Desktop Tips

Tip #444

March 11, 2024

When you type a link or a search term in the Address Field, you’ll see suggestions from Bookmarks, (Typed) History, Synced Tabs, and more in the Address Field drop-down menu and as the auto-completed suggestion. If some (Typed) History suggestions are no longer relevant, you can remove them.

To delete suggestions from History:

1. Type something that would bring up the (Typed) History suggestion you want to remove.
2. Find the entry in the Address Field drop-down menu.
3. Click on the X that appears on the right side when you hover over the suggestion.

Tip #442

March 7, 2024

To make use of brand new and improved features, fixed bugs, and important security updates, make sure to keep your Vivaldi up to date. The easiest way to achieve this is by enabling automatic downloading and installing of updates. That way, the update is downloaded in the background and all you need to do is restart the browser when it’s most convenient for you for the update to be applied.

To enable automatic updates:

1. Go to Settings > General > Updates.
2. Click on “Show Update Settings”.
3. Enable “Automatically Download and Install Updates”.

Tip #441

March 6, 2024

You can export your Reading List as a CSV file from Vivaldi to back up, transfer, or share the articles and pages you’ve saved. The file includes the page link, title, read status, and last interaction time of each saved page.

To export your Reading List:

1. Go to the Vivaldi menu > File > Export > Export Reading List.
2. Choose the destination folder.
3. Click “Save”.

Tip #437

February 29, 2024

Dark themes have been in for a while, but websites are still catching up with the trend. If you don’t want to wait, you can use Vivaldi’s settings to display even those sites in darker colors.

To enable dark mode:

1. Go to Settings > Appearance > Website Appearance.
2. Select “Dark”.
3. Tick the box for “Force dark theme on all websites”.

Tip #436

February 28, 2024

You’ll mainly see the background image on your Start Page, but by tweaking some settings you can make it visible on the Tab Bar and behind Panels as well.

To adjust your theme’s transparency settings:

1. Go to Settings > Themes > Editor.
2. Select the them you want to edit.
3. Go to the Settings section.
4. Adjust the Panel transparency level, and toggle on Tab Bar and background tab transparency as you wish.
   In addition, you can apply a blur effect to the background image.

Tip #435

February 26, 2024

Right-clicking on elements on the browser user interface and web pages is a common way to open the context menu with numerous options. On Vivaldi’s Address Bar, the Panels sidebar, and the Mail toolbar, you can open the menus in another way as well. With the left mouse button, just click on a button and hold the mouse button down until the menu opens. Easy-peasy!

Tip #433

February 22, 2024

Fraudsters are an unfortunate part of the internet, constantly coming up with more and more ways to scam people. To help you spot malicious actors and prevent scams and phishing attacks, Vivaldi highlights the core part of the URL while the rest of the URL will be visible and lowlighted.

For example, if someone is trying to make you think that you’re on Google’s web page, they may use a link similar to this – www.google.fakesite.com. With base domain highlighting in addresses, the real domain will be highlighted and displayed as www.google.fakesite.com. This way you can recognize which company controls the domain and not fall for the scam.

You do have the option to disable base domain highlighting in Settings > Address Bar > Security Features, but we strongly advise you against doing so.

Tip #432

February 21, 2024

When, on second thought, you’re not finished with an email and want to take another look at a later time, you can mark it as unread again. One of the easiest ways to do it, especially if you used a Keyboard Shortcut to mark the message read in the first place, is by pressing Shift + K on your keyboard.

But of course, there are other ways you can do it as well. Here are all the ways you can mark a message unread in Vivaldi Mail:

• Click on the  Mark Unread button in the message toolbar above the message.
• Right-click on the message in the message list and select Mark Unread.
• Use the Keyboard Shortcut Shift+K. To mark the whole message thread unread, press Shift + M.
• Type “Mark Messages as Unread” in Quick Commands.
• Create a Mouse Gesture for the action.

Tip #431

February 20, 2024

Whenever you translate selected text from a web page or something you’ve entered in the Translate Panel, the original text and the translation are saved in the Translate Panel.

To view Translate History:

1. Open the Translate Panel.
2. At the bottom of the panel, click on “Show Translate History”.
3. Double-click on the entry you’d like to view.

Tip #428

February 15, 2024

Some organizational tasks must be undertaken to stay on top of your emails. Labels in Vivaldi Mail are a great way to group messages based on criteria of your choice, making it easy to locate the messages later.

You can add a label to a message in one of the following ways:

• Open the message, click on “Labels” on the menu above the message, and select an existing label or add a new one.
• Right-click on a message in the mail list, hover over “Labels in the context menu, and select an existing label or add a new one.
• Drag the message from the mail list to the relevant label in the Mail Panel.

Tip #425

February 12, 2024

It’s Clean Out Your Computer Day! To clear all browsing data in Vivaldi, check Tip #337. In this tip, though, we’ll share a neat trick to empty the recently closed tabs menu:

1. Open the Closed Tabs menu on the far side of the Tab Bar.
2. Press “C” on your keyboard for an immediate cleanup.
   Aletrnatively, scroll to the end of the list and click on “Clear All” there.

To clear the list via the Windows Panel:

1. Right-click on the Closed Tabs folder.
2. Select “Clear All” from the context menu.

Tip #423

February 8, 2024

Making plans together with someone? Instead of creating separate events with the risk of getting out of sync when the specifics of the event change, one person should create a shared event.

To create a shared event in the Vivaldi Calendar:

1. First, ensure you have added at least one of your email accounts to Vivaldi Mail in Settings > Mail.
2. Then, go to Settings > Calendar > Calendar Integration > Calendar Mail Account, and select your preferred mail account to be used for sending invites.
3. In the Calendar, create a new event and fill out the details.
4. In the Participants section of the event editor, type the email addresses of people you want to invite to the event. Press “Enter” to add them.
5. Click “Done” when you’re ready with the event setup.
6. Review the event invite and, if you wish, add a message.
7. Click “Send”.

When you edit shared events, you can send a new email invite to the participants or skip notifying them.