Tip #727

Combine Compact and Two-Level Tab Stacks.

Do you like the ease of use of Two-Level Tab Stacks, but prefer the display style of the Compact stacks on the main Tab Bar? In Vivaldi, you can have the best of both worlds. If your clicks are precise you can even go straight to a specific tab in the stack without focusing on the grouped tabs first. Just click on the little lines above the stack.

To enable the Compact style:

  1. Go to Settings > Tabs > Tab Features > Tab Stacking.
  2. Select Two-Level Tab Stacks.
  3. Enable “Use Compact Display Style”.
Vivaldi Browser window with Compact Tab Stack style enabled with the Two-Level Tab Bar. An arrow points at one of the stacks.

Tip #726

Click on the event title on the reminder to open the Calendar.

With Vivaldi Calendar‘s reminder notifications, you’ll never miss an important event or task. When you receive the notification, simply click on the event title and you’ll be taken to the Calendar, where you can view and edit the event’s details, and in case of a task mark it as done.

Calendar's reminder notification in the Vivaldi browser. An arrow points at the event title in the notification.

Tip #725

Create backups of Workspaces by saving them as Sessions.

Working on a crucial project requires taking all the precautions. One way you can do it in Vivaldi is by saving the tabs you have open in the project’s Workspace as a Saved Session. This allows you to open that exact set of tabs any time in the future, even when you’ve closed the tabs or, knock on wood, lost them for some reason.

To save Workspace tabs as a new session:

  1. Select all the tabs in the Workspace either on the Tab Bar or in the Windows Panel.
  2. Right-click on one of the selected tabs.
  3. Select “Save as Session”.
  4. Give the session a name.
  5. Click “Save”.
Vivaldi browser with all tabs selected in the open Workspace. Right-click context menu is open and an arrow points at the option "Save Selected 15 Tabs as Session".

Tip #724

Turn a Sticky Note on the Dashboard into a proper note.

The Sticky Notes widget on the browser’s Dashboard allows you to quickly jot down thoughts. In case you want to expand that thought and save it for later, it’s best to save it as a new note, accessible from the Notes Panel and Notes Manager, and synced with your other devices.

To turn a sticky note into a note:

  1. Click on the 3-dot menu at the top right corner of the Sticky Note widget.
  2. Select “Save to a Note”.
Vivaldi browser's Dashboard. Sticky Note widget's menu is open and "Save to Note" option highlighted.

Tip #723

Give your bookmarks useful descriptions.

Bookmark descriptions are a great way to know what the web page is about without opening the bookmark. Also, including relevant keywords in the description can help you locate the bookmark faster when searching for it, for example, in the Bookmarks Panel or Address Field.

When you add a new bookmark, Vivaldi will fetch the description from the website’s metadata. You can edit the description, but if you prefer to add your own descriptions or have none, you can disable it.

To disable metadata fetching:

  1. Go to Settings > Bookmarks.
  2. Disable “Fetch Bookmark Data from Page Metadata”.
Address Bar's "Bookmark Page" dialog open in Vivaldi. An arrow points at the bookmark's auto-filled description field.

Tip #721

Return home after wandering off to other web pages in the Web Panel.

Web Panels are indispensable for looking things up quickly without diverging too much from your main activities in the browser. But you may still stray quite far from the page you originally added as a We Panel.

Luckily, it takes only one click to return to the main page of the Web Panel. Simply click on the Home button on the panel’s navigation bar.

Wikipedia article open in Vivaldi browser's  Web Panel. An arrow points at the panel's home button.

Tip #719

Disable notifications for hidden calendars.

Vivaldi Calendar is great for managing all your events and tasks in various local and online calendars. While it’s good to be able to access all your calendars in one place, not all of them are always relevant. Luckily, these calendars can be hidden from view (see Tip #525). By default, you’ll still receive notifications with event reminders from these calendars, but you can mute those as well.

To disable notifications for hidden calendars:

  1. Go to Settings > Calendar > Calendar Notifications.
  2. Enable “Disable for Hidden Calendars”.

Tip #718

Browse one-handed with Single Key Shortcuts.

With Vivaldi, there’s no need to perform complicated one-handed gymnastics tricks on the keyboard to reach multiple keys simultaneously, while the other hand holds a cup of coffee or a stress ball. Instead, you can enable Single Key Shortcuts and browse with ease.

To enable Single Key Shortcuts:

  1. Go to Settings > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts.
  2. Enable “Single Key Shortcuts”.

You can browse preset Single Key Shortcuts and add or edit them to match your preferences in Settings > Keyboard.

To use Single Key Shortcuts, first make sure that none of the input fields (Address Field, text box on a web page, etc.) are focused. Then simply press the command’s shortcut key on your keyboard.

Keyboard Settings in Vivaldi. An arrow points at the Single Key Shortcuts option.

Tip #717

Minimize Quick Reply to give more space for long emails.

Quick Reply in Vivaldi Mail is a great way to swiftly send a reply email. The Quick Reply field does take up a bit of space, though, potentially hiding parts of longer emails. Luckily you can resize or hide it altogether.

To resize the Quick Reply field:

  1. Place the mouse cursor on the top edge of the section.
  2. When you see a double-ended arrow, click and drag the mouse up or down to resize it.

To hide/show the Quick Reply field:

  1. Place the mouse cursor on the top edge of the section.
  2. Do a double-click to hide the section or a single click to display it again.
Vivaldi Mail's Quick Reply field. An arrow points at the line that can be used to resize and minimize the section.

Tip #714

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

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 #710

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.