<![CDATA[Pinned tab gets muted if it's playing sound and I try to switch to it.]]>If I pin a tab and that tab is playing some sound, it will constantly show the volume icon on it and once I switch over to that tab instead of switching the tab would simply get muted.

Pin tabs should be mutable, but only by click right-clicking on it and not through the music icon.

Here's a video of what I mean: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/w6fmzvrum5n31u580apzu/opera_2024-06-17_01-08-56.mp4?rlkey=2859ge5wffudffaplqnc4bhr4&dl=0

It also makes it harder to switch between the tab if music is running in the pinned tab.

OS Windows 11

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/72448/pinned-tab-gets-muted-if-it-s-playing-sound-and-i-try-to-switch-to-itRSS for NodeThu, 21 May 2026 11:49:46 GMTSun, 16 Jun 2024 21:10:06 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Pinned tab gets muted if it's playing sound and I try to switch to it. on Thu, 10 Apr 2025 23:44:52 GMT]]>@JakubBr This is a great idea and would be an easy solution to implement, since they already have all that space there.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/382318https://forums.opera.com/post/382318Thu, 10 Apr 2025 23:44:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pinned tab gets muted if it's playing sound and I try to switch to it. on Thu, 10 Apr 2025 19:06:33 GMT]]>Ah yes, it also drives me crazy. I thought this is Chromium specific behavior, but it is Opera specific behavior.

When hovering such tab, we can see Opera overlay. This is where the mute button could be located:

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This way clicking on tab would bring back default behavior of switching to tab, and provide easy way to mute tab without switching to it

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/382294https://forums.opera.com/post/382294Thu, 10 Apr 2025 19:06:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pinned tab gets muted if it's playing sound and I try to switch to it. on Fri, 14 Feb 2025 18:36:32 GMT]]>I know this topic is a bit old, but the issue remains unresolved. You basically get stuck if a pinned tab is playing sound, which creates a confusing and poor user experience.

Maybe if the tab is pinned, and it's playing sound, Opera team can add a little extra room on the tab for the sound icon. We need enough room to select the tab without getting stuck in the mute/unmute loop.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/375458https://forums.opera.com/post/375458Fri, 14 Feb 2025 18:36:32 GMT