Tip #577

— Posted inDesktop, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Give your Speed Dial folders a personalized look by adding custom thumbnails.

In addition to individual Speed Dial bookmarks, you can add thumbnails to Speed Dial folders (see Tip #69).

To add a custom thumbnail image to a bookmark folder:

Option 1

  1. Open the Start Page.
  2. Right-click on a folder and select “Select Custom Thumbnail”.
  3. Locate the image file you want to use.
  4. Click “Open”.

Option 2

  1. Open the Bookmarks Panel or Bookmarks Manager.
  2. Select the bookmarks folder.
  3. In the information section (name, nickname, description), hover over the folder icon.
  4. Click on “Select Custom Thumbnail”.
  5. Locate the image file you want to use.
  6. Click “Open”.

The recommended image size is 440×360px and most image formats, including animated GIFs, are supported.

Vivaldi Browser window open on a Start Page. Bookmark folder's context menu is open to show the "Select Custom Thumbnail" option.

Tip #576

— Posted iniOS, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Add Home Screen shortcuts for your favorite web pages in Vivaldi on iOS.

When Vivaldi is your default browser on iOS, you can create web page shortcuts for the Home Screen. That way you can access your most viewed websites even faster.

To create a Home Screen shortcut:

  1. Open the web page you want to add to the Home Screen.
  2. Go to the Vivaldi menu > Share.
  3. Select “Add to Home Screen”.
  4. If needed update the shortcut name.
  5. Tap on “Add”.
Vivaldi on iOS with the Share menu open. An arrow is pointing at the "Add to Home Screen" option in the menu.

Tip #575

— Posted inCommunity Services, Vivaldi Social, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Review Vivaldi Social’s notification settings and filter out the ones you don’t care to see.

On Vivaldi Social, you have control over which notifications you’ll be alerted about. The rest can be put into their own folder or ignored altogether.

To review notification settings:

  1. On Vivaldi Social, go to Notifications > Show settings (top right corner of the middle panel).
  2. In the “Manage notifications from” section, choose whether you want to accept, filter, or ignore notifications from the following groups:
    • People you don’t follow
    • People not following you
    • New accounts
    • Unsolicited private mentions
    • Moderated accounts
Notification settings in Vivaldi Social.

Tip #574

— Posted inDesktop, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Select the default search engine for image search.

Reverse image search is a great way to find similar images to the one you’re currently viewing. Just right-click on the picture and select “Search for image” (sometimes the option can be in the “Image” subfolder).

The results will be provided by your default image search engine, so pick the one you want to see results from.

To review your settings:

  1. Go to Settings > Search > Image Search Engine.
  2. Select, whether you want to get results from Bing, Google, or a search engine you’ve added yourself.
Vivaldi Search Settings with an arrow pointing at Image Search Engine setting.

Tip #573

— Posted inAndroid, Desktop, iOS, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

To sync or not to sync? You decide what browsing data is synchronized across all your devices.

Bookmarks, Tabs, Passwords, Notes, History, etc. – you can easily access all of it and more in Vivaldi on all your devices when you use the Sync feature. But, whether you sync all data or just some of it, is up to you.

To sync selected data:

  1. Go to Settings > Sync.
  2. Log in to your account and enter the encryption password.
  3. Go to “Sync Selected Data”
  4. Toggle on and off the data types you want to Sync.
  5. Click “Apply Changes”.
  6. Do the same on all devices.

Tip #572

— Posted inAndroid, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Generate a QR code in Vivaldi on Android that others can scan with their phone.

When sharing the URL itself is not convenient or possible, you can create a QR code for the web page you currently have open in Vivaldi on Android.

To create a QR code:

  1. Open the web page you want to generate the QR code for.
  2. Go to the Vivaldi menu > Share.
  3. From the row of options (screenshot, print, etc.) swipe left and select QR Code.

When the code has been created, you can either download the QR code as an image or show your device’s screen to someone, who can scan the QR code with their device.

A QR code linking to vivaldi.com shown on a mobile phone.

Tip #571

— Posted inDesktop, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Turn off Address Field Drop-Down Menu for more private browsing.

Do you often show things on the web to someone sitting next to you and discover yourself thinking that you’d prefer if they couldn’t see your previous searches, history, and more? A great solution for that is to disable the Address Field Drop-Down menu. That way, matching suggestions won’t be displayed as you type a search term or a link in the Address Field.

To disable the Address Field Drop-Down Menu:

  1. Go to Settings > Address Bar > Drop-Down Menu.
  2. Disable “Show Drop-Down when Typing”.
Address Bar Settings. An arrow is pointing at the "Show Drop-Down when Typing" setting.

Tip #570

— Posted inAndroid, iOS, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Add links from other apps on your mobile directly to Vivaldi’s Reading List.

Did you come across an interesting article you’d like to save for later, but it’s not open in Vivaldi? There’s an easy way you can add it to Vivaldi’s Reading List without needing to open the link in Vivaldi first.

To add a link to the Reading List:

  1. Locate the share feature in the app.
  2. Find Vivaldi from the suggested apps list and tap on it.
  3. Select “Add to Reading List”

In some cases, the suggestion list includes two separate Vivaldi entries, one for opening the link in the browser and the other for adding to the Reading List.

Vivaldi on Android with a dialog that has two options - open in Vivaldi and add to Reading List.

Tip #569

— Posted inCommunity Services, Forum, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Browse all topics you or another Vivaldi Community member has started on the Vivaldi Forum.

Are you looking for an old topic you started, or have you come across a forum user, who has started an interesting discussion, and you want to check out other topics they’ve created? There’s a page on the user’s profile, where you can view all topics in chronological order.

To view all user’s topics:

  1. Go to your own or another community member’s forum profile.
  2. Click on the blue circle with 3 dots on the right side.
  3. Select “Topics” from the menu.
User profile on the Forum. The profile's menu is open to show where user created topics can be found.

Tip #568

— Posted inCalendar, Desktop, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Start adding a new event in the Vivaldi Calendar by clicking and dragging to set the event’s length.

You can set a time for the event by typing or using the date and time picker in the event editor. But a much cooler option is to click and drag to fill the timeslot in the calendar that the event is going to take up. When you release the mouse button, the event editor will open, allowing you to fill out the rest of the event’s details.

Give it a go!

Tip #567

— Posted iniOS, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Turn to Vivaldi Help on your iPhone and iPad to learn about the browser.

You might be wondering about a feature in Vivaldi on your Apple device, trying to figure out how to configure the app to your liking, or, in the unfortunate event, trying to troubleshoot an issue. Vivaldi Help, with its growing selection of articles, is here to help.

To quickly open Vivaldi Help, use one of the following methods:

  • Open the main  Vivaldi menu, scroll to the end, and select Help.
  • Open the bookmarked link from the Bookmarks Panel.
  • Type “help.vivaldi.com/ios” in the Address Field.

Check out Tip #2 to see how to best get to Vivaldi Help on desktop and Tip #297 for Android.

Vivaldi Help website open on an iPhone.

Tip #566

— Posted inVivaldi Social, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Hide posts from all users on a specific Mastodon instance.

When you notice that users on a particular Mastodon instance are posting content you don’t want to see or engage with, instead of muting or blocking users one by one, you can mute the whole instance.

To mute an entire Mastodon instance:

  1. Open the profile of one of the users on the instance.
  2. Click on the Menu button
  3. Select “Block domain [domain name]”.
  4. Confirm your decision by clicking “Block entire domain”.

Please note that this option hides the posts from you and removes followers from the instance, but users on the blocked instance, will still be able to see your posts.

Tip #565

— Posted inDesktop, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Install Vivaldi on Linux as a Snap package.

Vivaldi on Linux is available as rpm, deb, and ARM versions, and we’re continuing to actively investigate and experiment with Flatpak.

In addition, you can install Vivaldi as a Snap package, which makes it easier to install and update Vivaldi without worrying about your distro’s specifics. Click the button below or copy the following link https://snapcraft.io/vivaldi to download Vivaldi.

Download on Snapcraft

Learn more about Vivaldi for Snap on our Help page.

Vivaldi browser window with a "Download from the Snap store" button in the foreground.

Tip #564

— Posted inDesktop, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Grab a recently downloaded file and drag-and-drop it where it needs to go.

In the Vivaldi Browser, you can drag files directly from the Downloads Panel or the Downloads Popup to your desktop, a folder, or even into an email or upload section on a web page.

To drag-and-drop files from Downloads:

  1. Open the Downloads Panel or Popup.
  2. Locate the file you want to use.
  3. Click and drag the file to where you need it.
  4. Release the mouse button to drop the file.

The next tip will be published on the 30th of September.

Downloads panel in Vivaldi browser. A file is being dragged out of the panel.