Desktop Tips

Tip #371

October 19, 2023

Do you want to stay up to date with our latest news, fun and informative stories, and freshest Snapshots? Our blog is where you’ll find it all. To be notified of a new post, add Vivaldi Blog to the Feed Reader right in your browser.

To subscribe to Vivaldi Blog:.

1. Go to https://vivaldi.com/blog/.
   You can also subscribe to specific blog categories, e.g. Snapshots. In that case, navigate to the category page you want to subscribe to.
2. Click on the “Page Offers Feeds” button on the right side of the Address Field.
3. Hover over “Vivaldi Browser » Feed – RSS” or “Vivaldi » your chosen catgeory » Feed – RSS”.
4. Select either Subscribe or, if you want to see which posts are included in the feed, Preview.
5. If you chose to preview the feed first, click on Subscribe on top of the preview page.

Tip #369

October 17, 2023

When focusing on the Address Field are you more likely to type in something new or to edit the existing link? By default the current address is selected, so you can start typing a new address or a search term right away, but if you’d rather keep the address in the Address Field to edit it, you can disable automatic address selection.

To update your Address Field preferences:

1. Go to Settings > Address Bar > Address Field Options.
2. Disable “Select Address on Activation”.

When disabled, the mouse cursor will be placed where you click in the Address Field.

Tip #366

October 12, 2023

So you created an event in your Vivaldi Calendar, but still missed it because you didn’t check your Calendar at the right time? To prevent this from happening again, set reminders for your events. You can add one manually for each event or you can set default reminders for all events.

To set default reminders:

1. Go to Settings > Calendar > Calendar Editing.
2. Choose how much before you should be reminded of upcoming events.

You can set separate reminders for regular and all-day events.

Tip #365

October 11, 2023

Vivaldi comes with a selection of Search Engines, many of which generate revenue for us, which helps us keep doing what we’re doing. But you can also add your own Search Engines to Vivaldi, such as scientific journal databases, favorite shopping sites, dictionaries, news sites, and almost any other website that has a search field on it.

We shared a quick way of adding new Search Engines in Tip #74. That option doesn’t work on every website, though, so another option is to add one manually.

To add new Search Engines manually:

1. Do a search on the website you want to add.
2. In the search results page link, replace the search keyword with %s or %S.
   For example, https://help.vivaldi.com/?s=workspaces >>> https://help.vivaldi.com/?s=%s.
3. Copy the link.
4. Go to Settings > Search > Search Engines.
5. Click on ➕ Add Search Engine below the list of existing Search Engines.
6. Give the new Search Engine a name and a short nickname.
7. Paste the link in the URL field.

Now you can type the Search Engine Nickname followed by your search keyword(s) in the Address Field and get to results much faster.

Tip #364

October 10, 2023

Whether just for some variety or to give subtle hints about the time to yourself, you can make your Vivaldi browser on desktop switch the themes automatically according to your set schedule.

To schedule Themes:

1. Go to Settings > Themes > Theme Schedule.
2. Enable “Manual Schedule”.
3. Adjust the timeslot lengths by using the sliders between them.
4. Click on “Add” to create additional timeslots.
5. Select a theme for each.

Tip #362

October 6, 2023

There are over 10 different ways you can add new Bookmarks in Vivaldi (see them all in Tip #137). If you’re in the habit of editing bookmarks’ titles, descriptions, nicknames, and/or folders they’re in, you can open the bookmark dialog to do so. For example, if you added a bookmark from the button on the Address Bar, click it again to open the dialog, or use the bookmarking Keyboard Shortcut a second time.

In case you edit the bookmark right after adding it more often than not, you can make Vivaldi open the dialog as you’re adding the new bookmark. To do that:

1. Go to Settings > Bookmarks.
2. Enable “Always Open Bookmark Dialog”.

Tip #359

October 3, 2023

When you already have your fingers on the keyboard when typing a message in Vivaldi Mail, it’s easier to use a Keyboard Shortcut to send the email than to look for the “Send” button on a toolbar.

When you’re ready to send the email, just press Ctrl + Enter (Cmd + Enter on macOS). It’ll also close the composer, allowing you to move on to the next message or continue browsing.

Discover more Mail shortcuts in Settings > Keyboard > Mail or on Vivaldi Help.

Tip #354

September 25, 2023

Extensions on your browser toolbar appear in the order you add them, but you can rearrange them easily.

To reorder Extensions:

1. Hold down the Ctrl / ⌘* key on your keyboard.
2. Drag an extension’s toolbar button to change its location among your Extensions.

On macOS, release the ⌘ key before you release the mouse button.

Tip #353

September 22, 2023

Some have set up a meticulous folder system for all their files, others save everything in one place and maybe sort things out later. If you’re in the latter camp, you can enable a setting in Vivaldi that lets you skip the Downloads dialog that asks you where you want to save each file.

To skip the Downloads dialog:

1. Go to Settings > Downloads.
2. Enable “Save Files to Default Location Without Asking”.

Tip #352

September 21, 2023

Grouping tabs into Tab Stacks is a great way to keep your tabs neat and organized. But what to do with a tab that has ended up in the wrong stack? Use one of the following ways to remove a single tab from a Tab Stack:

• Right-click on the tab and select “Remove from Tab Stack” from the context menu.
• Drag the tab off the Tab Bar and move it back as a top-level tab.
• Drag the tab out of the stack in the Windows Panel.
• While you have the tab open, open Quick Commands and type in “Remove from Tab Stack”.
• If it’s a frequent occurrence, create a Keyboard Shortcut or a Mouse Gesture for the action.

Tip #350

September 19, 2023

In Tip #205 we showed you how to add some fun visuals to your upcoming Calendar tasks and events. Visual reminders are great, but sometimes audio cues are needed.

To pick a sound for Calendar notifications:

1. Go to Settings > Calendar > Calendar Notifications > Notification Sound.
2. Choose between Ding, Rooster, or Tada sounds. Pick None if you prefer silent notifications.

You can also adjust the notification volume.

Tip #348

September 15, 2023

Cookies can be useful. They can keep you logged into accounts, save your language preferences, and more, but they can also be used to track you. To curtail the latter, you can have Vivaldi delete all cookies stored in the browser on exit.

To update your Cookie preferences:

1. Go to Settings > Privacy and Security> Cookies.
2. Select “Session only”.