Author: Vivaldi Tips

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.

Tip #586

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

Access your most visited web pages on mobile from the Top Sites group on the Start Page.

In addition to Speed Dials, you can have an automatically generated group of your most visited web pages on the Start Page.

To enable Top Sites:

Option 1

  1. Open a new tab with the Start Page.
  2. At the bottom of the page or from the 3-dot menu in the top right corner of the Start Page, open “Customize Start Page” settings.
  3. Toggle on “Display Top Sites”.

Option 2

  1. Go to  Vivaldi Menu > Settings > Start Page.
  2. Toggle on “Display Top Sites”.
Vivaldi on Android showing Top Sites on the Start Page.

Tip #585

— Posted inDesktop, Mail, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Skip scrolling and jump to the latest emails with a click of a button.

Vivaldi Mail‘s “Jump to Latest” button makes it easy to hop back to the most recent email with a single click.

The button is only visible when the newest emails are out of view. Whether the button is at the top or bottom of the list depends on whether you sort your mail in ascending or descending order.

Vivaldi Mail open on the list of emails. An arrow is pointing at the "Jump to Latest" button.

Tip #584

— Posted inDesktop, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Fill your Dashboard with useful widgets.

Latest emails, tasks, newest feed articles, most visited sites, favorite bookmarks, and more can be pulled into the all-in-one control center – the Dashboard.

To add a new widget:

  1. Go to the Dashboard.
  2. Click on “+ Add a Widget” at the bottom of the window.
  3. Click on the widget you want to add.

Some widgets, like Date and Tip of the Day, can be added to the Dashboard once, but most can be added multiple times. This allows you to display different content in each widget, such as different email accounts, calendars, bookmark folders, etc.

Tip #583

— Posted inAndroid, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Edit Tab Stacks directly from the Tabs bar in Vivaldi on Android.

To reorder tabs in the stack, rename the stack, and more, you’re probably opening the Tab Switcher, looking for the stack, and opening the stack view in the Tab Switcher. But there’s a shortcut to get to the Tab Stack view directly from the Tab Bar.

To open the Tab Stack for edits:

  1. Long press on the Tab Stack on the Tab Bar.
  2. Select “Edit Tab Stack”.

Tab Stack's context menu open in Vivaldi on Android. An arrow is pointing at the "Edit Tab Stack" menu option.

Tip #582

— Posted inDesktop, Feed Reader, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Divide your feeds into folders in the Vivaldi Feed Reader to group them by topic.

Staying on top of your favorite content in the Vivaldi Feed Reader is easier when you have the feeds you follow neatly organized into folders.

To add a new Feeds folder:

  1. Open the Feeds Panel.
  2. Near the top, click on the  New Folder button. Alternatively, right-click on an existing feed or feed folder and select “New Folder” from the context menu.
  3. Give the new folder a name.
  4. Click “Add Folder”.
  5. Drag-and-drop feeds into the folder.
Feeds Panel open in the Vivaldi browser, showing neatly organized folders with feeds.

Tip #581

— Posted inDesktop, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Make your choice between spacious and compact user interface layouts.

Do you prefer to give the buttons on the toolbars plenty of breathing room, or do you want them packed together nice and snug next to each other? As with most things in Vivaldi, you’re in control and can decide what works best for you.

To change the UI density:

  1. Go to Settings > Appearance > Window Appearance > User Interface Density.
  2. Choose between:
    • Regular i.e. the more spacious layout, and
    • Compact layout.