Press Page Down and Page Up to switch slides
Most of Opera's central functions can be found on toolbars in the form of buttons, input fields and dropdown menus.
Beneath is a description of the default toolbar setup. This setup is easily customized by going to , where you can add or remove items, change toolbar positioning, and so forth.
The Page bar displays your open Web pages as tabs and contains buttons to help manage your pages. The drop-down button on the right side of the page bar contains lists of closed pages and blocked pop-ups so that you can easily retrieve them.
The simplest way to change focus between pages is to click on the corresponding tabs. You can also press Ctrl + Tab to cycle through your open pages. Drag and drop the tabs to rearrange your pages.
Close a page by middle-clicking the tab, by Right-clicking the tab and selecting 'Close', or by pressing Ctrl + W while the page is active.
Tip: If you want to bookmark a page, you can drag its tab directly to the bookmarks panel or a toolbar.
The Address bar contains buttons for the most important browser functions as well as the Web address (URL) field.
| Image | Item | Explanation |
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Go back and forth in page history | |
| Fast forward | Analyze page and go to the most likely next page.
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| Rewind | Jump back in history
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Interrupt page load in progress or update current page from server | |
| Wand | Automatically log in to sites using the Wand | |
| Page icon | Drag to bookmarks panel or personal bar to create bookmark | |
| Address field | Displays the address of the current document. You can enter Web addresses directly | |
| Padlock icon | Displayed within the address bar if current page is secure, indicates level of security | |
| RSS icon | Displayed within the address bar if current page contains valid link to an RSS newsfeed | |
| Progress field | Displayed within the address bar while document is loading | |
| Address drop-down button | Access recently typed addresses | |
| Search field | Search the Web directly | |
| Search drop-down button | Select search engine | |
| View bar toggle | Display or hide the view bar |
| Back | Access the current page's history | |
| Top 10 | Access your 10 most visited links | |
| Bookmarks | Access your bookmarks | |
| Home | Go to your home page | |
| Search fields |
| Find in page | Search within current document | |
| Find next | Find next occurrence of search term in document | |
| Voice | Click to initiate voice command | |
| Fit to window width | Squeeze page contents to fit width of medium-sized screens | |
| Page mode | Customize page style; click button to toggle between modes, use drop-down to select style | |
| Show images | Toggle image display: all, none, or cached images only | |
| Zoom field | Zoom in to enlarge text and images, or zoom out to get an overview |
When a page loads, a progress field appears within the address field that displays information on the status of the document transfer.
Caution: Always check the level of security on a Web site by hovering the padlock icon in the address field before transferring money or sensitive information. Do not proceed if the security is low or non-existant.
Tip: If you have a Web address on the clipboard, press Ctrl + D to go to the address.
The Main bar is hidden by default unless you choose to let Opera display generic advertisements in the upper right corner of the browser. It mainly contains buttons for document handling, such as saving and printing files, as well as buttons that will tile or cascade all open documents on your workspace.
Put your favorite bookmarks/bookmarklets, bookmark folders, and Web searches on the personal bar so you can use them quickly and at any time. Bookmarks and folders from the bookmarks panel, links, page tabs, and bookmarklets can be dragged directly to the personal bar. This toolbar is disabled by default, but is easily activated from .
To add a search to the bar, select it from the toolbar's right-click menu.
Some sites provide special navigational links to make navigation within the site easier. Opera can display these links in the form of a navigation bar above the page contents.
Which buttons are active (not grayed out) on the navigation bar, depends on the information provided by each page. This toolbar is not turned on by default, but a useful setting for it is "Show only when needed", which will hide the navigation bar completely whenever it is empty.
The status bar is also turned off by default. When enabled, it displays information about hovered items in Web pages as well as in the browser.
Tip: You can move the status field to another toolbar to save space.
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