Desktop Tips

Tip #705

May 12, 2025

Keep your website visits and searches separate by disabling searches in the Address Field.

In Vivaldi, you can compartmentalize what you search for online from the web pages you visit by only allowing going to web links in the Address Field. When searching is disabled in the Address Field, you can search the web by adding a dedicated Search Field to the Address Bar or by using Quick Commands.

To disable searching in the Address Field:

  1. Go to Settings > Search > Search Options.
  2. Disable “Search in Address Field”.

To add the Search Field to the Address Bar:

  1. Go to the main menu > View > Customize Toolbar.
  2. Drag the Search Field next to the Address Field on the Address Bar.
Vivaldi browser window with both the Address and Search Fields on the Address Bar.

Tip #704

May 9, 2025

Switch to a tab in a different window or Workspace from the browser’s main menu.

There are several ways you can find an open tab in Vivaldi and go to it. You can look for it in the Windows Panel, or search for it by name/URL in Quick Commands or Address Field. But there’s one more option – by going through the browser’s main menu.

To switch to an open tab using the Vivaldi menu:

  1. Go to the main menu > Window > Other Windows and Tabs / Other Workspaces and Tabs.
  2. Go through the submenus until you find the tab you’re looking for.
  3. Click on it, to switch to the tab.
Vivaldi browser window. The main menu is open showing a path to a pinned tab open in another window.

Tip #701

May 6, 2025

Automatically tile a new tab opened from a link on a web page with the current tab.

Whenever you need to view or compare the contents of two web pages, using the Tab Tiling feature in Vivaldi makes it very easy. But there are little tricks in Vivaldi that help to make tiling tabs even easier.

To tile a new tab with the current tab:

  1. Go to Settings > Quick Commands > Command Chains.
  2. Click on “Add Command Chain”.
  3. Give the new chain a name and add the following commands:
    • “Open Link in New Tab” with {link_url} as the Command Parameter.
    • “Tile Vertically/Horizontally”.
  4. Go to Settings > Appearance > Menu > Menu Customization.
  5. Select Web Page > Link menu as the one you’re going to edit.
  6. From the Commands list > Command Chains, drag the new chain you created to the Content column.

Then whenever you want to tile the new tab with the current tab, right-click on the link on the web page and select the option with your command chain’s name.

Vivaldi browser window with a website open. Link's context menu is open in the foreground and an arrow points at the command chain option in the menu that will open the link and tile it with the current tab.

Tip #700

April 25, 2025

Open notes from Quick Commands’ search results in the Notes Manager.

Quick Commands are a great way to open your notes. Just enter the note’s title or even just a word in the note to find the right one. By default, the note will open in the Notes Panel, but if you prefer to view and edit your notes in the Notes Manager, you can do that too.

To open notes in the Notes Manager:

  1. Go to Settings > Quick Commands > Quick Command Options.
  2. Enable “Open Notes in Notes Manager”.
Vivaldi browser window with Quick Commands open. Search results display Notes that match the query.

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.