@panosv It is not just you exeriencing this. I also experience this. (Windows 7, 32-bit)

One could just open the Bookmarks page/tab again by pressing Ctrl-Shift-B and then pin that tab. That way, bookmarks are easily accessible; in fact, pressing Ctrl-Shift-B again will take you right back to that pinned bookmark page/tab.

@andrew84 You are correct ... when I disable "show tab preview," this problem/bug no longer exists. It's good to know that it has been addressed in the current Developer version. Thank you, andrew84.

I don't have to load a page in the 2nd tab actually for this to happen, either.

Incidentally, if I open up any number of new tabs/speed dials, all the speed dials are empty except for the last opened one.

@rif Yes, I have the same thing happen to me with Opera 54 Stable on Windows 7, 32-bit.

One workaround that I've used off-and-on is simply to do this: open the Bookmarks tab by pressing Ctrl-Shift-B or the appropriate sidebar icon

This takes one click just as clicking the New Tab (+) button in the tab bar.

Either way, your Bookmarks are readily available to choose from. I prefer the Bookmarks tab over a new page with speed dials if I want to access any number of bookmarks that are not in my speed dial page because now I can type in a search for the appropriate bookmark at this point, also.

There are certain bookmarks that I access most simply by typing the first few letters of the url for it; almost always what I'm searching for comes up immediately.

All that said, if Opera offered the same behavior as the requestor/starter of this thread said, it would be a welcome addition to Opera.

Carry on.

@mike88 I had it before, too ... I believe it's legitimately from Opera. I rated Opera as 5 stars, and I have not seen it since.

@mashikha True ... I understand.

@mashikha You can have that with the Web Panel sidebar extension, already.

@firstlast I still haven't a clue what you're saying!