Vivaldi Tips

Tip #295

juin 9, 2023

If you’ve been enjoying using the Vivaldi Browser on your Android devices, let others know about it by leaving a positive rating and a review on the Play Store. It helps us a lot. 😊

To leave a rating:

1. Open Vivaldi’s profile on the Play Store.
2. Scroll to the « Rate this app » section.
3. Tap on the rightmost ⭐ for a positive rating.
4. If you wish, write a review.
5. Click Post.

So, as the song goes 🎶 « If you’re happy and you know it, and you really want to show it… give Vivaldi 5 stars! » 🎶 😄

Tip #294

juin 8, 2023

Like any social media or public communication channel, Mastodon, including our Vivaldi Social instance, isn’t immune to spam and other bad actors. Luckily, it has many useful settings you can toggle on and off to make your experience on the Fediverse more pleasant. One of them is preventing users that you don’t follow from sending you a direct message.

To enable the setting:

1. Go to Preferences > Notifications > Other Notification Settings.
2. Enable « Block direct messages from people you don’t follow ».

Tip #293

juin 7, 2023

Looking at the Address Field you may have noticed that you don’t see the full address unless you focus on it. That’s because we want you to easily see the most important parts of the URL – the domain and the path. The protocol in front can give you false security, and parameters and anchors at the end can add so much confusion that it can be hard to see which website you are using.

But if you prefer to see the full address at all times:

1. Right-click on the Address Field.
2. Select « Always Show Full Address ».

Alternatively, enable it in Settings > Address Bar > Address Field Options.

Tip #292

juin 6, 2023

It’s easy to have too many Tabs open, but it’s even easier to accumulate a large number of Bookmarks. Finding a bookmark by scrolling through the long lists and folders can be time-consuming. Using the search option in the Bookmarks Panel, Bookmarks Manager, Address Field, or Quick Commands will find the correct bookmark for you a lot faster.

To search for Bookmarks, start typing the name, URL, nickname, or description in one of the places mentioned above and (double-)click on a search result to open the bookmark.

Tip #291

juin 5, 2023

You might not be ready to commit to making Vivaldi the default browser right after installation, but after using the app for a bit, you’ll likely want to use Vivaldi as your main browser.

To set Vivaldi as the default browser app:

1. Open Vivaldi’s main menu > Settings > Web Pages.
2. Toggle on « Set as default browser ».
3. You’ll be taken to your phone’s settings. Select Vivaldi Browser to be the default browser app.

Tip #290

juin 2, 2023

Vivaldi Mail has three read states – Unseen, Unread, and Read. Messages go from Unseen to Unread automatically after opening them, but marking each message as Read is an active choice. The Unread state is a good way to keep track of messages you’ve already seen but have not dealt with yet.

If this doesn’t fit your workflow, you can skip the Unread state by enabling « Automatically Mark as Read » in Settings > Mail > Mail Settings > Unread Messages.

Tip #289

juin 1, 2023

Using Custom Icons with your browser theme, allows you to take the uniqueness of your Vivaldi to yet another level. You can create an icon for each toolbar button yourself or you can make use of the numerous Themes with Custom Icons the creative minds of Vivaldi Community members have shared with everyone.

To download custom icons:

1. Go to themes.vivaldi.net.
2. Click on, for example, « View all featured themes » to open a page with all the filtering options.
3. In the menu on the left, tick the box for « Custom Icons ».
4. Apply other filters, if you wish.
5. Find a theme you like.
6. Download it to get a preview and if you want to keep it, click Install.

To use custom icons from a different theme with your active theme:

1. Go to Settings > Themes > Editor > Icons.
2. Make sure « Use Icon Set from » is enabled and select a theme from the drop-down menu.

Tip #288

mai 31, 2023

In addition to deciding what elements are displayed on your Vivaldi Browser’s toolbars, you can also adjust the size of some of them, for example, the Search Field on the Address Bar.

To resize the Search Field:

1. Hover over the left edge of the Search Field.
2. Click and drag the mouse left to make it bigger or right to make it smaller.

Tip #287

mai 30, 2023

Instead of switching between different apps while working on your computer, open local files in their own tab in the browser and work with everything in one place. It allows you to group, tile, and use many other features on both web pages and local files together.

To open a local file in Vivaldi, use one of the following methods:

• Open the main Vivaldi menu > File > Open File (Ctrl + O / ⌘ O) and look for the file.
• Drag the file from the File Manager/Finder to the browser window.
• Type File:///C:/ (on Windows) or file:// (on macOS and Linux) in the Address Field and browse through the folders for the file.
• Copy the file or folder path from File Manager/Finder to Vivaldi’s Address Field.

Tip #286

mai 29, 2023

With tabs being divided into multiple Workspaces, it’s easy to loose track of how many tabs you have open. Having tens, if not hundreds, of open tabs can use up a decent amount of memory, so it’s good to hibernate the Workspaces you’re not actively using.

To hibernate a Workspace:

1. Open the Workspaces menu.
2. Right-click on the Workspace you want to hibernate.
3. Select Hibernate Workspace.

To hibernate all inactive Workspaces at once:

• Type « Hibernate Inactive Workspaces » in Quick Commands.
• Create a Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Gesture for the action.

Tip #285

mai 26, 2023

Whether you prefer the classic white background with black text or want the mail composer to match browser Themes, you have a choice in Vivaldi Mail.

To make the composer use your theme’s colors:

1. Go to Settings > Mail > Mail Settings > Composer Colors.
2. Enable Inherit Theme Colors.

The setting doesn’t affect the color of sent messages.

Tip #284

mai 25, 2023

Instead of saving all downloads in a single folder, you might prefer to select the most relevant download location for each file. But sometimes, when saving multiple files to the same location, having to choose the destination folder again and again can be tiring.

That’s why Vivaldi has a neat little setting, that updates the default download location whenever you save a file to a new location. That way, to download 10 similar files, you only have to select the destination folder once.

To enable it:

1. Go to Settings > Downloads.
2. Enable Update Default Location When Choosing Save as Location.