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Flaky Opera?

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 2:14 pm
by busbodger
I love Opera. I have been using it for several years on all the patforms - even my PalmTX.

I'm having a couple of odd issues and wanted to ask if there is a setting that I need to turn off or what???

When i click with my mousewheel sometimes on a link I get taken to odd destinations. Actually I'm intending to click on a link but missing it and clicking in open space on the webpage I am looking at. In the past I think Opera just didn't do anything, now I get some random destination vaguely linked to the topic of the webpage I just left.

My intention is to click on the link and open a tab in the background. If I miss the link (click beside the link) I prefer for nothing to happen.

Thanks! Mint Linux is my FAVORITE Linux distro. Have tried many but Mint is tops!

Re: Flaky Opera?

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 3:10 pm
by zombie
What's happening is that Opera is taking the content of your clipboard to a new tab on middle click. You can change the middle click behavior by shift-middle click on a web page.

Re: Flaky Opera?

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 3:35 pm
by busbodger
BIG THANK YOU!

Been making we scratch my head for some time.

Will fix it and keep surfing.

Re: Flaky Opera?

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 3:37 pm
by busbodger
Opera has about a million options doesn't it?

I like the way it can be customized to the nth degree but every once in a while it makes me wonder what it is doing.

Alot like Linux as a whole too!

I am a very happy Linux/Mint/Opera user.

Re: Flaky Opera?

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 5:15 pm
by zombie
Press F1 to go to the help pages. Also look through the preferences and [url]opera:config[/url] to get familiar with the options.

Edit: Hmm... url tags didn't work...
I also recommend the very friendly Opera forums: http://my.opera.com/community/forums/