Vivaldi Tips

Tip #660

febrero 27, 2025

In case you don’t want to delete your full browsing history on Android, but still want to do a little cleanup in the Tab Switcher, after closing irrelevant tabs, you can also remove them from the Closed Tabs list.

To clean up your Closed Tabs:

1. Open the Tab Switcher.
2. Go to the Closed Tabs page.
3. Long-press on an entry.
4. Select «Remove all».

Tip #659

febrero 26, 2025

By default, when you click on a contact in the Contacts Panel, it will open Vivaldi Mail with all mail correspondence between the two of you. If you’d rather start composing a new email message to them, there’s a quick setting change you need to do.

To change your preference:

1. Go to Settings > Panel > Contacts Panel > Default Contact Action.
2. Enable «Compose New Message» instead of «View All Mail Messages».

In Contacts Panel settings you can also choose whether your preferred action should take place after a single or double-click. You can access the other option from the right-click context menu.

Tip #658

febrero 25, 2025

A good starting point for a new note is selecting a snippet of text on a web page and turning it into a note by right-clicking on the highlighted text and selecting «Copy to Note». To edit and organize the new note further, you can make the Notes Panel open automatically to get to the note faster.

To make the Notes Panel open automatically:

1. Go to Settings > Panel > Notes Panel.
2. Enable «Open Panel Automatically».

Tip #657

febrero 21, 2025

Mastodon has made it easy to see which hashtags are currently most used on Vivaldi Social. The top three are conveniently located at the corner of the page (exact location depends on your chosen theme). The full list, as well as trending posts and news, can be found on the Explore page. If you wish to keep your main Vivaldi Social view clean of trends, you do have the option to hide the section.

To hide currently trending topics from view:

1. Go to Preferences > Appearance > Discovery.
2. Disable «Show today’s trends».
3. Click «Save Changes».

Tip #656

febrero 20, 2025

If you have ever struggled to locate a specific tab, this feature will be a game changer. In the Tab Switcher, you can search through all your open tabs, and should the tab you’re looking for no longer be open you can continue to search for the page on the web.

To search for an open tab:

1. Open the Tab Switcher.
2. Tap on the Search button in the top right corner on Android and the top left on iOS.
3. Start typing the tab’s title or URL.
4. Tap on the result to open the tab.

Tip #655

febrero 19, 2025

All Vivaldi Community members can host their own WordPress-backed blog on vivaldi.net. As a reader, you can follow your favorite blogs and stay up to date with new posts in a few different ways. Pick the one you like best!

To view recent posts from blogs you follow, either:

• Scroll to the bottom of the Community homepage on vivaldi.net to see the 3 latest posts.
• Go to blogs.vivaldi.net and select «Following» from the menu on the right.
• On the blog’s Dashboard > Reader, select «Following» from the menu on the right.

In addition, you can subscribe to each blog using Vivaldi Feeds.

Tip #654

febrero 18, 2025

Everyone knows that right-clicking on elements in the browser and on web pages opens a menu with a myriad of useful options. But there’s a lesser-known option in Vivaldi that works well on Vivaldi’s toolbar buttons and in Vivaldi Mail.

To open toolbar button context menus, simply click on the button with the left mouse button and hold it down until the menu opens. Then select the option you need.

Tip #653

febrero 17, 2025

Keep the page content in your Tab Stacks fresh by reloading them. To do it as efficiently as possible, discover the shortcuts available in Vivaldi that allow you to reload the whole stack in one go.

• Tab Bar / Windows Panel – Right-click on the Tab Stack and select «Reload Tab Stack».
• Quick Commands – while focusing on one of the grouped tabs, open Quick Commands, type «Reload Tab Stack» to find the command, and press «Enter».
• Keyboard Shortcut – Go to Settings > Keyboard > Tabs to assign a shortcut for the command and use the keyboard shortcut when focusing on one of the grouped tabs.
• Mouse Gesture – Go to Settings > Mouse > Gesture mapping to create a gesture for the command and use the mouse gesture when focusing on one of the grouped tabs.
• Command Chains + Custom Icons – Create a chain with just one command in Settings > Quick Commands > Command Chains and add its button to your preferred toolbar from the Vivaldi menu > View > Customize Toolbar.

Tip #652

febrero 14, 2025

Keep your workflow uninterrupted with this swift way to share the active tab’s link with others from your iPhone and iPad.

To share a page:

1. Long-press on the Address Bar to open the context menu.
2. Select «Share page».
3. Select the suggested contact or app you want to share the page link with.

Check out Tip #605 for an alternative way of sharing pages.

Tip #651

febrero 13, 2025

While tiling is possible on your Android phone, the small screen makes it difficult to see the content of both tiled web pages. But tablets’ screens fit a lot more, so tiling web pages there makes a lot more sense.

To tile web pages on Android, they need to be open in separate windows. To tile your current Vivaldi window with a new window, open the main Vivaldi menu and select «New Window». The two Vivaldi windows will be tiled automatically.

To tile Vivaldi with another window you already have open or with a different app:

1. Open the tablet’s app switcher menu.
2. Tap on Vivaldi’s logo and select «Open in split screen view».
3. Browse through your apps and tap on the one you want to tile Vivaldi with.

Tip #650

febrero 12, 2025

Duplicating a tab will make an exact copy of the tab, including its history. It’s a great way to keep the current tab as is and use the clone to keep browsing or to go back in history. But where to open the duplicated tab?

To make your choice for the duplicated tab’s location in the tab hierarchy:

1. Go to Settings > Tabs > Duplicated Tab Position.
2. Choose between:
   • Next to Original Tab, or
   • As Last Tab.

Tip #649

febrero 11, 2025

Just like you can group your Bookmarks and Notes into folders, you can also divide the events and tasks in your Vivaldi Calendar into separate calendars. An immaculately organized calendar is a joy to work with.

To add a new calendar:

1. Go to Settings > Calendar > Calendars.
2. Click on + «Add Calendar» at the bottom of the list of calendars.
3. If relevant, select which account you want to add the new calendar to.
4. Give the calendar a name and a color.
5. Choose whether to allow just events, tasks, or both.
6. Click «Create Calendar».