Pop-out Video, aka Picture-in-Picture, is a popular feature on desktop, but did you know it’s also available on Android and iOS? The main difference is that, on your mobile device, you can’t browse other tabs in Vivaldi while Pop-out Video is enabled, but you can use most other apps.
Enable Pop-out Video on iOS
While browsing with Vivaldi, find a video you want to watch.
Press play and enable full-screen view of the video.
Go to your phone’s home screen.
The video will continue playing in a small rectangle on your home screen. You can move the video by dragging it around and use the two-finger zoom gesture to change the size of the video.
Tap on the rectangle to see video controls. Pop-out Video includes controls for:
Pausing the video.
Fast forwarding or rewinding the video by 10 seconds.
Closing the popped-out video.
Returning to the main window.
Due to restrictions set by Google, the feature may unfortunately not work on YouTube’s website.
Vivaldi offers several options to customize your browsing flow in the iOS app. Continue reading to learn about a few of them.
Desktop view
To display a desktop version of the website, instead of the mobile version commonly displayed on smaller screens, open the Vivaldi Menu and select Request Desktop Site.
To permanently display desktop versions of all websites:
Go to Vivaldi Menu > Settings > Content settings > Default site view.
Select Desktop.
Homepage
On the bottom toolbar (when Tab and Address Bar are at the top of the screen), you have a choice between two buttons for the middle button. By default, it’s a search button, which will focus on the Address Field, so you can type in the next link or search keyword. The other option is to have a Home button, which will take you to either the Start Page or a website of your choice.
To enable the Home button:
Go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > General.
Enable Display Home Button.
To set a web page of your choice as the homepage:
Go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > General.
Select Specific Site.
Enter the web page link.
Home Screen shortcut
When Vivaldi is your default browser on iOS, you can create web page shortcuts for the Home Screen. That way you can access your most viewed websites even faster.
To create a Home Screen shortcut:
Open the web page you want to add to the Home Screen.
The main Vivaldi Menu in Vivaldi on iOS gives you access to most of Vivaldi’s key features and tools.
Access the Main Menu
Whether you’re using the browser on a small phone screen or a large tablet screen, the menu can always be accessed from the right side of the Address Bar. Just tap on the Vivaldi logo to open it. The options available in the menu depend on whether you have open a web page or the browser’s Start Page.
To close the menu, tap on the feature you want to use or on an area outside the menu.
Customize the menu
You can customize the order and visibility of the menu to make sure that the options you use most are always within easy reach.
To customize the menu:
Open the Vivaldi menu.
Long-press on one of the menu options in the top row to open a context menu.
Select Customize menu.
To reorder menu entries:
Long-press on the menu item you want to move. With items in the list, long-press on the three lines on the right side.
Drag and drop it to its new location.
To hide menu items:
On the top row of menu items, tap on the Hide button in the top left corner.
In the list, tap on the checkmark in front of the menu item.
The Webpage widget on the Dashboard loads a normal but slightly restricted webpage. You can make custom optimized widgets by creating a normal webpage.
Webpages loaded as Webpage widgets are loaded using a Mobile User-Agent.
The widget’s viewport is 394×380 pixels (an almost square 39∶38 aspect ratio).
All dialog interactions are disabled, including alert() and Permissions Prompts. The Webpage widget shares security-context and permissions across regular tabs. Your users can grant permissions, like geolocation, in a regular tab to grant that permission to your Webpage widget.
Ensuring Widget Performance
To make your widget performant, it’s important to deploy on-device caching using HTTP Caching. The stale-while-revalidate caching directive can help you achieve a compromise between an instantly-loading widget and up-to-date information.
The Dashboard 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 Dashboard and what kind of widgets you can add there.
On the Start Page Navigation Bar, click on Dashboard.
If you’ve set your new tab page to be something other than the Start Page in Settings > Tabs, type vivaldi://startpage into the Address Field to open the Start Page.
Widgets
To add a new widget:
Click on Add a Widget at the bottom of the Dashboard.
Click on the widget you want to add.
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 to the Dashboard 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:
Click on Open menu button in the top right corner of the widget.
Select Select Calendar.
Choose the calendar(s) from the dropdown menu.
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:
Click on Open menu button in the top right corner of the widget.
Select Change Folder.
Select All messages or one of your mail accounts.
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:
Click on Open menu button in the top right corner of the widget.
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:
Click on Open menu button in the top right corner of the widget.
Select Select Folder.
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:
Click on Open menu button in the top right corner of the widget.
Select Select Feed.
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 shield icons or numbers to see more detailed statistics and to update the default blocking level.
Webpages
With the Webpage widget, you can view a webpage of your choice on the Dashboard.
To change the link:
Click on Open menu button in the top right corner of the widget.
Select Change Webpage URL.
Enter the link.
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:
Click on Open menu button in the top right corner of the widget.
Select Change Location to change the locale.
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.
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.
Customization is one of Vivaldi’s strong suits. There are many ways you can alter the appearance of the browser, so let’s take a look at what you can change to make Vivaldi look the way you want it.
Website Appearance
If you prefer dark themes and want the web page content to match:
Some websites do not offer their site in dark mode. In that case, you can force dark mode, by selecting the “Dark” option and enabling Force a dark theme on all websites.
Window Appearance
To make small changes with a big impact take a look at the following settings.
Open Settings in a Tab
By default, Settings open in a little window of their own, but if you prefer to browse and change settings in a tab:
Go to Settings > Appearance > Window Appearance.
Enable Open Settings in a Tab.
Open Popups in Tabs
Pop-up windows in Vivaldi are blocked by default. If you’ve allowed them either globally or on select sites, you can decide whether to open popups in a new window or a new tab.
When using the Zoom feature or changing some settings, you can change the value using a slider. If you want to change the value step-by-step with more accuracy, you can replace sliders with button controls.
Integrate Vivaldi with the rest of your operating system’s user interface.
Use OS-based window controls.
Display the Active Tab’s full title.
Make use of macOS’ Split View feature.
Show Title Bar
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.
When you’re viewing browser windows side by side, it can be difficult to see, which one you’ve focused on. Fading colors of background windows helps to make it more obvious.
Depending on the window size and the amount of content, you may see scrollbars here and there in the Vivaldi user interface, for example, in Panels, Mail lists and emails, Calendar views, etc. By default, the scrollbars are thicker and have clickable arrows at both ends. To get slimmer and more minimalistic looking scrollbars:
Go to Settings > Appearance > Window Appearance > User Interface Density.
Choose between:
Regular i.e. the more spacious layout, and
Compact layout.
Compact Menu Layout
While you’re deciding on the density of the user interface, you can also make a call on the density of menus.
To switch from spacious menus to compact ones:
Go to Settings > Appearance > Window Appearance > User Interface Density.
Enable Compact Menu Layout.
Restart the browser.
User Interface Zoom
If you have plenty of screen real estate to spare on a large monitor or your vision requires to have larger buttons and texts for comfortable viewing, you can increase (or decrease) the user interface size.
To change the UI zoom level:
Go to Settings > Appearance > Window Appearance > User Interface Zoom.
Use the slider or range control buttons to find a suitable UI size for you.
If you click on the current zoom value, you can also enter the desired zoom value by typing the number.
The Reading List allows you to add web pages to a list to keep for later. It prevents endless tabs from accumulating on your Tab Bar and Bookmarks being filled with entries you only need once.
Learn more about the settings available in Vivaldi on iOS that help to improve your privacy and security while browsing the web.
Delete Browsing Data
To delete browsing data:
Go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > Privacy and security > Delete browsing data.
Select the time range:
Last hour
Last 24 hours
Last 7 days
Last 4 weeks
All time
Select the data you want to delete:
Browsing history
Cookies and site data
Cached images and files
Saved passwords
Autofill data
Tap on Delete browsing data.
Confirm your choice by tapping on Delete browsing data again.
Tap Done to exit Settings.
Always Use Secure Connections
To always load websites using the secure HTTPS protocol instead of the less secure HTTP:
Go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > Privacy and security.
Enable Always Use Secure Connections.
Then, whenever you’re opening a link that starts with HTTP, you’ll be redirected to the HTTPS version of the site. In case you’re opening a website that doesn’t support loading the site with HTTPS, you’ll see a warning message with options to go back or continue to the website.
Handoff
Handoff is an iOS feature that lets you start work on one device and continue the same thing on another nearby device that’s logged in to the same iCloud account.
To enable Handoff with Vivaldi:
Go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > Privacy and security.
When you leave Private Tabs open for longer, you can lock them for additional privacy. Next time you open Vivaldi and wish to view a private tab, you’ll first be asked for your phone’s or tablet’s screen lock (PIN, password, pattern, etc.).
To enable or disable locking of Private Tabs:
Go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > Privacy and security.
Toggle on “Lock Private tabs when you leave Vivaldi”.
Verify yourself with your device’s unlock method.
Ask to Open Links from Other Apps in Private
To be asked whether you want to open a link from another app in Vivaldi’s private or regular tab:
Go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > Privacy and security.
Enable Ask to Open Links from Other Apps in Private.
Then, when you get the prompt you can decide whether to open the tab in a private or regular tab.
Lockdown Mode
Lockdown Mode is an iOS protection feature that strictly limits the functionality of your device. In browsers, for example, it blocks certain web technologies. This may cause some websites to load more slowly or not at all.
To enable Lockdown Mode:
Go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > Privacy and security.
Settings > Never for this site, if you don’t want to save any passwords for the site you have open.
Vivaldi menu > Passwords. 
Vivaldi menu > Share.
Hide button in the top left corner.
Open menu button in the top right corner of the widget.
