Vivaldi Tips
A huge collection of Vivaldi browser tips, tricks and hacks.
Tip #13
May 6, 2022
Type “Show Webpage Access Key Shortcuts” in Quick Commands to see which shortcuts you can use on the open web page.
Access Keys are a way to use a website’s key functionalities through keyboard shortcuts. Each website defines these shortcuts themselves.
To view the available shortcuts, either:
- Open Quick Commands and start typing “Show Webpage Access Key Shortcuts”.
- Apply Inline Access Keys Page Action from the Status Bar.
- Set a Keyboard Shortcut or a Mouse Gesture for this action in Settings.
To use the shortcut, hold down Shift+Alt (Ctrl ⌥ on maOS) and the listed key to run the shortcut on the open web page.
Tip #12
May 5, 2022
Go to chrome://settings to access additional browser settings.
Vivaldi is based on Chromium. This means that we inherit the settings Chromium comes with. We have transferred all the important settings to Vivaldi Settings, where they can be accessed together with settings that are unique to Vivaldi.
To access the settings that are not available in Vivaldi Settings, type chrome://settings to the Address Field. Once the page loads, the URL will automatically change to vivaldi://settings. Typing vivaldi://settings directly to the Address Field will, however, take you to the main Vivaldi Settings.
Tip #11
May 4, 2022
On the left side of the Address Field, click on 🔍 to search for the entered word/phrase or to go to the entered URL.
Most of us probably just press Enter on our keyboards when we’re ready to do a search or open a website, but did you know there’s a button in the user interface you can click instead?
The 
Site Info button turns into a 
Go to Address button on the Start Page or when you’ve entered something in the Address Field. Just click on the magnifying glass, when you’re ready to see the search results or load the web page.
In case you’ve used a search engine nickname before your search term, you’ll see the chosen search engine’s logo instead. You can click that one too.
Tip #10
May 3, 2022
On Android, when adding a web page to the Reading List, also download the page for offline view.
If you know you won’t have internet connection for a longer period, for example, on a long flight and you want to spend the time reading the interesting articles you’ve saved in your Reading List, make sure to download the pages.
- Open the web page you want to save.
- Tap on the
Vivaldi menu button and select 
Download Page. - Open the Vivaldi menu again. This time select
Reading List. - Tap on Add Current Page in the top right corner of the Reading List menu.
You’ll already be able to view the page offline after downloading it, but you’ll need to find it from your downloads. For easy access it’s best to save the page in the Reading List as well.
Tip #9
May 2, 2022
Change the look of Vivaldi’s user interface with custom CSS modifications.
If you’re familiar with reading and writing code, you can edit the desktop browser’s user interface with your own custom CSS modifications.
To get started:
- In
vivaldi://experiments, enable “Allow for using CSS modifications”. - In Settings > Appearance > Custom UI Modifications, select the folder where you’ll store all your custom CSS files.
- Restart the browser.
Now you can start inspecting the user interface using Developer Tools, write up your own CSS for the elements you want to change and see the browser transform to fit your preferences even more.
Vivaldi Community shares and works on modifications together on the Forum’s Modifications category. Feel free to ask assistance and share your work there.
Important! Code shared on the forum has not been reviewed by the Vivaldi Team. Which means that issues, including security issues, may be present.
If you don’t want to risk corrupting your main browser profile, test your modifications in a different User Profile or use a Standalone version of Vivaldi.
Tip #8
April 29, 2022
Highlight text on a web page, right-click on the selection and select “Search…” to get results in an instant.
Instead of copying and pasting or, heaven forbid, manually typing a search term from a web page to the Address or Search Field,
- Highlight the text you want to search with.
- Right-click on the highlighted text.
- Select Search [your default search engine] for [highlighted text].
To search with a different search engine, hover over Search With and choose a search engine.
Tip #7
April 28, 2022
Click on the blue circle on your Forum profile to find all your content and followed posts.
When you go to your Vivaldi Forum profile on https://forum.vivaldi.net/me (or click on your profile image in the top right corner of the Forum and then on your username), you’ll find a 🔵 blue circle on the right side of the profile page.
Clicking on the button will open a menu with a lot of useful options. For example, you can see a list of all the discussions you’ve started (Topics) and comments you’ve made (Posts). Useful, when you’re looking for that one post you made ages ago.
In addition, you can manage the categories that you watch. Posts in the watched categories appear in the Unread and Recent sections of the Forum.
Tip #6
April 27, 2022
Long press on the Vivaldi app icon on Android to quickly open a new tab or a new private tab.
Did you know that you can open access menus on Android by long pressing on the app’s icon? Many of you probably did, but if you didn’t… You’re welcome! 😄
In Vivaldi’s access menu, in addition to general app controls, you can access a few useful Vivaldi specific options.
- Open a new tab, which opens Vivaldi’s Start Page with your favorite bookmarks on the Speed Dial.
- Open a new private tab, for a more private browsing. 🤫
- If there’s a QR code somewhere nearby and you want to see what’s behind it, you can also launch Vivaldi’s QR scanner straight from that menu.
It’s not just Vivaldi that has additional options available in the access menu. Check your other apps to see which useful features they have to offer and up your game not just while using Vivaldi, but also while using your mobile device in general.
Tip #5
April 26, 2022
Keep your Vivaldi account’s recovery email up to date.
Normally, forgetting a login password is no big deal. You can just reset it. But what if you no longer have access to the account’s recovery email and the all important email with a link to set a new password can’t reach you? Then restoring access to your account becomes a hassle that could’ve been easily avoided.
In addition, you might miss other important emails from us. Such as announcements about upcoming maintenance work when using our services might temporarily not be possible, or about updates to the Privacy Policy and the like.
To review your Vivaldi account information, including the recovery email:
- Go to Vivaldi.net.
- Log in to your account.
- In the top right corner of the page, click on your username/avatar and select Profile.
- On the profile update the recovery email, if needed.
You’ll find step-by-step instructions for updating the account’s recovery email and other account info on Vivaldi Help.
PS! While you’re at it, check the recovery email of your other online accounts, especially those you created a long time ago.
Tip #4
April 25, 2022
Hold down the Ctrl / ⌘ key to change the location of buttons in the browser’s user interface.
Don’t like the default order of Panels? Or you’d prefer to have some buttons currently residing on the Status Bar on the Address Bar instead. No problem, Vivaldi has got you covered. 😎
To move toolbar buttons:
- Press and hold down the Ctrl / ⌘ key on your keyboard.
- Click and drag the button you want to move.
- A line showing the new location will appear when the button can be dropped.
- Release the mouse button and keyboard key. On macOS, release the ⌘ key before releasing the mouse button.
Tip #3
April 22, 2022
On Vivaldi Themes, click on “Download theme” to preview the theme before installing it.
When browsing themes.vivaldi.net for new Themes for your desktop Vivaldi browser, you can get a live preview of the theme by clicking “Download theme”.
Then you have 1 minute to see how the theme looks. Make sure to check the Start Page to see how the awesome background image looks behind your Speed Dials. Other places where the user interface colours are clearly visible are Panels, Settings, Mail, etc.
When you’re satisfied with the theme, click “Install” in the pop-up to add the theme to your Theme Library. If it’s not really what you were looking for, click “Cancel” or let the preview time run out.
Tip #2
April 21, 2022
Press F1 for Help.
Vivaldi Help on https://help.vivaldi.com/ is an ever growing catalogue of articles that introduce Vivaldi features and services to you in more detail, instructs you to make the most of them and in the unfortunate event when something doesn’t work as expected, helps you troubleshoot issues.
There are a few ways to open Vivaldi Help.
- Press the F1 key on your keyboard (on Windows and Linux).
- Open the Vivaldi menu > Help > Vivaldi Help.
- Type “help.vivaldi.com” in the Address Field.
- Open Vivaldi Help’s Web Panel.
Check out Tip #297 to see how to best get to Vivaldi Help on Android and Tip #567 for iOS.