Vivaldi Tips

Tip #442

marzo 7, 2024

To make use of brand new and improved features, fixed bugs, and important security updates, make sure to keep your Vivaldi up to date. The easiest way to achieve this is by enabling automatic downloading and installing of updates. That way, the update is downloaded in the background and all you need to do is restart the browser when it’s most convenient for you for the update to be applied.

To enable automatic updates:

1. Go to Settings > General > Updates.
2. Click on «Show Update Settings».
3. Enable «Automatically Download and Install Updates».

Tip #441

marzo 6, 2024

You can export your Reading List as a CSV file from Vivaldi to back up, transfer, or share the articles and pages you’ve saved. The file includes the page link, title, read status, and last interaction time of each saved page.

To export your Reading List:

1. Go to the Vivaldi menu > File > Export > Export Reading List.
2. Choose the destination folder.
3. Click «Save».

Tip #440

marzo 5, 2024

Some time ago we increased the character limit for posts on Vivaldi Social from the standard 500 to 1337 characters. Reviewing your longer writing can be tricky in a small editor box, though. That’s why on Vivaldi Social, you can increase the height of the editor, to make more of the text visible.

To change the height of the editor:

1. Place the mouse cursor at the bottom right corner of the text field (just above the character limit).
2. Click and drag the mouse up or down.

Tip #439

marzo 4, 2024

When you open a new tab, do you usually start typing a website link or a search term in the Address Field, or do you open one of your favorite Speed Dial bookmarks? Vivaldi on Android allows you to choose your preferred option and, depending on your choice, either opens the keyboard, so you can start typing immediately, or keeps it closed so you can view the Speed Dials.

To review your choice:

1. Go to Settings > Tabs > Focus Address Bar on New Tab.
2. Toggle the setting off, if you prefer to see the Speed Dials or leave it enabled, for the keyboard to pop up.

Tip #438

marzo 1, 2024

Feedback from our users plays a big part in prioritizing which features we’re going to work on next. For this, we have a special Feature Request categories on the Vivaldi Forum, where everyone can post and upvote the features they’d like to see in Vivaldi. To make browsing the requests easier, you can use the forum’s search feature (see Tip #246) or check out the tags to filter out interesting topics.

To view feature requests by tags:

1. Open the relevant feature requests category:
   • Desktop
   • Mail, Calendar & Feeds
   • Mobile
   • Automotive
   • Community & Services
2. In the «Filter feature requests» section, click on the topic you’re interested in.

When you find a feature request you like, don’t forget to upvote 👍 the first post.

Tip #437

febrero 29, 2024

Dark themes have been in for a while, but websites are still catching up with the trend. If you don’t want to wait, you can use Vivaldi’s settings to display even those sites in darker colors.

To enable dark mode:

1. Go to Settings > Appearance > Website Appearance.
2. Select «Dark».
3. Tick the box for «Force dark theme on all websites».

Tip #436

febrero 28, 2024

You’ll mainly see the background image on your Start Page, but by tweaking some settings you can make it visible on the Tab Bar and behind Panels as well.

To adjust your theme’s transparency settings:

1. Go to Settings > Themes > Editor.
2. Select the them you want to edit.
3. Go to the Settings section.
4. Adjust the Panel transparency level, and toggle on Tab Bar and background tab transparency as you wish.
   In addition, you can apply a blur effect to the background image.

Tip #435

febrero 26, 2024

Right-clicking on elements on the browser user interface and web pages is a common way to open the context menu with numerous options. On Vivaldi’s Address Bar, the Panels sidebar, and the Mail toolbar, you can open the menus in another way as well. With the left mouse button, just click on a button and hold the mouse button down until the menu opens. Easy-peasy!

Tip #434

febrero 23, 2024

As an active poster on Vivaldi Social, you might find it hard to locate your old posts as scrolling through all the posts you’ve made and boosted will take a long time. If you remember a word or a phrase you used in the post, you can use Vivaldi Social’s search feature to find that specific post.

To search your own posts:

1. In the search field type «from:me».
2. Follow it with a space and the word or phrase you want to search for.
3. Press «Enter» to see the results.

You can explore the full list of search operators in Tip #368.

Tip #433

febrero 22, 2024

Fraudsters are an unfortunate part of the internet, constantly coming up with more and more ways to scam people. To help you spot malicious actors and prevent scams and phishing attacks, Vivaldi highlights the core part of the URL while the rest of the URL will be visible and lowlighted.

For example, if someone is trying to make you think that you’re on Google’s web page, they may use a link similar to this – www.google.fakesite.com. With base domain highlighting in addresses, the real domain will be highlighted and displayed as www.google.fakesite.com. This way you can recognize which company controls the domain and not fall for the scam.

You do have the option to disable base domain highlighting in Settings > Address Bar > Security Features, but we strongly advise you against doing so.

Tip #432

febrero 21, 2024

When, on second thought, you’re not finished with an email and want to take another look at a later time, you can mark it as unread again. One of the easiest ways to do it, especially if you used a Keyboard Shortcut to mark the message read in the first place, is by pressing Shift + K on your keyboard.

But of course, there are other ways you can do it as well. Here are all the ways you can mark a message unread in Vivaldi Mail:

• Click on the  Mark Unread button in the message toolbar above the message.
• Right-click on the message in the message list and select Mark Unread.
• Use the Keyboard Shortcut Shift+K. To mark the whole message thread unread, press Shift + M.
• Type «Mark Messages as Unread» in Quick Commands.
• Create a Mouse Gesture for the action.

Tip #431

febrero 20, 2024

Whenever you translate selected text from a web page or something you’ve entered in the Translate Panel, the original text and the translation are saved in the Translate Panel.

To view Translate History:

1. Open the Translate Panel.
2. At the bottom of the panel, click on «Show Translate History».
3. Double-click on the entry you’d like to view.