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    • Lightofscorpio
      Lightofscorpio last edited by

      if you could also give us the ability to change the color of the traces, that would be nice.

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      • ApiwatIkkyu
        ApiwatIkkyu last edited by

        still no vertical tabs?

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        • leocg
          leocg Moderator Volunteer @ApiwatIkkyu last edited by

          @ApiwatIkkyu Nope, vertical tabs weren't re-add so far.

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          • Exodus007
            Exodus007 last edited by

            When is GX getting islands?

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            • valtersuel
              valtersuel last edited by

              What is the shortcut for alternating between tab islands? For tabs it is ctrl + TAB

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer @valtersuel last edited by

                @valtersuel There doesn't seem to have one: opera://settings/keyboardShortcuts

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                • john-viv
                  john-viv last edited by

                  @Opera-Comments-Bot said in Do amazing things with tabs in Opera browser – split, trace, and decorate:

                  Hey there tab appreciators! If you’ve been using Opera for a while, you’ll be familiar with its penchant for innovating tabs. Ages ago, Opera was the browser that introduced the concept of tabs – a true innovation if there ever was one. And the Opera One developer release in 2023 delivered Tab Islands, an intuitive […]

                  Opera continues to innovate with features like Tab Islands, making tab management intuitive and efficient. It's great to see them leading the way for better browsing experiences

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                  • simplylemonade
                    simplylemonade last edited by

                    Would my websites transfer over if I am already using Opera?

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                    • leocg
                      leocg Moderator Volunteer @simplylemonade last edited by

                      @simplylemonade What do you mean?

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                      • aRandomdoggo
                        aRandomdoggo last edited by

                        there is a bug where if you have multiple workspaces with their own tab islands and switch between them regularly, the workspaces that you were not on when you close the browser do not save the tab islands in them. So when you open up that workspace again, it's just a bunch of tabs with no islands

                        Has this bug been fixed yet? And if not, is there an estimate to when it'll be fixed?

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                        • annoyed-at-updates
                          annoyed-at-updates last edited by

                          If you want a split screen with multiple windows, all you have to do is hit Windows + (arrow key). Eg if you want one window on left and another window on right, Windows + L arrow for one window and Windows + R arrow for the other. That way is so much simpler than this new feature, and the new feature makes the browser unusable for when I want to drag & separate tabs.

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                          • besik33
                            besik33 @annoyed-at-updates last edited by

                            @annoyed-at-updates: try mouse gesture. It is more efficient.
                            https://help.opera.com/en/latest/shortcuts/

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                            • AnChill
                              AnChill @annoyed-at-updates last edited by

                              @annoyed-at-updates: if you move tabs to an additional window just to create a split screen there's a chance of losing every open tab you had open. Power goes out, you close the "main" window without previously closing the temporary one, and now everything is gone. If there are tabs you haven't opened in a while they might not even show up in history for the last time you opened the browser. As for drag & separate - just release the tab above the address bar area, it's really not that hard to figure it out

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                              • elieta
                                elieta last edited by

                                Emoji will be usefull but maybe a option for chose the color of group tab pls !?

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                                • fild20
                                  fild20 last edited by

                                  It would be very useful if you could give islands names besides color

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                                  • annoyed-at-updates
                                    annoyed-at-updates @besik33 last edited by

                                    @besik33 I appreciate that suggestion! I personally stay away from mouse gestures, because they're too easy to trigger inadvertently when I don't want them - but they're a good option to have available to turn on or turn off, depending on how precise you are with your motions and/or how precise/reliable your pad is.

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                                    • annoyed-at-updates
                                      annoyed-at-updates @AnChill last edited by

                                      @AnChill said in Do amazing things with tabs in Opera browser – split, trace, and decorate:

                                      @annoyed-at-updates: if you move tabs to an additional window just to create a split screen there's a chance of losing every open tab you had open. Power goes out, you close the "main" window without previously closing the temporary one, and now everything is gone. If there are tabs you haven't opened in a while they might not even show up in history for the last time you opened the browser. As for drag & separate - just release the tab above the address bar area, it's really not that hard to figure it out

                                      Two thoughts:

                                      1 - I didn't state it in this thread, but my main complaint with this new tab-splitting feature in Opera is that it's introduced a new instability into the browser that wasn't there before. Ever since Opera introduced this feature, now any attempt to move or manipulate a tab with a Google Meet call immediately crashes the browser.

                                      2 - We just have different experiences. I'm not sure how to account for that, I just know that my experience isn't the same as yours in a couple ways that are relevant:

                                      -Releasing the tab above the address bar, like you suggested, has only worked for me if I turn off the split tabs feature in Opera.

                                      -I've never had a situation where I visited a site, and it didn't show up on my history unless I specific set up the browser not to include it in my history - and I've never had a site removed from my history simply by dragging a tab or splitting the screen, etc. In other words, if I've ever had my computer go out for whatever reason while using two windows on split screen, I've always been able to restore my session by identifying the sites I was on as separate entries in my history.

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                                      • michaelthedev
                                        michaelthedev @aRandomdoggo last edited by

                                        @arandomdoggo: It hasn't. I regretted restarting my pc which forced opera to update. Seems like every update brings new bugs

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                                          • expelliarzie
                                            expelliarzie last edited by

                                            It would be nice to be able to close all tabs in an island but one; for close all tabs on the right but still within an island. Basically if we could get some additional closing options within a same island that would be great!

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