Vivaldi Tips

Tip #655

February 19, 2025

All Vivaldi Community members can host their own WordPress-backed blog on vivaldi.net. As a reader, you can follow your favorite blogs and stay up to date with new posts in a few different ways. Pick the one you like best!

To view recent posts from blogs you follow, either:

• Scroll to the bottom of the Community homepage on vivaldi.net to see the 3 latest posts.
• Go to blogs.vivaldi.net and select “Following” from the menu on the right.
• On the blog’s Dashboard > Reader, select “Following” from the menu on the right.

In addition, you can subscribe to each blog using Vivaldi Feeds.

Tip #654

February 18, 2025

Everyone knows that right-clicking on elements in the browser and on web pages opens a menu with a myriad of useful options. But there’s a lesser-known option in Vivaldi that works well on Vivaldi’s toolbar buttons and in Vivaldi Mail.

To open toolbar button context menus, simply click on the button with the left mouse button and hold it down until the menu opens. Then select the option you need.

Tip #653

February 17, 2025

Keep the page content in your Tab Stacks fresh by reloading them. To do it as efficiently as possible, discover the shortcuts available in Vivaldi that allow you to reload the whole stack in one go.

• Tab Bar / Windows Panel – Right-click on the Tab Stack and select “Reload Tab Stack”.
• Quick Commands – while focusing on one of the grouped tabs, open Quick Commands, type “Reload Tab Stack” to find the command, and press “Enter”.
• Keyboard Shortcut – Go to Settings > Keyboard > Tabs to assign a shortcut for the command and use the keyboard shortcut when focusing on one of the grouped tabs.
• Mouse Gesture – Go to Settings > Mouse > Gesture mapping to create a gesture for the command and use the mouse gesture when focusing on one of the grouped tabs.
• Command Chains + Custom Icons – Create a chain with just one command in Settings > Quick Commands > Command Chains and add its button to your preferred toolbar from the Vivaldi menu > View > Customize Toolbar.

Tip #652

February 14, 2025

Keep your workflow uninterrupted with this swift way to share the active tab’s link with others from your iPhone and iPad.

To share a page:

1. Long-press on the Address Bar to open the context menu.
2. Select “Share page”.
3. Select the suggested contact or app you want to share the page link with.

Check out Tip #605 for an alternative way of sharing pages.

Tip #651

February 13, 2025

While tiling is possible on your Android phone, the small screen makes it difficult to see the content of both tiled web pages. But tablets’ screens fit a lot more, so tiling web pages there makes a lot more sense.

To tile web pages on Android, they need to be open in separate windows. To tile your current Vivaldi window with a new window, open the main Vivaldi menu and select “New Window”. The two Vivaldi windows will be tiled automatically.

To tile Vivaldi with another window you already have open or with a different app:

1. Open the tablet’s app switcher menu.
2. Tap on Vivaldi’s logo and select “Open in split screen view”.
3. Browse through your apps and tap on the one you want to tile Vivaldi with.

Tip #650

February 12, 2025

Duplicating 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 clone to keep browsing or to go back in history. But where to open the duplicated tab?

To make your choice for the duplicated tab’s location in the tab hierarchy:

1. Go to Settings > Tabs > Duplicated Tab Position.
2. Choose between:
   • Next to Original Tab, or
   • As Last Tab.

Tip #649

February 11, 2025

Just like you can group your Bookmarks and Notes into folders, you can also divide the events and tasks in your Vivaldi Calendar into separate calendars. An immaculately organized calendar is a joy to work with.

To add a new calendar:

1. Go to Settings > Calendar > Calendars.
2. Click on + “Add Calendar” at the bottom of the list of calendars.
3. If relevant, select which account you want to add the new calendar to.
4. Give the calendar a name and a color.
5. Choose whether to allow just events, tasks, or both.
6. Click “Create Calendar”.

Tip #648

February 10, 2025

Skipping one tiny step might not feel like much, but over time the seconds you’ve saved add up, so use the Paste and Go shortcut liberally.

To use Paste and Go:

1. Copy a web page link or a piece of text to your clipboard.
2. In the active or new tab, focus the Address Field either with a single tap or a long press.
3. From the menu, select “Paste and Go” if you’ve copied a link and “Paste and Search” when you’ve copied some text.

Tip #647

February 7, 2025

Vivaldi Social can be accessed from any web browser by logging in on the link https://social.vivaldi.net/. Mastodon also supports Progressive Web Apps.

In addition to the web version, you can access your Vivaldi Social account from various apps built for Mastodon. Check out the selection of available apps for both mobile and desktop on https://joinmastodon.org/apps.

To login to Vivaldi Social from an app:

1. Install the app of your choice.
2. Select Log In or the option that allows you to pick your Mastodon server.
3. Enter Vivaldi Social’s domain name – social.vivaldi.net.
4. Select logging in with vivaldi.net.
5. Enter your Vivaldi account’s username and password.
6. Give the app permission to access your account and its data.

The steps you need to follow may differ slightly from what’s listed here, depending on how the app’s onboarding process has been implemented. Furthermore, the in-app experience will likely be a little different from the web version as well. Explore the different apps to find the one you like best.

Tip #646

February 6, 2025

You want the Dashboard to be visually pleasing, don’t you? Especially if it’s the first thing you see every time you open a new tab. One way to enhance the look of your Dashboard is to pick the most suitable background for the Widgets.

To customize the background:

1. Click on the menu button in the top right corner of the widget.
2. Select “Background Style”.
3. Choose between:
   • Solid
   • Semi-Transparent
   • Transparent
   • Custom

Tip #645

February 5, 2025

When you have Sync enabled in Vivaldi, you can view all tabs you have open in other Vivaldi instances from a button on the Tab Bar and in the Windows Panel on desktop, and from the Tab Switcher on mobile. If there’s a specific web page you’d like to access from a different device immediately, you can use the Send Tab to Device feature.

To send a tab from desktop:

1. Right-click on the tab on the Tab Bar or on an empty area on the page.
2. Select “Send to Your Devices”.
3. Choose to which synced device you want to send the tab to.

To open a received tab on desktop:

1. Click on the Synced Tabs button on the far side of the Tab Bar.
2. Click on “From [device name]: [page link]”.

To send a tab from mobile:

1. Open the Vivaldi menu > Share.
2. Select “Send to Your Devices”.
3. Choose to which synced device you want to send the tab to.

To open a received tab on mobile:

1. After sending the tab from the other device, wait for a notification.
2. Tap on the notification to open the page in a new tab.

If you don’t receive sent tabs, check that you’re logged in to Sync and that syncing is active. Also, check from your phone’s settings that Vivaldi is allowed to send you notifications.

Tip #644

February 4, 2025

This little tip is for those of you on Windows, who have enabled the Horizontal Main Menu.

To enable the Horizontal menu, go to the Vivaldi menu > View > Horizontal Main Menu or to Settings > Appearance > Menu > Menu Position.

Then whenever you want to close the window and you’re closer to the top left corner rather than the close button in the top right corner, just double-click the Vivaldi logo button to close it.