Vivaldi Tips

A huge collection of Vivaldi browser tips, tricks and hacks.

Tip #717

May 30, 2025

Choose whether to have a little gap between tiled tabs or not.

A little padding around each tiled tab makes it easier to see where one web page ends and the other begins, but if screen real estate is precious, you can remove it.

To remove space between tiled tabs:

  1. Go to Settings > Tabs > Tab Features > Tab Tiling.
  2. Enable “Remove Space Around Tiled Pages.
Two Vivaldi browser windows. The window in the background has three tabs tiled without any space between the tiles. The window in the foreground has the same three tabs, but the tiles have some space between them.
The window in the background has the space between tiles removed. The one in the foreground has a little gap between tiles.

Tip #716

May 29, 2025

Add a shortcut to quickly toggle Reader View on and off in Vivaldi on Android.

By adding the Reader View button to the Address Bar, you can keep a distraction-free reading mode within easy reach.

To add a Reader View toggle to the Address Bar:

  1. Make sure the feature is enabled in Settings > Content Settings > Accessibility.
  2. Go to Settings > Appearance & Theme > Toolbar Shortcut.
  3. If needed, enable the feature.
  4. Select “Reader view for web pages”.
Vivaldi on Android. An arrow is pointing at the Reader View button on the Address Bar.

Tip #715

May 28, 2025

Update your status to reflect your availability on the Vivaldi Forum.

If you keep a tab with the Vivaldi Forum open over longer periods, you can make use of the status feature to let community members know whether you’re actively browsing the Forum or busy with other things.

To change your status:

  1. Click on your profile picture in the top right corner of the page.
  2. Select your status:
    • Online,
    • Away,
    • Do not disturb,
    • Invisible.
Vivaldi Forum open in the Vivaldi browser. User's menu is open showing the status options.

Tip #714

May 27, 2025

Hide your search history from the Address Field drop-down menu.

You can keep things more private and clean by excluding your past searches from the Address Field drop-down menu suggestions.

To disable search history:

  1. Go to Settings > Address Bar > Address Field Suggestions.
  2. Disable “Search History”.
Address Bar settings in Vivaldi. An arrow points at the disabled Search History option.

Tip #713

May 26, 2025

Grab a still frame from a video.

You can use the browser’s screenshot tool, to capture the content on web pages. But if that content is a point in a video, then saving a frame from it directly is faster and gives you a better result than trying to draw a frame around the capture area.

To save a frame from a video as an image file:

  1. Play the video and pause it at the point that you want to grab a screenshot of.
  2. Right-click (in some cases double right-click) on the video to open the context menu.
  3. Select “Save Video Frame As”.
    Alternatively, select “Copy Video Frame”.
  4. Select the saved file’s destination folder.
  5. Click ‘Save’.
Paused video player open in Vivaldi. Video's right-click context menu is open and the option "Save Frame as" is highlighted.

Tip #712

May 23, 2025

Keep listening to audio after switching tabs or apps by enabling background audio in Vivaldi on iOS.

Want to put on some music while browsing or don’t want to pause a video to respond to a message in a different app? Normally audio and video playback will stop when you switch tabs or apps, but there’s a setting in Vivaldi on iOS that, when enabled, will keep the audio in the tab playing, even when it’s no longer the active tab.

To enable media playback in the background:

  1. Go to Settings > General.
  2. Enable Allow media playback in background.
General settings in Vivaldi on iOS. An arrow points at the "Allow media playback in background" setting.

Tip #711

May 22, 2025

Display tabs in Vivaldi on Android’s Tab Switcher as a list instead of a grid.

You can decide whether your tabs in Vivaldi on Android are shown in a grid with page previews as thumbnails or as a simple list.

To change the Tab Switcher’s layout:

  1. Go to Settings > Tabs.
  2. Toggle on/off “Show Tab Switcher as List”.
Tab Switcher in Vivaldi on Android. Open tabs are displayed as a list.

Tip #710

May 21, 2025

Find visited web pages in History Panel faster by collapsing all date folders.

When you’re looking for a web page you visited some time ago but no longer have it open in a tab, the logical place to look for it is in the History Panel. But instead of scrolling through all the days, you can collapse all the date folders to see all the days you’ve browsed with Vivaldi and expand the date you think you last visited the page.

To view web pages from a specific date:

  1. Open the History Panel.
  2. Right-click on a date or history entry.
  3. Select “Collapse all folders” from the context menu.
  4. Click on the arrow in front of the date to display web pages visited on that day.
History Panel in Vivaldi browser. Context menu is open and an arrow is pointing at the "Collapse all Folders" option.

Tip #709

May 20, 2025

Choose how many suggestions you see in the Address Field’s drop-down menu.

In case the default 12 suggestions in the Address Field drop-down menu are not enough for you, you can increase the number of results all the way to 42 or go in the opposite direction and limit the number of suggestions to only the top 5.

To change the number of suggestions:

  1. Go to Settings > Address Bar > Drop-Down Maximum Size.
  2. Click the – and + buttons to change the number of results.
Vivaldi browser window. The letter L has been typed into the Address Field and relevant suggestions are shown in the drop-down menu.

Tip #708

May 16, 2025

Speed up information lookup with custom Search Engines, Command Chains and menu customization.

Do you frequently need to look up something on one site using information from another? For example, a ticket or product using its ID or name. Combining a few features in Vivaldi will help you cut out a lot of manual work.

To set things up:

First, add a custom Search Engine:

  1. Go to the website you search for things on.
  2. Right-click on the search field on the page.
  3. Select “Add as Search Engine” from the context menu.
  4. Review the name and nickname.
  5. Click “Add”.

Secondly, create a Command Chain:

  1. Go to Settings > Quick Commands > Command Chains.
  2. Click on the + at the bottom of the list of chains to add a new one.
  3. Give the chain a name and for Command 1 select “Search Selection with Engine”.
  4. Select your newly added search engine as the Command Parameter.

Lastly, add the Command Chain to a context menu:

  1. Go to Settings > Appearance > Menu > Menu Customization.
  2. From the dropdown menu select Web Page > Selection.
  3. From the Commands section, drag your newly created chain to the Content section.

To look something up:

  1. Select text on a web page.
  2. Right-click on the selection to open the context menu.
  3. Click on the menu entry you added to open search results in a new tab.
Selected text's context menu is open in the Vivaldi browser. An arrow points to the custom Command Chains menu entry.

Tip #707

May 15, 2025

View text translations in Vivaldi on iOS’ Translate Panel instead of the dialog.

In addition to translating full pages, Vivaldi can help you translate small snippets of text. Just highlight the text you want to translate and tap the “Translate” option in the context menu that appears. Whether the translation is shown in a basic dialog or in the full-featured Translate Panel is up to you.

To display selected text translations in the Translate Panel:

  1. Go to the main Vivaldi menu > Settings > Content Settings.
  2. Enable “Prefer Translate Panel”.
Content settings in Vivaldi on iOS. An arrow points at the "Prefer Translate Panel" setting.

Tip #706

May 13, 2025

Disable third-party sign-in prompts in Vivaldi on Android.

To make account registration and login faster, some websites offer to create accounts using a third-party service, such as Google, Apple, Facebook, etc. When you’re logged into one of the aforementioned sites, you’ll notice sign-in prompts popping up on websites that have implemented third-party sign-ins.

It may be easy to create an account that way, but it does allow the service providers to track and profile you, and the website may get access to personal data you might not have shared using their own sign-up form, to name just a couple of risks.

If you won’t be using this sign-in method and prefer not to see these prompts either, you can block them.

To disable third-party sign-in prompts in Vivaldi on Android:

  1. Go to Settings > Content Settings > Site Settings > Content > Third-party sign-in.
  2. Toggle the setting off.
Reddit's website open in Vivaldi on Android. Google's login prompt is displayed at the bottom of the page.