Vivaldi Tips

Tip #150

noviembre 15, 2022

You might be thinking, what’s a fediverse? Fediverse is an open network of communities committed to a better way of communicating online and allowing for constant improvements. Vivaldi Social is a fediverse instance powered by Mastodon. It’s similar to other well known social networks, but there’s no singular owner, no surveillance capitalism and no tracking or profiling of users. You can read more about it on the Vivaldi Blog.

To join Vivaldi social:

1. Go to https://vivaldi.social/.
2. Log in with your Vivaldi account.
3. Start browsing, posting and interacting with everyone.

Your username on Vivaldi Social will be generated from your Vivaldi account’s username like this – @YourUsername@vivaldi.net. To learn more about how to use Vivaldi Social, check out the new articles on Vivaldi Help.

Tip #149

noviembre 14, 2022

Backup encryption key is an alternative method to the encryption password for decrypting your Sync data. Like with the encryption password, your backup encryption key is never sent to us or any other third party, which ensures that we cannot decrypt your data. For it to be useful, you need to save the key in a safe location, while you can access your Sync settings with the encryption password.

Save the backup encryption key

1. Log in to your Vivaldi account in Settings > Sync.
2. Enter the encryption password.
3. Below your account info, look for Save Backup Encryption Key. On Android, look for Backup Encryption Key near the bottom of the Settings page.
4. Click on it and save the key file to your device.

The key is valid until you reset the remote Sync data. We recommend storing the key file in a location that can survive something irreparable to your device, such as an external memory drive or a trusted cloud service.

Use the backup encryption key

1. Log in to your Vivaldi account in Settings > Sync.
2. When asked for the encryption password, click Load Encryption Key.
3. Click Load and find the key file.
4. Click Open.
5. Start syncing.

Tip #148

noviembre 11, 2022

Need to work more with an email than just read through it? Double-click on the message to open it in a new tab. That allows you to keep the message open while checking other emails and use browser features, such as pinning, grouping, tiling (shown on the screenshot below), and more on the tab.

Tip #147

noviembre 10, 2022

Tab Stacks in Vivaldi are an excellent way to group related tabs together. And like on desktop, you have a couple of display options for Tab Stacks also on Vivaldi for Android.

For example, you can choose whether you want to make use of the Two-Level Tab Bar, where you have a Tab Bar just like on desktop and tabs in a stack will be displayed on the second level. See the phone on the right side on the screenshot below. In addition, you can choose whether the Tab Bar (together with the Address Bar) is located at the top or bottom of the screen. Toggle the setting in Settings > Appearance > Address Bar at Bottom, to see which you prefer.

Alternatively, if you want to keep the valuable screen real estate for web content, you can disable the Tab Bar from Settings > Tabs > Show Tab Bar. Then, while you have a stacked tab open, you’ll see all tabs in the same Tab Stack on a menu at the bottom of the screen. See the phone on the left side on the screenshot below.

Tip #146

noviembre 9, 2022

Vivaldi Forum has many active members, who write interesting and useful posts. To keep track of the topics they create:

1. Go to the user’s forum profile.
2. On the bottom right of the user’s profile image, click on Follow.

You can see all users you follow on https://forum.vivaldi.net/me/following and you can check who follow you on https://forum.vivaldi.net/me/followers.

Tip #145

noviembre 8, 2022

There are more ways to close tabs in Vivaldi than can be counted on one hand. In this tip post we’ll introduce you to two lesser known options.

Option 1 is to double-click on the tab with the left mouse button. It works best when you want to close the active tab, but can be used to close background tabs as well. To use this option, first go to Settings > Tabs > Tab Handling and enable Close Tab on Double Click.

Option 2 is to click on the tab with the middle mouse button (commonly mouse’s scroll wheel). It works in the Window Panel as well.

To see other ways to close tabs in Vivaldi, visit the Help page about Opening and closing Tabs.

In case you got carried away with closing tabs, check Tip #95 to see how to reopen recently closed tabs.

Tip #144

noviembre 7, 2022

If you have a Chromecast device connected to your TV, you can display audio-visual content, browser tabs or even your computer’s whole screen from Vivaldi on the TV screen.

To start casting:

1. Make sure your Chromecast is set up and ready to use.
2. Right-click on the web page or go to  Vivaldi menu > File.
3. Select Cast.
4. Choose whether you want to cast a file, a tab or mirror your desktop.
5. Click on the device you want to cast to.

Some websites detect a Chromecast connection and display the casting option on the website. Look for the  Cast button, for example, on a video player’s menu.

Tip #143

noviembre 4, 2022

Unless you’ve disabled it from Settings, Vivaldi offers to save your login passwords in the browser. Your password is also saved when you use Vivaldi’s Sync, Mail and Calendar features.

To view saved login credentials on desktop:

1. Go to Settings > Privacy > Passwords.
2. Click on Show Saved Passwords.
3. In the table of saved login credentials, click on Show Password in the passwords column.
4. Verify yourself through your operating system’s authentication window.
5. Check the password.
6. When done, click on Hide Password.

To view saved login credentials on Android.

1. Go to the Vivaldi menu > Settings > General > Passwords.
2. In the list of saved login credentials, tap on the saved login.
3. Click on Show Password on the right side of the saved password.
4. Verify yourself through your mobile device’s authentication window.
5. Check the password.
6. When done, click on Hide Password.

You also need to verify yourself when copying the password without viewing it first.

Tip #142

noviembre 3, 2022

If you have set up multiple mail accounts in Vivaldi Mail, you can switch who you’re sending emails as in the message composer.

1. Start writing a new email, either by composing a new message or by replying to/forwarding a received message.
2. In the email composer, in the sender section (From:), click on the displayed email.
3. Select the email address you want to send the message as from the drop down menu.

Tip #141

noviembre 2, 2022

To save a web page as a PDF file on desktop:

1. Open the web page you want to save.
2. Go to the Vivaldi menu > File > Print or use the Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl + P / ⌘ P.
3. In the new pop up window, for Destination select «Save as PDF».
4. If you wish, adjust other settings.
5. Click Save.
6. Give the file a name and pick the destination folder.
7. Click Save.

To save a web page as a PDF file on Android:

1. Open the web page you want to save.
2. Go to the Vivaldi menu > Share.
3. On the bottom row of options, swipe left and tap on Print.
4. For Destination select «Save as PDF».
5. If you wish, adjust other settings.
6. Tap on the yellow Save PDF button near the top right corner?
7. Give the file a name and pick the destination folder.
8. Tap on Save.

Tip #140

noviembre 1, 2022

If you’ve noticed yourself using Mouse Gestures without intending to, for example, reloaded a web page with a slight drag downwards instead of just right-clicking on it, increase the stroke length to prevent it from happening. To do that:

1. Go to Settings > Mouse > Gesture Sensitivity.
2. Update the minimum stroke length.

Tip #139

octubre 31, 2022

Many of Vivaldi’s key features, such as Bookmarks, Notes, Mail and your Web Panels, can be accessed from the browser’s sidebar. If you’re not using all these features, consider hiding the Panels you don’t need.

To toggle the visibility of a Panel:

1. Right-click on any of the Panels.
2. Hover over the Panels option in the context menu.
3. Click on the panel you want to hide or show, if you’ve hidden it in the past.

Panels and Web Panels that are hidden don’t have a check mark in front of their name.