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    • Opera Comments Bot
      Opera Comments Bot last edited by 20 Jun 2023, 07:46

      Opera Browser’s Tab Islands feature helps you keep tabs arranged in groups by context, making your browsing experience smoother and easier.

      Read full blog post: How to use Tab Islands in Opera One Browser

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      • burnout426
        burnout426 Volunteer last edited by 20 Jun 2023, 07:46

        Creating thread.

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        • andrew84
          andrew84 last edited by andrew84 20 Jun 2023, 08:08 20 Jun 2023, 08:08

          Wow, how the tab islands are hyped here. Taking into account that previously we were said that Opera doesn't need tab stacking because workspaces are for these purposes. Btw, I also think that workspaces (which was relatively unique feature ) is a better solution if there is a wish to 'filter' opened tabs.
          Usually I don't have huge amount of tabs opened, so I don't need much the tab stacking feature (workspaces is my choice if I really want to reorder my tabs). But I saw user requests regarding the tab stacking feature and complaints that other browsers have the feature. Usually Vivaldi is mentioned. I checked how it looks there and discovered that the tab islands analogue called 'Accordion' is just one of the options for tabs stacking.
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            kane12 1 Reply Last reply 6 Dec 2023, 11:50
          • hubim
            hubim last edited by 21 Jun 2023, 09:46

            In new Opera One tabs there is no visible "close" button ("X") on touch screen.
            I need to use mouse or ctrl+w schortcut.

            In older version "x" button was alway visible.

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            • ryanbreed
              ryanbreed last edited by 23 Jun 2023, 21:13

              This is an awesome solution for tabaholics! Absolutely brilliant. I've been using Opera for many years and it's always been ahead in UI and everyday tools. Keep up the good work!

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              • rick2
                rick2 last edited by 25 Jun 2023, 00:44

                How about those of us who have lots of open tabs, don't want to use islands and were very happy with the scrollable tab bar?

                I know we can reenable it in settings but it' practically unusable in Opera One:

                • It won't automatically scroll when you open a new tab
                • When you drag a tab to reposition it, where it ends up is a mistery becaouse Opera One won't show you where you're dropping it

                For these reasons I had to donwgrade (again) to Opera Beta 99 for my personal use.

                I do use Opera One Stable for work related issues, I don't have so many tabs open so I just disabled Islands but I really miss scrollable tab bar as I still have enough open tabs to make their favicons pretty small
                That and the new tab bar which is very space inefficient compared with previous versions.

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                  hm55 1 Reply Last reply 27 Jun 2023, 20:20
                • hm55
                  hm55 @rick2 last edited by 27 Jun 2023, 20:20

                  @rick2: +1
                  really problematic when you have a lot of open tabs, is possible to deactivate that option in the futur ?
                  Thanks

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                    ryanbreed illuminari 2 Replies Last reply 4 Jul 2023, 21:53
                  • ryanbreed
                    ryanbreed @hm55 last edited by 27 Jun 2023, 21:30

                    @hm55 You can collapse islands by clicking the island's colour bar to make loads more room

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                      • illuminari
                        illuminari @hm55 last edited by 4 Jul 2023, 21:53

                        @hm55: did you consider turning off the automatic creation of islands in the settings-bar?

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                        • Nukjoc
                          Nukjoc last edited by 8 Jul 2023, 18:33

                          Please bring back the "X" to close individual tabs on touch screen. They disappeared when I installed Opera One, and the context menu can be tricky to use in touch mode. if this isn't fixed soon, I'm going to have to change to an older version of Opera or use a different browser. This change to Opera One should have had a lot more user testing. This is extremely disruptive. I do not want to use islands with my current project, and the tab problems have sevrrely impacted workflow.

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                          • rmreddicks
                            rmreddicks last edited by 10 Jul 2023, 22:20

                            these tab islands are terrible for my usage. How do I turn them off or roll back to a previous version of opera?

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                              leocg 1 Reply Last reply 10 Jul 2023, 23:51
                            • leocg
                              leocg Moderator Volunteer @rmreddicks last edited by 10 Jul 2023, 23:51

                              @rmreddicks You don't have to use them.

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                                peteee 1 Reply Last reply 1 Aug 2023, 21:52
                              • DmitryDoe
                                DmitryDoe last edited by 13 Jul 2023, 07:17

                                great feature, helps me to quickly find the needed tab, meanwhile doesn't make me to put effort into manual tab grouping

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                                • shayan-01
                                  shayan-01 last edited by 17 Jul 2023, 08:53

                                  Operating system: Windows 10

                                  Before the update:
                                  If we had lots of opened tabs we could still see the "X" button when we hover over a tab.

                                  After the update:
                                  But after the update, it doesn't show the "X" button when there are lots of open tabs even we hover over a tab.

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                                    ryanbreed 1 Reply Last reply 17 Jul 2023, 23:36
                                  • ryanbreed
                                    ryanbreed @shayan-01 last edited by 17 Jul 2023, 23:36

                                    @shayan-01 FYI middle mouse button (or press the mouse scroll) closes a tab

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                                      shayan-01 1 Reply Last reply 27 Jul 2023, 11:34
                                    • zokusai
                                      zokusai last edited by 26 Jul 2023, 21:34

                                      An "afraid-to-close-tabs user"? Hahaha... You are the best!! Just what I needed.

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                                      • jolp
                                        jolp last edited by 26 Jul 2023, 21:36

                                        I was experimenting the same confusion that most people here (If ain't broken, don't fix it!) and all I had to do was turning this complicated and unnecesary islands off and then access the opera://flags menu to get my scrolling bar back again.
                                        I hope it helps!

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                                          DaleNeurauter thelittlebrowserthatcould 2 Replies Last reply 5 Aug 2023, 15:19
                                        • shayan-01
                                          shayan-01 @ryanbreed last edited by 27 Jul 2023, 11:34

                                          @ryanbreed Thank you, I didn't know this. But I'm not comfortable with this solution.
                                          Opera browser's UI is the best in my opinion and I expect it to be perfect.

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                                          • zajaz101
                                            zajaz101 last edited by 30 Jul 2023, 07:47

                                            Как их убрать

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