Tag: android

Tip #136

— Posted inAndroid, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Enable “Stay in browser” on Android to prevent links from opening in external apps.

Usually, in Vivaldi for Android when you’re opening a link that you have an app for, the link will try to open in the app. If you’d prefer to open links in the browser, you can enable a setting for it. To do that:

  1. Go to the Vivaldi menu > Settings > Web Pages.
  2. Toggle on Stay in browser.

Then, when you come across, for example, a YouTube link, the video will open in Vivaldi instead of triggering the YouTube app to open.

Tip #126

— Posted inAndroid, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Enable “Always Show Controls” to keep toolbars visible on Vivaldi for Android.

When you scroll down on a page in Vivaldi’s Android app, the Tab Bar, Address Bar and bottom toolbar will be hidden automatically to free up screen real estate on the mobile devices’ smaller screen. When you scroll up, the toolbars will be displayed again.

If you’d rather keep the toolbars visible at all times:

  1. Go to  Vivaldi menu > Settings > Appearance.
  2. Toggle on Always Show Controls.

Tip #119

— Posted inAndroid, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

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:

  1. Go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > Web Pages > Accessibility.
  2. 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.

Two phones with the same article open in Vivaldi browser. Left one with 100% text scaling, the right one with 140% text scaling.

Tip #115

— Posted inAndroid, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

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:

  1. Select the text on a web page.
  2. Long press on the selection to open the context menu.
  3. If needed, tap on the 3 dot menu to show additional options and select Append to Note.
  4. Choose the note you want to add the text to.
  5. Tap on Done in the top right corner.

Tip #107

— Posted inAndroid, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

View web pages in dark mode on Vivaldi for Android.

Switching content into dark mode on big and small screens alike has become more and more popular and for a good reason. Dark mode is less straining on the eyes and improves readability of texts among other benefits.

To switch web pages into dark mode:

  1. Go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > Theme > Dark Web Pages.
  2. Toggle on Dark mode for Web Pages.

In case you need to “turn the lights on” for the current page, disable Dark Theme from the Vivaldi menu.

Vivaldi browser on two phones. One with the web page in light mode the second in dark mode.

Tip #103

— Posted inAndroid, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Preview pages on Vivaldi for Android before committing to open them.

Preview page feature comes in handy if you want to quickly check the contents of a page, but don’t want to navigate away from your current page or open the link in a new tab.

To preview a page:

  1. Long press on a link.
  2. Select Preview page from the context menu.

When you want to open the page, tap on the Open in New Tab button in the top right corner of the preview window.

To close the preview, either tap the Close button or swipe down on the preview.

Tip #98

— Posted inAndroid, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Enable Pop Out Video on Vivaldi for Android 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 Vivaldi for Android? 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 Android:

  1. While browsing with Vivaldi, find a video you want to watch.
  2. Press play and enable full-screen view of the video.
  3. Tap on your phone’s home button.

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.

Pop Out video from Vivaldi open on top of the Shazam app.
Pop Out video from Vivaldi open on top of the Shazam app.

Tip #93

— Posted inAndroid, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Choose a custom Theme color for Vivaldi on Android.

By default, with a light theme, Vivaldi on Android will change the Address and Tab Bar colors based on the open website. To change the accent color:

  1. Go to the Vivaldi menu button Vivaldi menu > Settings > Appearance > Themes.
  2. Choose between:
    • Adaptive color based on the open web page,
    • One of the preset colors,
    • Custom color (insert the color’s Hex value).

Tip #87

— Posted inAndroid, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Do a quick clean up on Android by closing all tabs at once.

It’s easy to accumulate an abundance of tabs, so every now and then it’s good to close them. You can of course close them one by one, which gives you the chance to review the tabs you’re closing or you can be bold and close them all at once.

To close all tabs:

  1. Open the Tab Switcher.
  2. Click on the menu button at the top of the page.
  3. Select Close All Tabs.
    To leave the active tab open, select Close Other Tabs.

Tip #84

— Posted inAndroid, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Swipe on the toolbars to switch tabs on Android.

When you swipe right or left on the Android browser’s Address Bar or bottom toolbar, you can switch to the next or previous tab that you have open.

When you swipe down from the Address Bar (up, if you’ve moved the Address Bar to the bottom), you can open the Tab Switcher, from where you can see all your open tabs, as well as access private, recently closed and synced tabs. In case the swipe down/up gesture doesn’t seem to work, make sure you have Enable Address Bar Swipe Gesture toggled on in Settings.

Tip #80

— Posted inAndroid, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Use an external download manager to download files on Android.

If you need a bit more control over your downloads, instead of the built-in downloader, you can opt for an external download manager app.

To set an external app to manage your downloads:

  1. Install an external download manager of your choice.
  2. In Vivaldi, go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > Web Pages > Downloads > External Download Manager.
  3. Select the app you want to manage your downloads with.

Then whenever downloading a file the external app will take over.

Tip #65

— Posted inAndroid, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

On Android, move the Address Bar to the bottom for easier one-handed access.

With smart phones’ screens still increasing in size, reaching the top of the screen while simultaneously holding the phone with the same hand can get cumbersome. That’s why in Vivaldi you can move the Address and Tab Bars to the bottom of the screen for easier access.

To move the Address Bar (and Tab Bar) to the bottom of the screen on Android:

  1. Go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > Appearance.
  2. Toggle on Address Bar at Bottom.
Address Bar at the top vs at the bottom

Tip #57

— Posted inAndroid, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Enable Desktop site from the Vivaldi menu on Android, to view desktop versions of websites.

To display a desktop version of the website, instead of the mobile version commonly displayed on smaller screens, open the Vivaldi menu buttonVivaldi Menu and tick the box for Desktop Site.

To permanently display desktop versions of all websites:

  1. Go to Vivaldi menu button Vivaldi Menu > Settings > Web pages.
  2. Enable Always Show Desktop Site.

Tip #48

— Posted inAndroid, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Add Vivaldi’s search widget to your mobile device’s home screen to start a search with just one tap.

With a search widget on your Android phone’s or tablet’s home screen you can get to what you’re looking for in no time.

To add Vivaldi’s search widget to the home screen:

  1. Long press on an empty space on the devise’s home screen.
  2. Select Widgets.
  3. Find Vivaldi search from the list.
  4. Long press on the widget and drag it to where you want to have it on the home screen.
Vivaldi's search widget on Android's home screen

Once the widget has been added, just tap on it whenever you want to start a new search. It’ll open Vivaldi and focus on the Address Field, so you could start entering the search term or web link right away.

You can also open the QR code scanner from the widget.