Opera dialog tweaks
Here are some tweaks that involve editing a file in operas installation directory called dialog.ini. - It controls how, you guessed it, dialogs look. In this file, Opera is told where in each dialog to put all buttons, input fields, etc. You can specify an element's name (what it says on the button), it's position and size (top/left and height/width), and what it does (It's "Action").
I may or may not add some instructions on how to edit this file in the future, but don't hold your breath.
Startup dialog
This is a modified startup dialog, with these functions added:
- Address field
- Search field
- Transfers
- Mail functions
- Compose (As a standalone page)
- Read
- Check mail menu
- Filters menu
- Chat menu
- Preferences: Allows you to change preferences before you start Opera. It is essentially the Quick Preferences menu, with an item to access the main Preferences, and a skin menu.
- Bookmarks
- Sessions - See below
- Exit button: Allows you to exit Opera before even starting it ;-)
You can resize the dialog to hide the sessions-field, and use the sessions button instead. The dialog will stay open if you do anything but press the start-button or the , turning it into an Opera manager dialog of sorts. Every action you perform from the dialog will open a separate Opera window.
[Startup Dialog] Title = 67222 Group0, 0, , 34, 20, 367, 160, size, End Group1, 0, , 0, 20, 367, 160, size , End Radiobutton2, 67223, Continue_lasttime_radio, 97, 70, 230, 23, fixed Radiobutton3, 67225, Start_homepage_radio, 97, 100, 270, 23, fixed Radiobutton4, 67226, Start_nowindows_radio, 97, 130, 270, 23, fixed Radiobutton5, 67224, Continue_session_radio, 0, 160, 0, 0, fixed button6, 67399, , 92, 40, 138, 23, fixed = Show popup menu, "Browser Session menu" Button7, 67398, , 237, 40, 130, 23, move right = Show popup menu, "Internal Bookmark Folder" Address8, , , 0, 7, 230, 23, size right search9, 0, , 237, 7, 130, 23, move right Button10, 67397, , 0, 40, 85, 23, fixed = Show popup menu, "Startup Mail Menu" Button10, 50836, , 0, 70, 85, 23, fixed = Manage, "transfers" Button11, 19053, , 0, 100, 85, 23, fixed = Show popup menu, "Advanced Startup Options Menu" Button12, 50006, , 0, 130, 85, 23, fixed = Exit Treeview13, , Sessions_treeview, 0, 160, 367, 0, size,end
Account manager
This is the standard account manager, simply moved the buttons a little around and made it's minimum size more reasonable.
[Account Manager Dialog] Title = 67122 Group0, 0, , 10, 10, 339, 100, Size, End Treeview1, 0, Accounts_treeview, 0, 0, 339, 70, Size Button2, 67218, Delete_button,0, 77, 80, 23, Move down=Delete Button3, 67344, New_button, 172, 77, 80, 23, Move down=New account Button4, 67346, Edit_button, 259, 77, 80, 23, Move down, End=Edit properties
