Learn how to customize the look of your Vivaldi on Android.

There was a recent news report that showed that thousands of people had accidentally uploaded their home directories/folders to public Git repositories that they were working on, and that included the profile directories for other browsers. You can read more about this here: https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/18/firefox_cookies_github/

We added a detection and protection to the latest release of Vivaldi, to prevent you from having the same thing happen to your Vivaldi profile.

The detection checks if there is a .git folder either in the Vivaldi profile folder, or a parent folder of the Vivaldi profile folder and will show a warning message when .git folder has been detected.

For example, on Windows, the default Vivaldi profile folder is:

C:\Users\<your_username>\AppData\Local\Vivaldi\User Data\Default

So you would need to check for the following folders:

C:\Users\<your_username>\AppData\Local\Vivaldi\User Data\Default\.git
C:\Users\<your_username>\AppData\Local\Vivaldi\User Data\.git
C:\Users\<your_username>\AppData\Local\Vivaldi\.git
C:\Users\<your_username>\AppData\Local\.git
C:\Users\<your_username>\AppData\.git
C:\Users\<your_username>\.git
C:\Users\.git
C:\.git

On Linux, the default Vivaldi profile folder is:

/home/<yourusername>/.config/vivaldi/Default

So you would need to check for the following folders:

/home/<yourusername>/.config/vivaldi/Default/.git
/home/<yourusername>/.config/vivaldi/.git
/home/<yourusername>/.config/.git
/home/<yourusername>/.git
/home/.git
/.git

For snapshot releases, the default profile folder is /home/<your_username>/.config/vivaldi-snapshot. Note that these folders could be placed somewhere else on some distros.

On Mac, the default Vivaldi profile folder is:

/Users/<yourusername>/Library/Application Suppert/Vivaldi/Default

So you would need to check for the following folders:

/Users/<yourusername>/Library/Application Support/Vivaldi/Default/.git
/Users/<yourusername>/Library/Application Support/Vivaldi/.git
/Users/<yourusername>/Library/Application Support/.git
/Users/<yourusername>/Library/.git
/Users/<yourusername>/.git
/Users/.git
/.git

For snapshot releases, the default profile folder is /Users/<yourusername>/Library/Application Suppert/Vivaldi Snapshot/Default.

Check your profile folder location to work out where to start. You can see this using Vivaldi menu > Help > About, or Vivaldi application menu > About Vivaldi on Mac.

Note that any .git folder is hidden on most systems by default. On Windows, you need to tell Windows Explorer (My Computer) to show hidden files and folders, in the folder options. On Mac, open the Finder and press Cmd Shift . to show or hide hidden files and folders. On Linux, use your favourite terminal/console application, and use the following command to see all files and folders, including hidden ones:

ls -a

Alternatively, on Mac or Linux, you could use your favourite terminal/console application, and use the following command to search for .git folders:

find ~/ -name '.git'

You can also use / instead of ~/ to search the entire filesystem, but be aware that it might show a lot of errors when there are folders that you do not have access to.

Once you find the folder containing the .git folder, you may wish to note that everything from that folder and below, might be in a Git repository. The “git status” command can give more details.

In the Vivaldi browser, you can choose a theme from a selection of pre-installed themes, create your own theme or install themes shared by other Vivaldi users. In this article we’ll focus on the latter, how to install user created themes and also how to share your own themes.

Browse Vivaldi Themes

To see the selection of user created and shared themes:

1. Go to Vivaldi Themes on https://themes.vivaldi.net.
   Alternatively, in the browser, go to Settings > Themes and click on Get more themes in the bottom right corner of the Theme Library.
2. Browse through the themes on the page.

You can filter themes by category, color, whether the theme has been featured by the Vivaldi Team and whether the theme includes custom icons. You can sort themes by popularity, upload time or alphabetically. Also, you can view themes from the same author by opening one of their themes and in the theme info, clicking on their name next to Made by.

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Install a new theme

When you’ve found a theme you like:

1. On the theme’s page, click Download theme for a live preview of the theme.
2. When you’re happy with the theme and want to keep it, click Install in the small popup dialog in the middle of the window. Click Cancel to discard the theme.

The installed theme will be added to your Theme Library, where you can view the theme’s settings and edit it further.

After having installed the theme, it’d be great if you could rate the theme

Install a theme from a ZIP file

In case you’re on an older version of Vivaldi or a different browser, you can download the theme as a ZIP file. When you’ve found a theme you like:

1. On the theme’s page, click Download theme.
   In case you’re on the latest version of Vivaldi, but want to install the theme as a ZIP, right-click on the Download theme button and select Save Link As.
2. Save the theme’s ZIP file on your computer.
3. To add the theme to your Vivaldi browser (needs to be version 5.0 or newer), go to Settings > Themes > Library, click Open Theme below the themes in your library.
4. Find the ZIP file and click Open. You’ll get a live preview of the theme.
5. When you’re happy with the theme and want to keep it, click Install in the small popup dialog in the middle of the window. Click Cancel to discard the theme.

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Share your themes

When you’ve made your own theme and would like to share your creation with everyone else, follow these steps:

1. Go to Settings > Themes > Library and select the theme you want to share.
2. Click on Export Theme below the themes.
3. Save the ZIP file to your computer.
4. Go to Vivaldi Themes on https://themes.vivaldi.net.
   Alternatively, in the browser, go to Settings > Themes and click on Get more themes in the bottom right corner of the Theme Library.
5. Log in to your Vivaldi account.
6. Click Upload in the top right corner of the page.
7. Fill in the details about the theme (in English) and upload the ZIP file.
8. When you’re ready, click Create theme.

Vivaldi Team will review your theme and publish it. You’ll be notified once the theme has been published (also, when for some reason, the theme was rejected). In addition, you’ll receive notifications when someone leaves a comment on your theme.

Reasons for rejecting a theme

In some cases, we may reject a theme for one of the following reasons:

• The theme is not in line with our Terms of Use and/or Code of Conduct.
• The theme’s title and/or description is not in English. We require all themes to have a title and description that is readable by English speakers.
• The image used for the theme’s background has a low resolution or poor quality. For example, when using lossy format images (such as JPEG), we may reject a theme in case the picture has poor quality due to high level of file compression. For wallpaper backgrounds, we recommend using pictures with a resolution of at least 1920×1080px.
• The theme did not install correctly when we tested it. Before uploading, to make sure that there are no issues when installing it, try testing your theme in a clean User Profile.
• Other reasons, such as poor visibility of the UI elements due to the choice of colors, copyright infringement, etc.

View your themes

To view the themes you’ve shared:

1. Log in to your Vivaldi account.
2. In the top right corner of the Vivaldi Themes page, click on your avatar.
3. Select My themes.

Alternatively, go to https://themes.vivaldi.net/users/YourUsername.

Click on a theme on the page to view more details about it. On the theme page you can see the theme’s:

• status,
• size,
• version history,
• upload date,
• number of downloads,
• comments,
• and more.

Update theme

To update a theme you’ve shared:

1. On the theme’s page, below the preview image, click Edit.
2. On the theme editing page, make the changes. Upload a new ZIP file if you made changes to the theme itself.
3. Click Update.

Vivaldi Team will review your theme and publish it.

Edit the theme file

The theme’s ZIP file consists of 1 or 2 files. First, the JSON file with the theme’s parameters and secondly, in case your theme uses one, the theme’s background image. In addition to changing the various values in the browser’s settings and exporting the theme, you can take one of the exported theme files as an example and change the values for the parameters using a code editor.

When you’re ready with the new theme, compress the JSON and background image files into a new ZIP file and test it in the browser.

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Report a theme

Though all themes will be reviewed before publishing, some unsuitable themes may slip through the review. If you come across a theme that, for example, is broken, includes copyrighted/trademarked content, or something else, please let us know about it.

To report a theme:

1. Go to the theme’s page.
2. Below the theme preview, click Report.
3. Fill in the form and submit it.

Vivaldi team will review the report and make a decision whether to remove or keep the theme.

Accessing the Translate Panel

To open the Translate Panel:

• Click on the  Translate button on the Panel.
• Go to  Vivaldi menu > View > Translate Panel.
• Type “Translate Panel” in Quick Commands.
• Create a Keyboard Shortcut or a Mouse Gesture for opening the Translate Panel.

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Translate text

To translate text in the panel:

1. Open the Translate Panel.
2. Type or paste the text into to the input field. When typing, use Shift + Enter to add a line break.
3. Select the input and output language.
   If the text is longer, you can also rely on automatic detection of the source language and only need to define the translation language, in case you wish to translate to a different language from your default language.
4. Click Translate or press Enter.

Copy translation

To use the translation, click on Copy translation in the bottom right corner of the output field or use the common text highlighting and copying options.

Clear translation

When you’re done with the translation or want to translate something else, click Clear below the output field.

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Translate text from a web page

To translate content on a website you can use the full page translation option accessible from the right side of the Address Bar. To translate only some sections of the web page, you can use translation of selected text. The output of translation can be displayed in a pop-up dialog or in the Translate Panel.

To display translations in the panel:

1. Go to Settings > Panels > Translate Panel.
2. Make sure Use Panel Instead of Dialog is enabled.

If you prefer the pop-up dialog, disable the setting.

To translate just a small block of text:

1. Highlight the text you want to translate.
2. Right-click on the selected text.
3. Click on Translate Selection in the context menu.

Once the text has been highlighted, you can also type “Translate selection” into Quick Commands. In addition, you can create a Keyboard Shortcut or a Mouse Gesture for the action.

Automatic translation of selected text

In case you use the translation feature often and have the Translation Panel open, you can also cut out the command of translating selected text and do it automatically on text selection.

To translate selected text automatically:

1. Open the Translate Panel.
2. Tick the box for Auto-translate selected text.
3. Keep the panel open to see the translations.
4. On a web page, select text for translation.

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Translation history

To view past translations, click on Show Translate History at the bottom of the panel. Double-click on the history entry to view the translation again. Right-click on the entry to open the context menu with options:

• Copy – copies the translation
• Copy All – copies the original text and the translation
• Delete – deletes the translation from history.

Delete history

To delete a single history entry:

1. In the Translation Panel open the translation history.
2. Right-click on the entry.
3. Select Delete.

To delete all history:

1. In the Translation Panel open the translation history.
2. Click on Clear Translate History above the list of history entries.

Progressive Web Apps (PWA) are websites that can be installed as independent applications.

Start Page is the gateway to the web, hosting the Search field, Speed Dials and some of the browser’s internal pages.

Share a page link to another app

To share page links:

1. Have the page open.
2. Tap on Vivaldi menu > Share.
   Alternatively, tap on the Address Bar > Share.
3. Select the app you want to share to.
4. Follow the directions in the chosen app.

The menu fits 4 apps on the main screen. Swipe left to see more apps and tap on More to see the full list of available options.

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Additional options

In addition to sharing the page directly to another app, you can also:

Take a screenshot

Share menu’s capture option will only capture the visible area including the browser user interface. Use Vivaldi’s Capture page feature to take a screenshot of the visible area without the UI or of the whole page.

Copy link

Alternatively, you can copy the link by tapping on the Address Bar > Copy link.

QR code

To share a page with someone nearby, create a QR code they can scan with their mobile device. You can also download the QR code image for later use. Read more about QR codes on the help page here.

Send to your devices

Send a page from your Vivaldi on Android to other devices you have Vivaldi on. Make sure Sync is active on multiple devices and syncing of Typed History and Remote sessions has been enabled.

Print

To print the whole page or save it as a PDF file:

1. Swipe left on the bottom row of options in the Share dialog.
2. Tap Print.
3. Follow directions in Android’s print menu.

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Share a page to another Vivaldi instance

To access a web page you have open in Vivaldi on Android on another device with Vivaldi, use the Sync feature.

If there’s something odd going on in your mail client there are a few things you can do in order to check for errors.

Check the console log for errors

1. Make sure your Mail tab is open (this is important since you won’t get the right errors otherwise).
2. In a new tab, open vivaldi:inspect#apps.
3. Look for a long line ending in main.html and click inspect.

This will open Developer Tools. To see any errors, go to the Console tab.

There’s also an additional background Developer Tools window that might show more errors. Just follow these similar steps as above:

1. Again, make sure your Mail tab is open (this is important since you won’t get the right errors otherwise).
2. In a new tab open vivaldi:inspect#extensions.
3. Look for a long line ending in _generated_background_page.html and click inspect.

Quick tip for opening the console

Another way to open the console using the Mail status button.

1. Open Mail in a tab (this is important since you won’t get the right errors otherwise),
2. Click on the mail status button. This button can be found in the bottom left of your screen if you haven’t moved it (see image 4).
3. Click the settings wheel in the top right corner of the pop-up window and pick View Log (see image 5).

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Frequently asked to log in again?

When you’ve chosen to add an account to Vivaldi Mail and/or Calendar using OAuth, occasionally, you can be asked to log in again. This can happen, for example, after you’ve updated your browser to a new version. The login prompt will usually appear after you start the browser as a pop-up window with your service provider’s (Vivaldi.net, Google/Gmail, Outlook, etc.) branding and often, unfortunately, with little to no context as to why you’re being asked to log in.

If you’ve added the email/calendar service provider’s account to Vivaldi Mail and/or Calendar, it’s safe to just log in and carry on with your browsing as normal. Dismissing the prompt without logging in will trigger it again after some time. If you don’t want to log in, you should remove the account altogether in Settings > Mail / Calendar.

If you do log in, but still get the prompt again soon after, please report the issue to us on vivaldi.com/bugreport.

Tab Stacks let you organize your tabs into various groups to keep related tabs together and to declutter your Tab Bar and Tab Switcher.

A Command Chain is a group of commands executed in a sequence. For example, instead of toggling on first the Reader View and then Fullscreen Mode to focus on what you’re reading, with Command Chains you can do it with a single shortcut in one go.

You can trigger a chain from Quick Commands, assign it a custom Keyboard Shortcut or a Mouse Gesture, or add a button to one of the Toolbars. 

Create a Command Chain

1. Go to Settings > Quick Commands > Command Chains.
2. Click on Add Command Chain.
3. Give the new chain a name.
4. Change Command 1 to an action you want to execute first.
5. Click on Add Command on the right side to add the next command in the sequence.
6. When you’re done adding the commands, click Test Chain to confirm that it works as expected.

Use the command Delay between other commands to give the previous command time to be executed before applying the next command. Delay time is measured in milliseconds and can be adjusted.

To reorder commands in the chain:

1. Hover over the command.
2. When you see a Move cursor, drag the command to its new location in the sequence.

Create a new Command Chain from an existing chain

When you want to create a new chain which is very similar to an existing one, you can clone the chain and edit it to make a new Command Chain.

1. Right-click on the existing chain.
2. Select Clone Command Chain.
3. Change the cloned chain’s name.
4. Edit the commands in the chain.

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Use Command Chains

Quick Commands

Once a new Command Chain has been created you can immediately execute it from Quick Commands.

1. Open Quick Commands (F2 / ⌘ E).
2. Type in the chain’s name.
3. Press Enter to execute it.

Keyboard shortcuts

Before you can execute a Command Chain using a Keyboard Shortcut, you’ll need to assign a new shortcut for the new chain.

1. Go to Settings > Keyboard Shortcuts > Chains.
2. Find the chain you want to assign a keyboard shortcut for and click on it.
3. Press the keyboard shortcut on your keyboard.

Once the chain is assigned a keyboard shortcut, you can use it anywhere to run the sequence of commands.

Mouse gestures

Before you can execute a Command Chain using a Mouse Gesture, you’ll need to assign a new gesture for the new chain.

1. Go to Settings > Mouse > Gesture Mapping.
2. Click on the  New Gesture button.
3. Find the Command Chain from the drop-down menu or search for it by name.
4. Click Next.
5. Draw a new gesture in the highlighted area using primary (left) mouse button.
6. Click Save Gesture.

Once the chain is assigned a Mouse Gesture, you can use it anywhere to run the sequence of commands.

Toolbar button

To add a Command Chain as a button to a toolbar, so you can execute it with one click:

1. Go to the Vivaldi menu > View > Customize Toolbar.
2. Select Command Chains from the drop-down menu in the Toolbar Editor.
3. Click and drag the chain to the Address Bar or Status Bar.

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Edit Command Chains

To update a chain:

1. Go to Settings > Quick Commands > Command Chains.
2. Select the chain you want to edit.
3. Make the changes.

The chain will be updated automatically.

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Delete Command Chains

To delete a chain:

1. Go to Settings > Quick Commands > Command Chains.
2. Select the chain you want to delete.
3. Press Delete on your keyboard or click on

   

   Delete Command Chain at the bottom of the list of Command Chains.

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Examples of Command Chains

To get some inspiration for what kind of chains you can set up, check out the Command Chains Vivaldi Community members have shared on the Forum – Command Chain Recipes.