Solved New tab, focus address bar

Ledidic

@Pesala you're right. Now new tab means blank page and i allowed search on address bar. thx

Hotery

Just switched to Vivaldi and stuck with same thing. I'm using custom home page that dont have search field

So when "Focus Page Content on New Tab" is checked, focus on page content and to search something 1) (ctrl + T to open new tab) 2) press "CTRL + L" (to focus on address bar) - 3) "search something" - 4) Enter
When "Focus Page Content on New Tab" is unchecked", cursor on address bar but text in address bar is not selected and to search something not much ease - 1) (ctrl + T to open new tab) 2) press "CTRL + A" or "CTRL + HOME" to select url in address bar - "search something" - 3) Enter

Desired behavior can be archived in chrome extension "New Tab Redirect" with setting checked "Always update tab, no redirect (Enable for cursor in the address bar" but in Vivaldi that options not working + Extension reproduce same bug just like in chrome - short white flash (for half of second browser show white page before requested url)

What i'm hoped to see in after clicking but [+] button or press CTRL-T (chrome + extension)
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What happens in vivaldi with "Focus Page Content on New Tab" unchecked

IMFX

@Hotery Me too this is driving me nuts haha. Hoping someone can help : )

Menno555

@Pesala said in New tab, focus address bar:

@Ledidic Settings, Tabs, Tab-Handling, and disable this setting:

Focus Page Content on New Tab

Over here that worked but the opposite: enable that setting. I have a search engine as new tab and suddenly the active cursor was in the address bar behind the URL but now with this setting enabled the cursor is in the search field. Makes no sense to me and drove me crazy before I found this here

fasotechy

@Ledidic That is my question too.
fasilodream

Mioni

Any solution? the update fix bug again

Rewel

Same here. Can you please fix this?
It is definitely a bug - when clicking on a page and then on the address bar, the URL is selected; clicking the page again and the address bar again, the same. So, the focus works as expected when switching it normally.

msegmx

Same here.

Setup:

custom page (developed by me) as new tab (that has NO autofocus)
Settings > Tabs > Tab Handling > "Focus Page on new tab" NOT checked (this option doesn't have any effect on the problem anyway)

Current: When new tab is opened, page loads, but address bar is NOT focused

Desired behavior : When new tab is opened, page loads, address bar is focused and address is selected (so that I can type an address or search term right away, without having the need to click on address bar or do "ctrl + A" or "ctrl + L")

Please fix this, make an unchecked "Focus Page on new tab" option actually focus the address bar and select the address.

benwpb

Hi, I thought it was just me, but its always worked before, if I open a new tab I can start typing right in the address bar, now I have to click up there, in the past few days Ive probably typed over 500 words and been like oh jeez ..

Im reading through some of the different setups, but unless the latest update changed configs, mine had been working. I am using stacked tabs, and duckduckgo as the default search.

Hit the + for new tab on the bar then the cursor would automatically be in the address bar.

FWIW - Ive been loving this browser! keep up the great work

benwpb

@Pesala Hi, this worked for me, I did check it, close the browser, and uncheck it , close and then it started working in case that helps anyone else!

Menno555

@ksar123 said in New tab, focus address bar:

This still isn't fixed? I can't find a way to focus the address bar when a new tab is opened when using a custom home page. The home page has no forms fields at all (I made it myself). The strange thing is that Vivaldi focuses the address bar when a new window is opened, but not when a new tab is opened.

"Focus Page on new tab" is unchecked.

It was fixed but re-appeared apparently in the latest stable builds. See also https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/60593/no-focus-in-text-field-google-on-new-tab-changed-behaviour

ingeb

@ksar123 Do you have any updates available? You can check via the menu, Help -> Check for Updates. This has been fixed and should work now.

@Menno555 That is a different issue (the opposite of this one basically)

Regnareb

Hi,
I still have this problem as of today when the start page is vivaldi://calendar/
When I open the new tab the address bar doesn't have the focus.
The setting "Focus Page content on New Tab" is unticked and I am on Vivaldi 4.2.2406.52

AngelCrawford

Hey

In case some of you didn't got it working by now, there is another thing that you can look for. I had the wrong end URL in the address bar!

In my case I had https://google.com standing as address in the Vivaldi new tab page settings. But then google reloads to https://www.google.com.
And this reload was the problem!

Change the address to https://www.google.com and the focus of the address bar should work on a new tab again.

Hope it helps.

yomo0116

I use dirty solution, but it works on mac.
Set BTT(BetterTouchTool) Keyboard Short Cut and delayed Cmd+L(Bar Focus)

i.e.

Set Vivaldi new tab shortcut as opt+t on settings.
Create new setting on BTT KeyboardShortcut.
Trigger : Cmd+T
Action : opt+T→Delay 0.3sec(It differs depending on your page or Mac spec.)→Cmd+L
When you send Cmd+T on Vivaldi, it's focused on all selected address bar and type immediately on your search engine.

yomo0116

@angelcrawford
It works!!
But, still remains problem on my custom page.
It's strictly reloaded.

@AngelCrawford
If you use mac, my solution works on your problem.

I submitted my solution, but it's not good.
I'm subscribing this topic.

br3ttski

@angelcrawford Thanks your tip helped me figure out my similar issue... posting here in case anyone else has their own web server as their home page:

The address bar's text loses focus if there is any HTTP redirect or other refresh of the page that occurs when it loads.

I was using http://myhomepage.com and being redirected to the HTTPS site. It was driving me mad that all my searches ended up like this: "https://myhomepage.comfind a hairdresser near me"

When I changed my homepage to httpS://myhomepage.com (without the capital s) everything worked as expected.

This needed to be updated in both:
Settings > General > Homepage
and Settings > Tabs > New Tab Page.

Hope this helps someone