Desktop Tips

Tip #346

September 13, 2023

Combining actions often used one after another into a single Command Chain can help you streamline your browsing. One of the many Command Chains you can create is searching for text you have copied to the clipboard in a new tab. That way you can skip opening a new tab, focusing on the address field, pasting your search term in it, and executing the search. It’s all done with the use of a single shortcut or click of a button.

To create the Command Chain:

1. Go to Settings > Quick Commands > Command Chains.
2. Click on “Add Command Chain” below the list of existing chains.
3. Give the new chain a name
4. Add the following commands:
   1. New Tab,
   2. Delay (with the parameter value, for example, 100),
   3. Focus Address Field,
   4. Paste and Go.
5. Go to Settings > Keyboard and/or Settings > Mouse, look for the new chain in the list of commands, and create a shortcut for it.
   In addition, you can open the Toolbar Editor and add the new chain as a button on one of the browser toolbars.

Tip #345

September 12, 2023

Do you prefer to have your important toolbars on the lower side of the browser window? Vivaldi’s flexible customization options allow you to move the toolbars, including the Bookmark Bar, to many different locations.

To move the Bookmark Bar to the bottom:

1. Go to Settings > Bookmarks > Bookmark Bar > Bookmark Bar Position.
2. Select “Bottom”.

You can also move the Address and Tab Bars to the bottom of the window from Settings > Address Bar and Settings > Tabs, respectively.

Tip #344

September 11, 2023

In case you weren’t ready to import your browser data from your previous browser during your first use of Vivaldi, you can do it anytime by following the instructions below.

To import data to Vivaldi:

1. Open the Vivaldi menu > File > Import from Applications or Files.
2. Select the browser (and its profile) you want to import data from.
3. Select the data (bookmarks, passwords, history, etc.) you want to import.
4. Click “Start Import”.

Tip #343

September 8, 2023

Do you like your UI elements rounded or do you prefer sharper corners? Vivaldi has you covered, so you can make things just the way you want them.

To change the corner rounding of the browser UI:

1. Go to Settings > Themes > Editor > Settings > Corner Rounding.
2. Move the slider left and right until you find the perfect roundness.

Tip #340

September 5, 2023

When you open a new tab in Vivaldi, you have various options for what’s displayed in the new tab before you navigate to a web page. You can choose between the Start Page, Home Page, Blank Page, or a web page of your choice. But there’s one more option – a New Tab Page Extension.

To set an extension for the new tab:

1. Install an extension of your choice from Chrome Web Store.
2. Go to Settings > Tabs > New Tab Page.
3. Make sure Start Page is chosen and then enable “Controlled by Extension”.

Tip #339

September 4, 2023

Do you use the Address Field search more for finding an entry in your History than for Bookmarks? Or do you want Frequently Visited Pages to be listed before Search Suggestions? In the Vivaldi browser, you can tailor the drop-down menu according to your needs.

To reorder the drop-down:

1. Go to Settings > Address Bar > Drop-Down Menu Priority.
2. Select a category you want to move.
3. Using the arrows in the bottom right corner, move the category up or down.

Alternatively, drag and drop the categories to reorder them.

Tip #337

August 31, 2023

It can be convenient to find a page you recently visited or a file you downloaded, but it’s also good to get rid of unnecessary data every now and then. In Vivaldi you can choose what to delete and for what time period.

First, select one of the following ways to open the data deletion tool:

• Open the Vivaldi menu > Tools > Delete Browsing Data.
• Click the Clear Browsing Data button in the top-right of the History page.
• Click the Clear Browsing Data button in the top-right corner of the History Panel.
• Type “Delete Browsing Data” in Quick Commands.
• Use the Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl Shift Del / ⇧ ⌘ ⌫;
• Create a Mouse Gesture for the action.

Then select the timeframe for which you want to delete the data and the data types. Finish by clicking Delete.

Tip #335

August 29, 2023

When you open an email in Vivaldi Mail it’s downloaded to your computer. You can also enable a setting that downloads all your mail even when you haven’t opened the emails yet (see Tip #59). All downloaded emails are stored as .eml files in your browser profile.

To locate the folder with your mail:

1. Go to Settings > Mail > Mail Accounts.
2. Right-click on an account.
3. Select “Reveal Data Folder”.

It’ll open the folder in the browser with your emails neatly organized by date, but you can copy the folder path (e.g. C:\Users\…) and open your mail folder in a File Manager/Finder instead.

Tip #334

August 28, 2023

Whenever you’re browsing through content that’s been divided into pages (search results, online store catalog, etc.) you’ll likely do a lot of scrolling and looking for the “next page” button. In Vivaldi, you can do all of it with a single keyboard key.

By pressing Space, the page will be scrolled down a screen height at a time. Once you reach the end of the page, pressing Space will load the next page.

Check out the video below to see it in action.

Tip #333

August 25, 2023

Posts feed, direct messages, notifications, trending content – most social media sites offer them all and more. Some have their own (paid) dashboards for simultaneous viewing of these pages, like X’s (formerly Twitter) X Pro (formerly TweetDeck), or Mastodon’s advanced web interface. But you can also create a custom dashboard with Vivaldi’s tab tiling feature of any site you frequent.

To create a social media dashboard:

1. Open each page in a separate tab.
2. Select all tabs.
3. Right-click on one of them and select “Tile # Tabs”.
4. If you wish, change the layout of the tiled tabs.

Bonus tips!

• Set up periodic reloading of tabs to automatically load the newest content.
• Save the tabs as a session to easily open the dashboard whenever you need it.

Tip #332

August 24, 2023

Moving the Tab Bar to the side of the window (see Tip #204 for instructions) is a good way to gain some vertical space for the websites you have open. But your options don’t stop there. On the side of the window, you also have the option to set the width of the Tab Bar.

To resize the Tab Bar:

1. Hover the mouse cursor over the edge of the Tab Bar.
2. Click and drag the mouse left or right.
3. When you’re happy with the size, release the mouse button.

You can make the Tab Bar wider if you wish to read more of the tab titles or make it only wide enough to fit the website’s favicon.

Tip #330

August 22, 2023

On help.vivaldi.com we have a large selection of articles teaching you about the countless features of the Vivaldi browser and services. With the help of our amazing volunteer translators, in addition to English, we’re able to offer Help pages in a few different languages.

When viewing an article, look below the title and table of contents to see in which languages the article is available in. Click on the language to switch to the translated version.

Where we have translated more than half of the articles, you can also select the language from the menu in the top right corner of the page and view the whole site in it.

In case we haven’t translated Vivaldi Help into a language you’d like to read the articles in, you can use the browser’s built-in translation tool or a translation Extension of your choice.