Opera Browser Keyboard Shortcuts for Linux

Keyboard shortcuts for Opera Browser on Linux. Covers tabs, windows, address bar navigation, find on page, and advanced single-key shortcuts.
Key label style

Command the browser

Open Downloads page
Ctrl+J
Open Extensions page
Ctrl+Shift+E
Open History page
Ctrl+H
Open local file
Ctrl+O
Focus address bar
Ctrl+L
Open Preferences (Settings) page
Alt+P
Print current page
Ctrl+P
Quit Opera
Ctrl+Shift+X
Save a page locally
Ctrl+S
Open help
F1

Find text on the page

Find on page
Ctrl+F
Find next
Ctrl+G
Find previous
Ctrl+Shift+G

Control tabs and windows

Close current tab
Ctrl+W
Close current window
Alt+F4
Cycle forward through open tabs
Ctrl+Tab
Cycle back through open tabs
Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Cycle through open windows
Alt+Tab
Minimize a window
Super+M
Open new tab
Ctrl+T
Open new window
Ctrl+N
Open new private window
Ctrl+Shift+N
Reopen last closed tab
Ctrl+Shift+T
Toggle tab menu
Ctrl+M
View previous active tab
Ctrl+`

Manipulate text

Copy
Ctrl+C
Cut
Ctrl+X
Paste
Ctrl+V
Select all
Ctrl+A
Undo
Ctrl+Z
Redo
Ctrl+Shift+Z

Zoom in and out

Enter full-screen mode
F11
Zoom in
Ctrl+=
Zoom out
Ctrl+-
Reset zoom to 100%
Ctrl+0

Use and configure advanced keyboard shortcuts

Single-key and alternatively configured shortcuts, off by default. Turn them on under Settings > Advanced > Browser > Shortcuts.

Cycle left through tabs
1
Cycle right through tabs
2
Find on page
/
Go back one page
Z
Go forward one page
X
Zoom in
0
Zoom in more
8
Zoom out
9
Zoom out more
7
Reset zoom to 100%
6

Intro

Opera on Linux uses the same Ctrl/Alt shortcut set as Windows, Opera documents both together as one table, so tabs, find, print, save, zoom, and navigation all match key for key.

One thing to check: the Windows-logo-key shortcut for minimizing a window maps to Super on most Linux window managers.

Linux-specific shortcut notes

Modifier keys on Linux. Ctrl covers most actions: tabs, find, print, save, zoom, text editing. Alt covers page-history navigation, window cycling (Alt+Tab), and Preferences (Alt+P). Super appears once, for minimizing a window (Super+M on most desktop environments).

Desktop environment can intercept a shortcut. A few window-level bindings, like minimizing with Super+M or cycling windows with Alt+Tab, are handled by your desktop environment (GNOME, KDE, and others) rather than Opera itself, so behavior can vary slightly by distro and DE.

Advanced keyboard shortcuts. Once enabled in Settings, the single-key zoom shortcuts use the 0 and 9 digit keys, matching the Windows layout rather than the bare + and - keys Mac uses.

Printable PDF

The full Opera Linux shortcut list is available as a printable PDF. Useful as a reference while you confirm which window-level shortcuts your desktop environment handles versus Opera itself.

FAQ

Need more than shortcuts?
Visit the Opera Browser app page for an overview and helpful links.

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