FAQ
FAQ
Settings & options
Is there any way to load images individually?
No, in Opera 3.62 you only have the choice of loading all images or none at all. You can't highlight an individual image to save it or find out the file name/URL either. A workaround which is of limited use in practice is to select the Load all images option but then stop all loading as soon as the image you want to see has loaded. Without an ability to view the source, the only way to obtain an image URL is to save the document and open the file using a plain text editor, or import it into the Word application.
What do the icons in the progress bar mean?
These are the toggle controls for Image and CSS modes which can be changed by clicking the icons or via the main menu options and keyboard controls. The Progress Bar also provides live information on Opera's status while loading documents:
 | Document CSS mode |
 | User CSS mode (As defined by the Document appeance settings) |
 | Percentage of document loaded so far excluding images, applets, etc |
 | Number of images loaded so far out of total on page |
 | Stop all loading |
 | Load and display all images |
 | Only display images already held in the cache |
 | Do not download or display any images, including backgrounds |
 | 96 - 128 bit encryption (TSL v1 for maximum security) |
 | 64 - 96 bit encryption (SSL v3 connection) |
 | 32 - 64 bit encryption (SSL v2 connection) |
 | Normal HTTP connecton (No SSL/TLS security) |
While a page is loading additional live information is displayed in the status bar telling you how much raw data has been received so far, download speed in Kilobytes per second (or Bytes per second if throughput drops below 1KB), the length of time the page has been loading and server status information (looking up file, downloading, waiting for server response etc).
Can I edit or update my bookmarks?
The rudimentary bookmark manager in Opera 3.62 only allows you to add or delete entries and doesn't offer any options to edit or view a bookmark's URL, title or it's position on the bookmark list. There are no folders either so you simply get one long list of favourites in the order they were bookmarked.
A workaround for editing bookmark data is to open Opera's bookmark file with a text editor. Like it's INI file, the Opera 3.62 bookmark file is stored in (ASCII) plain text and uses the following simple format:
1
Bookmark #1 title
Bookmark #1 full URL
Bookmark #2 title
Bookmark #2 full URL
Bookmark #3 title
Bookmark #3 full URL
etc...
Bookmark #32 title
Bookmark #32 full URL
[Leave last line blank]
As you can see, the first line must only contain the character 1
. After that, each bookmarks is stored in a two-line format with the first line containing the title of the bookmark (to be shown in the Bookmark Manager), and the second line containing the full URL. It's important that, after the 1
, titles are on even lines and URLs on odd lines otherwise Opera will interpret the wrong line as the URL.
From the text editor you can edit the URLs and titles, and use cut & paste to move entries up and down the list so that they appear in different positions in the Bookmark Manager.
The bookmark file can be found at:
This can be edited using the same methods used to edit Opera.ini when moving the cache to another drive.
Can I specify a user stylesheet for User CSS mode?
There is no option for this in the Document Preferences dialogue however you can specify a custom CSS file to be used by editing Opera's INI file manually.
To do this, open the file following the instructions for moving the cache. Below the [USER PREFS] section add the following line:
Local CSS File=*Replace *
with the full file path to the CSS file you wish to use (C:\Documents\Example\example.css).
What control do I have over cookies?
With Opera 3.62 you can only turn cookies on or off. There are no options to filter or ask permission before a cookie is accepted/sent and you can't even view or delete them from the browser. The only way to remove a cookie is to fully close Opera and detete:
This will remove all cookies on your machine that are used by Opera 3.62. Cookies used by Web are unaffected since the applications cannot exchange cookie data.
Is there any way to see where a link points to?
Not in Opera 3.62. You can only click on the link once and follow it immediately. For the same reason, you cannot see the contents of a Mailto or News link.
Is there any way to see what pages I have visited?
Yes, you can view a longer history list that spans several days by typing Opera:history into the Progress bar (or click the link). Opera will then present you with a chronological list of links to all the pages you have visited, displaying the titles of the pages along with the time and the date you viewed them.
Can I stop Opera displaying a warning everytime I submit a form?
Yes, the alert box displayed when you submit a form containing a password field, such as a website login (eg. Hotmail) or sign-up page, can be turned off by selecting the Security option from the Preferences menu and disabling the Alert before an unsecure form
setting.
Can I control which scroll bars are displayed?
There is a single option in Opera 3.62 that either allows all scroll bars to be displayed or none at all. However, when you have scrollbars enabled Opera will only display the bars required to view the current document, so if a page can adapt to the screen width then only the vertical bar will be shown. Similarly, a frameset will only display scrollbars on the frames that require scrolling. Unlike Web 2.0 there are no individual controls over the vertical and horizontal scroll bars, and when a frameset is displayed scroll bars for all frames will be shown. This can reduce the available display area considerably so for this reason you may wish to leave scrollbars off and navigate with the cursor keys instead. This will be especially helpful on small-screen devices such as the Oregon-Scientific Osaris or Diamond Mako. All the usual document navigation functions are available too:
| Keystroke | Description |
|---|---|
| Fn+Up | Page up: Scrolls up one screen/frame height at a time |
| Fn+Down | Page down: Scrolls down one screen/frame height at a time |
| Fn+Left | Home:Moves to the top of the page/frame |
| Fn+Right | End: Moves to the bottom of the page/frame |
What are the non-hotkey keyboard controls?
As well as hotkeys such as Ctrl+G, which are listed on the menu cards, Opera has a number of display options and navigational controls available simply by pressing single keys. In Opera 3.62 for Symbian OS they are:
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
| Esc | Stops all loading- Works whether loading a page or just the images on a pre-loaded file |
| 1 | Moves to the next <H1> element on the current page- Use with Shift to move to previous |
| 2 | Moves to the next <H2> element on the current page- Use with Shift to move to previous |
| 3 | Moves to the next <H3> element on the current page- Use with Shift to move to previous - (Also cycles through frames if a frameset is displayed.) |
| 4 | Moves to the next <H4> element on the current page- Use with Shift to move to previous |
| 5 | Moves to the next <H5> element on the current page- Use with Shift to move to previous |
| 6 | Resets the display zoom size to 100% |
| 7 | Zooms out in 100% increments |
| 8 | Zooms in, in 100% increments |
| 9 | Zooms out in 10% increments |
| 0 | Zooms in, in 10% increments |
| Q | Moves up to the previous link in the page (Either text, images or any other link. Also moves to anchored elements such as "#menu") |
| A | Moves down to the next link in the page |
| W | Moves up to the previous heading element in the page (eg. Previous <H5> or <H1> whichever is nearest) |
| S | Moves down to the next heading element in the page (eg. Next <H2> or <H4> whichever is first.) |
| E | Move up to and highlight any previous element |
| D | Move down to and highlight any element |
| Z | Browser back button |
| X | Browser forward button |
| G | Cycles through image preferences (Load all, display loaded, display none.) |
| H | Highlights URL bar for input or copy/paste etc. (Note that you cannot copy from the URL bar if any part of the page is highlighted. instead you will copy this text.) |
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+Left | Browser back button |
| Ctrl+Right | Browser forward button |
| Tab | Cycles through form elements. If no form elements are present will cycle through links instead. If no links present will cycle through images- Use with shift to reverse through cycle. |
| Left arrow | Deselects a highlighted form element (eg. This will untick a checkbox.)- If no element selected will scroll page/frame left. |
| Right arrow | Selects a highlighted form element (eg. This will select a radio button)- If no element selected will scroll page/frame right. |
| Enter | Activates highlighted form button |
| Space | Activates highlighted form button |
| Up arrow | Scrolls page or selected frame up |
| Down arrow | Scrolls page or selected frame down |
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
| $ | Home: Jumps to top of page or selected frame |
| # | End: Jumps to bottom of page or selected frame |
| ! | Pages up one screen |
| " | Pages down one screen |
| & | Scrolls up page or selected frame |
| ( | Scrolls downpage or selected frame |
| % | Scrolls page or selected frame left |
| ' | Scrolls page or selected frame right |
What zoom sizes are available?
Opera is capable of zooming anywhere between 20% and 1000% in 10% increments, and will rescale text, inline images, form elements and backgrounds. The zoom icons next to the screen cycle through 80%, 90%, 100% and 110% levels, with the default being 100%. Far greater control is available however, via the native Opera keyboard controls.
For minor resizing you can use the 7 key to scale down the document/image in 10% increments, and 8 to scale up. To significantly alter the zoom level in 100% increments, use the 9 key to reduce and 0 to enlarge. Using both sets of zoom keys will allow you reach any zoom level quickly (eg. press 007 rapidly, to jump from 100% to 290% without 3 redraws), and you can reset the display to 100% at any time simply by pressing 6.
There is however a problem when using both the screen zoom icons or hotkeys (which simply mimic the screen icons), and the native Opera keyboard controls within the same browsing session. Both controls operate semi-independently of one other so if, for example, you click on the zoom-out icon and reduce the level to 80%, then restore it to 100% using the 6 then the page will be redrawn at 100% but part of Opera still thinks it's at the 80% zoom level set by clicking the icon. This level will subsequently be saved into the INI file when you next exit the browser, and when you next start Opera the default level will be 80%. This not only slows down browsing, but images may appear jagged with random lines often streaking across the page. Without any indication of the current zoom level, it's easy to assume you're at 100% when you actually are not.
To fix this, cycle through the zoom sizes using only the screen icons until you are at the second-largest available level. This will be 100%, and when you next close Opera it will resave this as the default setting in the INI file. Changes made via the native keyboard controls are always lost on exit, which makes them handy for casual resizing, but if you are experiencing display problems it could be that your default zoom level is not 100%.
Note that if Opera crashes before you've exited, the INI will not be updated.
