Opera 6.02 Preview 3 for Linux build 185 -- Changelog

For the first time, Opera releases public previews of Opera for Linux and full changelogs. These previews have not been tested as much as they would have been if they had been official releases. They have only been announced to some Opera newsgroups and mailing lists. Don't forget Backing up important files before you install any update.

• Opera 6.02 Preview 3 (Build 185) for Linux (Executables)
• Opera 6.02 Preview 3 (Build 185) for Linux (Changelog original text format)
• Opera 6.02 Preview 3 (Build 185) for Linux (What package to choose)

CHANGELOG

Shortcut dialog

• Fixed proper display of localized shortcut strings in shortcut dialog
• Do not add a filepath to the file dropdown list in the shortcut dialog and on the "Look" preference page if the file does not exists.
• Proper filetype in the keyboard set fileselector
• Better synchronization between linked nodes in the treeview.
• Added a shortcut search utility
• Better teasing of illegal shortcuts
• Added View.PersonalBar and View.Hotlist to keyboard.ini

Shortcut parsing

• Shortcut Shift+Click would not be parsed properly.
• Fixed a "Open in background" and "Open in new window" problem (middle mouse click)
• Fixed a wrong connect() for "Show menu bar" in document popup menu.

Keyboard navigation

• Fixed proper Ctrl+TAB navigation behavior.
• Pressing Del will only delete one character in the url input field.
• We can TAB into the first form element again.

Misc

• Made it optional to display shortcut strings in the mainbar toolbar buttons.
• Fixed a typo in opera6.ini "Maximum Number Visited URLs" [cache] is is now spelled correctly
• Linking with libXt again. The plugin detection code did not work without it.

New opera6.ini settings

A few new option flags can can be set in opera6.ini. They all belong to the [User prefs] section

Compact Toolbars=0(x)|1
0: Show normal toolbars
1: Show toolbars with minimal height. Saves some space for document window.

Shortcuts In Button Text=0(x)|1
0: No shortcuts in main bar button text
1: Show shortcuts in main bar button text

Allow Context Menus=0|1(x)
0: Context menus disabled
1: All context menus enabled

Classic Preference Look=0|1(x)
0: Treelist based look in the preference dialog box
1: List and  tabbed tabbed layout in preference dialog box

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