephensmith999 @leocg last edited by

                    @leocg Great! Island tabs might be the one feature that makes me switch to Opera from Chrome as my regular browser. I will have to use it awhile (and explore what else Opera has to offer) before deciding for sure, but this is a welcome idea.

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                    • terryflorida
                      terryflorida @leocg last edited by

                      @leocg I've followed the instructions (ctl + left click) over a test of 3 tabs to "tab island," but they don't connect to each other. Maybe I'm misunderstanding this.

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                      • leocg
                        leocg Moderator Volunteer @terryflorida last edited by

                        @terryflorida The option to automatically create tabs islands is enabled?

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                        • terryflorida
                          terryflorida @leocg last edited by

                          @leocg

                          🙂 I've no idea. Where is that option? I didn't even see that listed anywhere.

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                          • leocg
                            leocg Moderator Volunteer @terryflorida last edited by

                            @terryflorida It should be in the User Interface section of the settings page.

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                            • burnout426
                              burnout426 Volunteer @terryflorida last edited by

                              @terryflorida

                              I have example.com, arstechnica.com, and hardforum.com tabs on the tab bar. example.com is focused. So, I ctrl + left-click arstechnica.com to select it too and repeat for hardforum.com. There are then 3 tabs selected. Then, I right-click on any of those selected tabs and choose "create tab island". That works fine for me and an island is created where those 3 tabs are moved into it.

                              At the URL opera://settings/userInterface, I have "Automatically create tab islands" enabled. If I goto https://forums.opera.com/category/11/opera-for-windows, right-click a link for a thread and choose "open in new tab", an island is automatically created where the current tab and that new tab are moved into it. If I open another thread link in a new tab, that one is added to the existing island.

                              So, all is working fine here for what it's worth.

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                              • terryflorida
                                terryflorida @burnout426 last edited by

                                @burnout426

                                Thank you. I looked, searched but found nothing in settings for Tab Islands. I still cannot do this task. I've reported this as a bug. I'm running on the latest Opera update, so I don't know what I've done to miss this part.

                                Terry

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                                • leocg
                                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @terryflorida last edited by

                                  @terryflorida Are you in build 4809? What OS?

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                                  • terryflorida
                                    terryflorida @leocg last edited by

                                    @leocg I checked this morning. Not listed. I've reported this issue to Opera as a bug. Running the latest update of Opera, I don't know what else I can do...other than uninstalling/reinstalling Opera 😞

                                    Thanks for your help.

                                    I tried to find what build, but Opera doesn't make it easy to find out or impossible to search for it. I'm on Windows 11. Dell Laptop.

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                                    • leocg
                                      leocg Moderator Volunteer @terryflorida last edited by

                                      @terryflorida But you are using Opera 100.0.4809.0? Check in Menu > Help > About Opera or in opera://about.

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                                      • terryflorida
                                        terryflorida @leocg last edited by

                                        @leocg I went to About and this is the uptodate version: Version:99.0.4788.31.

                                        Seems I'm outdated, yet Opera says I'm up to date.

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                                        • sgunhouse
                                          sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer @terryflorida last edited by

                                          @terryflorida Opera One is still a Developer preview version. If you're running Stable or Beta you'll be running 99.

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                                          • leocg
                                            leocg Moderator Volunteer @terryflorida last edited by

                                            @terryflorida As said, you aren't using Opera One and that's why you are not seeing any tabs islands options.

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