Daily images, autohide toolbars & smarter tab tiling — Vivaldi Browser snapshot 3899.3

In this snapshot, Vivaldi introduces automatic daily images for your Start Page, expands auto‑hide support to more toolbars, and refines tab tiling with new drag‑and‑drop options. We’ve also redesigned the Windows installer and resolved multiple crash scenarios for a smoother experience. Oh and there is a big Chromium bump. Enjoy the weekend!

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This snapshot packs in a host of exciting improvements and refinements.

Daily Image Backgrounds

With the new Daily Image option, Vivaldi can automatically refresh your Start Page background each day with a selected image. Your new tab page stays fresh without any extra effort. Just enable it in the Dashboard quick settings (top right), and enjoy a new look every day.

Autohide Toolbars

We recently introduced the ability to auto-hide tabs, giving you more room to enjoy your pages without distractions. In this snapshot, the feature has been expanded and polished. You can now auto-hide even more toolbars, tailoring the interface to your workflow. Head to “Settings → Appearance → Auto Hide Appearance” and choose which toolbars should stay out of sight (until you need them).

Tab Tiling with Drag & Drop

Tiling tabs side by side makes multitasking straightforward. Previously, you could drag a background tab over the current one to tile them together, or swap positions by dragging. Now, repositioning tiles is just as easy: hold “Alt” while dragging to move them exactly where you want.

Follower tabs

Follower Tabs take tiling to the next level. Imagine reading a Wikipedia article and spotting interesting links. You don’t want to lose your place, but you’d love to explore. Right‑click a link and select “Open Link In → Open Link as Follower Tab”. The new tab tiles alongside your main one, and any further links you click in the main tab will automatically open in the follower.

Smarter Pinned Tabs

Pinned tabs are great for keeping your essentials locked in place but until now, clicking a link to another domain would overwrite the pinned content. If that is not what you wanted enable “Settings → Tabs → Tab Features → Pinned Tabs → Restrict Pinned Tabs to Current Site”, and pinned tabs will only update if the link stays on the same domain. All external links will open in a new tab.

Refreshed Windows Installer

Windows users, you’ll notice a sleek new look when installing Vivaldi. The installer has been redesigned for a smoother, more modern experience.

Changelog

  • [New][Daily Image][Dashboard] Offer to automatically replace background (VB-39681)
  • [New][Windows][Installer] UI redesign (VB-103241)
  • [New][AutoHide] Implement more toolbars (VB-122750)
  • [Address field][Settings] Search engine nicknames can appear in query string (VB-122810)
  • [AutoHide][Windows][Linux] Handle window controls (VB-122215)
  • [Bookmarks] Nickname disappears when switching folder (VB-123161)
  • [Chromium] Update to 144.0.7559.28 (includes backported fix for CVE-2025-14174)
  • [Crash][Ad Blocker] During Request Handling (VB-122950)
  • [Crash] JavaScript execution callback handling (VB-122297)
  • [Crash][Mail] Errors when turning off/on mail (VB-122814)
  • [Crash] On attempted display of storage pressure bubble notification (VB-122860)
  • [Crash] On closing a backgrounded tab (VB-123085)
  • [Crash] Permission issue during navigation (VB-122160)
  • [Crash Reporting] Visual overhaul of Opt-in toolbar after crash (VB-122902)
  • [Crash] TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading ‘length’) (VB-118483)
  • [Crash] When closing my secondary profile (VB-118692)
  • [Dashboard] Bookmark widget not showing correct title (VB-123027)
  • [Keyboard][Settings] “Priorize Website Shortcuts” blocks Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V (VB-117929)
  • [Mail] Date column information in Trash is not consistent (VB-122859)
  • [Mail] Duplicating e-mails in folders (VB-123182)
  • [Mail] Mark as read button disabled on starting with a mail tab (VB-97544)
  • [Mail] Messages sent to self are not threaded (VB-123203)
  • [Quick Commands] Order of tabs shown is random (VB-121426)
  • [Settings] Added calendar view looks identical to Add calendar view (VB-121573)
  • [Settings] Restore Default Keys resets mouse gestures (VB-123084)
  • [Settings][Themes] Check boxes in theme editor do not work (VB-123268)
  • [Settings][Themes] Dropdown menu in the editor does not work (VB-122979)
  • [Settings][Themes] Theme editor UI not updated with changes (VB-123080)
  • [Speed Dial][Settings] Quick Settings panel does not close when clicking on the background (VB-120407)
  • [Tiling] Add modifier key to re-tile already tiled tabs (VB-122510)
  • [Tiling][Settings] Add setting to disable drag and and drop (VB-123261)
  • [Widgets][Performance] Privacy Statistics widget flashes (VB-122986)
  • [Windows Panel] Invisible text in panel during mouse drags (VB-123087)

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