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Web browser and Internet suite developed by Opera Software. Specify version number.

Do specify your Opera version when asking.

There are two flavours of Opera. The one using Blink is known as Opera Next, or version 15 and onward. The older version, up to version 12, uses the Presto engine.

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How to "middle-click" on new macbooks

I have recently switched to Mac, and the only thing I miss from my old notebook is the ability to middle-mousebutton-click by clicking both mousebuttons simultaneously. This is a crucial feature when browsing the net as it opens links in a…
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Opera 31: Remove default Search Engines?

Up to and including Opera 30 you could follow this link here which simply directs you to delete some .json file containing the default search engines. Starting today, with the latest Opera update 31.something, this trick does no longer work. If the…
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How to disable automatic updates in Opera?

some features in opera 25 are changes, with old documentations. I want to disable Opera auto update. For this I read this opera webpage however there is no more "preferences" in opera menu. so how to change this option? update: thank you all, and…
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Determine which Opera tab uses 100% CPU?

Sometimes a tab gets stuck at using all CPU time it can get. I know theres a way to check which one for Chrome or Firefox -- is there a native method and/or extension to do this in Opera? Checking pages one by one in another browser is not a…
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How to open DevTools in Opera?

How can I quickly access DevTools in Opera? When I open DevTools > Settings > Shortcuts in Opera and scroll to the bottom of this page, you'll see a link "Full list of DevTools keyboard shortcuts and gestures", that points to a document for Google…
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How to synchronise bookmarks between Google Chrome and Opera?

I use both Google Chrome as well as Opera. Is there any way by which I can "auto synchronise" the bookmarks between Chrome and Opera? By "auto synchronise", I mean whenever I bookmark a page in Chrome, it should also be bookmarked in Opera's…
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flush opera DNS cache

for a developer that has to update DNS entries to do testing and other tasks, how do you clear the DNS cache in Opera. Or lower the extremely long cache that get's in your way after editing /etc/hosts file?
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How safe is the password manager in browsers?

For example, Opera has a "wand" feature that remembers user names and password you typed across various sites. Let's say you get a trojan, which steals data from your PC. Can the trojan decrypt stored passwords by browsers, and use them?
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How do I disable tab stacking in Opera 11.01

There's new feature in Opera 11.01 called tab stacking. It helps you to hoard tabs. It works for (and annoys) me in Opera (11.01 build 1190) under Win32, but somehow doesn't appear in the same build for Linux. Does anybody know how to disable tab…
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Take a screenshot of an entire webpage in Opera

Is there some tool within Opera, or possibly an add-on, which will let me take a screenshot of an entire web page? I usually use Screengrab to do this with Firefox, but in this situation I want a screenshot of the page as Opera renders it (because…
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Recover accidentally closed Opera window and its tabs after restarting

I accidentally closed an instance of Opera with multiple tabs. There was another window with a couple of tabs running. I have closed and restarted Opera in the hope it will retrieve the windows at startup (it usually asks if I want to continue from…
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How to switch between tabs in Opera?

This has got to be possible - I just don't see it: how do you change from one tab to another in Opera with the keyboard?
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Is there a way to make Opera a different proxy than what is set by the system?

One of the major reasons why I uninstalled Opera recently is that they removed the proxy configuration so now Opera uses the default system settings. I wonder is there, however, some way to specify a different proxy settings for Opera?
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Setting a custom search engine as default in Opera

I would like to use DuckDuckGo as my default search engine in Opera. Opera versions 17+ come with a search engine manager (Menu Settings > Search > Manage search engines...), where you can add custom search engines and change the default search…
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How do I add, edit or manage custom search engines in Opera 15 or higher versions (Chromium-based)?

The recently released Opera 15 is now based on the Chromium engine and now doesn't manage custom search engines like the previous versions. I found this method of managing custom search engines for Chrome but it doesn't work for Opera 15 or higher…
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