# Settings

Opera's settings are opened by going to Menu > Settings, or by pressing `8`.

## Contents

- Display
- General
- Advanced
- Shortcuts

## Display settings

### Show images

As a default, Opera will download all images, but to increase speed, you can set the browser to display only images that have already been stored in cache, or download no images at all.

You can turn image loading on/off while surfing by pressing `5`.

### Render mode

When Opera reformats pages to fit your device screen, some of the original style and layout of the page is kept. This is the "Quality" option. If you would like Opera to ignore all style information in the original page, select "Speed". If you pay for network traffic by the kilobyte, this setting will also reduce your browsing costs.

### JavaScript

JavaScript may in rare cases be used intrusively and can therefore be turned off. This may also increase speed. Note, however, that some Web pages may malfunction if JavaScript is disabled.

### Pop-ups

Turning off pop-ups prevents additional browser windows from popping up on your screen. Note, however, that some sites depend on such windows for displaying additional information. As a default, Opera will open only pop-ups requested by you.

## General settings

### Connection

Options for establishing an Internet connection are "Always ask", which presents you with the list of available connections each time you want to connect to the Internet, and "Warn", which highlights your default connection (see below) in the same list. The third option, "Use default", will automatically connect to the Internet using your default connection when you request an on-line resource.

### Default connection

Select the Internet connection that Opera should normally use.

### Password manager

Select whether to allow Opera to store your username and password when you log in to Web sites, so that the login form will be pre-filled the next time you visit.

To protect stored logins with a master password, select "Password protected".

### Jump to text

Your browser can skip directly to the first text portion of a Web page. Set it to "Automatic" to let Opera do this automatically, or leave as "Manual" and jump to the same point by pressing `3`.

### Home page

You can choose to set any Web page or local file as your home page. Select "Current page" to make the currently open Web page your home page.

### Address prefixes and suffixes

Opera can complete addresses by adding prefixes (such as "www.") at the start of an address, and suffixes (such as ".co.uk") at the end. For example, add ".co.uk" to the list of suffixes if you access many UK Web sites, or ".au" for Australian sites.

Note that prefixes and suffixes you add to the list must be separated by commas.

## Advanced settings

### Cache size

Let Opera know how much storage space to use for caching.

### Accept cookies

Many sites will try to set cookies -- small pieces of information -- on your phone to customise Web content. But cookies can also be used to track users.

Turn cookies off if you are concerned about your privacy, but note that some Web pages may malfunction if you do. "Always ask" will prompt you for confirmation every time a server wants to set a cookie.

### Ignore refresh

Some Web pages are set to reload automatically after a given amount of time. As a default, Opera will ignore such settings to avoid the extra download traffic, but you can allow auto-refresh by setting this option to "No".

## Shortcut settings

The final tab of the settings dialogue lets you edit default keypad shortcuts and adjust them according to your own preferences.

Here, you can choose to use one single key for shortcuts instead of pressing `#` first.

Note: Some Web pages have their own access keys. They are only available when using a two-key set-up.

The shortcut settings also let you set up shortcuts for functions that are not included in the default keypad shortcut set-up, like sending a Web address as an SMS, or saving an image.

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