<![CDATA[Customizing Opera 26]]>I would like to configure Opera so that new pages and tabs do not display either the default search bar or speed dial boxes - I'm looking to display my custom background either with or without the speed dial/discover/bookmarks sidebar. Can this be done? Setting my homepage to About:Blank simply returns a blank white window.

Also, is there a listing of Opera's internal pages available? If so, where can I get it? It seems to me that both Chrome and Firefox provide this detailed information more readily than does Opera - unless I've totally missed an Opera support/documentation channel...

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/7176/customizing-opera-26RSS for NodeMon, 05 Oct 2026 19:33:31 GMTMon, 22 Dec 2014 23:54:06 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Customizing Opera 26 on Tue, 23 Dec 2014 00:53:52 GMT]]>I can only help you with one of the things you asked for. To hide the default search bar, follow these steps:

  1. Press Alt P to enter opera's setting
  2. Move cursor and press left mouse button on a blank area so there is no "I" bar in the "search settings box"
  3. Using the arrow keys using this combination ↑↑↓↓← → ← → b a You now see a box pop up that says "power user settings". Click on "I understand, proceed" button.
  4. Scroll down to "Start Page" area. Place a check mark "Hide the search box in Speed Dial"
]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/62258https://forums.opera.com/post/62258Tue, 23 Dec 2014 00:53:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Customizing Opera 26 on Tue, 23 Dec 2014 00:04:04 GMT]]>

Setting my homepage to About:Blank simply returns a blank white window.

Just knock out a basic html page with your background image, save it somewhere convenient and set it as your homepage.

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