We’re turning Vertical Tabs upside down in Opera

Opera News · Sep 10, 2026

Hey all,

In July we introduced Vertical Tabs to Opera One, a feature long requested by you. We implemented it like other browsers so the experience would feel familiar to you when switching to Opera, but we have to admit: placing the “New Tab” button at the bottom was a mistake. We spent weeks looking at your feedback, discussing it, and testing internally to understand how we could implement Vertical Tabs in a better way, our way. In the end, it turns out we just had to turn everything upside down, literally.

So, from today we’re switching the default position of the “New Tab” button from…