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5+1 Ways to Open a New Tab in Opera

27 March 2009 11 Comments

Opera internet browser introduced tabbed browsing to browser market in late 90′s. Since then, almost every browser now includes tabbed browsing feature. This feature, when used properly, increases productivity.  So, here is a 5+1 ways to open a new tab in Opera. These could be known to many of you, but i thought to share it. Enjoy these tricks.

  • Number 1:

    • Select “New Tab” from the File menu in Opera toolbar.

  • Number 2:

    • Click the “+” icon located near existing opened tab in a tab bar.

  • Number 3:

    • Press “Ctrl+T” from your Keyboard.

  • Number 4:

    • Double click the empty area in the tab bar.

  • Number 5:

    • Right click the empty area in tab bar and select “New Tab” from the displayed options.

And here is a 5+1th way to open a link in a new tab. Just click the link with the center scroll button of your mouse and the page will open in a new tab.

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11 Comments »

  • kuanhoong said:

    Hmm never know there are so many other ways to open a new tab. Normally I will just click on the + button on the tab.

    # 28 October 2008 at 12:08 am
  • Rishi said:

    Nice to know it worked for you Kuan.

    # 28 October 2008 at 4:26 am
  • shitu said:

    I think Ctrl+T is the most common!!

    # 30 October 2008 at 10:23 am
  • Rajeev Edmonds said:

    Rishi is expert is finding shortcuts and hacks. You blog can also be called ‘Shortcuts Wiki’ :)

    # 30 October 2008 at 7:40 pm
  • Rishi said:

    @shitu
    Yes, but others are also useful for newbies.

    @Rajeev
    Thanks for your compliments mate.

    # 31 October 2008 at 12:15 am
  • Anonymous said:

    ever since switching from firefox to opera i wasn’t sure how to open a link in a new tab (was used to the ctrl click) – thanks for pointing out the middle mouse button will accomplish what i want!

    # 4 January 2009 at 4:03 pm
  • Rishi said:

    @Anonymous.

    Glad to help you for this, pal..

    # 5 January 2009 at 1:49 am
  • shinobi32 said:

    how to open new tab in opera without automatically move to the tab that we’ve open before?

    # 13 April 2009 at 11:57 pm
  • Maharshi said:

    @shinobi32

    You might be talking about opening a tab in background. For that, just right click on any link and click ‘Open in Background Tab’ option.

    # 14 April 2009 at 9:52 am
  • warp said:

    5+1+1+1 = shift+ctrl+leftmousebtn on link opens new tab in background

    # 3 May 2009 at 12:17 pm
  • Maharshi said:

    Thanks for the heads up Warp.

    # 4 May 2009 at 10:12 am

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