Tip #590

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

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

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

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.