I usually run in Dark Mode, but sometimes I need to switch to Light Mode to see details on a site. It used to be possible to just click on Easy Setup and make the change. Now I have to drill down into settings. This should be a simple, quick task. Now it is tedious and frustrating.

Thanks
Len
Using Opera since 1995.

Maybe I am using the wrong name for it.

To the right of the url near the top of the screen there is often a small hamburger-like icon with a tiny A in the top left corner. The function simplifies most pages for easier reading.

Actually the problem exists in regular mode as well as well.

There is no select all function and when I try to manually select the text in an article (and images, too) I can only get a couple of paragraphs. There is no way to extend the area selected.

Thanks,

Len

I have been a dedicated Opera user for nearly 30 years. Opera has gone through many changes since the days it fit on one floppy but this Opera One has changed so much and broken so much I am at a loss to understand why it was put in the regular update channel.

Here are some issues.

The GUI is radically changed, for example,

• list itemSo much has been stuffed into the address bar that it pushes everything to the left, hiding the current URL

• list itemThe "Quick Setup icon is in the bar, instead of to the far right where it was easy to reach without close attention when something needed to be quickly changed, for example, Light to Dark mode.

• list itemThe built in reader view no longer indicates whether it is in use or not.

• list itemIn the past, even though I was in dark mode, when I copied the contents of the page reader and pasted it into an email, it pasted in black on white. Now it pastes white on black. Which means I have to change modes when I want to send an email.

Old extensions no longer work, for example,

• list itemSend via Mail crashes opera. (This is an extension from the Chrome store that sends both the page URL and Title to my default email).

• list itemOther send mail apps from Opera's extension site, close the page being sent. That is very confusing. I look up and it is missing.

I do have an old Beta Developer version but that is not fully functional. For example, there is no force dark page mode. And I worry that it will auto update one of these days.

You might be amused by an essay I wrote in 1996 when I was using Opera v. 2.12..
[https://www.lgrossman.com/mjnk/mjnk1296.htm](link url)

Suggestions appreciated.

Thank you
Len
@modemjunkie

I am running Opera on Windows 11. For certain reasons, I had to increase the font size in Windows, the result is that the tool bars in Opera take up about 20% of the screen. Also the drop down menu has a font that is so large I can't get to the bottom part. So I can't even tell you what version I am using.

(Oddly, the font in "Settings" is tiny.).

Suggestions, please.

Thank you.

Len

@gersoctruda But I don't see the 3 dots to the right ???

@gateau Great. But when I paste opera://startpageshared into the address field it opens the start page but I don't see any way to pin it. Or make a bookmark. How do we create that on our machines? Thanks.

len

@canadagoose4everreturns Thanks., but I have the opposite problem. I can change the page fonts, as you described, but I need to reduce the size of the font in the tabs, the bookmark bar, and bar with the search on it.

@leocg Well, at least that explains why I couldn't do it.

But shouldn't the passwords sync from my desktop to the Android?

@gateau That did it. Thanks.

@nkgrzegorzewicz said in What happened to the Dark mode/Light mode switch in Easy Setup:

@leocg option "Force dark theme on pages" in Easy setup is already available in newest Stable version (115). You can find it when a theme with dark mode is selected.

Thanks.

@nkgrzegorzewicz said in What happened to the Dark mode/Light mode switch in Easy Setup:

@leocg option "Force dark theme on pages" in Easy setup is already available in newest Stable version (115). You can find it when a theme with dark mode is selected.

Thanks.

@privatemichael I'll try it, but my only issue is in Opera. So I'll see. Thanks.

I usually run in Dark Mode, but sometimes I need to switch to Light Mode to see details on a site. It used to be possible to just click on Easy Setup and make the change. Now I have to drill down into settings. This should be a simple, quick task. Now it is tedious and frustrating.

Thanks
Len
Using Opera since 1995.

@burnout426 Thanks. In the meantime I have switched to Opera One(version: 108.0.5067.29) Stable) which I had also installed on my machine.

Same here. All of my social sharing (extensions are disabled because they are deemed corrupted by Opera. (I share most frequently to Twitter pr facebook, The same is true with a couple of "Reader" apps, like clearly. Downloading alternative extensions from either the Opera or Chrome store, doesn't help. New extensions a reported immediately as corrupted when I install them. Very frustrating. Using Opera One(version: 109.0.5097.24)

@leocg Well, at least that explains why I couldn't do it.

But shouldn't the passwords sync from my desktop to the Android?

@canadagoose4everreturns Thanks., but I have the opposite problem. I can change the page fonts, as you described, but I need to reduce the size of the font in the tabs, the bookmark bar, and bar with the search on it.

I am running Opera on Windows 11. For certain reasons, I had to increase the font size in Windows, the result is that the tool bars in Opera take up about 20% of the screen. Also the drop down menu has a font that is so large I can't get to the bottom part. So I can't even tell you what version I am using.

(Oddly, the font in "Settings" is tiny.).

Suggestions, please.

Thank you.

Len

@fatimaansari except those options are not presented in the mobile version (or the latest PC version, either).
Oddly, I was able to sync all of my bookmarks, which I don't care about, but still can't sync the passwords.

@gersoctruda But I don't see the 3 dots to the right ???