I have tested with a vanilla browser install to confirm this is not a plugin or theme error. The computer has been restarted into a new session.

The update today to version 71.0.3770.148 has left the browser in a sorry state. I can browse the web but I'm not able to click 'Menu' (nothing happens) or use the mouse' right-click button to open the context menu. Shortcuts work and I can access settings through the browser address bar i.e. by entering the local URL of various Opera settings pages.

I can drag pages to the bookmarks bar but dragging a page over a folder in the bookmarks bar does not trigger the folder to open to allow the page to be stored in bookmark bar folders.

The Opera Forums login button does not operate when clicked. I had to select the password field and press Return/Enter to trigger the sign in form to post.

This all suggests a Javascript or jQuery conflict caused by the browser UI.

My OS is Kubuntu 19.10 with Plasma 5.18.3.

Opera worked fine until today's update. Google Chrome (also up to date) does not have this problem.

I'm in the UK. Reading the forums it looks like a good number of people are experiencing the same problem.

@KetoKelo I confirm that this does fix the problem. But, the hardware acceleration setting tends to cause browser instability, which is the reason I leave it disabled. I will keep it enabled for now.

For those who are struggling to find the option,

1. Go to opera://settings/system
2. The top item listed there should be the 'Enable hardware acceleration when available' toggle.

Thank you, KetKelo.

This is not very well documented. We can set a thumbnail image for each speed dial tab:

1. Click the tab,
2. Click the heart () in the address bar; this is the same heart that is clicked to add a bookmark,
3. Use the thumbnail carousel to select the thumbnail that is to be used to represent the bookmark in Speed Dial, then
4. Click 'Done'.

The Add to Bookmarks button (the heart) can be used to put any singular page tab into Speed Dial. I only realised this today after months and months of frustration from wondering why Opera didn't have the option available in the actions dialog displayed when a tab is right-clicked.

More details here https://blogs.opera.com/news/2015/07/customize-operas-speed-dial/

I have the same problem on a Galaxy Tab. The VPN has not connected for a few days. I thought it might be caused by my forwarding the device date and time to speed up games but with the time set correctly, after multiple device restarts and enabling/disabling VPN the tablet is still unable to connect to Opera VPN.

Nope, this is still an issue in Opera 68.0.3618.173. There is a workaround that uses a Window Rule to force the title bar to display. It's not perfect but it helps.

@nomansland I only stepped on finding a solution to this today because all my Speed Dial bookmarks had turned to purple after the Opera Stable update installed into my computer, and some shades of purple give me a headache.

Seems that the colours change each time Opera updates; almost as though the scheme resets. There must be a cache that is automatically wiped after Opera updates are applied. If there is a cache it would suggest we might be able to manually edit those button colours.

@leocg Opera VPN on desktop works fine. Opera VPN on mobile over the same ISP does not work and has not worked even though the data cache has been cleared, the browser has been uninstalled then reinstalled and the device restarted multiple times.

This started for me 4 or 5 days ago, as per with others with the same issue. I am in the UK, not Iran, not UAE and not China etc.. but the UK. My ISP is Virgin Media.

I originally thought the issue might have been caused by my adjusting the time on my tablet by setting it forward for game cheating purposes. Evidently this was an erroneous thought.

I believe the issue is with the VPN.

@ctrlaltdel I've not yet experienced issues with the font size in Speed Dial.

My enabled Start Page settings are only 2: 'Adjust animations for slow hardware' and 'Automatically adjust columns...' under opera://settings/?search=start+page.

Under font (opera://settings/?search=font) I have 'Font Size: Medium', 'Page Zoom: 100%' and custom font size settings.

Those settings could be why I do not have issues with font sizes, currently. I had issues in the past, which is why I adjusted them some time ago.

@leocg Ah, yes, exactly our point: it is an Opera issue not a device issue nor necessarily an ISP issue (except maybe in Iran) but an issue local to certain regions. When you said localised we assumed you meant local to our devices and not local to our regions.

Thanks leocg. I hope Opera is able to resolve this one soon. As browsers go, Opera is my favourite for desktop and mobile/tablet.

Do Opera Mobile and Opera Desktop use different VPN servers?

I've just spent an hour figuring out a solution. The problem is that Opera's 'Local State' file has become either corrupted or unsuited to the new version of Opera.

The solution

1. Close Opera. Close all running instances of the browser.

2. Browse to your local Opera profile folder. In Linux this is under /home/[username]/.config/opera/. I have no idea where this Opera folder is in Windows or Mac. You will need to look for it. I think someone mentioned it earlier in this discussion thread.

3. Make a backup of the above 'opera' directory. This directory stores all your personalisations of the browser and stores any saved sessions; then

4. Rename the file 'Local State' to 'xLocal State'

5. Restart Opera

6. Your Speed Dials should display again; if not, they will be stored in Bookmarks > Other Speed Dials and from here you can select and drag them back into Speed Dials.

If the above solution causes your browser to lose its settings, just close Opera and restore the backup you made of the 'opera' directory in step 2.

The problem is that the Local State file prevents the Speed Dials folder from loading. It is as though Opera looks in the wrong place for the Speed Dials data.

Hope this helps,
Lee

@mrherodoto this is the version I'm on (see screenshot):

I installed Opera with the package provided on the Opera website and not through my OS maintainer's repository. I use Kubuntu. This method of installation adds the opera repo into /etc/apt/*

Maybe my version is different to your own.

@leocg you, Operan and Chrome can call it a feature as much as you want but for everyone of us who use the product as end-users it is a bug: it bugs us. Thankfully it is now a bug that is fixed, at least for me.

@leocg & @mrherodoto I'm no longer plagued by this bug. My version of Opera is the latest stable release. The last update to the browser fixed the fault.

Thanks @leocg

@leocg Maybe. I'm not 100% certain of that. I use Chrome and Opera. I'm not seeing the same behaviour in Chrome. Both browsers are up to date. The difference between the browsers might be in the implementation of the new Chromium behaviour.

I use a tab manager to put tabs to sleep. I really don't want the browser to force reload tabs when I switch between multiple active tabs. For me it's a matter of tab stability. I can't do my job with a browser that keeps unloading tab content whenever I change tab focus. I see and appreciate the intent behind the behaviour but I feel it is poorly executed.

Is there a way to set the timeout counter before unfocused tabs lose their content?

Same issue here. It's annoying.

@rob-bob-dave

Snaps are self contained packages. There is nothing installed when you use a snap.

Try to install from the repo. Add this line to your sources

deb https://deb.opera.com/opera-beta/ stable non-free

See here for Snapcraft (Snaps): https://snapcraft.io/opera-beta

See here for .deb packages https://www.opera.com/computer

See here for Opera Beta .deb packages https://www.opera.com/computer/beta

Click the big blue download button, not the snap/rpm links.

@pyromantiker I often say I'm about to jump ship from Opera to some other browser. The thing is.., Opera is better than the alternatives.

Firefox was good in the past when addons, scripts and customizability made it stand out from all the other browsers but now, Firefox is just as dull as most other browsers. Opera has a few features that make it stand out from the rest, which is the only reason I persist with Opera despite the lack of consideration Opera's developers give to the needs and requests of its userbase.

Sadly, there is a trend among software developers -- a trend that began 4 or 5 years ago -- to disregard the wants of the userbase and to behave with authoritarian vigour. The message from developers is: you get what you're given; what we think you need is more important than what you know you need; mother knows best.

Stick with Opera. Leave Opera. Opera doesn't care.

@ctrlaltdel I've not yet experienced issues with the font size in Speed Dial.

My enabled Start Page settings are only 2: 'Adjust animations for slow hardware' and 'Automatically adjust columns...' under opera://settings/?search=start+page.

Under font (opera://settings/?search=font) I have 'Font Size: Medium', 'Page Zoom: 100%' and custom font size settings.

Those settings could be why I do not have issues with font sizes, currently. I had issues in the past, which is why I adjusted them some time ago.