Android Tips

Tip #151

November 16, 2022

You can drag tabs one by one over each other or over existing Tab Stacks to group tabs, but if you want to group many tabs at once, there’s a better option.

To group tabs:

1. Open the Tab Switcher.
2. Tap on the 3 dot menu at the top of the screen.
3. Select Stack tabs from the menu.
4. Tap on all the tabs you want to group together.
5. Tap on Group in the top right corner.

Tip #147

November 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 #143

November 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 #141

November 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 #136

October 26, 2022

Usually, in Vivaldi for Android when you’re opening a link that you have an app for, the link will try to open in the app. If you’d prefer to open links in the browser, you can enable a setting for it. To do that:

1. Go to the Vivaldi menu > Settings > Web Pages.
2. Toggle on Stay in browser.

Then, when you come across, for example, a YouTube link, the video will open in Vivaldi instead of triggering the YouTube app to open.

Tip #126

October 12, 2022

When you scroll down on a page in Vivaldi’s Android app, the Tab Bar, Address Bar and bottom toolbar will be hidden automatically to free up screen real estate on the mobile devices’ smaller screen. When you scroll up, the toolbars will be displayed again.

If you’d rather keep the toolbars visible at all times:

1. Go to  Vivaldi menu > Settings > Appearance.
2. Toggle on Always Show Controls.

Tip #119

October 3, 2022

Whether the text on the phone screen is too small for you to read or the opposite, your eyesight is great and you want to fit more text on the screen, Vivaldi for Android has a text scaling setting for you to make use of.

To change zoom level for texts on Vivaldi for Android:

1. Go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > Web Pages > Accessibility.
2. Move the text scaling slider between 50% to 200% until the example text in the box below is comfortable to read.

You can also enable Force enable zoom for instances, where the web page tries to prevent text scaling.

Tip #115

September 27, 2022

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 and paste it there, but there’s a better way to do it on Vivaldi for Android:

1. Select the text on a web page.
2. Long press on the selection to open the context menu.
3. If needed, tap on the 3 dot menu to show additional options and select Append to Note.
4. Choose the note you want to add the text to.
5. Tap on Done in the top right corner.

Tip #114

September 26, 2022

Vivaldia is a real 80s style arcade game built into the Vivaldi Browser. There for you whenever you want to take a break and enjoy a quick gaming session.

The game is available both on Vivaldi on desktop and Android and can be played even when you’re not connected to the internet.

To play the game, enter vivaldi://game in the browser’s Address Field. Press Space (on desktop) or tap the screen (on Android) to start the game.

For more detailed instructions about the gameplay, check the Help pages about Vivaldia on desktop and Vivaldia on Android.

Tip #107

September 15, 2022

Switching content into dark mode on big and small screens alike has become more and more popular and for a good reason. Dark mode is less straining on the eyes and improves readability of texts among other benefits.

To switch web pages into dark mode:

1. Go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > Theme > Dark Web Pages.
2. Toggle on Dark mode for Web Pages.

In case you need to “turn the lights on” for the current page, disable Dark Theme from the Vivaldi menu.

Tip #103

September 9, 2022

Preview page feature comes in handy if you want to quickly check the contents of a page, but don’t want to navigate away from your current page or open the link in a new tab.

To preview a page:

1. Long press on a link.
2. Select Preview page from the context menu.

When you want to open the page, tap on the Open in New Tab button in the top right corner of the preview window.

To close the preview, either tap the Close button or swipe down on the preview.

Tip #98

September 2, 2022

Pop Out Video, aka Picture-in-Picture, is a popular feature on desktop, but did you know it’s also available on Vivaldi for Android? The main difference is that, on your mobile device, you can’t browse other tabs in Vivaldi while Pop Out Video is enabled, but you can use most other apps.

To enable pop-out video on Android:

1. While browsing with Vivaldi, find a video you want to watch.
2. Press play and enable full-screen view of the video.
3. Tap on your phone’s home button.

The video will continue playing in a small rectangle on your home screen. You can move the video by dragging it around and use the two finger zoom gesture to change the size of the video. Tap on the rectangle to see video controls.