Vivaldi Tips

Tip #74

août 1, 2022

Adding a new Search Engine to Vivaldi lets you get to the site’s search results without needing to navigate to the page first. To add a new custom Search Engine:

1. Go to the website where you often use the site’s search feature.
2. Right-click on the search field.
3. Select Add as Search Engine from the context menu.
4. Review and, if needed, edit the name and nickname.
5. Click Add.

To search with your new Search Engine, type its nickname before the search term in the Address Field or select it from the Search Field’s dropdown menu.

Tip #73

juillet 29, 2022

If there’s text you need to enter somewhere often enough, you might want to save that text as a note and just insert it from the context menu every time you need it. It saves time and prevents accidental typos. Win-win! 😎

To use this trick:

1. Create the note(s) with the text in the Notes Panel or Notes Manager.
2. When ready to use, right-click in the text input field to open the context menu.
3. Select Insert Note and find the note you want to use.
4. Click on it to insert the note’s text.

Bonus tip!

While the focus is on the text input field, use the Keyboard Shortcut Shift + F10 (on Windows & Linux) to open the context menu. Then use arrow keys or menu item anchor letters to find the correct note. Press Enter to insert the note.

Tip #72

juillet 28, 2022

To update your browser’s Theme with a new background image, you don’t necessarily have to add a file from your computer, you can also set an image from the web as your background image.

1. Find an image you like.
2. Right-click on the image.
3. Select Use Image as Window Background.
4. Open Start Page to see how it looks.

Tip #71

juillet 27, 2022

By default, Vivaldi Settings open in a new window. If you would prefer Settings to open in a Tab like web pages and other internal pages:

1. Go to Settings > Appearance > Window Appearance.
2. Enable Open Settings in a Tab.

Then, the next time you open Settings, they’ll be in a tab instead of window.

Tip #70

juillet 26, 2022

If there’s a page you visit often on the Forum, consider making it your Forum homepage. Then, while logged in, whenever you click Home on the Forum menu or go to forum.vivaldi.net, you’ll be shown your chosen homepage.

To set a homepage:

1. Log in to your Vivaldi account on forum.vivaldi.net.
2. Go to forum.vivaldi.net/me/settings.
   Alternatively, click on your avatar in the top right corner and select Settings from the menu.
3. In the Select a Homepage section, click on the dropdown menu and select your preferred page or set a custom one.

Tip #69

juillet 25, 2022

Start Page is likely one of the most visited pages in your browser. So, it makes sense to put in some effort to make it look great.

One way to customize the Start Page is to select custom thumbnail images for each of your Speed Dial bookmarks. To add a custom thumbnail:

1. Open your Start Page.
2. Hover over one of the Speed Dials.
3. Click on Select Custom Thumbnail in the top left corner.
   Alternatively, right-click on the Speed Dial and choose Select Custom Thumbnail from the context menu.
4. Locate the file in your File Manage/Finder and click Open.

The recommended image size is 440×360px and most image formats are supported, including animated GIFs.

Tip #68

juillet 22, 2022

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. Click on the  Content Blocker button on the left side of the Address field.
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 and Security > Tracker and Ad Blocking > Exceptions.

Tip #67

juillet 21, 2022

To close a tab, hold down the right mouse button and swipe down and right, making an L shape.

Keep doing that to close multiple tabs one after another. It’s a great and fast option, when you want to see what’s on the page before closing it.

In case you accidentally closed a tab or changed your mind, you can reopen recently closed tabs by holding down the right mouse button and swiping up and right.

You can discover more gestures and customize them in Settings > Mouse > Gesture Mapping.

Tip #66

juillet 20, 2022

When you use the Zoom slider/buttons or shortcuts to change a tab’s zoom level, the value jumps by 10 (90%, 100%, 110%, etc.). To set a custom value:

1. Click on the percentage on the right side of the Status Bar.
2. Type in your custom zoom level and press Enter.

Tip #65

juillet 19, 2022

With smart phones’ screens still increasing in size, reaching the top of the screen while simultaneously holding the phone with the same hand can get cumbersome. That’s why in Vivaldi you can move the Address and Tab Bars to the bottom of the screen for easier access.

To move the Address Bar (and Tab Bar) to the bottom of the screen on Android:

1. Go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > Appearance.
2. Toggle on Address Bar at Bottom.

Tip #64

juillet 18, 2022

With Vivaldi Translate, you can translate full web pages and, in the Translate Panel, you can translate your own text or snippets copied from a web page. But you can also translate highlighted text with a click of a button and see the translation in a pop up.

To enable the Translate Button:

1. Go to Settings > Webpages.
2. Enable « Show Selected Text Translate Button« 

Once the button has been enabled:

1. On a web page, highlight the text you want to translate.
2. When a small translate button appears near the selected text, click on it.

The original text and the translation will be displayed in a pop up. You can also change the source and output languages as needed.

Tip #63

juillet 15, 2022

Instead of the multi-click copy > locate and focus on destination > paste action you can just drag the highlighted text to the relevant location. Highlighting can be skipped for links.

Places you can drag text to:

• Address and Search fields on the Address Bar to start a new search (press Enter to execute the search).
• New Tab button on the Tab Bar to automatically search with the default Search Engine.
• Notes Panel to create a new note.
• Text fields in the same or different tab* and panels.
• To all of the above in other windows and even applications (both need to be simultaneously visible on your screen).

In addition to the above, you can drag links also to:

• A tab on the Tab Bar to go to the link in that tab.
• Add Web Panel button to add the website as a new Web Panel.
• Bookmarks Bar to create a new bookmark.

In case links can easily be dragged up or down, but not left or right, try disabling Allow Text Selection in Links in Settings > Webpages and reload the page.

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*To drag text or links to a different tab:

1. Highlight the text and start dragging it.
2. Hover the mouse over the destination tab and wait for the tab to switch.
3. Drag the text/link to it’s destination in the new tab.