Desktop Tips

Force dark mode on websites that don’t provide a dark theme themselves.

Dark themes have been in for a while, but websites are still catching up with the trend. If you don’t want to wait, you can use Vivaldi’s settings to display even those sites in darker colors.

To enable dark mode:

Go to Settings > Appearance > Website Appearance.
Select “Dark”.
Tick the box for “Force dark theme on all websites”.

Let your theme’s background image shine through the Tab Bar and Panels.

You’ll mainly see the background image on your Start Page, but by tweaking some settings you can make it visible on the Tab Bar and behind Panels as well.

To adjust your theme’s transparency settings:

Go to Settings > Themes > Editor.
Select the them you want to edit.
Go to the Settings section.
Adjust the Panel transparency level, and toggle on Tab Bar and background tab transparency as you wish.
In addition, you can apply a blur effect to the background image.

Click and hold on a button on the Vivaldi user interface to open its context menu.

Right-clicking on elements on the browser user interface and web pages is a common way to open the context menu with numerous options. On Vivaldi’s Address Bar, the Panels sidebar, and the Mail toolbar, you can open the menus in another way as well. With the left mouse button, just click on a button and hold the mouse button down until the menu opens. Easy-peasy!

Tip #433

February 22, 2024

Identify Web Pages that are malicious or legitimate by checking the base domain in the Address Field.

Fraudsters are an unfortunate part of the internet, constantly coming up with more and more ways to scam people. To help you spot malicious actors and prevent scams and phishing attacks, Vivaldi highlights the core part of the URL while the rest of the URL will be visible and lowlighted.

For example, if someone is trying to make you think that you’re on Google’s web page, they may use a link similar to this – www.google.fakesite.com. With base domain highlighting in addresses, the real domain will be highlighted and displayed as www.google.fakesite.com. This way you can recognize which company controls the domain and not fall for the scam.

You do have the option to disable base domain highlighting in Settings > Address Bar > Security Features, but we strongly advise you against doing so.

Vivaldi browser window with Address Field highlighted.

Tip #432

February 21, 2024

Use the Keyboard Shortcut Shift + K to mark messages in Vivaldi Mail unread.

When, on second thought, you’re not finished with an email and want to take another look at a later time, you can mark it as unread again. One of the easiest ways to do it, especially if you used a Keyboard Shortcut to mark the message read in the first place, is by pressing Shift + K on your keyboard.

But of course, there are other ways you can do it as well. Here are all the ways you can mark a message unread in Vivaldi Mail:

Click on the Mark Unread button in the message toolbar above the message.
Right-click on the message in the message list and select Mark Unread.
Use the Keyboard Shortcut Shift+K. To mark the whole message thread unread, press Shift + M.
Type “Mark Messages as Unread” in Quick Commands.
Create a Mouse Gesture for the action.

Tip #431

February 20, 2024

Look up recent translations in the Translate Panel.

Whenever you translate selected text from a web page or something you’ve entered in the Translate Panel, the original text and the translation are saved in the Translate Panel.

To view Translate History:

Open the Translate Panel.
At the bottom of the panel, click on “Show Translate History”.
Double-click on the entry you’d like to view.

Translate History open in the panel with a corner of the Start Page visible on the right side.

Tip #428

February 15, 2024

Organize your mailbox by labeling your messages.

Some organizational tasks must be undertaken to stay on top of your emails. Labels in Vivaldi Mail are a great way to group messages based on criteria of your choice, making it easy to locate the messages later.

You can add a label to a message in one of the following ways:

Open the message, click on “Labels” on the menu above the message, and select an existing label or add a new one.
Right-click on a message in the mail list, hover over “Labels in the context menu, and select an existing label or add a new one.
Drag the message from the mail list to the relevant label in the Mail Panel.

Labels menu highlighted in Vivaldi Mail.

Tip #425

February 12, 2024

Press “C” to clean up the list of recently closed tabs.

It’s Clean Out Your Computer Day! To clear all browsing data in Vivaldi, check Tip #337. In this tip, though, we’ll share a neat trick to empty the recently closed tabs menu:

Open the Closed Tabs menu on the far side of the Tab Bar.
Press “C” on your keyboard for an immediate cleanup.
Aletrnatively, scroll to the end of the list and click on “Clear All” there.

To clear the list via the Windows Panel:

Right-click on the Closed Tabs folder.
Select “Clear All” from the context menu.

Tip #423

February 8, 2024

Invite people to events you’ve created in the Vivaldi Calendar.

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:

First, ensure you have added at least one of your email accounts to Vivaldi Mail in Settings > Mail.
Then, go to Settings > Calendar > Calendar Integration > Calendar Mail Account, and select your preferred mail account to be used for sending invites.
In the Calendar, create a new event and fill out the details.
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.
Click “Done” when you’re ready with the event setup.
Review the event invite and, if you wish, add a message.
Click “Send”.

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

Tip #422

February 7, 2024

Keep the text you typed in the Search Field even after completing the search.

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:

Go to Settings > Search > Search Options
Enable “Keep Typed Text After Searching”.

Tip #419

February 2, 2024

Add additional information to a note by appending text from a web page.

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:

Select the text on a web page.
Right-click on the selection to open the context menu.
Select “Append to Note”.
Choose the note you want to add the text to.
Click “Add to Note”.

Append to note context menu option highlighted in Vivaldi on desktop.

Tip #418

February 1, 2024

Press “R” to fetch the latest Calendar events from online calendar accounts.

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.