Toolbars
Opera's most important functions can be found on toolbars in the form of buttons, input fields, and drop-down menus.
Address bar
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 | |
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Interrupt page load in progress or update current page from server | |
| Password Manager | Automatically log in to sites using Password Manager | |
| Page icon | Drag to Bookmarks panel or bookmarks bar to create bookmark | |
| Address field | Displays the address of the current document. You can enter web addresses directly, or simply type a keyword you remember to activate the full text history search. You can resize this field by dragging the right edge. The web address is shown in a shortened version to help you identify websites. If you prefer to see the full web address for all sites, go to and check "Show full web address in address field". | |
| Progress indicator | Displayed on the right side of the address field while the document is loading | |
| Security indicator | Displays the security status of the current document in the address field. Click on it for additional information. | |
| RSS icon | Displayed within the address field if the current page contains a valid link to an RSS or Atom feed | |
| Address drop-down button | Access recently typed addresses | |
| Search field | Search the web directly. You can resize this field by dragging the left edge. | |
| Search drop-down button | Select search engine |
Tip: If you have a web address on the clipboard, press ⌘ + Shift + V to "paste and go" to the address.
Progress indicator
When a page loads, a progress indicator appears within the address field.
Tab bar
See the Tabs topic for more information.
Status bar
The status bar displays information about hovered items in webpages as well as in the browser.
| Fit to width | Squeeze page contents to avoid horizontal scrolling | |
| 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 |
Optional toolbars
Main bar
The Main bar is hidden by default. 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.
Navigation bar
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. A particularly useful setting for this bar is "Show only when needed", which will hide the navigation bar completely whenever it is empty.
Start bar
The Start bar is disabled by default. It drops down from the address field when the latter is focused.
| Home | Go to your home page | |
| Top 10 | Access your 10 most visited links | |
| Bookmarks | Access your bookmarks |
View bar
The View bar is disabled by default.
| Find in page | Search within current document | |
| Find next | Find next occurrence of search term in document | |
| Fit to width | Squeeze page contents to avoid horizontal scrolling | |
| Page mode | Customize page style; click button to toggle between modes, use drop-down to select style | |
| Print preview button | Preview printed version of current document | |
| 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 |