I recently UPGRADED to Opera 12,02 and believe i am having an issue i did not have with my earlier versions.I often wish to FORWARD (copy/paste) URL addresses to others. Now i find that the address bar contains the actual name of the site but not the URL. I can go into history and with the name when the cursor is placed over it a secondary window opens that does contain the specific URL for the site. However when endeavoring to move the cursor over the URL the box closes thus copy/paste from there is not possible. Is there any way to have the URL displayed in the address bar or some other method that would display it and allow for copy/paste ( using cntl C/cntl/V)? Currently when i find a site i WANT to copy/paste i am opening Google Chrome and locating the site and am able to copy/paste from the address bar there. Which seems to me to be a very arcane method of doing what i want.truenorth Truenorth, I have version 12.02 and do not have that problem. The actual URL is displayed in the address box and I can copy/paste it using the Ctrl/C, Ctrl/V keyboard shortcuts. So, I don't know why your browser is doing that. I suggest you post a question in http://my.opera.com/community/forums/tgr.dml?id=2. I've used that forum for Opera questions and found it helpful.

Edit: Ah, I do have a suggestion that might resolve your issue. Go to Tools, Preferences, and select the Advanced tab. Then, in the left column of that panel, click on Browsing. Then, check the box for "Show full web address in address box". Soybean, Thank you for the suggestion. I may indeed try that route if i cannot figure this out (perhaps with further input from other CH members). Your last part of the reply was particularly interesting as it certainly seemed like all the right route to go. However there is a major problem with it. I do not have that tool bar in the open Opera window. All attempts to get it to appear (from within Opera options ) were unsuccessful as it never appears. By the way in case it is a factor the O/S is Win 7 64. This is occuring on my Toshiba laptop i also use Opera on other computers so i will have to check and see if the problem is also there.They are using win xp. I am including a screen shot of an open Opera page with all the material on the desktop displayed so you can see what i am getting. truenorth

[year+ old attachment deleted by admin]If you click on the Opera button at the upper left corner of the Opera window, the drop list will/should show "Show Menu Bar" as an option; it will be the last item above "Exit". Click on Show Menu Bar to enable it. Then, you'll have the Menu Bar, with Tools as one of the menu commands. Your described route to obtain "tools" did work as described. When i opened the "Show full web address in address box" was NOT checked. When checking it and redoing the search for a particular web site (chosen by choosing "malwarebytes from a Google search) and clicking on the link. I have done another screen capture showing both the malwarebytes site and the selected "Show full web address in address box". checked in the appropriate window. However you will again notice that there is still no URL address shown.
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[year+ old attachment deleted by admin]QUOTE from: soybean on October 11, 2012, 01:34:47 PM

I suggest you post a question in http://my.opera.com/community/forums/tgr.dml?id=2. I've used that forum for Opera questions and found it helpful.

So i ask what did you do? She says i clicked a blank spot on the tool bar (just after the "key" icon ) and in the opened window clicks "restore defaults" and presto address bar appeared. So i have thanked her in the traditional husband/wife manner and i also thank you. Even though i had clicked on "restore defaults" via other routes in Opera they had NOT changed anything.