Reload pages automatically at your chosen interval to always see the latest content.
Periodic Reloading of Tabs can be used on sites where the page is often updated, but the new content isn’t automatically displayed. That way you can always be up tp date without needing to take extra steps.
To reload a tab every few minutes:
Right-click on the Tab.
Select Periodic Reload.
Pick the reload interval between 1 and 30 minutes.
You can see the countdown until the next reload on the Tab, below the page’s favicon and title.
Adjust text zoom level to make reading on Vivaldi for Android more comfortable.
Whether the text on the phone screen is too small for you to read or the opposite, your eyesight is great and you want to fit more text on the screen, Vivaldi for Android has a text scaling setting for you to make use of.
To change zoom level for texts on Vivaldi for Android:
Go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > Web Pages > Accessibility.
Move the text scaling slider between 50% to 200% until the example text in the box below is comfortable to read.
You can also enable Force enable zoom for instances, where the web page tries to prevent text scaling.
Use the Window Panel to get a tree-style overview of your Tabs.
Let’s say you want to get a tree-style view of your open tabs. All you need to do is open the Window Panel. Click on the Window Panel icon on the Panels bar and you will have a tree-style view of all your open tabs on one side of your browser window.
From the Window Panel, you can, for example, drag tabs to change their order. You can create a Tab Stack by dragging and dropping one tab over another. Also, you can even tile Tab Stacks to view them side-by-side by right-clicking the Tab Stack and select Tile from the context menu.
When you have so many tabs open that you can no longer see their titles on the Tab Bar, you can use the Window Panel to review and close the ones you no longer need. Just hover over the tab and click on the Close button on the right side.
If you want to hide the Tab Bar, the Window Panel is a good way to manage your tabs.
Assign your preferred key combinations to Keyboard Shortcuts.
Whether you’re used to a different shortcut, the default one is uncomfortable to use or the command you need doesn’t have a default shortcut, it’s easy to customize Vivaldi’s Keyboard Shortcuts to fit your preferences.
Save frequently used replies as Responses to write emails faster in Vivaldi Webmail.
In case you often have to send the same message in Vivaldi Webmail, you can save the message text as a Response instead of typing it every time.
To add a new response:
In Vivaldi Webmail, go to Settings > Responses and click on Create above the Responses editor.
Give the new response a name and type the message text.
Click Save.
If you want to save a message you’ve written in the email composer as a response, click Responseson the menu above the email composer and select Create New Response.
To use a response:
Click Responses on the menu above the email composer.
Add content to existing notes on Vivaldi for Android without opening the Notes Panel.
Selecting text on a web page and creating a note from it is an excellent feature in Vivaldi, but what if you want to add new lines from a web page to a note you have made in the past? You could copy the text, find the note in the Notes Panel and paste it there, but there’s a better way to do it on Vivaldi for Android:
Select the text on a web page.
Long press on the selection to open the context menu.
If needed, tap on the 3 dot menu to show additional options and select Append to Note.
Play an old-school arcade game, Vivaldia, in the browser, even without an internet connection.
Vivaldia is a real 80s style arcade game built into the Vivaldi Browser. There for you whenever you want to take a break and enjoy a quick gaming session.
The game is available both on Vivaldi on desktop and Android and can be played even when you’re not connected to the internet.
To play the game, enter vivaldi://game in the browser’s Address Field. Press Space (on desktop) or tap the screen (on Android) to start the game.
Hide the Status Bar to give more space for page content.
Status Bar on the bottom edge of the browser window includes useful information and is the place to access many of Vivaldi’s key features. But sometimes being able to see those extra pixels on a page is more valuable. Or maybe you just like a clean minimalistic look. Hiding the Status Bar would be one way to achieve these goals.
To hide the Status Bar or display it again, use one of the following options:
Go to Settings > Appearance > Status Bar to decide whether to:
To still use the features on the Status Bar, consider moving the buttons you need to the Address Bar. Check out Tip #102 or the Help page about Editing Toolbars for instructions. Alternatively, look for other ways to access them, for example via the main Vivaldi menu or through shortcuts.
Right-click on History Back and Forward buttons to view and open recently visited pages.
To see which pages you’ve recently visited in the active tab, right-click or long-click on History Back and Forward buttons on the Address Bar. Click on the entry in the list to navigate to the page again.
If you want to stay on the current page, but also want to open a page from History, hold down the Shift key while clicking on an entry to open the link in a new tab. Hold down the Ctrl / Cmd key and click or click with you middle mouse button, if you want to open the link in a new background tab.
Enable automatic translation of selected text to see translations of web page content immediately in the Translate Panel.
With Vivaldi Translate you can translate full pages, but also just selected sections of the page. Translate Panel with the automatic translation option enabled makes translating short paragraphs a breeze.
Choose which Forum categories you want to see in Unread and Recent.
The Vivaldi Forum is a busy place with discussions on lots of different topics. Not all of them may be relevant for you. For example, you’re probably not interested in topics in the local forum categories that have discussions in languages you don’t speak. If you wish, you can prevent topics from these categories from appearing in Recent and Unread pages of the Forum.
From the menu above the list of topics (below subcategories, if there are any), click on the watched state menu.
Select between:
Watching – shows topics both in Unread and Recent.
Not Watching – shows topics in Recent, but not in Unread.
Ignoring – doesn’t show topics neither in Unread nor Recent.
Unsubscribing from a category, unsubscribes you from all of its subcategories as well.
To get a complete overview of all topics and their watched states, go to https://forum.vivaldi.net/me/categories. There you can change the watched status for each category as well.
Cloning a tab will make an exact copy of the tab, including its history. It’s a great way to keep the current tab as is and use the duplicated tab to keep browsing or to go back in history.
To clone a tab on desktop, use one of the following methods:
Right-click on the tab on the Tab Bar or Window Panel and select Clone Tab from the context menu.
While the tab is open, type “Clone Selected Tab” in Quick Commands.
Make Panels float over page content instead pushing the content aside.
By default, opening and closing Panels will resize the web page to make space for the panel. But panels can also be made to float over the page content. Floating panels are useful when you briefly want to check something and don’t need to keep it open while working on the page. For example, Reading List Panel could be floating, since you’d only want to quickly add or open a web page from it, but then it should get out of the way again. While the Mail Panel with all the folders is useful to keep open on the side, without it covering anything.