Aug
10
2008
10
2008
There’s always a couple Firefox features I miss when I’m using Opera. Here’s how to setup Opera’s tab behavior like Firefox’s. These work in Opera 9.5.
Close Tab Behavior
Opera normally moves back to the last active tab, but you can get it to behave like Firefox when closing tabs, moving to the next tab on the right.
- Go to Tools » Preferences » Advanced » Tabs
- Set the “When closing a tab” option to “Activate next tab”.
Control Click Opens Link In Background Tab
Opera can behave like Firefox, opening links in a background tab when control-clicking links by using a custom user javascript file. First, setup your user javascript directory in Opera.
- Go to Tools » Preferences » Advanced » Content » JavaScript Options
- “User JavaScript files” to “~/.opera/userjs”. (You may have to create this folder)
- Download Shoust’s allinbackground.js javascript (also mirrored here) into this folder. Now control-click your links.
Thanks to Marv for finding Shoust’s post.