Double click on text opens a new tab

[saybye]

saybye last edited by

Let's assume a following text somewhere on page:

This is my text containing file_name.pdf

1. When I double-click the word "containing", it is selected. - That is a required functionality.
2. But when I double-click "file_name", Opera opens a new tab using "file_name.pdf" in the address bar - which is very annoying.

Can I turn this auto-open-wanna-be-url feature off?

[Unknow0059]

Unknow0059 @saybye last edited by

@saybye I too would like to know the answer. This is profoundly annoying.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Unknow0059 last edited by

@unknow0059 It can't be turned off as far as I know. If it's a link, clicking on it should open the page.

[saybye]

saybye @leocg last edited by

@leocg There are two problems with your statement, though:

1. This is not a link. It's a plain text.
2. It's not clicking that opens the page. It's a double-click. And double-click shouldn't open a link - even if this was a link

I'm not trying to be a smart ass here, just want to explain why I think this is a bug.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @saybye last edited by

@saybye It's plain text that contains a web address? If so, you may be triggering Go To Web Address somehow.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by burnout426

So, with this page:

data:text/plain,%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AThis%20is%20my%20text%20containing%20file_name.pdf

(Copy and paste n go in a new tab to load it.)

, I double-left-click anywhere on file_name and it should open a new tab?

If so, I can't get that to happen. Opera just shows the search popup with the choice to search or copy or snapshot (all with the AI stuff above it).

Is this happening in regular Opera (Opera One) or Opera GX? What specific version as shown at the URL opera://about? What version of Windows?

Does it happen in a test standalone installation too?

[saybye]

saybye last edited by

Hi everyone.
I just want to let you know, that with the latest Opera version (116.0.5366.127) I don't experience this behaviour anymore.

@leocg no, it was just a text with a dot. Like in my example above, where it simply was "file_name.pdf" Literarily this text in my original post in this thread.

@burnout426 It was Opera One, unfortunately, I wasn't able to find a time to test properly with different build, on a clean environment etc. The only thing I know is that it was happening on both of my laptops. And it was happening on every page, every time. No exceptions. Any plain text with this pattern: string.string

So I assume it was some sort of combination of a specific Opera release and something specific to both of my Windows environments.

Plus it looks like @Unknow0059 experienced it too. So it wasn't just me and my environment.

Anyway, everything's OK now. I'm happy, the life is good.