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

Settings

Like for everything else in Vivaldi, there are many options for the Start Page to choose from.

Start up with Start Page

If, instead of continuing with your previous session, you prefer to start browsing from fresh, you can set the browser to open with the Start Page. To do so:

1. Go to Settings > General > Startup > Startup with.
2. Select Start Page.

Start Page as Homepage

To set Start Page as your Homepage:

1. Go to Settings > General > Startup > Homepage.
2. Select Start Page.

Then you can access the Start Page in the current tab by clicking on Go to homepage on the Address Bar.

Start Page as New Tab Page

When you open a new tab, you can choose to open it with the Start Page, Homepage, Blank Page, webpage of your choice or an extension. To choose Start Page:

1. Go to Settings > Tabs > New Tab Page.
2. Select Start Page.

Start Page can also be replaced with an Extension of your choice. To do so:

1. Add the extension to Vivaldi from Chrome Web Store.
2. Go to Settings > Tabs > New Tab Page.
3. Select Start Page.
4. Once enabled, check the box for Controlled by Extension.

Start Page background image

To change the background image of Start Page:

1. Go to Settings > Themes > Editor > Background.
2. Make sure the background type is set to Image.
3. Select one from the available options or upload your own custom background image.

Vivaldia Game

To quickly access the Vivaldia Game, a quick launch button can be added to the bottom right corner of Speed Dial. To add it:

1. Go to Settings > Start Page > Speed Dial > Vivaldia, the Vivaldi Game.
2. Tick the box for Show on Speed Dial.

Hide Start Page

If you don’t plan to use the Start Page and want to hide it, select different options for Startup with, Homepage and New Tab Page settings.

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Quick Settings

In addition to customizing the Start Page from Settings, you can also do quick changes directly on the Start Page. Just click on Open Quick Settings in the top right corner of the Start Page.

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Speed Dial

The main feature of the Start Page is the Speed Dial, filled with your favorite bookmarks. To add bookmark folders to the Speed Dial:

1. Select the folder in the Bookmark Panel or Bookmark Manager.
2. In the folder information section, tick the box for Speed Dial.
   Alternatively, right-click on the folder and select Use as Speed Dial.

If you don’t want to see any Speed Dial bookmarks on the Start Page, make sure none of your bookmark folders have been set to be displayed on the Start Page.

Learn more on the Help page about Speed Dials.

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Search

In addition to the Address and Search fields on the Address Bar and Quick Commands, you can also search the web from the search field on the Start Page.

To change Search Engines, either click on the Search Engine favicon and select one from the dropdown menu (see image above) or type the Search Engine’s nickname before the search term.
Click on the arrow on the right to see recent searches.

To toggle the visibility of the search field on the Start Page:

1. Go to Settings > Search > Search Options.
2. (Un)tick the box for Show Search Field on Speed Dial.

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Start Page Navigation

From the navigation menu on the Start Page, you can access:

• Speed Dials,
• Bookmarks,
• History,
• Notes, and
• Calendar.

You can choose if and where you see the Start Page Navigation.

1. Go to Settings > Start Page > Start Page Navigation.
2. Choose between:
   • Show on Internal Pages (such as Bookmarks, History and others) and Speed Dial,
   • Show only on Speed Dial,
   • Hide the navigation menu.

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 mail.html (see the following image) and click inspect.

To see any errors the Console tab in the DevTools window should be chosen (has blue underline). See Image 2

There’s also an additional background DevTools 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 (see the following image) 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 group multiple tabs into the space of a single tab, so there is less clutter in your Tab Switcher.

Enable Tab Stacks

To enable Tab Stacks:

1. Go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > Tabs;
2. Toggle on Enable Tab Stack.

Toggle the same setting off to disable Tab Stacks.

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Create Tab Stacks

To create a Tab Stacks from open Tabs:

1. Open the Tab Switcher;
2. Long-press on a tab;
3. Drag it over another tab you want to group it with;
4. Release the tab to create a new stack.

To create a new Tab Stack with the active tab and a link opened in a new tab from the active tab:

1. Long-press on the link to open the context menu;
2. Select Open in new Tab Stack.

Use the above option also when the active tab is already in a Tab Stack and you want to open a link from the active tab in a new tab in the same stack.

To create a new Tab Stack from the Tab Bar:

1. Have the tab you want to include in the stack open as the active tab.
2. Long-press on the New Tab button on the right side of the Tab Bar.
3. Select Create new tab stack.

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View and switch tabs

Tab Switcher

On the image below you can see the Tab Switcher with 2 Tab Stacks in the top row and regular tabs below. Tap on the Tab Stack to preview the grouped tabs and open the one you want to view.

No matter your setup, you can access all your tabs from the Tab Switcher. When the Tab Bar is enabled, you can also access all tabs from the Tab Bar.

Tab Stacks pane in the Tab Switcher

To get an overview and manage your grouped tabs in a clean view separate from regular, unstacked tabs, head over to the Stacked Tabs pane.

To view all your Tab Stacks:

1. Open the Tab Switcher.
2. Swipe to the Stacked Tabs pane or tap on its icon on the menu bar at the bottom of the screen.

In the Tab Stacks pane, you can find and open one of the stacked tabs, edit your grouped tabs, and delete them.

Tab Stack toolbar

In case you have disabled the Tab Bar, a Tab Stack toolbar will appear just above the bottom toolbar, when you’re viewing one of the grouped tabs.

Tap on the page favicons on the toolbar to switch tabs. Tap on the arrow pointing up on the left side to preview tabs in the stack. To open a new tab in the stack, tap on the New Tab button on the right side of the toolbar.

Two-level Tab Stacks

When the Tab Bar is enabled, grouped tabs will be displayed on the second level of the Tab Bar, just like on desktop. The second level is only displayed when one of the stacked tabs is the active tab.

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Add tabs to a stack

To add more tabs to a Tab Stack:

Option 1

1. Open the Tab Switcher;
2. Long-press on a tab;
3. Drag it over an existing tab stack;
4. Release the tab to add it to the stack.

Option 2

1. Open the Tab Switcher;
2. Tap on the stack to view the tabs in it;
3. Tap on the + in the top right corner of the tab stack window to open a new tab;
4. Go to the web page you want to view.

Option 3

1. On the Tab Bar, focus on a tab in the Tab Stack to see the second Tab Bar.
2. Tap on the New Tab button on the right side of the second level Tab Bar.

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Rename Tab Stacks

To give your Tab Stacks a unique name:

Option 1

1. Open the Tab Switcher.
2. Locate the Tab Stack you want to rename and tap on it.
3. In the Tab Stack preview, tap on the current title “# tabs”.
4. Type a new title.
5. Tap Done on the keyboard.

Option 2

When you have the Tab Bar enabled, you can:

1. Long press on the Tab Stack and select Edit Tab Stack.
2. In the Tab Stack preview, tap on the current title “# tabs”.
3. Type a new title.
4. Tap Done on the keyboard.

To remove the name, open the Tab Stack preview again and remove the title.

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Add color to Tab Stacks

In addition to renaming Tab Stacks, you can give each stack its own color and make it stand out that way. A little circle with your chosen color will be displayed in front of the stack’s name.

To select a color:

1. In the Tab Switcher, open the stack you want to add a color to. Alternatively, long-press on the stack on the Tab Bar and select Edit Tab Stack.
2. In the top right corner, tap on the 3-dot menu.
3. Select Edit Group Color.
4. Tap on one of the 9 color options.

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Reorder tabs in a stack

To change the order of tabs in a stack:

1. Open the Tab Switcher;
2. Tap on the stack to view the tabs in it;
3. Long-press on a tab;
4. Drag and drop the tab to a desired location in the stack.

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Remove tabs from a stack

To remove a tab from a tab stack:

1. Open the Tab Switcher;
2. Tap on the stack to view the tabs in it;
3. Long-press on a tab;
4. Drag it over Remove from group that appears at the bottom of the Tab Stack window.

To remove multiple tabs at once:

1. Open the Tab Switcher;
2. Tap on the stack to view the tabs in it;
3. Tap on the menu button in the top right corner and tap on the tabs you want to remove from the stack.
4. Tap on Remove in the top right corner.

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Close Tab Stack

To close all tabs in the stack:

1. Open the Tab Switcher;
2. Tap on the Close button in the top right corner of the tab stack’s thumbnail.

To close a single tab in the Tab Stack from the Tab Switcher, either:

• Tap on the Close button in the top right corner of the Tab thumbnail.
• If you have enabled Swipe to close tab in Settings, swipe the tab left or right to close it.

See more options for closing tabs in the Help article Tabs on Android.

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.