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    [Duplicated]X to close a tab is not usable with tablets

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    • nirott
      nirott last edited by leocg

      Hi,

      does somebody know how to show the X to close a tab everytime? Actually it is necessary to move the mouse over the tab which is not possible on tablets. 🙂 Or Opera One should detect tablet mode in Windows....

      Cheers,
      Nils

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      • Dioda-Piekarnika
        Dioda-Piekarnika last edited by

        Its not only Tablet mode - I got regular laptop with touchscreen and I also hurt from missing x (got to long press, then click close tab)

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        • nirott
          nirott last edited by nirott

          Touch seems not the focus for Opera.

          • Close Tab issue (X)
          • No support for JavaScript like e.g. Safari (Mouseover support for Touch…)
          • Better Gesture Support like ‚back‘ and ‚forward‘.

          Like Opera but with my small Windows Tablet and large laptop with touch I will perhaps go back to Edge…

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          • A Former User
            A Former User last edited by

            The missing "X" on tabs is the main reason why I reverted back to version 99: my primary pc is a MS Surface Pro.
            Also: moving tabs using touch is not possible since version 100.
            Please make Opera touch-friendly again.
            -- Opera fan since 2005

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            • BWS-Chicago
              BWS-Chicago @nirott last edited by

              @nirott not Edge!? But, I feel ya.... I am also likely going to have to go back to a more standard browser if I can't manage tabs quickly and easily. Seems like the Opera Dev Ops team thinks everyone leaves all their tabs open all the time... maybe they haven't heard of History? If you can find a way on thos forum to escalate this issue back to #moderator or #OperaSupport - please advise. -- I have fought hard to keep my Opera browser and now they've pushed me toward Edge?!

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              • sgunhouse
                sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer @BWS-Chicago last edited by

                @bws-chicago Moderators here are volunteers and can't promise anything. A report on the bug tracker is best, but I can try to bring it to their attention.

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                • leocg
                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @BWS-Chicago last edited by

                  @bws-chicago It's being worked on.

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                  • nirott
                    nirott @leocg last edited by

                    @leocg What is about:

                    • No support for JavaScript like e.g. Safari (Mouseover to Mouseclick conversion for Touch…)
                    • Better Gesture Support like ‚back‘ and ‚forward‘.
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                    • leocg
                      leocg Moderator Volunteer @nirott last edited by

                      @nirott The problem with the X to close a tab not being accessible when you use a touch device, since the topic is about that.

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                      • nirott
                        nirott @leocg last edited by

                        @leocg Can I create a ticket for additional missing touch support or would it fine to open a new thread to have it separated?

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                        • leocg
                          leocg Moderator Volunteer @nirott last edited by

                          @nirott You can create other topics for the other issues.

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                          • nirott
                            nirott @leocg last edited by

                            @leocg Done
                            https://forums.opera.com/topic/66066/missing-support-for-windows-11-touch-devices

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                            • Mattbaj
                              Mattbaj @BWS-Chicago last edited by

                              @bws-chicago Found a somewhat temporary solution. The extension "tab to window" creates a button on the top right when pinned. By touching it, it pops the tab out to a window and then you can close the window. Still have to do an extra touch, but it’s a bit faster than a long touch to bring up the menu and avoids accidently touching close all. I was bringing up the touch keyboard and using Ctrl+W to avoid accidently touching close all, but that was just as slow as a long touch and it was still a lot of extra unnecessary touches.

                              https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/tab-to-window/

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                              • A Former User
                                A Former User last edited by

                                Good news everyone! [insert Futurama reference here]
                                The "X" for closing the active tab is always visible in the latest developer build (not just on mouse over).
                                Please make it always visible on inactive tabs too: I'm used to close inactive tabs using touch.
                                -- Opera fan since 2005

                                Screenshot 2023-09-11 172104.png

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                                • cityhunter62
                                  cityhunter62 @Guest last edited by

                                  @lemonlemur Good news here... Will come soon in an official update hopefully.

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