Closing tabs - alternate keys for different closing styles

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Hi! Is it possible, either directly within Opera or using some extension, to have multiple tab closing schemes? E.g. while closing a current tab, I would like to determine which tab to activate by pressing a different key: CTRL+F4 to activate the last active tab, F6 to activate the left tab, F7 to activate the right tab (all of these also close the active tab, obviously). I have been trying to find this functionality, but it seems that I can only have one tab-closing scheme active at any given time. It seems that even custom keyboard shortcut extensions won't help me here, because they require that Javascript be turned on for all pages, which is not acceptable for me.

[lando242]

lando242 last edited by

In the latest version of Opera 29, which is a testing release and has some bugs, you can reassign keys inside the Opera Settings page. So, if you are willing to put up with some problems to be bleeding edge you can have them. Be sure to read the docs first though. If you don't want the hassle of a testing release you'll have to wait until those features make it into the stable channel.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Unfortunately, it seems that while I can provide two shortcuts for a Close Tab action, I can't use a single shortcut to call two actions (that's how it was done in Opera 12) and there isn't a separate action for each closing style

But hopefully this will get added eventually. It's great that keyboard customization is available at all.

[lando242]

lando242 last edited by

There are shortcut macro programs out there that do just this. I use a similar thing for my mouse called 'X-Mouse Button Control'. I'd hit up google and see what you can find.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

But I was able to manage it using AutoHotKey. I am not quite happy with the result, but it works, approximately:

F6::
	SetKeyDelay, 20, 10, Play
	SendPlay, 1 ^`` ^{f4}
	return
F7::
	SetKeyDelay, 20, 10, Play
	SendPlay, 2 ^`` ^{f4}
	return

Except that it fails rather horribly if an editbox in the page has a focus. But presumably that could be handled by first setting the focus somewhere else (not sure where yet).

(I forgot, it requires the Classic Tabs set so that after closing, the last active tab gets selected.)