Inconsistent Back behavior

CJMAXiK

When the page opens in a new tab, and you navigate back with the system button/swipe, it prompts to close the browser instead of returning to the original tab.

Vivaldi 7.2.3628.68, VAB-10982

Sylurek

@CJMAXiK
I can agree with that. It should be optional change. Very annoying if someone is used to how it worked earlier

sgunhouse

@CJMAXiK Is this for links in Vivaldi, or external links? I haven't seen this with links in V.

far4

This is normal browser behavior for me. It should only be possible to close a tab with the X button.

CJMAXiK

@far4
Chrome on Android doesn't do that, so that's an entirely new behavior from Vivaldi itself.

@sgunhouse
Any links on the page with target="_blank"

bayang

Same here, I'm used to open links in new tabs, read the content and then press back to close tab and go back to where I was.
Now this same workflow closes the browser itself after a prompt.

shelton91

I agree, for me this behaviour is also annoying, luckily there is at least toast message telling that 2nd time will close the browser, otherwise i would be closing it all the time by mistake.

If Vivaldi team would like to have this as default behaviour, so please provide option to change it in settings.

Veddu

Found that the undesired behavior occurs when the setting "Double click on system back button to close the app" is enabled. When disabled, it closes the opened tab and returns to previous tabs.

belenus

I agree - the back button is unpredictable since update to 7.2. Sometimes it backs to previous site in history, sometimes makes exit from a tab, and sometimes exits the browser.

CJMAXiK

I also found out that, if you enable grouping with the linked tab, the behavior is even more inconsistent. You might think that, if the linked tab is closed, it should open the tab it was linked to, but no.

CJMAXiK

@Veddu You are correct, so there must be a bug in that logic somewhere. Unfortunately, I haven't heard any feedback on my bug report from the devs yet.

jane.n

This regression has been fixed internally and will be released soon.

Joy

@jane-n Thank you very much!

belenus

@jane-n said in Inconsistent Back behavior:

This regression has been fixed internally and will be released soon.

The bug is still present, but less frequent. When I open a next tab from the previous one and tap back, the browser exits instead of showing the first tab.

CJMAXiK

@jane-n still persists in Vivaldi 7.2.3628.162

CJMAXiK

Fixed in 7.4.3691.42