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How to close current tab and go to previous/next tab in Opera?

Wednesday, 2. November 2005, 07:33:19

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Buttons

Drag & drop Close & Go to Previous & Close & Go to Next buttons to any toolbar.

Keyboard shortcuts

Change the action of following keyboard shortcuts in Application section.
w ctrl to Close page & Switch to next page
w ctrl shift to Close page & Switch to previous page

Mouse gestures

Create two mouse gestures with the following with actions. 

GestureDown, GestureRight, GestureDown = Close page & Switch to previous page
GestureDown, GestureRight, GestureUp = Close page & Switch to next page

Default gesture to close current tab in Opera
Default gesture to close current tab

Gesture to close current tab & switch to next tab in Opera
Gesture to close current tab & switch to next tab

Gesture to close current tab & switch to previous tab in Opera
Gesture to close current tab & switch to previous tab

How to add/edit mouse gestures in Opera?How to add/edit keyboard shortcuts in Opera?

Comments

Ulixes 7. July 2006, 15:55

Thank you very much, it's very useful!

Anonymous 21. July 2006, 11:55

Ceebu writes:

This worked !!!! (I just made changes to mouse gestures though...)

Thanks a ton.. One of the IMPORTANT features that i have been wanting but have got only today, :-)

juapar2 19. October 2006, 09:00

First let me congrulate on really good help.

how can i see the gesture i have selected?

Tamil 19. October 2006, 09:10

Originally posted by juapar2:

how can i see the gesture i have selected?

You can't see.

Gingerbread Guy 20. October 2006, 23:48

Thank you!

juapar2 26. October 2006, 12:42

Originally posted by Tamil:

"Originally posted by juapar2:

how can i see the gesture i have selected?

You can't see."

In Firefox, you can see the description of the gestures in the status bar. For eg up you clicked say down and right it will tell you in the status bar that you have pressed down and right and it means that close current tab.

If this is not there in opera. Then this is one of the items for good things wish list of opera.

Anonymous 26. November 2006, 22:24

Anonymous writes:

How can I make Opera to do the same when I click on the X of a Tab?

Tamil 27. November 2006, 00:59

How can I make Opera to do the same when I click on the X of a Tab?

Use buttons at top of this page.

Anonymous 5. March 2007, 17:53

crip writes:

Tamil: "Use buttons at top of this page."

I believe that was not what he was asking about. Is there any way to set action "Close & Switch to next" as default for the "x" button on every tab?

Tamil 5. March 2007, 18:25

Is there any way to set action "Close & Switch to next" as default for the "x" button on every tab?

:no:

kriko 4. May 2007, 17:26

Is it possible to bind "Close & Switch to next" to the middle mouse button?

Tamil 4. May 2007, 17:49

Is it possible to bind "Close & Switch to next" to the middle mouse button?

:no:

kriko 4. May 2007, 19:19

Will it be possible?

Tamil 4. May 2007, 22:50

Will it be possible?

May be in future.

LPS77 26. June 2007, 20:37

Hopefully

Anonymous 6. July 2007, 19:53

higgins writes:

Is there such button which closes and switches to next, BUT closes and switches to _previous_ if you're on your _rightmost_ tab?

I'd really love that.

Anonymous 10. September 2007, 18:02

Anon writes:

I could only get these modifications to work by typing in "Close &Switch to next"-- with no space between & and Switch. (Very nice if you set up a click-zone to ctrl W on your touchpad) Great site-- made my cyberlife easier.

Anonymous 23. December 2007, 23:56

Anonymous writes:

I want to add my support for higgins' suggestion. The current tab close behavior in Opera drives me crazy.

HunkyDork 19. January 2008, 20:07

Very good
Now, when I have two windows opened,
is there a keyboard shortcut
to close the window I'm on
without closing Opera alltogether?
Been looking for that one for a long time.
HunkyDork

Tamil 19. January 2008, 23:12

Originally posted by HunkyDork:

is there a keyboard shortcut
to close the window I'm on
without closing Opera alltogether?

:yes: ALT+F4

Anonymous 29. January 2008, 21:56

Anonymous writes:

I'd like to echo #6 Higgins' request. I want Opera tabs to close as they do in Firefox. Unfortunately, "Close & Switch to next" is not sufficient; If you close the rightmost tab, you will circle around to the first tab.

I have no idea why Opera has not added such an option to do this. It should be an extremely easy thing to code up. Just introduce an additional option, like "Switch to next unless on rightmost" or "Switch to next & Do not cycle around" etc.

Anonymous 20. February 2008, 04:37

Anonymous writes:

thank you for the tip to Close & Switch to next page!
i was almost going back to the Fox because of this


but oh, how i LOVE Opera!

Anonymous 27. March 2008, 18:07

Anonymous writes:

how come the buttons don't work for me at all!
Every time I click those buttons, a new tab opens and says invalid address.
It's not understadable that why opera doesn't implement those easy functions.

Tamil 27. March 2008, 23:02

It's not understadable that why opera doesn't implement those easy functions.

See New snapshot: Introducing advanced tab activation

Anonymous 4. April 2008, 10:42

Anonymous writes:

What's the shortkey combo for opening tabs in the background in Opera 9.27?

Thanks.

Anonymous 4. April 2008, 10:44

Anonymous writes:

I mean from the address bar... Sorry. OK, I know that in the beta version the combo is Ctrl+Shift+Enter.

Anonymous 4. April 2008, 10:53

Anonymous writes:

Please, let me complement by saying that I've just found out that, OK, Ctrl+Shift+Enter in Opera 9.27 does open links from the address bar in the background, but this does not happen when the "address" is a nickname from the Hotlist... So please, help. Is there a way for doing this in the final version, just as it is possible in the latest betas?

Again, thanks.

Anonymous 8. October 2008, 19:17

Anonymous writes:

I don't think this works in v9.6

Anonymous 11. February 2010, 20:47

Stormfrog writes:

Maybe we can argue this to the end of days. But I honestly cannot see the usability in the manner Operas traverse tabs.

Example 1.
I open Google and make a search, on the search results page I see many links I want to browse- I open ten new tabs with these links.

Now, which to me seems completely naturally, I want to traverse these links chronologically. When I close one tab, I want to see the next of the links I opened. Instead I get sent back to the last page I was browsing: google search resluts page. Extremely frstrating, why would I ever want to go back there??!

Example 2.

This is more or less the same example. I am a frequent visitor of deviantart.com and each week I get 500-something new "deviations" to browse from my friends there. In this scenario I have a Opera Windows opened with maybe 50 tabs in it. I need to quickly browse through all tabs by tapping ctrl-w. WHY ON EARTH WOULD I WANT TO GO BACK TO A PREVIOUS TAB???!!!

In my opinion this is not just a nuisance but a serious design flaw in Opera. I would be very happy to be rid of it.


I know it is possible to bind CTRL-W to a function that closes current page, switches to next UNLESS it is the last page, then it goes backwards. Because sometimes you might want to traverse the tabs in a chronological order backwards.

I have made Opera behave like that before with the help of a friend, but I cannot remember how he pulled it off. He is something of a hacker, so it is possible he binded CTRL-W to a script or similar. But I know it is possible... somehow. :)

Tamil 11. February 2010, 22:58

When I close one tab, I want to see the next of the links I opened.

CTRL+F12 > Advanced > Tabs > When closing a tab > Activate the next tab

Anonymous 18. March 2010, 00:17

Anonymous writes:

when I click on a link to open in new tab why doesn't opera go to it(the new tab)directly? meaning how do I switch focus to the new tab? Is there a way. In Firefox when I click on a link to open in a new tab, the browser switches focus to the new opened tab.

Tamil 18. March 2010, 02:41

when I click on a link to open in new tab why doesn't opera go to it(the new tab)directly?

It should go unless you click mouse middle button.

Anonymous 18. March 2010, 23:22

Anonymous writes:

"It should go unless you click mouse middle button"

I do click the middle button to open a link in a new tab because if I use the left button the link will not open in a new tab. Is there a way to switch focus to the new tab when clicking middle button or can I open links in new tabs using the left mouse button? Thank you for your response

Tamil 18. March 2010, 23:28

Shift + Mouse middle click > Open in new tab

Anonymous 19. March 2010, 04:30

Anonymous writes:

"Shift + Mouse middle click > Open in new tab"

It worked. Thank you for your help.
why is this option not available in the preferences menu?

Tamil 19. March 2010, 08:39

CTRL+F12 > Advanced > Shortcuts > Middle-Click Options...

Anonymous 20. March 2010, 03:29

Anonymous writes:

Great. Thanks again

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