Desktop Tips

Tip #201

January 26, 2023

While reading something on a web page you might come across something you’d like to know more about, but don’t want to drop what you’re doing on the current page to do a search. Vivaldi browser lets you search with highlighted text on a web page, and, by toggling on one little setting, the results will open in a new background tab instead of taking you away from the current tab.

To enable the setting:

1. Go to Settings > Search > Search Options.
2. Enable Search Page Selection in Background.

Tip #198

January 23, 2023

Tab Tiling can really take your productivity to the next level by allowing you to easily view multiple web pages at once. Since websites are different, the same tiling layout doesn’t work for all of them. So, whenever you tile tabs, select the layout that works best.

First, to tile tabs:

1. Select the tabs you want to tile using the Shift or Ctrl / ⌘ key.
2. Right-click on one of the selected tabs and select Tile # Tabs.

To change the layout of tiled tabs:

1. Click on Page Tiling on the Status Bar.
2. Select your preferred tiling option.

Tip #197

January 20, 2023

Vivaldi Browser’s Tracker and Ad Blocker helps to prevent online tracking and to hide annoying ads. While global blocking level can be changed in Settings > Privacy and Security, you can also create exceptions.

To change the blocking level for a specific website:

1. Open the website in a tab.
2. Click on Content Blocker icon on the right side of the Address Field.
3. Select the blocking level:
   • Don’t block anything.
   • Block Trackers.
   • Block both Trackers and Ads.

Tip #196

January 19, 2023

When you’ve typed something in the Address Field, but then decide that you also want to keep the current page open, hold down the Alt key while pressing Enter and the link or search results will open in a new tab.

Tip #195

January 18, 2023

Browsers save some website data to make them load faster when you visit the page again. If you notice that a page you’ve visited before doesn’t load properly, you can try loading the page again without the stored cache, also known as a hard refresh or reload.

To load a page without cache, use one of the following Keyboard Shortcuts:

• Windows and Linux – Ctrl+Shift+R or Ctrl+F5
• macOS – ⇧⌘R or ⌘F5

Alternatively, type “Force Page Reload” in Quick Commands.

Tip #192

January 13, 2023

We’ve listed a few tips below to help you be vigilant and not fall for email scams.

• Look at the sender address. Be suspicious of email addresses containing misspellings, ones that are just made up of gibberish or do not look related to the sender they claim to be.
  Also, be cautious when there’s a different Reply-To address, especially if it matches the descriptions above.

• Pay attention to message content. If what the message promises is too good to be true, it’s probably not true (e.g. claiming you inherited or won a large amount of money).
  Also, when an email, seemingly from a reputable company, is written with poor grammar or your acquaintance writes in a style unusual for them, look for other clues.
  Be suspicious of emails that create urgency and ask you to act fast.
• Don’t trust emails that ask for your personal information (ID number, bank account details, etc.). If you think that a reputable institution is asking you to update your personal information, don’t follow the links in the email, but go to their website directly to check your account.
• You might be asked to visit a link. Don’t blindly open them. Hover over the links and check the browser’s status bar to see where it wants to take you.

• If you don’t fully trust the sender, don’t open files attached to the email.
• Use other means of communication to verify that the person or company really sent the message. For example, if a colleague asks you to do something (share a password, purchase something, etc.) via email, call them or ask them in person, whether they really made the request.

Tip #191

January 12, 2023

“A picture is worth a thousand words”, as the saying goes. So, instead of making long notes with just text, add an image to make the message clear.

To add an attachment in Notes:

1. Open the note either in the Notes Manager or Notes Panel.
2. In the Notes Manager, click on Attachments > Add Attachment on the notes editor menu. In the Notes Panel, click on the Attachments icon.
3. Locate the image file in your File Explorer/Finder and click Open to add it.

Tip #190

January 11, 2023

Search Engines can show you suggestions as you type the search query in the Address or Search Field. It can make searching faster. The way it works, however, is that everything you type is sent to the search engine. Since it can be quite revealing, in Vivaldi, the setting to show suggestions is not enabled by default. But since we are all about giving users options, you can choose to enable it if you prefer convenience over privacy.

To enable search suggestions:

1. Go to Settings > Search > Allow Search Suggestions.
2. Depending where you want to get suggestions, enable the setting for the Address Field and/or the Search Field.
   In the Address Field, to limit what you type from being sent to the search engine, you can enable suggestions to be shown only when you first enter the Search Engine Nickname.

Read more about Search Suggestions and their privacy implications on our blog.

Tip #189

January 10, 2023

Not all messages you receive are equally important. For example, you might be subscribed to updates or newsletters that are good to have, but don’t need immediate attention. Having less unread messages is less intimidating and important messages will be more noticeable.

To create a filter in Vivaldi Mail to mark messages as read:

1. Go to Settings > Mail > Mail Filters.
2. Click  Add Mail Filter at the bottom of filters list.
3. Give the filter a name.
4. Define the criteria for filtering. For example, all emails with a certain subject or all emails sent from a specific email address.
5. Click Add to Search.
6. If you wish, add additional criteria.
7. Click Add Action.
8. Select Mark as read.
9. Click Add Mail Filter.

Tip #188

January 9, 2023

If you like to use web services in their own app, give Progressive Web Apps (PWA) in Vivaldi Browser a try. They can be opened from shortcuts and used in their own window separate from the main browser.

To install a website as a PWA:

1. In a tab, open the website you want to install.
2. While the site is open in the active tab, right-click on the tab on the Tab Bar.
3. Select Install [website name] from the context menu.
4. Click Install in the small pop up asking you to confirm your action.

In case you don’t see the option to install the website in the context menu, the website doesn’t support running as a PWA. In that case, while the site is open in the active tab:

1. Choose Create a shortcut from the context menu instead.
2. Tick the box for Open as Window.
3. Click Create.

Tip #186

January 5, 2023

Messages can be organized using Filters, Flags and Labels, but the classic option is folders. You can add new folders in the email account’s web interface or in a client where the account has been set up.

To add a new IMAP folder in Vivaldi Mail:

1. Open the Mail Panel.
2. In All Accounts section, right-click on the account you want to add the folder for.
3. Select Create Folder from the context menu.
4. Give the new folder a name.
5. Click Create Folder.

Tip #184

January 3, 2023

In Tip #53 we told you how to switch tabs with right-click and scroll. In this post we’re sharing another tab switching option using your mouse’s scroll wheel.

To use the feature:

1. Go to Settings > Tabs > Tab Features > Tab Cycling.
2. Enable Switch Tabs by Scrolling.

To switch tabs:

1. Hover your mouse cursor over the Tab Bar.
2. Use the mouse’s scroll wheel to go through the list of open tabs.