Category: Vivaldi Tips

Tip #538

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

See what’s planned for the day by enabling the day view sidebar in Vivaldi Calendar.

To get a general overview of your calendar at the same time as focusing in on a specific day, make use of Vivaldi Calendar‘s sidebar which displays the selected day’s events and tasks next to your current calendar view.

To toggle the sidebar in the Calendar on and off:

  1. Open the Calendar in the main tab view.
  2. Near the top right corner, below search and next to trashed events, click on the “Show Sidebar” button.

The day view sidebar is available in week, multiweek, month, and year views. In the agenda view, the sidebar will display your tasks.

Vivaldi Calendar. Sidebar toggle button is highlighted.

Tip #537

— Posted iniOS, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Zoom in on web pages in Vivaldi on iOS to make text easier to read.

Even if you have 20/20 vision, there’s no need to strain your eyes unnecessarily. So, go ahead and make that text on web pages bigger.

To zoom text in Vivaldi on iOS:

  1. Open the Vivaldi menu and select “Zoom text…”.
  2. Tap on the + and – buttons to adjust the zoom level.
  3. Tap on Done, when happy with the text size.
Two iPhones. One with a page of text in its default size, the other with text made bigger. Both have the zoom menu visible on top of the screen.

Tip #536

— Posted inVivaldi Social, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Make your posts on Vivaldi Social self destruct after a while.

It can be nice to look back on posts you made months and years ago, but if you prefer to live in the moment, you can automatically delete your posts when they reach a certain age. There are plenty of exceptions you can make to ensure the important content such as pinned posts and private messages remains.

To automatically delete old posts on Vivaldi Social:

  1. Go to Preferences > Automated post deletion.
  2. Enable “Automatically delete old posts”.
  3. Select the age threshold.
  4. Review exceptions.
  5. Save the changes.
Vivaldi Social's preferences open on the automatic post deletion page.

Tip #535

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

Pick a default sender email address for Vivaldi Mail.

If you tend to send more emails from one account than others, consider making it the default sender in Vivaldi Mail. That way, you don’t need to double-check with each new email you’re writing, from which address it’ll be sent.

To set a default sender in Vivaldi Mail:

  1. Go to Settings > Mail > Mail Settings > Default Sender in New Messages.
  2. Select your preferred email address.
Mail Settings with an arrow pointing to default mail sender setting.

Tip #534

— Posted inDesktop, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Keep your browsing private and clean by turning off Typed History.

Suppose you want to hide your recent searches and typed web addresses from view, for example, because you often have people peaking at your screen or you like to keep the information in the drop-down menus to the minimum. In that case, you can disable Typed History from showing up.

To hide typed history from the Address Field and Search drop-down menus:

  1. Go to Settings > Privacy and Security > Privacy > Show Typed History.
  2. Untick the “In Address Field” and/or “In Search Field” boxes.
Typed History displayed in Address Field Drop-Down menu

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,