Desktop Tips

Tip #392

November 22, 2023

In Vivaldi, you can install web pages as Progressive Web Apps, aka PWAs, or open them in separate User Profiles, to give a feeling that you’re using them separately in a dedicated app. These are more permanent options, but there’s another solution for a quick temporary option.

To get an app-like feeling of a website:

1. Open the web page in a new browser window.
2. For that window, toggle the UI off to hide the toolbars in one of the following ways:
   • Go to the Vivaldi menu > Window > Hide UI;
   • Type “Toggle UI” in Quick Commands;
   • Use the Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl+F11;
   • Create a Mouse Gesture for the action.

Since the user interface is toggled off only in the current window, you’ll still see all your other windows with the usual toolbars.

Tip #390

November 20, 2023

Imagine that you have some background music playing in one browser tab, but you come across a video (or some other media with audio) in another tab that you want to watch and listen to. So you go to mute or pause your music and only then start watching the video. And after you’re finished you need to go back to unmute or unpause the music. Annoying isn’t it? Vivaldi has a better solution to offer.

1. Go to Settings > Tabs > Tab Features > Mute Tab Audio.
2. Enable “Prioritize Active Tab”.

That way you can just start playing the video in the active tab and Vivaldi will automatically mute the audio coming from other tabs. Once you’re done watching the video, the audio from other tabs will be unmuted. Sweet! 😎

Tip #388

November 16, 2023

Whenever a video can be moved to a pop-out window, a small icon appears on the video that allows you to do so quickly. If Pop-out Video, aka Picture-in-Picture, is a feature you never use, you might want to hide the little icon from appearing whenever you hover over a video.

To hide the button:

1. Go to Settings > Webpages.
2. Disable “Picture-in-Picture Button on Videos”.

Tip #387

November 15, 2023

In Vivaldi Mail, Outbox is a sub-folder in All Messages, where you can store message drafts that you’ve finished writing, but don’t want to send just yet.

To queue emails instead of sending:

1. In the Mail Composer, click the little arrow (▼) next to the “Send” button.
2. Select “Queue”.
3. When you’re done writing an email click the “Queue” button (previously “Send”).

To send all emails in the Outbox.

1. Open the Mail Panel.
2. Click “Send from all accounts” at the top of the panel.

Tip #385

November 13, 2023

Have you ever considered having a preference for which tab to focus on next when you close a tab you no longer need? With Vivaldi you can do just that. In addition to prioritizing related tabs, you can choose to open tabs you had focused on before the closed tab or open the tab that was on the left/right side of the closed tab.

To make your choice:

1. Go to Settings > Tabs > Close Tab Activation.
2. Choose in which order tabs should be activated after closing another tab:
   • In recently used order,
   • Left in the Tab order,
   • Right in Tab order.

Tip #382

November 8, 2023

With Vivaldi’s highly customizable user interface, you can move toolbars around as you like. The Panels Toolbar, hosting your Bookmarks, Downloads, Notes, Web Panels and more can be located either on the left or right side of the browser window. Especially when you prefer vertical Tabs (see Tip #204), you need to think about whether you want to have Tabs and Panels on either side of the window or both on the same side.

To move Panels:

1. Go to Settings > Panels > Panel Position.
2. Choose either Left or Right.

Tip #380

November 6, 2023

With the integrated Vivaldi Calendar, you can quickly add events and get back to what you were doing in no time by opening the new event dialog using either Quick Commands, a Keyboard Shortcut, or a Mouse Gesture.

Quick Commands

1. Open Quick Commands (F2 / ⌘ E).
2. Type in “Add Calendar Event (dialog)” and press Enter.
3. Add the event.

Keyboard Shortcut

1. First, create the shortcut in Settings > Keyboard > Window > Add Calendar Event (dialog).
2. Use the shortcut to open the event dialog.
3. Add the event.

Mouse Gesture

1. First, create the gesture in Settings > Mouse > New Gesture > Add Calendar Event (dialog).
2. Use the shortcut to open the event dialog.
3. Add the event.

Tip #379

November 3, 2023

Following a social media feed, live updates to an event, or changes on the financial market in Web Panels? With periodic reloading of the panel you can always be up to date with the latest information.

To automatically reload Web Panels at your chosen internal:

1. Right-click on the web panel’s button.
2. Select Periodic Reload and how often you want the content to reload.

To learn how to set Tabs to periodically reload, check out Tip #120.

Tip #376

October 31, 2023

Enabling Reader View when reading an article online is a great way to remove distractions and adjust the text for comfortable reading. In Tip #91, we showed you how to enable Reader View from the Address Bar and where to adjust the settings. This tip is about toggling Reader View on and off as fast as possible with shortcuts.

To create a Keyboard Shortcut:

1. Go to Settings > Keyboard > Page.
2. Find “Toggle Reader View” and focus on the input field.
3. Press the key combination you want to use.

To create a Mouse Gesture:

1. Go to Settings > Mouse > Gesture Mapping.
2. Click on + New Gesture.
3. Start typing “Toggle Reader View” to find the command.
4. Click “Next”.
5. Hold down the left mouse button and draw the gesture you want to use in the box outlined in red.
6. Click “Save Gesture”.

Then, whenever you want to switch to Reader View, just use the shortcut you created.

Tip #375

October 30, 2023

While we’re busy making a browser, our friends at Porcelain Fortress have been working hard on a follow-up to the Vivaldia game. In Vivaldia 2, the game world is bigger, the enemies stronger, and the game a lot more adventurous. While the first game could only be played in the Vivaldi browser (see Tip #144), the new game is available on the web and Steam.

To play Vivaldia 2 on the web, go to https://vivaidi.xyz/games/vivaldia2/.

To get the game on Steam, head over to https://store.steampowered.com/app/2623150/Vivaldia_2/.

Have fun! 😎

Tip #373

October 26, 2023

If you frequently add the same kind of event (birthday, doctor’s appointment, meeting, etc.) but it doesn’t occur regularly so you can’t set recurrence to it, you can use event templates to speed up adding new events instead.

To create a template:

1. Go to Settings > Calendar > Event Templates.
2. Click on Add Template below the list of existing templates.
3. Fill out the event details.
4. Click Save.

Alternatively, you can create a new template directly from the event editor > Templates > Create New Event Template.

Tip #372

October 25, 2023

Your synced browser data in Vivaldi is end-to-end encrypted. To decrypt it, you need to know the encryption password you set up on your first Sync use. Should you be in a situation where you no longer have the browser data stored locally (e.g. after an operating system reset) on any devices and you’ve forgotten the encryption password, there’s unfortunately no way to restore the data.

So, while everything is still alright, make sure you have the encryption password memorized or stored in a safe location. In case you’ve forgotten the encryption password, you can easily reset it without data loss on a device that has your browser data accessible locally.

To reset Sync’s encryption password:

1. Go to Settings > Sync.
2. Click on “Reset Remote Data”.
3. Click “Delete Sync Data” in the dialog that appears.
4. Set a new encryption password for your data.
5. Start syncing from fresh.