The Start Page is designed to give you full control of your digital life in one centralized space. Its flexibility allows you to create a unique dashboard personalized just for you. Continue reading to learn how to customize the Start Page with Widgets.

Widgets

To add a new widget:

1. Click on Widgets at the bottom of the Start Page.
2. Click on the widget you want to add.
3. If relevant, go through widget-specific options, such as selecting an account or a folder to display.

Some widgets, like Date and Tip of the Day, can be added once, but most can be added multiple times. This allows you to display different content in each widget, such as different email accounts, calendars, bookmark folders, etc.

Calendar Agenda

View, add, and manage your upcoming events from the Start Page.

You can display events and tasks from all calendars in a single widget or add multiple widgets for different calendars.

To change which calendar(s) events are shown from:

1. Click on Open menu button in the top right corner of the widget.
2. Select Select Calendar.
3. Choose the calendar(s) from the dropdown menu.
4. Click Done.

Latest Emails

Get a glimpse of your latest incoming emails and open them directly from the widget. You can display emails from all your mail accounts in a single widget or add a widget for each account you want to keep an eye on.

To select the mail account:

1. Click on Open menu button in the top right corner of the widget.
2. Select Change Folder.
3. Select All messages or one of your mail accounts.
4. Click Done.

Sticky Note

Sticky Notes are for quickly jotting down reminders, ideas, and more. You can add as many little notes as you like. Please note that, Sticky Notes are not saved to Notes by default.

To save a sticky note as a more permanent note:

1. Click on Open menu button in the top right corner of the widget.
2. Select Save to a Note.

Bookmarks

Keep your favorite bookmarks at easy reach with the Bookmarks widget. You can display bookmarks from a selected folder and add multiple widgets to display different bookmark folders.

To select the folder:

1. Click on Open menu button in the top right corner of the widget.
2. Select Select Folder.
3. Click on the folder name in the sub-menu.

You can also customize how bookmarks are displayed from the widget’s menu. Decide, whether to show the bookmarks’ titles or not, and whether to display the bookmarks’ favicons or thumbnails.

Tasks

Just like in the Calendar widget, you can view, add, and manage your tasks easily from the Dashboard.

Tip of the Day

To learn something new about Vivaldi every day, add the Tip of the Day widget that features desktop tips and tricks from vivaldi.com/blog/tips/. Click on the widget to see the full tip with step-by-step instructions.

Feeds

With the Feeds widget, you can see the latest posts from all the feeds you are subscribed to or display the newest posts from a selected feed.

To select the feed:

1. Click on Open menu button in the top right corner of the widget.
2. Select Select Feed.
3. Select All Recent Feeds or one of the feeds you follow.

Top Sites

The Top Sites widget displays the websites you visit most frequently.

Privacy Statistics

Keep an eye on how many trackers and ads Vivaldi’s built-in Tracker and Ad Blocker has blocked as you’ve browsed online. Click on the widget to see more detailed statistics and a list of blocked trackers.

Webpages

With the Webpage widget, you can view a webpage of your choice on the Dashboard.

To change the link:

1. Click on Open menu button in the top right corner of the widget.
2. Select Change Webpage URL.
3. Enter the link.
4. Click Done.

Date

From the Date widget, you can quickly see the day of the week, the full date, the week number, and the current time.

Weather

With the weather widget, you can keep an eye on the local weather in the next 24 hours as well as the forecast for the next 7 days.

To customize the Weather widget:

1. Click on Open menu button in the top right corner of the widget.
2. Select Change Location to change the locale.
3. In addition, make your choice for the units of measurement:
   • Temperature (Celsius or Fahrenheit).
   • Wind speed (meters per second, kilometers per hour, or miles per hour)
   • Precipitation (millimeters or inches).

Currency

The Currency widget makes it easy to convert one currency into another, as well as follow the changes in exchange rates over time.

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Customize the Dashboard

Columns

The number of columns you see side by side depends on the size of your browser window. You can decide on the maximum number of columns that will be displayed when there’s plenty of space.

To change the upper limit for columns:

1. Go to Settings > Start Page > Widgets.
   Alternatively, open Quick Settings from the top right corner of the Start Page.
2. Select a number between 1 and 4 for maximum columns.

Widget size

The height of some widgets can be changed.

To resize a widget:

1. Click on Open menu button in the top right corner of the widget.
2. Select Widget Size.
3. Choose whether to have a regular-sized widget or a tall one, which is twice the size of a regular widget.

Widget Background Style

To give widgets the aesthetic you like, you can adjust the transparency of the widgets’ backgrounds or give them a custom color.

To adjust the style:

1. Click on Open menu button in the top right corner of the widget.
2. Select Background Style.
3. Choose between:
   1. Solid
   2. Semi-Transparent
   3. Transparent
   4. Custom

Rearrange widgets

You can move widgets around and have them displayed in the order you like.

To rearrange widgets:

1. Click on the widget title area and hold down the mouse button.
2. Drag the widget to its new location.
3. Release the mouse button.

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Disable Widgets

If you know you won’t be using Widgets, you can disable them.

To disable the Dashboard:

1. Go to Settings > Start Page > Widgets.
   Alternatively, open Quick Settings from the top right corner of the Start Page.
2. Untick the box for Enable Widgets.

To make online transactions faster and free of mistakes, you can store your bank card and address information in the browser.

Payment Methods

When entering card details on a web page, you’ll be asked whether to save the card information in the browser and autofill similar forms with the stored information in the future. If you don’t plan to save payment information in Vivaldi, you can disable these requests in Settings > Privacy and Security > Payment Methods. Furthermore, you can block websites from checking whether any payment methods are stored in the browser.

For an added layer of security, you can enable a verification requirement whenever using the saved payment methods. Go to Settings > Privacy and Security > Payment Methods and enable Always Verify when Using Autofill. When enabled, you’ll be asked to enter your operating system’s PIN/password/etc. before filling out the form on the web page.

To add a new payment method manually:

1. Go to Settings > Privacy and Security > Payment Methods.
2. Click Add New Payment Card.
3. Enter your card’s details.
4. Click Save.

To edit a saved card’s info:

1. Go to Settings > Privacy and Security > Payment Methods.
2. Click on Edit Card.
3. Update the info.
4. Click Save.

To delete a card:

1. Go to Settings > Privacy and Security > Payment Methods.
2. Click on Edit Card.
3. Click Delete.

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Addresses

As with Payment methods, you can also save your postal address, phone number, and email in the browser for ease of use. Requests to save this information is enabled by default, but you can disable it in Settings > Privacy and Security > Addresses and More.

To enter information manually:

1. Go to Settings > Privacy and Security > Addresses and More.
2. Click Add New Address.
3. Enter your address and other information.
4. Click Save.

To edit saved address info:

1. Go to Settings > Privacy and Security > Addresses and More.
2. Click on Edit Card.
3. Update the info.
4. Click Save.

To delete address info:

1. Go to Settings > Privacy and Security > Addresses and More.
2. Click on Edit.
3. Click Delete.

In Vivaldi, you can decide how you’d like to open, close and how to reopen recently closed Tabs. This article lists the options available to you.

Opening Tabs

There are several ways to open a new Tab:

• Click the New Tab button on the Tab Bar;
• Go to Vivaldi menu > File >  New Tab;
• Type “New Tab” in Quick Commands;
• Use the Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl+T on Windows and Linux, or ⌘ T on macOS;
• Perform the New Tab Mouse Gesture: Right-click + Swipe down.
• With a vertically placed Tab Bar, double-click on an empty area on the Tab Bar.

To open links in new Tabs:

• Hold down the Shift key, while clicking a link;
• Select Open in New Tab from the right-click context menu;
• Perform the Open Link in New Tab (Over a Link) Mouse Gesture: right-click + swipe down.
• Hover the mouse cursor over a link on a web page, click and hold down the left mouse button and start dragging vertically. Then, while holding down the left mouse button, move the mouse to hover over Open a new tab button on the Tab Bar. On releasing the mouse, a new tab will open with the link.
  In case you’ve disabled Allow Text Selection in Links in Settings > Webpages, you can start dragging the link in any direction.

There are also several ways to open a link in a new Background Tab:

• Hold down the Ctrl/⌘ key while clicking a link;
• Right-click a link and select Open Link in Background Tab from the context menu;
• Click a link with the middle mouse button;
• Perform the Open Link in Background Tab (Over a Link) Mouse Gesture: Right-click + Swipe down and up.

If you enable New Tab from Link Opens in Background in Settings > Tabs > New Tab Position, links from Bookmarks and History will open in the background by default. Also, when enabled, selecting Open Link in New Tab from the right-click context menu or cloning a tab will open a new tab in the background instead of foreground.

To open links in new windows:

• Right-click a link and select Open Link in (Private) Window from the context menu.
• Hold down Ctrl + Shift keys while clicking a link.

Open previous/next page in a new Tab

To open the previously visited page or the page you’ve navigated back from in a new Tab, hold down the Ctrl/⌘ key and click on the Back button to open the previous link or the Forward button to open the next link.

To open a link further back/forward in the Tab history in a new Tab right-click on the  Back or  Forward button and while holding down the Ctrl/⌘ or Shift key click on an item on the list.

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Closing Tabs

To close a Tab:

• Click Close button that appears when hovering your mouse pointer over the Tab;
• Right-click on a Tab and select Close Tab;
• Go to Vivaldi menu > File >  Close Tab;
• Use the Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl+W/⌘ W to close the active Tab;
• Perform the Close Tab Mouse Gesture: Right-click + draw an L shape.
• Type “Close Tab” in Quick Commands.
• Double click on the Tab. Enable the option in Settings > Tabs > Tab Handling.
• Middle mouse button click on the Tab.

Close multiple Tabs:

• Select the Tabs you wish to close using the Shift or Ctrl/⌘ key and select Close # Tabs from the right-click context menu;
• Alternatively, select the Tabs you want to keep open using the Shift or Ctrl/⌘ key and select Close Other (# Unselected Tabs) from the right-click context menu.

Or right-click a Tab and select, whether to:

• Close Tabs to the right;
• Close Tabs to the left;
• Close all other Tabs (alternatively: Alt + click on active Tab’s close button).

Tab closing confirmation

To prevent accidental closing of multiple tabs, a confirmation dialog will be displayed when you try to close more tabs than specified in Settings > Tabs > Tab Handling > Confirm Closing Tabs over Maximum of #. The default value is set to 10, but you can set your own limit.

You can disable the confirmation dialog in Tab Settings or by clicking the box Do not ask again in the dialog.

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Reopening recently closed Tabs

The Closed Tabs button, located at the far end of the Tab Bar and in the Window Panel, contains a list of previously closed Tabs and Windows within the latest session.

To reopen a Tab, open the Closed Tabs menu and click on the Tab or Window you want to reopen. To quickly open the latest tab you’ve closed, on the Tab Bar, middle mouse button click directly on the Closed Tabs button.

It’s also a good place to look for your Tabs and Windows if, for some reason, the browser didn’t open with your previous session (after a crash for example). Please note that multiple browser restarts will erase the Closed Tabs history.

For a complete overview of visited pages, visit History by:

• Going to Vivaldi menu > Tools > History menu;
• Clicking History on the top menu on the Start Page;
• Typing “History” in Quick Commands;
• Using the Keyboard Shortcut CTRL+H / ⌘ Y.

In Vivaldi, you are in control of tabs from the word go. This article lists important options that determine how your tabs behave.

Grouping tabs into Tab Stacks

To learn about Tab Stacks in Vivaldi, take a look at the Help page, which describes the feature in depth here.

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Cycling tabs

To cycle through your open Tabs:

• Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab to move in the opposite direction, or
• Enable Switch Tabs by Scrolling in Settings > Tabs > Tab Features > Tab Cycling to switch tabs by holding down the Alt key or right mouse button and scrolling with the mouse wheel.

In Settings > Tabs > Tab Features > Tab Cycling, you can decide whether:

• Tabs are cycled in recently used or in the displayed order;
• A preview of the open Tabs is shown or you’re taken directly to the next tab.

In case you’ve enabled Show Tab Cycler, you can decide whether to show tab previews as thumbnails side by side or in a list (as in the image below).

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Switching Tabs

Probably the most common way to switch between Tabs is to just click on a Tab you want to view on the Tab Bar or in the Window Panel, but there are a couple of other options that can come in handy.

Switch Tabs using the mouse’s scroll wheel

When the mouse is hovering over the Tab Bar or while you’re holding down the Alt key, you can switch Tabs by scrolling. This feature can be enabled in Settings > Tabs > Tab Features > Tab Cycling > Switch Tabs by Scrolling.

Switch Tabs using keyboard shortcuts

You can move to the next tab with the Keyboard Shortcuts Ctrl+Page↑ / Shift ⌘ ] and to the previous tab with Ctrl+Page↓ / Shift ⌘ [.

On Windows and Linux the first 9 Tabs in the Window menu are numbered for quick tab-switching. Press Alt+W to access the menu, and type the number of the tab you want to switch to.

Switch Tabs from the Address Field

When you know the title or URL of the tab you want to view, you can switch to it by typing the title/URL in the Address Field and selecting the tab from the list of suggestions.

To narrow down the search results in the Address Field to just tabs, first type “@tabs” followed by a space and then the search keyword.

Switch Tabs with Quick Commands

Press F2 / ⌘ E to open Quick Commands. Before you enter a search term all open Tabs in all Windows will be listed. If you do a search, only Tabs meeting the search criteria will be shown. Click on the listed Tab to open it.

Minimise Tabs

Furthermore, when you enable Active Tab minimising in Settings > Tabs > Tab Cycler > Minimise Active Tab, you can move to the previous active tab by clicking on the current Active Tab.

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Moving Tabs

Tab’s location on the tab bar or in the Window Panel‘s list can be changed by dragging them to the preferred location. The same can be done with multiple Tabs, when the Tabs are selected using either the Ctrl/⌘ or Shift key.

Active Tab’s location can also be changed by using the following keyboard shortcuts:

• On Windows and Linux: Ctrl+Shift+Page↑/Ctrl+Shift+Page↓
• On macOS: ⌘ ⇧ ↑/⌘ ⇧ ↓

Read about moving Tabs between windows on our Help Page about Windows.

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Hibernating Tabs

Hibernating Tabs helps you to reduce the browser’s memory usage. To hibernate a tab or a Tab Stack, right-click on it in the Tab Bar and select whether you want to:

• Hibernate a single tab (can’t be the active tab);
• A Tab Stack, or
• Background Tabs.

To hibernate Tabs in the Window Panel, right-click on:

• A single tab (can’t be the active tab);
• Tab Stack or
• Select multiple Tabs with Shift or Ctrl/⌘ keys to hibernate them.

When you have enabled Dim Icon when Hibernated in Settings > Tabs > Tab Display you can easily see which Tabs and Tab Stacks are currently hibernating.

Lazy Loading

When opening the browser with your previous session or a Saved Session, lazy loading opens the background tabs of the session in a hibernated state to save resources. To enable it, go to Settings > General > Startup with and tick the box for Lazy Load Restored Tabs.  If you don’t want Pinned Tabs to hibernate, tick the box also for Always Load Pinned Tabs.

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Duplicating Tabs

To create an exact copy of a tab including its history, use one of the following options:

• Choose Duplicate Tab from the right-click context menu.
• Click on Reload current page on the Address Bar with a middle mouse button.
• Hold down the Shift key while clicking the Reload current page button.
• Type “Duplicate Selected Tabs” in Quick Commands.
• Create a Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Gesture for the action.

In Settings > Tabs > Duplicated Tab Position you can decide whether the cloned tab should open next to the original one, or as the last tab.

In case you have enabled New Tab from Link Opens in Background in Settings > Tabs > New Tab Position, the cloned tab will also open in a new background tab.

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Renaming Tabs

If the page title displayed on the tab is not useful and you often struggle to find the right tab, you can give it a better name. Furthermore, you can rename Tab Stacks.

To rename a tab:

1. Right-click on the tab on the Tab Bar or in the Windows Panel and select Rename from the context menu.
   Alternatively, to rename the active tab, type “Rename Tab” in Quick Commands, or create a Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Gesture for the action.
2. Enter the new title.
3. Press Enter or click somewhere else in the browser.

To rename a tab stack:

1. Right-click on the stack on the Tab Bar or in the Windows Panel and select Rename Tabs Stack from the context menu.
   Alternatively, to rename the active stack, type “Rename Tab Stack” in Quick Commands, or create a Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Gesture for the action.
2. Enter the new title.
3. Press Enter or click somewhere else in the browser.

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Muting Tabs

To mute a tab:

• Click on the speaker icon on the tab, when the tab is currently playing audio;
• Right-click on the Tab and select Mute Tab;
• To mute multiple Tabs, select the Tabs, right-click on one of them and select Mute # Tabs from the context menu.
• To mute all background tabs when the active tab is playing audio, right-click on the Tab and select Mute Other Tabs.
• Type “Mute / Unmute Tab” in Quick Commands
• Set a Keyboard Shortcut or a Mouse gesture for the action.

Tabs can also be unmuted using the options listed above.

Muting one tab will not automatically mute the sound in other tabs of the same website.

In Settings > Tabs > Tab Features > Mute Tab Audio, you can decide whether:

• All audio is always played in all Tabs;
• Audio will only play in the Active Tab;
• Audio can play in a Background Tab but will be muted if you play something in the Active Tab.

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Periodic Reload of Tabs

Periodic tab reload can be used on sites where the page is often updated, but the new content isn’t automatically displayed.

To reload a tab every X minutes:

1. Right-click on the Tab;
2. Select Periodic Reload;
3. Pick the interval between 1 and 30 minutes.

Alternatively:

1. Go to the tab you want to periodically reload;
2. Open Quick Commands;
3. Type “Periodic Reload” and the time interval.
   There are two ways to enter the time interval. For example, to reload the tab every one and a half minutes, type the time either in seconds “Periodic Reload 90” or “Periodic Reload 1’30” ” (single quote for minutes and double for seconds).

You can see the countdown until the next reload on the Tab, below the page’s favicon and title.

To disable Periodic Reload of Tab, either:

• Right-click on the Tab and select Periodic Reload > Disable or Disable all, if you have multiple active timers.
• Open Quick Commands and type “Disable Periodic Timers“.
• Create a Keyboard Shortcut for the action.

Access your favorite Bookmarks directly from the Start Page with Speed Dials.

Speed Dial Groups

Add a new Speed Dial group

To access bookmarks from the Start Page:

1. In the Bookmarks Panel, make sure your favorites are in the same Bookmarks folder.
2. Long press on the folder and select Edit.
3. Enable Use as Group.
4. Tap Done.

To create a new Speed Dial group:

1. Tap on the 3-dot menu in the top right corner of the Start Page.
2. Select New Group.
3. Give the new group a name.
4. Tap Done.

You can display multiple Groups on the Start Page and switch between them, either by swiping left/right or tapping on the group title.

Speed Dial subfolders

To create a new Speed Dial subfolder:

1. Long press on New Speed Dial.
2. Select Folder.
3. Give the folder a name.
4. Tap Done.

Alternatively, create a new subfolder and move bookmarks to it in the Bookmarks Panel.

Remove Speed Dial groups

To remove a group from the Start Page:

Option 1

1. Long press on the Speed Dial group’s name on the menu at the top of the Start Page.
2. Select Remove from the context menu.

Option 2

1. Open the Bookmarks Panel and find the group’s folder.
2. Long press on it and select Edit.
3. Toggle off Use as Group.
4. Tap Done.

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Add new Speed Dials

To add a new bookmark to a Speed Dial group on the Start Page:

1. Tap on the Vivaldi menu > Add page to > Start Page.
2. If you wish to edit the bookmark’s information, tap on Edit on the banner that appears at the bottom of the screen.
3. Tap Done.

To add a new bookmark to a Speed Dial group while you’re on the Start Page:

1. Tap on the Add button at the end of your Speed Dials’ list.
2. Enter a web page link and/or tap on the suggestions.
3. Tap Done.

To add an existing bookmark to a Speed Dial group or move it to a different Speed Dial group:

1. Open the Bookmarks Panel.
2. Long press on the one you want to move.
3. Select Edit.
4. Change the location.
5. Tap Done.

Edit Speed Dials

To edit a Speed Dial bookmark:

1. Find the bookmark either on the Start Page or in the Bookmarks Panel.
2. Long press on it and select Edit Speed Dial.
3. Make the necessary edits and tap Done.

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Manage Speed Dials

Sort Speed Dials

To sort your Speed Dials:

1. Tap on the Sort button in the top right corner of the Start Page,
2. Select your preferred sorting option:
   • Manual,
   • By Title,
   • By Address,
   • By Nickname,
   • By Description,
   • By Date.

You can also sort your Speed Dial bookmarks in the Bookmarks Panel.

Reorder Speed Dials

To reorder Speed Dials:

1. Make sure Manual sorting is enabled (see instructions above).
2. Long press on a Speed Dial.
3. Drag and drop to change the order.

To edit, move or delete a Speed Dial, long press on the Speed Dial to open a context menu with the options.

Alternatively, manage your Speed Dial bookmarks in the Bookmarks Panel.

Update Speed Dial Thumbnails

With Large and Medium Speed Dials you’ll usually see a preview of the web page as the thumbnail.

To update it:

1. Long press on the Speed Dial.
2. Select Update Thumbnail from the menu.

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Delete Speed Dials

To delete a Speed Dial bookmark:

1. On the Speed Dial page, long press on the Speed Dial bookmark you want to remove.
2. Select Delete from the context menu.

Alternatively, delete the bookmark in the Bookmarks Panel.

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Start Page layout

There are 4 Speed Dial layouts available in Vivaldi:

• Large Speed Dials,
• Medium Speed Dials
• Small Speed Dials,
• Speed Dial list.

To change the layout:

1. Go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > Start Page Layout.
2. Choose your preferred layout.

Similarly to the desktop and Android browsers, your favorite Bookmarks can be displayed on the Start Page as Speed Dials.

Accessing the Start Page

Your Start Page is the default new tab and homepage for the browser and can be accessed by opening a new tab or from any web page by tapping the middle New Tab button on the bottom toolbar.

Reopen Start Page with

Since the Start Page can have many Speed Dial groups plus Top Sites on it, you can decide, which one to show whenever you go to the Start Page.

To choose which group to open the Start Page with:

1. Go to the  Vivaldi menu > Settings > Start Page > Reopen Start Page with.
2. Choose between:
   • First group,
   • Top Sites,
   • Last Visited Group.

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Customizing the Start Page

To customize the Speed Dials on the Start Page, open the Bookmarks Panel and edit your bookmarks there. In the folder editor window, toggle on Use as Group to display the bookmarks in that folder on your Speed Dial. You can display multiple folders on the Start Page.

To customize your Start Page:

1. Open a new tab with the Start Page.
2. Tap on the 3 dot menu in the top right corner and select Customize Start Page.
3. Make the changes.
4. Click Done.

Options available to you there include:

• Toggling Speed Dials visibility on/off.
• Changing the size of the Speed Dials (large, medium, small, list).
• Changing the number of Speed Dial columns.
• Updating the background image.

If you enjoy switching things up regularly, toggle on Customize Start Page button. You can also find the same settings by going to the   Vivaldi menu > Settings > Start Page.

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Top Sites

In addition to Speed Dials, you can have an automatically generated group of links on the Start Page made up of your most visited web pages.

To enable Top Sites:

Option 1

1. Open a new tab with the Start Page.
2. At the bottom of the page or from the 3-dot menu in the top right corner of Start Page, open Customize Start Page settings.
3. Toggle on Display Top Sites.

Option 2

1. Go to Vivaldi Menu > Settings > Start Page.
2. Toggle on Display Top Sites.

Tab Bar visibility

To toggle the visibility of the Tab Bar, use one of the following options:

• Go to Settings > Tabs and (un)tick the box for Show Tab Bar.
• Go to the Vivaldi Menu > View and select Show Tab Bar.
• Type “Tab Bar” in Quick Commands and press Enter.
• Create a Keyboard Shortcut or a Mouse Gesture for the action.

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Tab Bar position

The Tab Bar can be located on any side of the browser window. To change the position:

1. Go to Settings > Tabs > Tab Bar Position.
2. Select your preferred side:
   • Top,
   • Left,
   • Right, or
   • Bottom.

When you have moved the Tab Bar to the left or right side of the browser window, you have the option to show the Title of the active tab in a Title Bar, which will also include the Vivaldi Menu button as well as window controls for minimizing, maximizing and closing browser windows.

To enable the Title Bar:

1. Go to Settings > Appearance > Window Appearance
2. Enable Show Title Bar.

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Tab Bar Appearance

To apply an accent color to the Tab Bar:

1. Go to Settings > Themes.
2. Select a theme and open the Editor > Colors.
3. Make sure Accent on Window setting has been enabled.
4. Either set an accent color yourself or enable Accent from Page to get the color from the website you’re currently viewing.

From Settings > Themes > Editor > Settings you can also adjust transparency and blur settings.

Tab Bar width on the side of the window

If you’ve positioned the Tab Bar on either the left or right side of the browser window, you can adjust the width of it. You can go wide enough to see plenty, if not all, of the tab title, or as narrow as to show only the website’s favicon.

To resize the Tab Bar:

1. Hover over the outer edge of the Tab Bar.
2. When you see a double-ended arrow, drag in either direction to change the width.

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Tab Bar Display

Horizontal Scrolling

When the Tab Bar is placed horizontally on the top or bottom of the browser window, by default, tabs start to shrink in size, the more you open them. That can result in page titles or even favicons becoming invisible. Enabling Scrollable Tabs can prevent that. When enabled, tabs won’t shrink in size. Instead, they’ll go out of view and you can scroll the Tab Bar to browse through the open tabs.

To enable Scrollable Tabs:
1. Go to Settings > Tabs > Tab Display > Tab Bar.
2. Check the box for Enable Horizontal Scrolling.

Tab Spacing

When the browser window is not maximized in size, a narrow space is visible above the tabs. It allows you to click and drag the window around. By default, the space is removed when you maximize the window, but you can keep the space by disabling Remove Tab Bar Spacing in Maximized Windows in Settings > Tabs > Tab Display > Tab Bar.

Customize the Tab Bar

Apart from the tabs themselves, the components on the Tab Bar can all be moved or hidden, and you can add components from other toolbars to the Tab Bar.

To customize the layout of the Tab Bar and the components on it:

1. Go to the Vivaldi menu > View > Customize Toolbar.
   Alternatively, right-click on the Tab Bar and select Customize Toolbar from the context menu.
2. Use drag and drop to rearrange the components on the Tab Bar, and drag components off the Tab Bar to remove them. Select different toolbars from the editor’s drop-down menu and drag additional components to the Tab Bar.
3. Click Done.

Tab Thumbnails give you a preview of the website you have open in the tab. To toggle thumbnails on and off, use one of the following methods:

• Go to Settings > Tabs  > Tab Display > Tab Options and toggle Show Tab Thumbnails on or off.
• Type “Tab Thumbnails” in Quick Commands.
• Create a Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Gesture for the action.

On the iPad’s larger screen, you can get more of the desktop experience by tiling two Vivaldi windows or a Vivaldi window with another app side by side. In addition, you can open Vivaldi in Slide Over mode for a quick check of the app, while doing something else on your iPad.

Split View with Vivaldi

Open new windows

There are a few ways you can open a new Vivaldi window in split view on an iPad.

Option 1

1. Open the  Vivaldi menu.
2. Select New Window.

The new window will create a split view with the window you already had open.

Option 2

1. If Vivaldi is pinned to the dock, swipe up from the bottom of the screen to display the dock.
2. Long-press on Vivaldi’s icon on the dock.
3. Drag it either to the left or right side of the screen to create a split view.

Option 3

1. Long-press on a link on a web page.
2. Select Open in New Window.

Option 4

1. Tap on the Multitasking button at the top of the screen.
2. At the bottom, where other open Vivaldi windows are displayed, tap on the new window button.

Resize windows

To make one window bigger than the other:

1. Tap and hold your finger on the line between the two windows.
2. Slide your finger towards either side to resize the tiled windows.

View all open Vivaldi windows

To view all windows, either:

• Tap on the multitasking button at the top of the screen. All windows will appear at the bottom of the screen. Tap on one to bring it into focus.
• Open iPad’s App Switcher to view all Vivaldi windows together with other apps.

Move tabs to other windows

It’s not possible to move tabs from one Vivaldi window to another, but you can open a duplicate.

1. Open the Tab Switcher in the window from which you want to move the tab.
2. Long-press and drag the tab you want to move from one window to the other.
3. Drop the tab on the Tab Bar to open it in the second window.

Close windows

To close a Vivaldi window:

1. Swipe from the bottom of the screen to open the App Switcher.
2. Locate the Vivaldi window you want to close.
3. Swipe it off the screen.

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Slide Over mode

Open Vivaldi in Slide Over mode

To open Vivaldi in a smaller window on top of another app or Vivaldi window:

1. Open Vivaldi.
2. Tap on the multitasking button at the top of the screen.
3. Select Slide Over mode.
4. Select the app you want to open Vivaldi on top of.

Revert to full-screen

To open Vivaldi in Slide Over mode back in full-screen view:

1. Tap on the multitasking button at the top of the slide-over window.
2. Select the full-screen option.

Close Slide Over mode

To close a slide-over window:

1. Swipe from the bottom of the screen to open the App Switcher.
2. Swipe to the view that displays all apps open in Slide Over mode.
3. Locate the Vivaldi window you want to close.
4. Swipe it off the screen.

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More info on multitasking on iPads can be found on Apple’s Support pages.

Memory Saver helps reduce memory usage by automatically hibernating tabs that haven’t been used in a while. This way, active tabs, such as those used for gaming or streaming, can run more smoothly.

How much memory will be saved depends on the number of tabs you have open and how much memory they use. Also, how soon a tab is hibernated varies. Tabs that you rarely visit will be hibernated a lot sooner than the ones you view often. Tabs playing media, including forms, updating frequently (e.g. a mailbox), etc. will be kept active for longer.

To enable Memory Saver:

1. Go to Settings > Performance > Memory Saver.
2. Select your preferred option:
   • Never Save Memory,
   • Minimum Savings,
   • Balanced Savings,
   • Maximum Savings.

To reactivate a tab just go to it and it will reload. Due to this, you may lose your place on the page.

While Memory Saver puts tabs into hibernation automatically, you can still hibernate background tabs, Tab Stacks, and Workspaces whenever you need it by right-clicking on a tab, Tab Stack, or Workspace and selecting the hibernation option from the menu.

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Memory usage per tab

To see how much memory a specific tab uses in real time, hover over the tab on the Tab Bar to display the Tab Thumbnail. The thumbnail preview also lets you know when a tab is hibernated.

If you don’t see Tab Thumbnails on hover, go to Settings > Tabs > Tab Display > Tab Options and make sure Show Popup Thumbnails has been enabled.

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Video

On Vivaldi Social, you can automatically hide posts that you find offensive, deal with sensitive matters, just oversaturate your timelines or you don’t wish to see for any other reason.

Add a new Filter

To create a filter:

1. Go to Preferences > Filters.
2. Click Add new filter in the top right corner.
3. Give the filter a name (if you choose to hide the posts with a warning, the filter’s name will be mentioned on the post).
4. If you want to apply the filter temporarily, select an expiration time.
5. Choose where the filter will be applied – Home and lists, Notifications, Public timelines, Conversations, Profiles.
6. Decide whether to hide the post behind a warning or remove it altogether.
7. Enter the keyword(s) you want to filter out. You can enter words, phrases, hashtags or emojis.
8. Click Save new filter.

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Edit a Filter

To update a filter:

1. Go to Preferences > Filters.
2. In the list of filters you’ve created, click Edit Filter on the one you wish to edit.
3. Make the changes.
4. Click Save Changes.

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Delete a Filter

1. Go to Preferences > Filters.
2. In the list of filters you’ve created, click Delete on the one you wish remove.