Opera actions for keybinds

flyerua

flyerua

@ruario, thanks a lot for keybinds. This helps.

And you're right, though in old Opera both could be bound to Ctrl+Z

Also, GoToSpeedDial_1 → GoToSpeedDial_9 do not work. Any idea why?

ruario

ruario

And you're right, though in old Opera both could be bound to Ctrl+Z

That is because the shortcut for the undo action considered context (what your last action was and where you last clicked in the UI). We do not have that functionality yet in new Opera, as it is not trivial to do well.

Also, GoToSpeedDial_1 → GoToSpeedDial_9 do not work. Any idea why?

They have been reserved for use but we haven't chosen to enable them yet, since we have to deal with folders and we have not decided on how best to manage that. You can just unmap them all if you want to reuse Ctrl+1 → Ctrl+9. To unmap them, just set them to be empty, e.g. "GoToSpeedDial_1": []

Here are some further tips for others reading this thread on customising these values.

Firstly locate your Preferences file (see opera://about to find the profile directory, the Preferences file is found in there).
Before you edit shutdown Opera, the open the Preferences file in an editor (making sure you have backed it up first!)
Add the new Keybindings section immediately after the first curly bracket: {

Here is an example, of how the section should be formatted. I'll remap CycleForwardInActivationList (a.k.a. Activation Order Tab Cycling) to use Ctrl+Q (thus placing it right next to Ctrl+Tab):

   "Keybindings": {
      "Basic": {
         "CycleForwardInActivationList": ["Ctrl+Q"]
      }
   },

Should you wish to remap more than one, remember the comma at the end of the line after the first entry. Additionally if you want to use a keyboard shortcut that is already in use buy something else, you will need to remap that one first. For example suppose I want Ctrl+N to be New Tab, instead of New Window. I first need to remap New Window to something else:

   "Keybindings": {
      "Basic": {
         "OpenWindow": ["Ctrl+K"],
         "AddBlankTab": ["Ctrl+N"]
      }
   },

New Window is now Ctrl+K (not a great shortcut but purely as an example) and New tab is now Ctrl+N. Alternatively, you can simply unmap an old shortcut and not reassign something to it by leaving [] empty.

Note: If you mess up the json formatting, or enter otherwise invalid entries in the Preference file, it will be discarded. That is why it is key that you make a backup before you start doing such editing.

P.S. I also cleaned up the formatting of your original post for readability and removed the mentions of Next as the channel is now called beta. And in any case this applies to all Opera channels not just beta.

flyerua

flyerua

That is because the shortcut for the undo action considered context (what your last action was and where you last clicked in the UI).

So it's planned for the future, right?

They have been reserved for use but we haven't chosen to enable them yet, since we have to deal with folders and we have not decided on how best to manage that.

Oh, hopefully you can enable them soon.

Anyway, thanks for your help.

ruario

ruario

So it's planned for the future, right?

Not in the immediate future as it is quite tricky to get right, otherwise the wrong action is undone. Additionally most people don't miss it (so it is not a priority) but yes I hope we can add it one day, as it is certainly nice to have.

In case you are not aware Ctrl+Shift+T is standard in all browsers to reopen last closed tab (even Opera 12 supported it in addition to Ctrl+Z). Therefore it is worth learning and getting used to IMHO. Thus if you use another's computer you can reopen a tab without thinking, no matter what browser they have installed.

As a long term Opera user it was weird to me at first but now I am quite used to it and happy with it.

Oh, hopefully you can enable them soon.

Or perhaps we should use them for something else?

Anyway, thanks for your help.

You are welcome. It was a nice question and I was happy to help. I actually remap some shortcuts myself. For example, I really do have Ctrl+Q set to Activation Order Tab Cycling.

ruario

ruario

As you most likely know, you can't easily customize short cuts in Opera ... [snip]

We did consider a UI for editing these but it is on the back burner for now. Its a shame IMHO because it is a nice power user feature and something that other Chromium based browsers do not provide.

P.S. If you want to add additional keyboard shortcut actions and edit them I recommend the Vimium extension. It is not currently in our Add-ons store but you can install it from Chrome's store if you install Download Chrome Extension first.

sgunhouse

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer

The obvious follow-up question: Is that a list of all currently supported actions, or are there other actions which might be useful but are currently not assigned?

ruario

ruario

Yes these are the currently supported, keyboard accessible actions.

helgeag

helgeag

Nice one, ruario

Deleted User

Deleted User

Thanks for the useful information!

xantares

xantares

Hmm, @ruario, so (for Win) Ctrl+Shift+V is assigned to the action PasteAndGo – that's what you read from the default bindings you posted.

But in the context menu of textareas, that combo is used as ”Paste as plain text“.

So you that combo ”considers context“ to decide which action to perform. Why cannot Ctrl+Z do the same and perform Undo in text controls, ReopenLastClosedTab otherwise?

But that's not my primary concern. I really hate the way Opera defaults to pasting rich text / formatted text. More often than not (almost always) I don't want some obscure formatted text (you never know in which form it will be submitted) to show up in forms and text areas. But I cannot find an action like PastePlain in the list of action verbs you posted – and which you claim is complete. Or isn't it? I'd really like to do a

  "PastePlain": [],
  "Paste": ["Ctrl+Shift+V"],
  "PastePlain": ["Ctrl+V", "Shift+Ins"], …

sc0tty

sc0tty

So I copy/pasted the keybindings for Windows into my Preferences file and now non of the shortcut keys work anymore.
Any reason why this could happen?

Deleted User

Deleted User

This is great. I've been able to remap a few command (FocusAddressBar, for example), but I'd really like to override Cut/Copy/Paste/Undo to Alt+X,Alt+C+Alt+V,Alt+Z and those don't seem to do anything (the Preferences file seems to be fine and is not being overwritten or renamed as .bad.

Any special treatment needed for these accelerators?

Thanks!

sapsari

sapsari

First of all, thanks for sharing this. I've been waiting for this for ages.

I'm trying to add
"OpenWindow": [ "Ctrl+Alt+N" ]
, but it is now working. "Ctrl+Shift+N" and "Alt+N" are working though. Any ideas? I'm using windows btw.

ruario

ruario

The latest developer builds allow you to customize shortcuts via preferences

http://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2015/03/sidebar-extensions-speed-dial-syncing-customizable-shortcuts-opera-developer-29/>

A Former User

Thank you for adding this! I missed it so much.

will0n

will0n

I've tried to add this into the Pereferences file

"NavigateDown": ["Down", "J"],
"NavigateLeft": ["Left", "H"],
"NavigateRight": ["Right", "L"],
"NavigateUp": ["Up", "K"]

to make a vim-like key-binding, but it did't work. Anyone knows why?

Plus, I'm interested in that whether it is possible to make a short cut to a line of script, like Opera 12?