<![CDATA[[Suggestion][Vertical Tabs]Hover Tooltips for Collapsed Tabs]]>Love the addition of Vertical Tabs in Opera 140! It is a great step forward for managing multiple tabs.

To make the Collapsed Mode even more intuitive and effortless to use, here are two small UX enhancements that would make a big difference for everyday browsing:

  1. Hover Tooltips for Collapsed Tabs: When the panel is collapsed to icons only, showing a quick tooltip with the page title upon hovering would help users instantly identify which tab is which—especially when multiple tabs from the same site (like YouTube or Google) are open.

  2. Hover-to-Expand (Peek Mode): An optional setting where the collapsed sidebar smoothly expands over the webpage when hovered, and automatically collapses back once the cursor moves away. This gives users the best of both worlds: maximum screen space and full tab readability without extra clicks.

Adding these touches would elevate Opera's Vertical Tabs into a truly seamless experience. Thank you for the continuous innovation!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/89988/suggestion-vertical-tabs-hover-tooltips-for-collapsed-tabsRSS for NodeSun, 15 Nov 2026 16:14:06 GMTThu, 12 Nov 2026 07:57:10 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to [Suggestion][Vertical Tabs]Hover Tooltips for Collapsed Tabs on Thu, 12 Nov 2026 22:37:25 GMT]]>@JJ-Pattaya

I support the both suggestions but

  1. Seems more like a bug or design flaw.
  2. I suggested exactly the same (if in short it works in Edge this way) since the time the vertical tabs feature was first implented in Developer. I'm glad that I'm not alone with such thoughts regarding the design.
    The other thing I don't like is that the sidebar and vertical pane are glued together now (autohide automatically means for the both panes).
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