Force dark mode on websites that don’t provide a dark theme themselves.
Dark themes have been in for a while, but websites are still catching up with the trend. If you don’t want to wait, you can use Vivaldi’s settings to display even those sites in darker colors.
Let your theme’s background image shine through the Tab Bar and Panels.
You’ll mainly see the background image on your Start Page, but by tweaking some settings you can make it visible on the Tab Bar and behind Panels as well.
Adjust the Panel transparency level, and toggle on Tab Bar and background tab transparency as you wish. In addition, you can apply a blur effect to the background image.
Click and hold on a button on the Vivaldi user interface to open its context menu.
Right-clicking on elements on the browser user interface and web pages is a common way to open the context menu with numerous options. On Vivaldi’s Address Bar, the Panels sidebar, and the Mail toolbar, you can open the menus in another way as well. With the left mouse button, just click on a button and hold the mouse button down until the menu opens. Easy-peasy!
Search for your own posts on Vivaldi Social by preceding the search term with “from:me”.
As an active poster on Vivaldi Social, you might find it hard to locate your old posts as scrolling through all the posts you’ve made and boosted will take a long time. If you remember a word or a phrase you used in the post, you can use Vivaldi Social’s search feature to find that specific post.
To search your own posts:
In the search field type “from:me”.
Follow it with a space and the word or phrase you want to search for.
Press “Enter” to see the results.
You can explore the full list of search operators in Tip #368.
Identify Web Pages that are malicious or legitimate by checking the base domain in the Address Field.
Fraudsters are an unfortunate part of the internet, constantly coming up with more and more ways to scam people. To help you spot malicious actors and prevent scams and phishing attacks, Vivaldi highlights the core part of the URL while the rest of the URL will be visible and lowlighted.
For example, if someone is trying to make you think that you’re on Google’s web page, they may use a link similar to this – www.google.fakesite.com. With base domain highlighting in addresses, the real domain will be highlighted and displayed as www.google.fakesite.com. This way you can recognize which company controls the domain and not fall for the scam.
You do have the option to disable base domain highlighting in Settings > Address Bar > Security Features, but we strongly advise you against doing so.
Use the Keyboard Shortcut Shift + K to mark messages in Vivaldi Mail unread.
When, on second thought, you’re not finished with an email and want to take another look at a later time, you can mark it as unread again. One of the easiest ways to do it, especially if you used a Keyboard Shortcut to mark the message read in the first place, is by pressing Shift + K on your keyboard.
But of course, there are other ways you can do it as well. Here are all the ways you can mark a message unread in Vivaldi Mail:
Click on the Mark Unread button in the message toolbar above the message.
Right-click on the message in the message list and select Mark Unread.
Use the Keyboard ShortcutShift+K. To mark the whole message thread unread, press Shift + M.
Look up recent translations in the Translate Panel.
Whenever you translate selected text from a web page or something you’ve entered in the Translate Panel, the original text and the translation are saved in the Translate Panel.
Set your preferred editor, Block or Classic, as the default editor for your Vivaldi blog.
Some time ago WordPress, the blogging platform used on vivaldi.net, introduced a new editor for blogs, called the Gutenberg editor. The new editor makes use of various blocks with numerous customization settings to build a post or a page. But since many still prefer the old version, aka the Classic editor, bloggers on vivaldi.net have the option to pick the one they prefer.
To set a default editor for your Vivaldi blog:
Go to Dashboard > Settings > Writing > Default editor for all users.
Share multiple open Tabs in one go with Vivaldi on Android.
You’ve done the research, you’ve found the top contenders, now it’s time for others to have their say. Instead of sharing each link one by one, Vivaldi on Android gives you the option to select multiple open tabs and share their URLs as a neat list in a single message.
Some organizational tasks must be undertaken to stay on top of your emails. Labels in Vivaldi Mail are a great way to group messages based on criteria of your choice, making it easy to locate the messages later.
You can add a label to a message in one of the following ways:
Open the message, click on “Labels” on the menu above the message, and select an existing label or add a new one.
Right-click on a message in the mail list, hover over “Labels in the context menu, and select an existing label or add a new one.
Drag the message from the mail list to the relevant label in the Mail Panel.
Set a custom wallpaper for the Start Page on Vivaldi on iOS.
The Start Page is a gateway to the web, showcasing all your favorite bookmarks, Speed Dials. So, why should you be restricted to a plain startup page with limited functionality and design?
Eliminate language barriers on Vivaldi Social with one click.
Vivaldi Social brings together speakers of many languages. While it’s fascinating to know what people are up to in various parts of the world, it can be challenging if you don’t speak their language.
To translate content:
Find a post on Vivaldi Social you want to translate.
Click on the Translate button below the post.
Click on Show original, to revert to the original text.
The option to translate a post is shown below all posts that are in a different language from your user interface, granted that the post’s author has set the correct language for their post.
Press “C” to clean up the list of recently closed tabs.
It’s Clean Out Your Computer Day! To clear all browsing data in Vivaldi, check Tip #337. In this tip, though, we’ll share a neat trick to empty the recently closed tabs menu:
Open the Closed Tabs menu on the far side of the Tab Bar.
Press “C” on your keyboard for an immediate cleanup. Aletrnatively, scroll to the end of the list and click on “Clear All” there.