Vivaldi Tips

Tip #666

March 7, 2025

In Vivaldi there’s no need to jump back and forth between tabs – Tab Tiling allows you to view several tabs at the same time in a split-screen view. Depending on your tab order and the layout of the web pages, the grid view might not work out of the box, so it’s necessary to adjust the view by resizing the tiles (see Tip #47) and by reordering the tabs in the tiled view.

To reorder tiled tabs:

1. Click on a tab you want to move and hold down the mouse button.
2. Drag the tab to a different location on the Tab Bar.
3. Repeat with the other tiled tabs until all tiled tabs are where you want them.

Tip #665

March 6, 2025

In addition to public posts, you can send direct messages on Vivaldi Social, which will be visible only to those who you mention/tag in the message. If you want to allude to someone, but don’t want them to see the message, exclude the @ symbol from in front of their user handle.

All private conversations can be viewed and managed on the “Private mentions” page.

To send a private message:

1. Compose your message.
2. In the message, mention everyone who should see it.
3. From the message options menu, for visibility select “Specific people”.
4. Click “Post” to send the message.

Please note that private messages on Mastodon are not end-to-end encrypted, so be cautious of the information you share.

Tip #664

March 5, 2025

We all have our preferred workflows and it’s great when the tools you use are able to adapt to that workflow. That’s why in Vivaldi on Android and iOS you can choose what gets shown to you when you open the Start Page. Is it the selection of your most visited sites (bookmarked or not), the first group with your most important Speed Dials, or the one you viewed most recently?

To select your preferred Start Page opening view:

1. Go to Settings > Start Page > Reopen Start Page with.
2. Choose between:
   • First Group,
   • Top Sites,
   • Last Visited Group.

Tip #663

March 4, 2025

In Vivaldi, you can customize aspects you might have not even known could be customized, for example, on the Tab Bar.

To hide the Synced and Closed Tabs buttons:

1. Go to Settings > Tabs > Tab Display > Tab Bar.
2. Disable “Display Trash Can” and/or “Display Synced Tabs Button”.

Please note that to open tabs sent from other synced devices using the “Send to Device” feature you need to have the Synced Tabs button enabled.

To hide the Workspaces menu:

1. Go to Settings > Tabs > Workspaces.
2. Disable “Show Workspaces in the Tab Bar”.

When the Tab Bar buttons have been hidden, you can access your Workspaces, and Synced and Closed Tabs from the Windows Panel.

To move the menu and window control buttons (minimize, maximize, close):

1. Go to Settings > Appearance > Menu > Menu Position.
2. Select “Horizontal”.

This will move the menu and window control buttons to their own toolbar.

Tip #662

March 3, 2025

If you’re a fan of using Vivaldi with your keyboard, you’re probably familiar with Ctrl/⌘ + L and Ctrl/⌘ + C shortcuts for copying the link of the web page you have open in the active tab. By using Command Chains, you can merge them into a single shortcut.

To create a chain for copying page links:

1. Go to Settings > Quick Commands  > Command Chains.
2. Add a new chain with the following commands.
   • Focus Address Field
   • Delay (1000)
   • Copy
3. Go to Settings > Keyboard > Chains.
4. Find your new chain and give it a new keyboard shortcut.

In addition, you can create a Mouse Gesture for the command, trigger it via Quick Commands, and add a button to the browser’s toolbars.

Tip #661

February 28, 2025

When it’s your first time using a Private Window in Vivaldi, it’s good to be educated about what it actually entails. In Vivaldi, browsing in a Private Window means that searches, sites visited, cookies, and temporary files won’t be stored by Vivaldi. It does not encrypt or otherwise modify your connection.

That’s why you’ll see an introduction whenever you open a new Private Window. If you regularly browse in Private Windows, this information is already known to you. That’s why you can hide it and display your preferred New Tab Page, such as Speed Dials or the Dashboard instead.

To hide the introduction:

Option 1

1. Open a new Private Window.
2. Tick the box “Do Not Show Introduction Again”.

Option 2

1. Go to Settings > Privacy and Security > Private Windows.
2. Disable “Show Introduction”.

Tip #660

February 27, 2025

In case you don’t want to delete your full browsing history on Android, but still want to do a little cleanup in the Tab Switcher, after closing irrelevant tabs, you can also remove them from the Closed Tabs list.

To clean up your Closed Tabs:

1. Open the Tab Switcher.
2. Go to the Closed Tabs page.
3. Long-press on an entry.
4. Select “Remove all”.

Tip #659

February 26, 2025

By default, when you click on a contact in the Contacts Panel, it will open Vivaldi Mail with all mail correspondence between the two of you. If you’d rather start composing a new email message to them, there’s a quick setting change you need to do.

To change your preference:

1. Go to Settings > Panel > Contacts Panel > Default Contact Action.
2. Enable “Compose New Message” instead of “View All Mail Messages”.

In Contacts Panel settings you can also choose whether your preferred action should take place after a single or double-click. You can access the other option from the right-click context menu.

Tip #658

February 25, 2025

A good starting point for a new note is selecting a snippet of text on a web page and turning it into a note by right-clicking on the highlighted text and selecting “Copy to Note”. To edit and organize the new note further, you can make the Notes Panel open automatically to get to the note faster.

To make the Notes Panel open automatically:

1. Go to Settings > Panel > Notes Panel.
2. Enable “Open Panel Automatically”.

Tip #657

February 21, 2025

Mastodon has made it easy to see which hashtags are currently most used on Vivaldi Social. The top three are conveniently located at the corner of the page (exact location depends on your chosen theme). The full list, as well as trending posts and news, can be found on the Explore page. If you wish to keep your main Vivaldi Social view clean of trends, you do have the option to hide the section.

To hide currently trending topics from view:

1. Go to Preferences > Appearance > Discovery.
2. Disable “Show today’s trends”.
3. Click “Save Changes”.

Tip #656

February 20, 2025

If you have ever struggled to locate a specific tab, this feature will be a game changer. In the Tab Switcher, you can search through all your open tabs, and should the tab you’re looking for no longer be open you can continue to search for the page on the web.

To search for an open tab:

1. Open the Tab Switcher.
2. Tap on the Search button in the top right corner on Android and the top left on iOS.
3. Start typing the tab’s title or URL.
4. Tap on the result to open the tab.

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.