Vivaldi Tips

Tip #339

septembre 4, 2023

Do you use the Address Field search more for finding an entry in your History than for Bookmarks? Or do you want Frequently Visited Pages to be listed before Search Suggestions? In the Vivaldi browser, you can tailor the drop-down menu according to your needs.

To reorder the drop-down:

1. Go to Settings > Address Bar > Drop-Down Menu Priority.
2. Select a category you want to move.
3. Using the arrows in the bottom right corner, move the category up or down.

Alternatively, drag and drop the categories to reorder them.

Tip #338

septembre 1, 2023

Is an account you follow on Vivaldi Social boosting a little too many posts by other authors while you’re only interested in the posts they make? If that’s the case, you can easily hide their boosts.

To hide boosts from someone:

1. Go to the account’s profile.
2. Click on the Menu button next to the Unfollow and Notification buttons.
3. Select « Hide boosts from … ».

Going forward you’ll only see their own posts in your Home feed. By visiting their profile, you can still take a look at what they’ve been boosting.

Tip #337

août 31, 2023

It can be convenient to find a page you recently visited or a file you downloaded, but it’s also good to get rid of unnecessary data every now and then. In Vivaldi you can choose what to delete and for what time period.

First, select one of the following ways to open the data deletion tool:

• Open the Vivaldi menu > Tools > Delete Browsing Data.
• Click the Clear Browsing Data button in the top-right of the History page.
• Click the Clear Browsing Data button in the top-right corner of the History Panel.
• Type « Delete Browsing Data » in Quick Commands.
• Use the Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl Shift Del / ⇧ ⌘ ⌫;
• Create a Mouse Gesture for the action.

Then select the timeframe for which you want to delete the data and the data types. Finish by clicking Delete.

Tip #336

août 30, 2023

Let’s say you block all ads and trackers by default but want to make an exception for a specific website that you trust or, maybe, the site behaves strangely, so you want to check whether disabling the content blocker will solve the issue. In that case, while the website you want to change the blocking level for is open in the active tab:

1. Tap on the  Content Blocker button on the left side of the Address Bar.
2. Choose between:
   • No Blocking,
   • Block Trackers, or
   • Block Trackers and Ads.

You can view and manage all websites you’ve set a separate blocking level for in Settings > Privacy > Tracker and Ad Blocking > Exceptions.

Tip #335

août 29, 2023

When you open an email in Vivaldi Mail it’s downloaded to your computer. You can also enable a setting that downloads all your mail even when you haven’t opened the emails yet (see Tip #59). All downloaded emails are stored as .eml files in your browser profile.

To locate the folder with your mail:

1. Go to Settings > Mail > Mail Accounts.
2. Right-click on an account.
3. Select « Reveal Data Folder ».

It’ll open the folder in the browser with your emails neatly organized by date, but you can copy the folder path (e.g. C:\Users\…) and open your mail folder in a File Manager/Finder instead.

Tip #334

août 28, 2023

Whenever you’re browsing through content that’s been divided into pages (search results, online store catalog, etc.) you’ll likely do a lot of scrolling and looking for the « next page » button. In Vivaldi, you can do all of it with a single keyboard key.

By pressing Space, the page will be scrolled down a screen height at a time. Once you reach the end of the page, pressing Space will load the next page.

Check out the video below to see it in action.

Tip #333

août 25, 2023

Posts feed, direct messages, notifications, trending content – most social media sites offer them all and more. Some have their own (paid) dashboards for simultaneous viewing of these pages, like X’s (formerly Twitter) X Pro (formerly TweetDeck), or Mastodon’s advanced web interface. But you can also create a custom dashboard with Vivaldi’s tab tiling feature of any site you frequent.

To create a social media dashboard:

1. Open each page in a separate tab.
2. Select all tabs.
3. Right-click on one of them and select « Tile # Tabs ».
4. If you wish, change the layout of the tiled tabs.

Bonus tips!

• Set up periodic reloading of tabs to automatically load the newest content.
• Save the tabs as a session to easily open the dashboard whenever you need it.

Tip #332

août 24, 2023

Moving the Tab Bar to the side of the window (see Tip #204 for instructions) is a good way to gain some vertical space for the websites you have open. But your options don’t stop there. On the side of the window, you also have the option to set the width of the Tab Bar.

To resize the Tab Bar:

1. Hover the mouse cursor over the edge of the Tab Bar.
2. Click and drag the mouse left or right.
3. When you’re happy with the size, release the mouse button.

You can make the Tab Bar wider if you wish to read more of the tab titles or make it only wide enough to fit the website’s favicon.

Tip #331

août 23, 2023

Whenever you start downloading a file in Vivaldi on Android that you’ve already downloaded in the past, you’ll be asked whether you want to download the file again or cancel. You’ll probably just want to open the file in that case, right?

Instead of tapping on Cancel and going to the Downloads Panel or roaming around your phone’s file folders to locate the file in question, just tap on the file title (written in blue) on the dialog. It’ll open the file for you.

Tip #330

août 22, 2023

On help.vivaldi.com we have a large selection of articles teaching you about the countless features of the Vivaldi browser and services. With the help of our amazing volunteer translators, in addition to English, we’re able to offer Help pages in a few different languages.

When viewing an article, look below the title and table of contents to see in which languages the article is available in. Click on the language to switch to the translated version.

Where we have translated more than half of the articles, you can also select the language from the menu in the top right corner of the page and view the whole site in it.

In case we haven’t translated Vivaldi Help into a language you’d like to read the articles in, you can use the browser’s built-in translation tool or a translation Extension of your choice.

Tip #329

août 21, 2023

The Pomodoro technique is a popular time management technique where you divide bigger tasks into 25-minute increments with a 5-minute break in between. Vivaldi Browser has the Pomodoro timer included with the Clock you’ll find on the Status Bar.

To start the timer:

1. Click on the Clock in the bottom right corner of the browser window.
2. In the Countdown section, select « Pomodoro ».
3. Click on Start to start the timer.

If you’ve deleted the Pomodoro timer, create a new timer by setting the countdown time to 25 minutes and giving the new timer a name.

Tip #328

août 18, 2023

Vivaldi Community Blogs are built on WordPress and use the Gutenberg editor with its block structure. When you’re writing a new blog post and want to add something other than simple text, such as headings, lists, images, videos, etc., you can click the Add Block button and choose one from the selection of blocks or you can insert one by just typing.

To insert a new block:

1. At the start of a new paragraph, enter the forward slash symbol /.
2. Then, with the up and down arrow keys, select a recently used block or start typing the name of the block you need.
3. Press Enter to insert the block.