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.

If you’ve been using Opera’s old mail client M2, you can import your mail and contacts from there to Vivaldi.

1. Go to Vivaldi menu > File > Import from Applications or Files.
2. Select Opera 12.x.
3. Choose whether you want to import all browser data or just Mail.
4. Click Start Import.
5. When done, click Close.

Depending on the mail profile size, fetching all messages may take some time. You can check the progress from the Status Bar.

In case Opera’s profile isn’t in the default profile location:

1. Untick Use Default Profile Location.
2. Click on Choose a Folder and find the profile folder.
3. Click Select Folder to start the import.
4. When done, click Close.

With Vivaldi Translate, you can translate full web pages with just a click of a button. No Extensions needed.

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Translation options

In addition to translating the page to your browser’s default language, you can choose to translate into any of the supported languages. To change the translation language:

Option 1

1. Click on the .menu button on the Translation Banner.
2. Click on More languages.
3. Select a different language from the menu.

Option 2

1. Go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > General > Language settings > Translation Settings > Advanced.
2. Tap on Translate into this language.
3. Select your preferred language.

To eliminate extra steps for future translations, you can enable or disable translation of certain languages and sites.

To change your preferences:

1. Click on the .menu button on the Translation Banner.
2. Change your preferences.

Available options:

• Always translate – always translate the current language.
• Never translate – never translate the current language.
• Never translate this site – never be asked about translation on that particular site again.

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Translation Settings

To disable or re-enable the automatic translation banner:

1. Go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > General > Language settings > Translation Settings.
2. Toggle on or off Automatically offer to translate pages.

You’ll still be able to translate web pages from Vivaldi menu > Translate.

Advanced settings

To review languages that you’ve chosen always and never to translate:

1. Go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > General > Language settings > Translation Settings > Advanced.
2. Click on Automatically translate these languages or Don’t offer to translate these languages, depending on which list you want to review.
3. Tap on Add language to add a new language to the list or on the menu button next to a language already on the list to remove it.

To reset a setting for a specific language or site:

1. Type vivaldi://translate-internals in the Address Field;
2. Go through the list of saved preferences.
3. Click on X for the ones you want to reset.

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Troubleshoot translation issues

When translation doesn’t work as expected, first reset the settings as instructed in the previous paragraph. If that doesn’t help, discuss the issue with the Team and Community on the Forum, to see if others can reproduce the bug or have suggestions for a fix.

To report a bug to the browser developers:

1. Open vivaldi://translate-internals.
2. Take a screenshot of the Prefs tab.
3. Save the content on the Detection Logs tab by clicking on Dump above the table.
4. Go to https://vivaldi.com/bugreport/.
5. Fill in the form making sure to include the following information:
   • Link of the page where translation fails.
   • Your default user interface language and the language you tried to translate to.
   • Other information that helps to reproduce the bug.
6. Attach the files. You can also send the attachments after submitting the bug report in a reply email to the bug tracking system’s autoreply.
7. Submit the bug report.

With Vivaldi Translate, you can translate full web pages with just a click of a button. No Extensions needed.

Translate a web page

When a website you’re viewing is in a language different from your browser’s user interface language, Vivaldi offers to translate it for you. A pop-up will be shown for every language you haven’t made a decision about. To translate the page to your default language, simply click on Translate in the pop-up dialogue.

In case, you closed the pop-up or it didn’t open after the page finished loading, click on Translate Page on the right side of the Address Field.

To display the content of the web page in its original language again:

1. Click on Translate Page to open the pop-up.
2. Click on Revert to (original language).

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Translate selected text

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.

In the translation overlay, you can change both the source language and translation language.

Show translation in Translate Panel

To display translations of selected text in the panel instead of the overlay popup:

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

If you prefer the popup dialog, disable the setting.

To learn more, take a look at the Help page about Translate Panel.

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Translation options

In addition to translating the page to your browser’s default language, you can choose to translate into any of the supported languages. To change the translation language:

1. Click on Translate Page in the Address Field.
2. In case you already translated the page to another language, click Revert to (original language).
3. Select a different language from the drop down menu.
4. Click Translate.

To eliminate extra steps for future translations, you can enable or disable translation of certain languages and sites.

To change your preferences:

1. Click on Translate Page in the Address Field.
2. Click on Options.
3. Change your preferences.

Available options:

• Always translate – always translate the current language. Alternatively, tick the Always translate checkbox above the Translate button.
• Never translate – never translate the current language.
• Never translate this site – never be asked about translation on that particular site again.
• Offer to translate pages – disables the automatic translation of pages and pop-ups  that show automatically. The button remains in the address field to reverse the action.

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Translation Settings

To disable or re-enable automatic translation pop-ups:

Option 1

1. Click on Translate Page in the Address Field.
2. Click on Options.
3. Click on Offer to translate pages. When disabled the option doesn’t have a check mark in front of it.

Option 2

1. Go to Settings > General > Language.
2. Below the list of accepted languages, click on Automatically offer to translate pages.

You’ll still be able to translate pages by clicking on Translate Page in the Address Field.

Resetting translation settings

To reset all settings:

1. Go to Settings > General > Language.
2. Click on Reset Translation Settings to Default.

To reset a setting for a specific language or site:

1. Type vivaldi://translate-internals in the Address Field;
2. Go through the list of saved preferences.
3. Click on X for the ones you want to reset.

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Troubleshoot translation issues

When translation doesn’t work as expected, first reset the settings as instructed in the previous paragraph. If that doesn’t help, discuss the issue with the Team and Community on the Forum, to see if others can reproduce the bug or have suggestions for a fix.

To report a bug to the browser developers:

1. Open vivaldi://translate-internals.
2. Take a screenshot of the Prefs tab.
3. Save the content on the Detection Logs tab by clicking on Dump above the table.
4. Go to https://vivaldi.com/bugreport/.
5. Fill in the form making sure to include the following information:
   • Link of the page where translation fails.
   • Your default user interface language and the language you tried to translate to.
   • Other information that helps to reproduce the bug.
6. Attach the files. You can also send the attachments after submitting the bug report in a reply email to the bug tracking system’s autoreply.
7. Submit the bug report.

Notifications

If you wish, you can receive notifications on the forum, to your account’s recovery email or both:

• when someone upvotes your post;
• when someone you follow posts a topic;
• when a new reply is posted in a topic you are watching;
• when someone starts following you;
• when you receive a chat message;
• when you receive a group invite;
• when someone mentions you.

On the forum, to view the latest notifications, click on the bell icon in the top right corner of the page.

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Notification Settings

To change, which notifications to receive and where, go to your account menu > Settings and apply your preference in the Notifications and Sounds sections.

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Forum Digest emails

In addition to notifications, you can receive a Digest email with the latest topics. Adjust the frequency in Settings > Email.

Digest emails will be sent to your account’s recovery email.

When someone has sent you a private message, you’ll get an unread chat message notification in the top right corner of the forum page. Unread messages will have a pale yellow background.

Send a message

To send private messages to a community member:

• Click on the Chat button;
• Select See all chats;
• Pick a discussion from the list of previous chats or start typing a username to search for users.

Alternatively, go to the user’s profile, click on the menu below the cover image and select Continue Chat With… .

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Create a group chat

To start a group discussion:

• Open a discussion with one user;
• Click on Settings (top right) > Manage Chat Room to add more members;
• From chat settings, you can also change the chatroom’s name.

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Chat window

If you wish to continue browsing the forum while chatting, opt for the pop-up chat window by clicking on the window toggle in the top right corner. Minimise chat windows to browse the forum. Minimised chats (discussion partner’s avatars or chat bubbles for group chats) will appear in the bottom right corner of the page.

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Privacy settings

By default, you can only receive chat messages from users that you follow. To be able to receive private messages from everyone, go to your account menu > Settings > Privacy and untick Only allow chat messages from users I follow.

Forum Profile

To view your account’s profile, click on the avatar (username’s first letter if you haven’t uploaded an image) in the top right corner of the forum and select your username. You can change your online status and access other pages from the same menu.

Alternatively, go to the following link while you’re logged in – https://forum.vivaldi.net/me or click on your username in one of the topics you’ve posted to.

On your profile, you’ll see various information about your account. To access some of it, click on the circular button on the edge of the profile cover image to open the menu (see image below).

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Profile Cover image

To change your profile’s cover image, hover over the image and click on the leftmost button to upload a new image, middle button to reposition the current image and on the right to remove the image.

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Account Profile

To view and change your account information (e.g. login password, avatar), open the account menu from your avatar and select Profile.

For more information about your Vivaldi account, browse the help pages in the Account category.

The Vivaldi forum is a place to talk about the browser, share customization ideas and clever tricks, troubleshoot bugs, shape the browser’s development, and, why not, just talk about tech with like-minded people from around the world.

Forum categories

Topics are divided into 8 main categories with many subcategories.

• Desktop – All topics, including news, bug reports, feature requests, and more about the desktop version of Vivaldi on Windows, macOS, and Linux are in this category.
• Mail, Calendar & Feeds – The category to discuss everything related to the browser’s built-in mail, calendar, and feeds clients.
• Mobile Browser – All topics, including news, bug reports, feature requests, and more about the mobile version of Vivaldi on Android and iOS are in this category.
• Android Automotive – Vivaldi browser is available in numerous cars. This is the place to talk about them.
• Community & Services – Topics about Vivaldi services (Vivaldi Social, forum, webmail, blogs, themes, and sync) and accounts are posted here.
• Let’s talk about Vivaldi – You’ll find Vivaldi’s news, media coverage, and general discussions about the company in this category.
• Everything else – All topics that aren’t about Vivaldi can be found in this category.
• Local forums – Bigger non-English speaking communities have their own category, where they can have discussions in other languages.

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Watching and ignoring categories and topics

To follow or unfollow a category, open it and select your preferred option, Watching or Ignoring, from the drop-down menu above the list of topics. In case the category has subcategories, the menu is between subcategory folders and topics. In addition to watching/ignoring the current category, the change will also apply to all subcategories.

To follow or unfollow a specific topic, look for the same menu in an open topic (see image below). In addition to just Watching and Ignoring, there’s also an option Not Watching.

All your Watched topics are listed on https://forum.vivaldi.net/me/watched. You can access it on your profile from the menu on the edge of your cover image > Watched.

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Unread & Recent posts

New posts in categories that you watch but haven’t seen before will appear in the Unread section. Fresh watched posts, both read and unread, are listed in the Recent section.

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Topic tags

Tags are another good way to find discussions related to topics you’re interested in. When you create a topic, you can also add tags. Please use the existing ones as much as possible.

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Popular topics

Most discussed topics of the day / week / month and all time can be found there.

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Upvoting posts

If you like or agree with a post you can upvote it.

Voting is most used in the Feature Requests category. We use upvotes to determine the most popular feature requests.

The button will turn green once you’ve cast your vote. You can view the posts you’ve upvoted on https://forum.vivaldi.net/me/upvoted. It is also available under your profile page if you click on the blue menu button below the cover image.

Every time a post or comment is upvoted, the author’s reputation increases by one point.

In Vivaldi, you can customize the commands in the main application menu as well as in the user interface and web page context menus. Reorder, add or remove actions to make menus fit your workflow.

Edit menus

To edit menus:

1. Go to Settings > Appearance > Menu > Menu customization;
2. Select which menu you want to edit;

All changes are saved automatically and available immediately.

Currently you can edit the following menus:

• Vivaldi button menu;
• Horizontal menu;
• Web Page: Audio and Video, Image, Link, Page, Selection and Text Field;
• Start Page: Speed Dial button, Start Page and Start Page bar menus;
• Panels: Panel bar and Panel bar button menus;
• Tabs: Tab, Tab Bar, Tab Stack Thumbnail, Tab Trash Can, Windows list menus;
• Bookmarks: Bookmark Bar, Bookmark Bar button, Bookmark list menus;
• Address Bar: Back, Forward, Rewind, Fast Forward, Rewind, Reload and Home button, and Text Field menus;
• Other: Download, History and Notes lists’, Reading List and Text Field menus.

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Reorder menus

To reorder menu commands, either:

• Drag and drop the commands;
• Right-click on the command and select Move Up or Move Down.
• Select a command and hold down the Alt key and use the ↑ and ↓ arrows to move the command.

To move commands from one folder to another use drag and drop.

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Add commands

To add a command, either:

• Drag it from the Commands list to the Content section;
• Right-click on the command and select Add to Content.

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Remove commands

To delete a command, either:

• Right-click on the command and select Delete.
• Select the command and press Delete on your keyboard.

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Add Folders

To divide commands into folders, create a new folder and drag existing and new commands to it.

To create a new folder:

1. Right click on an empty area in the Content section or on an existing folder, if you want to create a subfolder;
2. Select New folder;
3. Give the new folder a name.
4. Drag commands into the folder.

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Add separators

To section the menu visually, you can add separating lines between commands.

To add a separator, either:

• Right-click in the Content area and select New Separator and drag it where you want it.
• Drag Menu Separator from the Commands list to the Content section.

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Rename

To rename a command or folder:

1. Right click on the command or folder;
2. Select Rename;
3. Change the name;
4. Press Enter or focus elsewhere on the page.

If you like using Keyboard Shortcuts, make sure to add anchors to command names. When renaming a command, add the & symbol in front of the letter you want to use in your Keyboard Shortcut. For example, to open a New Tab on Windows, the default Keyboard Shortcut is Alt or F10 + F + N. When you check the menu the anchor letters are underlined (see screenshot below).

To make commands easily discoverable using visual cues, add emojis to the command names. Use your OS’s emoji keyboard (Win + . / ⌃ ⌘ Space) to add the icons.

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Reset menus

To reset the menu, click Restore Default Menu below the Content section. Only the currently selected menu will be reset.

To import data from a Vivaldi on another device, we recommend using the browser’s Sync feature. Continue reading to learn how to import data from other browser and from files on your computer, including alternative ways to transfer data between Vivaldi browsers.

Import Bookmarks

To import Bookmarks from another browser on the same computer or from an HTML file,

1. Go to the Vivaldi menu > File > Import from Applications or Files.
2. Select which browser you want to import bookmarks from.
   If you have saved your bookmarks in a file, select Bookmarks HTML file from the dropdown menu.
3. Click Start Import.

Depending on the source browser, you can import other browser data, such as Passwords and History, at the same time as well.

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Export Bookmarks

To export bookmarks:

• Go to the Vivaldi menu > File > Export Bookmarks;
• Choose the download location;

The file will be saved as an HTML file.

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Import Passwords

1. Go to the Vivaldi menu > File > Import from Applications or Files;
2. Select which browser you want to import passwords from;
3. Click Start Import.

To import passwords from .csv file:

1. Type “vivaldi://password-manager/settings” into the Address field.
2. In the Import passwords section, click on Select file.
3. Choose the .csv file with your passwords.
4. Click Open.

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Export Passwords

To export passwords from Vivaldi:

• Go to the Vivaldi menu > File > Export > Export Passwords.
• Verify your identity, for example, by entering your Windows’ login password.
• Select the destination folder.

Important! Storing passwords in a .csv file will make them visible to anyone with access to the file.

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Import History

In addition to Bookmarks and Passwords, from most browsers, you can also import your browsing History.

1. Go to the Vivaldi menu > File > Import from Applications or Files.
2. Select which browser you want to import history from;
3. Click Start Import.

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Import open Tabs

To bring over the tabs you have open in other browsers:

1. Go to the Vivaldi menu > File > Import from Applications or Files.
2. Select which browser you want to import the open tabs from.
3. Click Start Import.

At this stage, importing tabs works only from Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Edge, Opera, Brave, etc.).

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Import Notes

To import notes:

1. Make sure all notes you want to import are in one folder and saved as a text or markdown file.
2. Go to the Vivaldi menu > File > Import from Applications or Files.
3. From the drop-down menu select Notes Folder.
4. Click Choose a Notes Folder.
5. Select the source folder.

Alternatively:

• Type “Import notes“ in Quick Commands (F2 / ⌘ E).
• Create a Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Gesture for the action.

All applicable files in the folder will be imported as notes to Vivaldi.

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Export Notes

To export your notes:

1. Go to the Vivaldi menu > File > Export > Export Notes.
2. Select the destination folder.

Alternatively:

• Type “Export notes“ in Quick Commands (F2 / ⌘ E).
• Create a Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Gesture for the action.

All notes will be saved as separate text (.txt) or markdown (.md) files.

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Import Reading List

To import a Reading List:

1. Go to the Vivaldi menu > File > Import from Applications or Files.
2. From the drop-down menu select Reading List (CSV).
3. Click Choose a File.
4. Select the source folder.

Alternatively:

• Type “Import Reading List“ in Quick Commands (F2 / ⌘ E).
• Create a Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Gesture for the action.

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Export Reading List

To export your Reading List:

1. Go to the Vivaldi menu > File > Export > Export Reading List.
2. Select the destination folder.

Alternatively:

• Type “Export Reading List“ in Quick Commands (F2 / ⌘ E).
• Create a Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Gesture for the action.

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Import Extensions

You can import Extensions to Vivaldi from other Chromium-based browsers, for example, Chrome, Edge, Opera, etc.

To import Extensions:

1. Make sure the browser you want to export from is closed.
2. In Vivaldi, go to the Vivaldi menu > File > Import from Applications or Files.
3. Select the Chromium-based browser you want to import data from.
4. Click “Start Import”.
5. When the import has finished, click “Close”
6. On the Extensions management page that opens, enable the extensions you want to use in Vivaldi by clicking the toggle button at the bottom right corner of each extension card.

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Import and export Feeds

To learn how to import and export feeds to and from Vivaldi’s Feed Reader, take a look at the Help page about it here.

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Transfer the full Vivaldi browser profile

We strongly recommend using Sync and Export/Import options within the browser to transfer data from one Vivaldi to another. In case you want to import more data than can be synced, you can copy and replace the full profile folder. To transfer only some data types, move to the next paragraph.

To locate the profile folder:

1. Go to Vivaldi menu > Help > About or vivaldi://about;
2. Make note of the Profile Path;
3. Locate the Default folder in your File Manager/Finder.

To move the profile from one Vivaldi to another:

1. Move a copy of the Default folder from the source computer to the target computer;
2. Locate the Default folder you want to replace in your File Manager/Finder.
3. Exit/Quit Vivaldi;
4. Paste and replace the profile;
5. Open Vivaldi.

Important! Saved passwords and cookies will not be transferred when moving the profile between computers or users on the same computer. You must only move — and not make a copy — of an existing profile. Two copies of Vivaldi cannot run from the same profile — even on different computers! The profile contains identifiers that must remain unique between your installations. Services like Sync and Mail Accounts with OAuth will not work when two instances of the same profile is used.

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Import data files from Chromium browsers

While Vivaldi is closed you can replace files in the profile folder, with the same files from Vivaldi’s or another Chromium-based browser’s profile folders.

Before trying to import data this way, we recommend making a backup of your current profile folder just in case.

To locate the profile folder in Vivaldi:

1. Go to Vivaldi menu > Help > About or vivaldi://about;
2. Make note of the Profile Path;
3. Locate the Default folder in your File Manager/Finder.

Refer to the other browser’s Help documentation to locate its profile folder.

With this method, you can import the following data:

• Bookmarks,
• Current Session,
• Current Tabs,
• Favicons,
• History,
• Last Session,
• Last Tabs,
• Login Data,
• Notes (only available in Vivaldi),
• Preferences,
• Web Data.