Tip #600

— Posted inDesktop, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Create Keyboard Shortcuts for opening and closings individual Web Panels.

Keyboard Shortcuts are excellent for opening and closing Web Panels for a quick glance. But before you toggle Web Panels with Keyboard Shortcuts, you need to assign each panel its unique shortcut.

To add Keyboard Shortcuts:

  1. Go to Settings > Keyboard Shortcuts > View.
  2. Find the command “Web Panel 1”.
  3. Click in the box next to it.
  4. Press the keys you want to use for the shortcut on your keyboard.
  5. Repeat with other Web Panels.

Then whenever you want to open one of the web panels just use the shortcut for both opening and closing the panel. If you already have one open, the shortcut will switch focus to the one you need.

Keyboard Shortcuts Settings. Arrow pointing at a focused "Web Panel 1" entry.

Tip #599

— Posted inDesktop, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Choose whether to open the Start Page with the last viewed Speed Dial Group or with the first one on the list.

Start Page with the Speed Dials and Dashboard is a starting point in every new Vivaldi tab for most people. To make it useful, choose what you want to see.

To make your decision:

  1. Go to Settings > Start Page > Reopen Speed Dial with.
  2. Choose between “Last Selected Group” and “First Group”.

If you’re opting for “First Group”, check out this recent tip on reordering your Speed Dial Groups.

Start Page settings. Arrow pointing at "Reopen Speed Dial with".

Tip #598

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

Add multiple web pages to Bookmarks on mobile in one go.

When you’ve come across some useful websites during one of your browsing sprees, as long as you have all the web pages open in separate tabs, you can bookmark them all at once.

To bookmark multiple web pages on Android:

  1. Open the Tab Switcher.
  2. Open the  menu at the top of the screen and tap on “Select tabs”.
  3. Tap on the tabs you want to bookmark.
  4. Tap on the  menu again.
  5. Select “Bookmark tabs”.

The bookmarks will be saved as a sub folder with the saved date in the title.

To bookmark multiple pages on iOS:

  1. Open the Tab Switcher.
  2. Tap on “Edit” in the bottom left corner and tap on “Select tabs”.
  3. Tap on the tabs you want to bookmark.
  4. Tap on “Add to…” in the bottom right corner.
  5. Select “Add to bookmarks”.
  6. Select the destination folder for the new bookmarks.
  7. Tap “Done” in the top right corner.

Find out how to do it on desktop from Tip #242.

Multiple tabs being bookmarked on mobile versions of Vivaldi. Vivaldi on Android is on the left and Vivaldi on iOS on the right.

Tip #597

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

Restore recently deleted Calendar events from Trash.

When a cancelled event is back on, instead of creating a new event in your Vivaldi Calendar you can simply restore the one you deleted.

To restore an event:

  1. Open the main Calendar view.
  2. Click on  “Trashed Events” in the top right corner of the calendar.
  3. Click on the event you want to restore.

To restore the most recently deleted event, right-click on any of the timeslots in the Calendar and select “Restore Event From Trash”.

Trashed events menu open in Vivaldi browser's Calendar. A larger trash icon is displayed on the side of the browser window to show what the button looks like and where to find it.

Tip #596

— Posted iniOS, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Make it easy for your friends to install Vivaldi on iOS.

If your friend has still not made the switch to Vivaldi on their iPhone or iPad, you can help your buddy out by sharing the App Store link with him, so all they’ll have to do is open the link and tap Install. To make sharing easier for you, we’ve added a quick share option in the main Vivaldi menu.

To share Vivaldi:

  1. Open the Vivaldi menu and scroll to the bottom.
  2. Tap on “Share Vivaldi”.
  3. Select how you want to share the App Store link.
  4. Follow the app’s guidelines.

It’s a win-win situation. Your friend will be forever indebted to you for recommending the best browser out there and you’ll be helping us, so we can continue doing even more cool stuff at Vivaldi.

Vivaldi browser's main menu open in Vivaldi on iOS. An Arrow is pointing at the "Share Vivaldi" option.

Tip #595

— Posted inDesktop, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Put your Speed Dial Groups on the Start Page into the correct order.

Have you added many bookmark folders as Speed Dials on the Start Page, but the order is all wrong, and/or you’d prefer to have the Dashboard as the first page rather than the last? Don’t fret! There’s a super easy way to get them in the correct order.

To reorder your Speed Dial Groups and the Dashboard:

  1. Click on the group you want to move and start dragging it right or left.
  2. Using the vertical line as a guideline, drop the group at its new location on the Start Page Navigation bar.
Dashboard being dragged to the first spot on the Start Page Navigation bar.

Tip #594

— Posted inDesktop, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Trigger Command Chains from a toolbar button with a custom icon.

Command Chains can be triggered with Quick Commands, Keyboard Shortcuts, Mouse Gestures, toolbar buttons, and from menus. Command Chain toolbar buttons all look the same, though. If you have multiple chains on the browser’s toolbars, you should give them custom icons to make them easier to recognize.

To give a Command Chain button a custom icon:

  1. Go to Settings > Themes > Editor > Icons.
  2. Select the icon you want to update.
  3. Drag the file to the preview box.
    Alternatively, click on the box and locate the file.

To add a Command Chain to a toolbar:

  1. Go to the Vivaldi menu > View > Customize Toolbar.
    Alternatively, right-click on one of the buttons already on the toolbar and select “Customize Toolbar”.
  2. From the drop-down menu, select “Command Chains”.
  3. Drag the chain’s button to the toolbar of your choice.

Tip #593

— Posted inDesktop, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Create custom widgets for the Dashboard with the help of Webpage Widgets.

There are different widgets you can add to the Dashboard in your Vivaldi browser – Feeds, Tasks, Bookmarks, etc. The Webpage Widget offers you the most flexibility, allowing you to add any webpage to the Dashboard (preferably one that looks good in a small web view).

To add a Webpage Widget:

  1. Go to the Dashboard.
  2. Click on “Add Widget” at the bottom of the Dashboard.
  3. Select “Webpage”.
  4. Enter the link of the website you want to view from the widget.
  5. Click “Done”.

In the image below, you can see two webpage widgets on the bottom row. The widget on the left is a web page with a game and the one on the right shows the widget setup process.

Vivaldi browser's Dashboard with 2 web widgets on the bottom row. One showing a game and the other the set up process.

Tip #592

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

Explore what’s trending in the community on Vivaldi Social.

The Explore section of Vivaldi Social is a great place to discover interesting content and new accounts to follow. It shows new posts that have been boosted by others, hashtags that have been used a lot, and news or web page links that have been shared frequently. It also has a page suggesting accounts you might be interested in following.

To browse trending content, locate the “Explore” link on the menu on the left or right side of the page, depending on the theme you’ve chosen (the screenshot uses the Tangerine UI theme). From the menu at the top of the middle column, you can switch between Posts, Hashtags, People, and News.

Vivaldi Social with the Tangerine UI theme. Explore section is open on the trending hashtags page. An arrow is pointing at the Explore link in the menu.

Tip #591

— Posted iniOS, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Enable Pop-Out Video in Vivaldi on iOS to check other apps while watching a video.

Pop Out Video, aka Picture-in-Picture, is a popular feature on desktop, but did you know it’s also available on mobile? The main difference is that, on your mobile device, you can’t browse other tabs in Vivaldi while Pop Out Video is enabled, but you can use most other apps.

To enable pop-out video on iOS:

  1. While browsing with Vivaldi, find a video you want to watch.
  2. Press play and enable full-screen view of the video.
  3. Go to your phone’s home screen.

The video will continue playing in a small rectangle on your home screen. You can move the video by dragging it around and use the two-finger zoom gesture to change the size of the video. Tap on the rectangle to see video controls.

Tip #590

— Posted inDesktop, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Open bookmarks from the Bookmark Panel with a single click.

Having to do a double click instead of a single click doesn’t seem like a big deal, but you’d be surprised how even the most minuscule differences can affect your workflow.

To enable bookmark opening with a single click:

  1. Go to Settings > Bookmarks.
  2. Tick the box for “Open Bookmark Panel Items with Single Click”.

And how about combining it with the “Open Bookmarks in New Tab” setting, which you’ll find right above “Open Bookmark Panel Items with Single Click”?

Bookmark Settings in Vivaldi. Arrow is pointing at the "Open Bookmark Panel Item with Single Click" setting.

Tip #589

— Posted inDesktop, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Choose the maximum number of widget columns for your Dashboard.

The same way you can decide how many Speed Dial columns you have on the Start Page when the browser window is large enough to fit a lot of them (see Tip #89), you can choose how many columns of widgets you have on the Dashboard.

To update the limit:

Option 1

  1. Click on “Show Start Page Settings” in the top right corner of the Start Page.
  2. In the Dashboard section, choose a number between 1-4 for “Maximum Columns”.

Option 2

  1. Go to Settings > Start Page > Dashboard.
  2. Choose a number between 1-4 for “Maximum Columns”.
Bottom right corner of Vivaldi browser's window showing Start Page settings. Drop-down menu with numbers from 1 to 4 is open for Dashboard's maximum column's setting.

Tip #588

— Posted inAndroid, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Undo tab closing in Vivaldi on Android with just one tap.

Being able to reopen a tab you just closed is a valuable tool to have in your pocket. In Vivaldi on Android, you can enable a message that appears, when you close a tab, that allows you to quickly restore the tab.

To be able to reopen the tab you just closed:

  1. Go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > Tabs.
  2. Enable “Show Undo Message on Tab Close”.

Then, whenever you close a tab, you have about 10 seconds to tap “Undo” and restore the tab.

To reopen a closed tab after the message has disappeared or to open one you closed earlier, go to the Closed Tabs view in the Tab Switcher.

Vivaldi on Android. An arrow is pointing towards the bottom of the screen, where there is a message offering to undo the recent tab closing.

Tip #587

— Posted inDesktop, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Ctrl/⌘ + double-click on a tab to select all tabs from the same domain.

You can hold down the Ctrl/⌘ button and select tabs individually, or use Shift + click to select several tabs in a row. But there’s something very satisfying about having tabs scattered all over the Tab Bar and watch all the ones from the same domain get selected and highlighted with one simple move.

You can even use these shortcuts together to get a mixed selection of tabs faster.