Vivaldi Tips

Tip #423

8 февраля, 2024

Making plans together with someone? Instead of creating separate events with the risk of getting out of sync when the specifics of the event change, one person should create a shared event.

To create a shared event in the Vivaldi Calendar:

1. First, ensure you have added at least one of your email accounts to Vivaldi Mail in Settings > Mail.
2. Then, go to Settings > Calendar > Calendar Integration > Calendar Mail Account, and select your preferred mail account to be used for sending invites.
3. In the Calendar, create a new event and fill out the details.
4. In the Participants section of the event editor, type the email addresses of people you want to invite to the event. Press «Enter» to add them.
5. Click «Done» when you’re ready with the event setup.
6. Review the event invite and, if you wish, add a message.
7. Click «Send».

When you edit shared events, you can send a new email invite to the participants or skip notifying them.

Tip #422

7 февраля, 2024

When doing consecutive searches with overlapping terminology, you can save time by keeping the previous search in the Search Field. That way you’ll only need to edit the search keywords slightly to start a new search.

To enable this setting:

1. Go to Settings > Search > Search Options
2. Enable «Keep Typed Text After Searching».

Tip #421

6 февраля, 2024

Vivaldi Webmail is an email service for active Vivaldi Community members. As the community includes speakers from many different languages, the language preferences for the browser and services also vary.

To change the user interface language on Vivaldi Webmail:

1. Go to Settings > Preferences > User Interface > Main Options > Language.
2. Select your preferred language.
3. Click «Save».

Tip #420

5 февраля, 2024

Single-letter Search Engine Nicknames allow you to quickly switch search engines from the Address Bar of Vivaldi on Android. But if, for example, due to characteristics in the language you use, you find yourself unintentionally switching search engines you can disable the feature.

To disable nickname use:

1. Go to Settings > Search Engine Settings.
2. Toggle off «Enable Search Engine Shortcut».

Tip #419

2 февраля, 2024

Selecting text on a web page and creating a note from it is an excellent feature in Vivaldi, but what if you want to add new lines from a web page to a note you have made in the past? You could copy the text, find the note in the Notes Panel or Notes Manager, and paste it there, but there’s a better way.

To add text to an existing note:

1. Select the text on a web page.
2. Right-click on the selection to open the context menu.
3. Select «Append to Note».
4. Choose the note you want to add the text to.
5. Click «Add to Note».

Tip #418

1 февраля, 2024

Vivaldi Calendar checks for updates from the online calendar accounts you’ve added to Vivaldi every 10 minutes. You can also trigger updates manually. When you have single-key Keyboard Shortcuts enabled, the easiest option is to just press the R key and you’ll be up to date.

In true Vivaldi fashion, there are other ways to update the calendar:

• In the main Calendar view, open the Calendar’s menu in the top left corner and select «Refresh».
• Click on the Calendar button on the Status Bar, go to the Accounts tab, and click «Refresh».
• Type «Refresh Calendar» in Quick Commands.
• Create a Mouse Gesture for the action.

Tip #417

31 января, 2024

At Vivaldi, we provide you with plenty of options to customize your environment according to your preferences. Both in the browser and on our web services. On Vivaldi Social, we offer you 10 different theme variations to choose from.

To change the theme:

1. Go to Preferences > Appearance > Site theme.
2. Choose the one you like.
3. Click «Save changes»
4. Go back to Vivaldi Social to view the theme.

Tip #416

30 января, 2024

Vivaldi’s Panels are one of the most useful features in Vivaldi. But if you’re a fan of a minimalistic user interface, you might find yourself having to choose between a super clean look and easy access to the Panels.

With Keyboard Shortcuts, you can have the best of both worlds. By pressing F4 on your keyboard, you can display the Panels sidebar and when you’re done, use the same shortcut to hide it again. You don’t even need to close the Panel you were last looking at.

But as it’s Vivaldi, there are a few other options you can choose from to toggle the sidebar on and off.

• Click the Show Panel button on the left side of the Address Bar.
• Go to Vivaldi menu > View > Show Panel.
• Type “Panel” in Quick Commands.
• Create a Mouse Gesture for the action.

Tip #415

29 января, 2024

When you’re confident in your actions and don’t feel like you need to be asked whether you’re sure about closing a single window or the browser altogether, you can easily disable the prompts.

To disable the confirmation dialogs:

1. Go to Settings > General > Close and Exit.
2. Disable either «Show Exit Confirmation Dialog», «Show Close Window Confirmation Dialog» or both.

Alternatively, tick the box for «Do not show confirmation again» when prompted with the dialog.

Tip #414

26 января, 2024

One of the perks of having a mail client in the browser is that you can quickly share interesting content you’ve found online via email.

To send a link or a snippet of text you’ve found on a web page:

1. Make sure you have Vivaldi Mail enabled and you’ve added your email account to it.
   If not, go to Settings > Mail to set things up.
2. On a web page, right-click on the link or selected text you want to share.
   To send the link of the current web page you’re on, right-click on an empty area of the page.
3. Select «Send (Link) by Mail».
4. In the email editor tab that opens, fill out the relevant fields, and add more context to the email.
5. Click «Send».

Tip #413

25 января, 2024

Do you prefer to browse in Private Tabs, but opening links from other apps always opens them among regular tabs? By making a quick setting change in Vivaldi on your iOS or iPad, you can be asked where you want to open the link every time an app wants to open one in Vivaldi.

To be prompted before opening a link in Vivaldi:

1. Go to Settings > Privacy and security.
2. Enable «Ask to Open Links from Other Apps in Private».

Then, when you get the prompt you can decide whether to open the tab in a private or regular tab.

Tip #412

24 января, 2024

Saving all your tabs as a session is a great way to return to what you were doing at a later date. But what if you need just one or a few of the tabs in the session and don’t want to restore all of them? Check out the instructions below.

To selectively open Tabs from a Saved Session:

1. Open the Sessions Panel.
2. Select the session that has the tab(s) you want to open.
3. Click on «Edit Session» in the top right corner of the panel or right-click on the session and select «Edit / View Contents».
4. Select the tab(s) you want to open and right-click on it/them.
5. Select «Open» or «Open Link», followed by the opening location (e.g. New Background Tab), to open just the chosen one(s).