Category: Desktop

Tip #613

— Posted inDesktop, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Try out the different ways you can search open tabs and switch to them.

With amazing tab management features, the Vivaldi browser is a tab hoarder’s paradise. In this tip, we list all the ways you can search for open tabs and switch to them.

  • Start typing the tab’s name or URL in the Address Field and click on “Switch to this Tab” in the Open Tabs section in the Address Field drop-down menu.
  • Open Quick Commands and start typing the tab’s name or URL. In the Tabs section, click on the tab you want to view.
  • Open the Windows Panel and start typing the tab’s name or URL in the search field at the top of the panel. (Double)-click on the tab you want to switch to.
Vivaldi browser with open Windows Panel showing results for a tab search.

Tip #612

— Posted inDesktop, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Add emojis to your Workspaces that reflect their contents.

When you create a new workspace, you can select an icon for it from one of Vivaldi’s presets or from a small selection of emojis. But your options aren’t limited to the 20 emojis you see in the menu, you can use any common emoji to decorate your Workspaces.

To add a custom emoji:

  1. Open the Workspaces menu and add a new workspace or find an existing one you want to update.
  2. Click on the current icon in front of the workspace’s name.
  3. Go to the Emoji view.
  4. Click on the “Paste any emoji here” field.
  5. Enter your preferred emoji:
    • Option 1 – Copy and paste an emoji (for example, from https://emojipedia.org)
    • Option 2 – Open your operating system’s emoji picker (right-click in the field > Emojis & Symbols) and select one from there.
Vivaldi browser's Workspaces menu and one of the Workspaces icon picker menu are open in the top left corner of the browser window. The OS' emoji picker is open on the side.

Tip #611

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

View completed tasks in the Tasks Panel with one click.

There’s no better feeling than marking a task complete and seeing it disappear from view. To revel in that nice feeling some more, you can bring all completed tasks back into view and admire all you’ve accomplished. Or, in the unfortunate event, mark a task as incomplete again.

To view completed tasks:

  1. Open the Tasks Panel.
  2. At the bottom of the panel, click on “Show Completed Tasks”.
Vivaldi's Task Panel with some open tasks and many completed tasks. An arrow is pointing at the checkbox to toggle the visibility of completed tasks.

Tip #610

— Posted inDesktop, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Reopen closed Web Panels instead of adding them again.

Adding new Web Panels is pretty straightforward in Vivaldi, but when it’s a Web Panel you’ve already had on your browser’s sidebar, it’s even easier to restore it.

To reopen a Web Panel:

  1. Right-click on one of the Panel buttons.
  2. Select “Closed Web Panels”.
  3. Click on the closed Web Panel you want to add back to the sidebar.
Panels' context menu listing closed Web Panels. Vivaldi browser's Start Page is open in the background.

Tip #606

— Posted inDesktop, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Sort your browsing history by page title, address or view count, in addition to chronologically.

You don’t need to go through your browsing history in chronological order to find a visited web page, though, admittedly it’s easier to find the page when you start seeing other pages you visited around the same time.

To sort history in the History Panel:

  1. Open the History Panel.
  2. Above the list of entries, click on “Sort by Date”.
  3. Select between:
    • Sort by Title
    • Sort by Address
    • Sort by Page Views.
  4. Optionally, switch sorting from ascending to descending or vice versa.

To sort history in the History Manager:

  1. Open the History Manager.
  2. Click on the column header you want to sort by.
  3. Click again to reverse the order.
History Panel in Vivaldi browser. An arrow is pointing at the open sorting menu in the panel.

Tip #604

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

Decide which outgoing emails should get your signature and which should not.

A signature is a personalized section that is automatically added to the end of messages you send from Vivaldi Mail. When you’ve created a signature in Mail settings it’ll be added all new emails you start writing. Optionally, you can add the signature also to reply emails and emails you’re forwarding.

To review signature settings:

  1. Go to Settings > Mail > Mail Accounts.
  2. Select an account.
  3. Add a signature, if you don’t have one already.
  4. Below the signature input field, decide whether, in addition to new emails you write, you also want to include the signature in replied and forwarded messages.
Mail account settings in Vivaldi. An arrow is pointing at the two signature options for including the signature in replied and forwarded emails.

Tip #602

— Posted inDesktop, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

View and access your most visited websites from the Top Sites Dashboard widget.

Top Sites offer a quick access to the sites you visit most often. Based on your browsing history, this feature ensures you spend less time searching for the websites you frequently use.

To enable Top Sites:

  1. Go to the Dashboard.
  2. Click on “Add Widget” at the bottom of the page.
  3. Click on “Top Sites”.
Vivaldi browser's Dashboard. An arrow points at the Top Sites widget.

Tip #600

— Posted inDesktop, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Create Keyboard Shortcuts for opening and closings individual Web Panels.

Keyboard Shortcuts are excellent for opening and closing Web Panels for a quick glance. But before you toggle Web Panels with Keyboard Shortcuts, you need to assign each panel its unique shortcut.

To add Keyboard Shortcuts:

  1. Go to Settings > Keyboard Shortcuts > View.
  2. Find the command “Web Panel 1”.
  3. Click in the box next to it.
  4. Press the keys you want to use for the shortcut on your keyboard.
  5. Repeat with other Web Panels.

Then whenever you want to open one of the web panels just use the shortcut for both opening and closing the panel. If you already have one open, the shortcut will switch focus to the one you need.

Keyboard Shortcuts Settings. Arrow pointing at a focused "Web Panel 1" entry.

Tip #599

— Posted inDesktop, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Choose whether to open the Start Page with the last viewed Speed Dial Group or with the first one on the list.

Start Page with the Speed Dials and Dashboard is a starting point in every new Vivaldi tab for most people. To make it useful, choose what you want to see.

To make your decision:

  1. Go to Settings > Start Page > Reopen Speed Dial with.
  2. Choose between “Last Selected Group” and “First Group”.

If you’re opting for “First Group”, check out this recent tip on reordering your Speed Dial Groups.

Start Page settings. Arrow pointing at "Reopen Speed Dial with".

Tip #597

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

Restore recently deleted Calendar events from Trash.

When a cancelled event is back on, instead of creating a new event in your Vivaldi Calendar you can simply restore the one you deleted.

To restore an event:

  1. Open the main Calendar view.
  2. Click on  “Trashed Events” in the top right corner of the calendar.
  3. Click on the event you want to restore.

To restore the most recently deleted event, right-click on any of the timeslots in the Calendar and select “Restore Event From Trash”.

Trashed events menu open in Vivaldi browser's Calendar. A larger trash icon is displayed on the side of the browser window to show what the button looks like and where to find it.

Tip #595

— Posted inDesktop, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Put your Speed Dial Groups on the Start Page into the correct order.

Have you added many bookmark folders as Speed Dials on the Start Page, but the order is all wrong, and/or you’d prefer to have the Dashboard as the first page rather than the last? Don’t fret! There’s a super easy way to get them in the correct order.

To reorder your Speed Dial Groups and the Dashboard:

  1. Click on the group you want to move and start dragging it right or left.
  2. Using the vertical line as a guideline, drop the group at its new location on the Start Page Navigation bar.
Dashboard being dragged to the first spot on the Start Page Navigation bar.

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 #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.