Desktop Tips

Tip #612

December 6, 2024

When you create a new workspace, you can select an icon for it from one of Vivaldi’s presets or from a small selection of emojis. But your options aren’t limited to the 20 emojis you see in the menu, you can use any common emoji to decorate your Workspaces.

To add a custom emoji:

1. Open the Workspaces menu and add a new workspace or find an existing one you want to update.
2. Click on the current icon in front of the workspace’s name.
3. Go to the Emoji view.
4. Click on the “Paste any emoji here” field.
5. Enter your preferred emoji:
   • Option 1 – Copy and paste an emoji (for example, from https://emojipedia.org)
   • Option 2 – Open your operating system’s emoji picker (right-click in the field > Emojis & Symbols) and select one from there.

Tip #611

December 5, 2024

There’s no better feeling than marking a task complete and seeing it disappear from view. To revel in that nice feeling some more, you can bring all completed tasks back into view and admire all you’ve accomplished. Or, in the unfortunate event, mark a task as incomplete again.

To view completed tasks:

1. Open the Tasks Panel.
2. At the bottom of the panel, click on “Show Completed Tasks”.

Tip #610

December 4, 2024

Adding new Web Panels is pretty straightforward in Vivaldi, but when it’s a Web Panel you’ve already had on your browser’s sidebar, it’s even easier to restore it.

To reopen a Web Panel:

1. Right-click on one of the Panel buttons.
2. Select “Closed Web Panels”.
3. Click on the closed Web Panel you want to add back to the sidebar.

Tip #606

November 28, 2024

You don’t need to go through your browsing history in chronological order to find a visited web page, though, admittedly it’s easier to find the page when you start seeing other pages you visited around the same time.

To sort history in the History Panel:

1. Open the History Panel.
2. Above the list of entries, click on “Sort by Date”.
3. Select between:
   • Sort by Title
   • Sort by Address
   • Sort by Page Views.
4. Optionally, switch sorting from ascending to descending or vice versa.

To sort history in the History Manager:

1. Open the History Manager.
2. Click on the column header you want to sort by.
3. Click again to reverse the order.

Tip #604

November 26, 2024

A signature is a personalized section that is automatically added to the end of messages you send from Vivaldi Mail. When you’ve created a signature in Mail settings it’ll be added all new emails you start writing. Optionally, you can add the signature also to reply emails and emails you’re forwarding.

To review signature settings:

1. Go to Settings > Mail > Mail Accounts.
2. Select an account.
3. Add a signature, if you don’t have one already.
4. Below the signature input field, decide whether, in addition to new emails you write, you also want to include the signature in replied and forwarded messages.

Tip #602

November 22, 2024

Top Sites offer a quick access to the sites you visit most often. Based on your browsing history, this feature ensures you spend less time searching for the websites you frequently use.

To enable Top Sites:

1. Go to the Dashboard.
2. Click on “Add Widget” at the bottom of the page.
3. Click on “Top Sites”.

Tip #600

November 20, 2024

Keyboard Shortcuts are excellent for opening and closing Web Panels for a quick glance. But before you toggle Web Panels with Keyboard Shortcuts, you need to assign each panel its unique shortcut.

To add Keyboard Shortcuts:

1. Go to Settings > Keyboard Shortcuts > View.
2. Find the command “Web Panel 1”.
3. Click in the box next to it.
4. Press the keys you want to use for the shortcut on your keyboard.
5. Repeat with other Web Panels.

Then whenever you want to open one of the web panels just use the shortcut for both opening and closing the panel. If you already have one open, the shortcut will switch focus to the one you need.

Tip #599

November 19, 2024

Start Page with the Speed Dials and Dashboard is a starting point in every new Vivaldi tab for most people. To make it useful, choose what you want to see.

To make your decision:

1. Go to Settings > Start Page > Reopen Speed Dial with.
2. Choose between “Last Selected Group” and “First Group”.

If you’re opting for “First Group”, check out this recent tip on reordering your Speed Dial Groups.

Tip #597

November 15, 2024

When a cancelled event is back on, instead of creating a new event in your Vivaldi Calendar you can simply restore the one you deleted.

To restore an event:

1. Open the main Calendar view.
2. Click on  “Trashed Events” in the top right corner of the calendar.
3. Click on the event you want to restore.

To restore the most recently deleted event, right-click on any of the timeslots in the Calendar and select “Restore Event From Trash”.

Tip #595

November 13, 2024

Have you added many bookmark folders as Speed Dials on the Start Page, but the order is all wrong, and/or you’d prefer to have the Dashboard as the first page rather than the last? Don’t fret! There’s a super easy way to get them in the correct order.

To reorder your Speed Dial Groups and the Dashboard:

1. Click on the group you want to move and start dragging it right or left.
2. Using the vertical line as a guideline, drop the group at its new location on the Start Page Navigation bar.

Tip #594

November 12, 2024

Command Chains can be triggered with Quick Commands, Keyboard Shortcuts, Mouse Gestures, toolbar buttons, and from menus. Command Chain toolbar buttons all look the same, though. If you have multiple chains on the browser’s toolbars, you should give them custom icons to make them easier to recognize.

To give a Command Chain button a custom icon:

1. Go to Settings > Themes > Editor > Icons.
2. Select the icon you want to update.
3. Drag the file to the preview box.
   Alternatively, click on the box and locate the file.

To add a Command Chain to a toolbar:

1. Go to the Vivaldi menu > View > Customize Toolbar.
   Alternatively, right-click on one of the buttons already on the toolbar and select “Customize Toolbar”.
2. From the drop-down menu, select “Command Chains”.
3. Drag the chain’s button to the toolbar of your choice.

Tip #593

November 11, 2024

There are different widgets you can add to the Dashboard in your Vivaldi browser – Feeds, Tasks, Bookmarks, etc. The Webpage Widget offers you the most flexibility, allowing you to add any webpage to the Dashboard (preferably one that looks good in a small web view).

To add a Webpage Widget:

1. Go to the Dashboard.
2. Click on “Add Widget” at the bottom of the Dashboard.
3. Select “Webpage”.
4. Enter the link of the website you want to view from the widget.
5. Click “Done”.

In the image below, you can see two webpage widgets on the bottom row. The widget on the left is a web page with a game and the one on the right shows the widget setup process.