Desktop Tips

Tip #699

April 24, 2025

Select your preference for Download notifications.

When you download something with Vivaldi, you’ll get a system notification when the download has finished. If you don’t care to see those, you can disable the notifications and check the status of your downloads from the Downloads Panel (even the panel button itself gives you a hint about ongoing downloads).

To disable notifications:

  1. Go to Settings > Downloads.
  2. Disable “Notify on Completed Downloads”.
Corner of a Vivaldi browser window on Windows. Near the corner of the browser window there's a notification announcing a completed download. An arrow is pointing at the notification.

Tip #697

April 22, 2025

To save or discard event changes? That is the question.

When you have the event editor open and click somewhere outside of it, the editor will close. When you do that, do you want any changes you made to the event to be saved or discarded?

To make your choice:

  1. Go to Settings > Calendar > Calendar Display > Click Outside Event Should.
  2. Choose between “Discard Changes” and “Save Changes”.
Calendar Settings in Vivaldi. An arrow is pointing at the "Click Outside Event Should" setting.

Tip #695

April 17, 2025

Save web pages for later by downloading them.

Whether you want to access the web page offline, keep a snapshot of it for archival purposes, inspect the code, or do something else, Vivaldi is here to help you out.

To download a web page:

  1. Open the page in a tab.
  2. Go to the main Vivaldi menu > File > Save Page As.
  3. Select the location for the downloaded page and, if needed, edit the file name.
  4. Select whether you want to save:
    • only the HTML code of the page,
    • the full page in a single file,
    • the complete page with files (e.g. images) in a separate folder.
  5. Click “Save”.
Vivaldi's main menu open over a web page with an arrow pointing at the "Save page as" option.

Tip #693

April 15, 2025

Share images on web pages by creating a QR code for them.

Did you find a cool image on a website you want to share with someone? You can make use of Vivaldi’s QR code generator to share the image with others.

To create a QR code for an image:

  1. Right-click on the image you want to share.
  2. Select “Create QR Code for This Image”.
    If the image is also a link, you’ll find the option in the “Image” sub-menu.
  3. Scan the QR code with a mobile, copy the QR code image to a clipboard, or download it.
Vivaldi browser window with a generated QR code pop-up in the foreground.

Tip #691

April 11, 2025

Translate text pasted into the Translate Panel automatically.

Vivaldi Translate helps to broaden your horizons and make sense of content that hasn’t been written in languages that you speak. When you paste text into the Translate Panel, instead of getting the translation only after clicking the Translate button, you can enable a setting that shows you the translated version immediately.

To enable automatic translation:

  1. Go to Settings > Panel > Translate Panel.
  2. Enable “Translate when pasting text”.
Short snippet of text in English pasted into the Translate Panel, which has been translated into Japanese.

Tip #690

April 10, 2025

Close Find in Page search bar with the same shortcut you opened it with.

Usually, when you’re finished searching for something on a web page, to close it, you need to click the close button on the search bar or press the Esc key (which works when the search bar is focused). But there’s a setting in Vivaldi that allows you to open and close the Find in Page search bar with the same Keyboard Shortcut, Mouse Gesture, or Quick Command.

To enable the setting:

  1. Go to Settings > Webpages.
  2. Enable “Toggle Find in Page when using Shortcut”.
Wikipedia article open in the Vivaldi browser. Find in Page search bar is open on and an arrow is pointing at it.

Tip #688

April 8, 2025

Disable third-party sign-in prompts on websites.

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:

  1. Go to Settings > Privacy and Security > Website Permissions > Global Permissions.
  2. Locate “Third-Party Sign-In” on the list of permissions and select “Block”.
Booking.com website open in the Vivaldi browser. Google's sign-in prompt is shown in the top right corner of the page.

Tip #686

April 4, 2025

Choose which browser Keyboard Shortcuts can override web page shortcuts.

In addition to the browser being controlled with Keyboard Shortcuts, web pages can have their own set of shortcuts which can sometimes overlap with the browser’s shortcuts. In that case, shortcuts will trigger actions on the web page.

To give browser priority over shortcuts:

  1. Go to Settings > Keyboard > Browser Priority Shortcuts.
  2. Add shortcuts that should trigger actions in the browser, even when the web page uses the same shortcut.
Browser Priority Shortcuts section in Vivaldi Settings.

Tip #685

April 3, 2025

Drag the web page’s link from the Address Bar to add it as a new bookmark.

You need more than two hands to count all the ways you can add new Bookmarks in Vivaldi. One cool way of doing it is by drag-and-drop.

To add a new bookmark:

  1. Click on the padlock icon in front of the page link on the Address Bar and hold down the mouse button.
  2. Start dragging.
  3. Move the link to where you want to save it on the Bookmark Bar or in the Bookmark Panel (needs to be opened, before you start dragging).
  4. Release the mouse button to add the link as a bookmark.
Web page link being dragged from the Address Bar to the Bookmarks Panel.

Tip #683

April 1, 2025

Choose between a playfully dynamic or a fixed accent color for your browser theme.

Do you prefer your browser theme’s accent color to reflect the website you’re on or do you want it to stay the same no matter which site you’re on?

To make your decision:

  1. Go to Settings > Themes > Editor > Colors > Color Overrides.
  2. Keep the “Accent from Page” setting enabled, if you want the browser to change colors dynamically. Disable it, if you want your Tab Bar to always be in your chosen accent color.
Two Vivaldi browser windows overlapping each other. The one in the background has a fixed red accent color, the one in the foreground uses the websites' green accent color.

Tip #682

March 31, 2025

Discover all the ways you can add tasks to your to-do list in Vivaldi.

By adding your tasks to the Vivaldi Calendar, you’ll never forget an obligation. There are so many different and convenient ways you can start adding a new task in Vivaldi, that you’ll get back to browsing in no time at all.

To add a new task in Vivaldi, use one of the following methods:

  • Click on the “Add Task” button in the Tasks Panel.
  • Click on the “New Event” button in the main Calendar view or in the Calendar Panel and tick the box for “Is a Task”.
  • Click on a timeslot in the main Calendar view or in the Calendar Panel and tick the box for “Is a Task”.
  • In the Calendar’s Agenda View, click “Add Task” in the Tasks sidebar.
  • Type “Add Calendar Task” in Quick Commands.
  • Create a Keyboard Shortcut, Mouse Gesture, or a Menu item for the action and use it when needed.
  • Right-click on an email or feed’s post that you want to turn into a task in Vivaldi Mail and select Add to Calendar > Task from the context menu.
  • Select some text on a web page that you want to turn into a task and select Add to Calendar > Task from the context menu.

Tip #681

March 28, 2025

Close tabs more efficiently by always displaying the close button on all tabs.

Usually, when you want to close a tab, you first need to hover over the tab on the Tab Bar to make the close button visible. But in Vivaldi, there’s a way you can always display the X on the tab for quick closing.

To always display the close button on all tabs:

  1. Go to Settings > Tabs > Tab Display > Tab Options.
  2. Enable “Permanently” under “Display Close Button”.
Vivaldi browser window with the close button visible on all tabs. An arrow points at one of them.