Category: Vivaldi Tips

Tip #533

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

Explore the Vivaldi Forum your way by choosing between page-by-page navigation or infinite scroll.

If you like to display content in easily manageable portions, dividing the list of topics in categories and posts in threads into pages is for you. But if you prefer to have new content appear automatically as soon as you’ve reached the end, enabling infinite scroll is the way to go. Luckily, the Vivaldi Forum caters to both styles.

To update your preference:

  1. Click on your profile picture in the top right corner of the Forum and select “Settings” from the menu.
  2. In the Pagination section, either enable or disable “Paginate topics and posts instead of using infinite scroll”.
  3. If you’ve opted to paginate posts and topics, feel free to adjust the number of items that are shown per page.
  4. Save the changes.
Forum settings page with an arrow pointing at the pagination setting.

Tip #532

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

Divide your Speed Dials into groups in Vivaldi on Android and iOS.

Just like on desktop (See Tip #101) the same way on mobile, you can have multiple pages of your favorite bookmarks, Speed Dials, on the Start Page.

To create a new Speed Dial page, aka group:

  1. Swipe left on the Start Page until you see a screen like the one on the image below and tap on the “Add New Group” button.
    Alternatively, tap on the 3 dots in the top right corner of the Start Page and select “New Group” from the menu.
  2. Give the group a name.
  3. Tap “Done”.
  4. Start adding/moving bookmarks to it.

To add an existing bookmark folder to the Start Page:

  1. Open the Bookmarks Panel.
  2. Long-press on the folder you want to add to the Start Page and select “Edit”.
  3. Toggle on “Use as Group”.
  4. Tap “Done”.
Vivaldi on Android with "Add New Group" prompt displayed on the Start Page.

Tip #531

— Posted inDesktop, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Go for a minimalistic and cleaner look with transparent background tabs.

Some of the adjustments you can make to your Vivaldi Theme are more subtle than others. One such customization option is removing the faint background from the tabs you have open in the background.

To make background tabs transparent:

  1. Go to Settings > Themes > Editor > Settings.
  2. Enable “Transparent Background Tabs”.
2 Vivaldi Browser's Tab Bars. Top one with Transparent Background Tabs disabled, the bottom one with the setting enabled.

Tip #530

— Posted inDesktop, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Play around with different layouts for creative ways to arrange your Speed Dials.

When you have a lot of Speed Dials on your Vivaldi browser’s Start Page, you’ll benefit from spreading them out into more columns, so they’ll all fit on the screen. But if you only have a few favorites, you can get more creative with the layout.

To change the number of columns:

  1. Go to Settings > Start Page > Speed Dial or open Quick Settings > Speed Dial Appearance on the Start Page.
  2. From the Maximum Columns drop-down menu, select how many columns of Speed Dials you want. You can have a single column or go in the opposite direction and remove the upper limit altogether.

Theme by abeegeorgina.

Tip #529

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

Pick the appropriate default search scope in Vivaldi Mail.

Do you prefer to start searching by casting a wide net and hoping the best result shows up that way or do you like to start small and expand if nothing good comes up? By changing the default search folder (All messages vs Current Folder) in Vivaldi Mail, you can tailor the mail client to match your style. If the default isn’t a good match for a particular search you can always adjust the scope in search filters.

To change the default search folder.

  1. Go to Settings > Mail > Mail Settings > Default Search Folder.
  2. Select whether to always search through all messages or only in the folder you currently have open.
Mail Settings with an arrow pointing at the Default Search Folder setting.

Tip #528

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

Add flair to your posts on Vivaldi Social with Vivaldi’s very own emojis.

In addition to the basic emoji set, Mastodon, instances can add custom emojis. We’ve added some Vivaldi-related emojis to Vivaldi Social, including Vivaldi logos, our loveable lava ball Tony, and Vivaldia. You can also find these emojis on the Vivaldi Forum.

To use Vivaldi emojis:

  1. Click on the 🙂 “Insert emoji” button in the top right corner of the post editor on Vivaldi Social.
  2. Scroll past your frequently used and other custom emojis to the Vivaldi section.
  3. Click on the emoji you want to add to your post.
Emoji picker menu on Vivaldi Social. Arrow points at Vivaldi's custom emojis.

Tip #527

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

Encrypt emails you send via Vivaldi Webmail.

To ensure top-notch privacy for your email correspondence, you can encrypt the emails you send from Vivaldi Webmail.

To set up encryption in Vivaldi Webmail:

  1. Enable encryption options in Settings > Preferences > Encryption.
  2. Create or import PGP keys.
  3. Share public keys with people you want to have encrypted conversations with.
  4. Encrypt emails when composing new messages.

For detailed instructions for each step, check out the article about email encryption on Vivaldi Help.

Key passphrase dialog in Vivaldi Webmail shown to decrypt an incoming email.

Tip #526

— Posted iniOS, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Open links in Vivaldi on iOS without interrupting your current browsing session.

Notice something interesting while browsing or remember something you need to get on next, but want to finish checking out the current web page first? Opening links in new background tabs is just what you need.

To open links in the background:

  1. Long-press on a link on a website, a bookmark / Speed Dial, a Reading List item, or a History entry.
  2. From the context menu select “Open in New Background Tab”
Bookmark context menu highlighting the option to open it in a new background tab in Vivaldi on iOS.

Tip #525

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

Hide unneeded calendars in Vivaldi Calendar temporarily from view.

When you’re trying to get an overview of what’s planned in a certain aspect of your life, hiding irrelevant events and tasks from view in the Vivaldi Calendar helps to focus on what’s important at the moment.

To toggle the visibility of calendars in the main calendar view:

  1. Click on “Calendars” in the top left corner of the page.
  2. Click on the calendar’s name to hide/show its events.

To toggle the visibility of calendars in Calendar settings:

  1. Go to Settings > Calendar > Calendars.
  2. Select a calendar.
  3. (Un)tick the box for “Hide from Calendar View”
  4. Click “Save”.
Vivaldi Calendar with the calendar menu open. A couple of calendars have been hidden, while most are still visible,

Tip #524

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

Give your Bookmarks on mobile nicknames to open them faster.

In Vivaldi on Android and Vivaldi on iOS, instead of scrolling through folders in the Bookmarks Panel, opening a new tab to get to the Speed Dial, or trying to remember the bookmarked page’s link, you can give your Bookmarks memorable nicknames and type them in the Address Bar to quickly open the web page.

To give a bookmark a nickname:

  1. Open the Side Panel.
  2. Switch to Bookmarks Panel, if it’s not already open.
  3. Open the folder containing the bookmark you want to give a nickname.
  4. Long press the bookmark.
  5. Choose edit (pen icon).
  6. Add a nickname and save.

Bookmark Nicknames are synced, so you only need to do it once to use the same nickname on all platforms.

To learn how to add Bookmark Nicknames on desktop, check out Tip #28.

An arrow pointing at the Bookmark Nickname in Vivaldi on Android's Address Bar drop-down menu.

Tip #523

— Posted inDesktop, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Customize menu item anchor letters to make navigating menus with your keyboard more comfortable.

Have you noticed that in menus one letter is often underlined? If not, go on and right-click on the page to see for yourself. The underlined letters indicate which key on your keyboard to press to select that command. Pressing the letters instead of arrow keys makes using menus a lot faster. But first you need to make sure that the assigned letters make sense to you. If not, change them.

To edit menus:

  1. Go to Settings > Appearance > Menu > Menu customization.
  2. Locate the menu item you want to customize.
  3. Right-click on it and select “Rename”.
  4. Add the symbol & in front of the letter you want to act as the anchor.
  5. Press “Enter” to save the change.

Then to navigate menus using anchor letters, first use a shortcut to open the menu, for example, Shift + F10 to open web page’s context menu, and then press the letter (multiple letters, if the command is in a sub menu) to select and execute the command.

Vivaldi browser's menu customization settings. Copy Page Address menu item is given the anchor in front of the letter C.

Tip #522

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

Undo accidental deleting and marking a message as read actions in Vivaldi Mail.

Did you unintentionally move an email to the Trash folder or did you change your mind about marking a message read? In Vivaldi Mail, you’ll find a menu listing your latest actions, so you can undo the ones you need.

To undo an action:

  1. Click the “Undo the Latest Mail Actions” button on the Mail toolbar.
  2. Select which message you want to restore to its previous state.
Undo menu in Vivaldi Mail.

Tip #521

— Posted iniOS, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Close all inactive tabs in Vivaldi on iOS with one tap.

You know you have a lot of open tabs in Vivaldi on iOS, when instead of a number on the Tab Switcher button you see :D. To keep the number of open tabs manageable, clear the unused ones regularly.

To close all inactive tabs:

  1. Open the Tab Switcher.
  2. Find and open the Inactive Tabs folder above all your active tabs.
  3. Tap on “Close All Inactive” at the bottom of the page.

By default, a tab will be set to inactive if you haven’t used it in the last 21 days, but you can select the interval for when a tab should be moved to Inactive from Settings > Tabs > Inactive Tabs.

Inactive Tabs list in Vivaldi on iOS with an arrow pointing at the button to close all inactive tabs.

Tip #520

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

Browse additional Themes from the same author on Vivaldi Themes.

When you find a beautiful theme created by one of our community members in the Vivaldi Themes gallery and like the author’s style, browse their other themes to find even more gorgeous creations.

To view all themes by the author:

  1. Go to themes.vivaldi.net and look for one you like.
  2. Click on the theme to view its page.
  3. In the theme information section, click on the name next to “Made by”.
A theme page with an arrow pointing at the author's name.