Desktop Tips

Tip #625

January 8, 2025

The size of some Widgets can be resized to fit your Dashboard‘s layout better and/or to display as much or little content as you want to see.

To resize Widgets:

1. Open the widget’s menu from the top right corner.
2. Hover over “Widget Size”.
3. Choose between the Regular or Tall size.

Resizing is available for the following Widgets: Bookmarks, Calendar Agenda, Feeds, Latest Emails, Tasks and the Webpage widget.

Tip #624

January 7, 2025

Some Extension dialogs can be quite complex. To make using them easier, you can convert the pop-out dialogs into Web Panels.

To add an extension to Web Panels:

1. Install an extension from Chrome Web Store.
2. Click on it on the Address Bar to open its pop-out dialog.
3. Right-click on the dialog.
4. Select “Add Page to Web Panel” form the context menu.
5. If needed, adjust the width of the panel.

It’s not guaranteed to work with all extensions, but most should behave just fine.

Tip #623

January 6, 2025

New year, new… home? That’s right! Vivaldi Tips with all its posts is moving from tips.vivaldi.net to vivaldi.com/blog/tips/. The move allows us to translate tips into more languages, starting with Japanese.

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Tip #619

December 17, 2024

At Vivaldi, we believe that a browser should adapt to you, not the other way around. And that’s probably why we have 11 ways to close a tab. 😅 Take a look at the list below and try out the ones you didn’t even know about. Maybe there’s a new favorite among them.

To close a tab:

• On the Tab Bar, click on the X button on the tab.
• On the Tab Bar, right-click on the tab and select “Close Tab”.
• On the Tab Bar, click on a tab with the middle mouse button
• On the Tab Bar, double-click on tabs (first, enable “Double-Click to Close Tab” in Settings > Tabs > Tab Handling).
• In the Windows Panel, click on the X button next to the tab’s title.
• In the Windows Panel, right-click on the tab title and select “Close”.
• In the Windows Panel, select the tab you want to close and press “Delete” on your keyboard.
• Use the Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl + W / ⌘ W to close the active tab.
• In Quick Commands, type “Close Tab” to close the active tab.
• Use a Mouse Gesture to close the active tab – while holding down the right mouse button, drag the mouse downwards and then to the left creating an L shape. Release the mouse button to close the tab.
• In the main menu > File, select “Close Tab”.

Tip #618

December 16, 2024

Whether you switch between light and dark modes on your computer manually or you’ve set up a schedule to switch between them automatically, you can select different Vivaldi Themes for both operating system’s light and dark modes.

To assign themes for light and dark modes:

1. Go to Settings > Themes > Theme Schedule.
2. Select “Operating System”.
3. Choose a theme for both Light and Dark.

Tip #617

December 13, 2024

Have you ever tried to take a screenshot, but the target area doesn’t fit on your screen? In Vivaldi, you can screenshot whole web pages, including the areas that are out of view.

To capture a full page:

1. Click on the Capture Page button on the Status Bar.
2. Select “Full Page” as the area you want to capture.
3. Select the preferred output option.
4. Click “Capture”.

Tip #613

December 9, 2024

With amazing tab management features, the Vivaldi browser is a tab hoarder’s paradise. In this tip, we list all the ways you can search for open tabs and switch to them.

• Start typing the tab’s name or URL in the Address Field and click on “Switch to this Tab” in the Open Tabs section in the Address Field drop-down menu.
• Open Quick Commands and start typing the tab’s name or URL. In the Tabs section, click on the tab you want to view.
• Open the Windows Panel and start typing the tab’s name or URL in the search field at the top of the panel. (Double)-click on the tab you want to switch to.

Tip #612

December 6, 2024

When you create a new workspace, you can select an icon for it from one of Vivaldi’s presets or from a small selection of emojis. But your options aren’t limited to the 20 emojis you see in the menu, you can use any common emoji to decorate your Workspaces.

To add a custom emoji:

1. Open the Workspaces menu and add a new workspace or find an existing one you want to update.
2. Click on the current icon in front of the workspace’s name.
3. Go to the Emoji view.
4. Click on the “Paste any emoji here” field.
5. Enter your preferred emoji:
   • Option 1 – Copy and paste an emoji (for example, from https://emojipedia.org)
   • Option 2 – Open your operating system’s emoji picker (right-click in the field > Emojis & Symbols) and select one from there.

Tip #611

December 5, 2024

There’s no better feeling than marking a task complete and seeing it disappear from view. To revel in that nice feeling some more, you can bring all completed tasks back into view and admire all you’ve accomplished. Or, in the unfortunate event, mark a task as incomplete again.

To view completed tasks:

1. Open the Tasks Panel.
2. At the bottom of the panel, click on “Show Completed Tasks”.

Tip #610

December 4, 2024

Adding new Web Panels is pretty straightforward in Vivaldi, but when it’s a Web Panel you’ve already had on your browser’s sidebar, it’s even easier to restore it.

To reopen a Web Panel:

1. Right-click on one of the Panel buttons.
2. Select “Closed Web Panels”.
3. Click on the closed Web Panel you want to add back to the sidebar.

Tip #606

November 28, 2024

You don’t need to go through your browsing history in chronological order to find a visited web page, though, admittedly it’s easier to find the page when you start seeing other pages you visited around the same time.

To sort history in the History Panel:

1. Open the History Panel.
2. Above the list of entries, click on “Sort by Date”.
3. Select between:
   • Sort by Title
   • Sort by Address
   • Sort by Page Views.
4. Optionally, switch sorting from ascending to descending or vice versa.

To sort history in the History Manager:

1. Open the History Manager.
2. Click on the column header you want to sort by.
3. Click again to reverse the order.

Tip #604

November 26, 2024

A signature is a personalized section that is automatically added to the end of messages you send from Vivaldi Mail. When you’ve created a signature in Mail settings it’ll be added all new emails you start writing. Optionally, you can add the signature also to reply emails and emails you’re forwarding.

To review signature settings:

1. Go to Settings > Mail > Mail Accounts.
2. Select an account.
3. Add a signature, if you don’t have one already.
4. Below the signature input field, decide whether, in addition to new emails you write, you also want to include the signature in replied and forwarded messages.