In Vivaldi you can manage your Bookmarks from the Bookmark Panel, Bookmark Manager, Bookmark Bar and Bookmark Menu. In this article we’ll focus on the Bookmark Menu.

Accessing the Bookmark Menu

To access bookmarks from the Vivaldi Menu do one of the following:

• Go to  Vivaldi menu > Bookmarks;
  On macOS the horizontal Vivaldi menu is always visible. Just look for Bookmarks on the application menu.
• Use the Keyboard Shortcut Alt + B (on Windows and Linux) to open the menu;

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Managing bookmarks from the Bookmark Menu

Adding a new bookmark

To add a new bookmark in the Bookmark Menu:

1. Go to Vivaldi menu > Bookmarks;
2. Right-click somewhere in the menu and select New Bookmark.

To add the active Tab as new bookmark:

• Go to Vivaldi Menu and navigate to the Bookmark folder, where you want to add the active tab to. Then click Add Active Tab at the bottom of the list of bookmarks.
• Right-click somewhere in the menu and select Add Active Tab. The bookmark will be added below the bookmark or in the folder you clicked on.

Opening a bookmark

To open a bookmark:

1. Go to Vivaldi Menu > Bookmarks and locate the bookmark you want to open.
2. Clicking on the bookmark will open the website in the Active Tab (unless changed in Settings > Bookmarks). From the right-click context menu you’ll find the following options for opening a bookmark:
   • Open in New Tab;
   • Open in Background Tab;
   • Open (in Active Tab);
   • Open in a New Window;
   • Open in Private Window.

You can also hold down the Shift key while clicking on the bookmark to open it in a New Tab or Ctrl / ⌘ key to open the bookmark in a New Background Tab.

To open all bookmarks in a folder:

1. Go to Vivaldi Menu > Bookmarks and locate the bookmark folder.
2. Right-click on the folder and choose where to open the bookmarks (e.g. Open in a New Window).

Editing a bookmark

To edit a bookmark:

1. Go to Vivaldi Menu;
2. Right-click on the bookmark you want to change;
3. Select Edit.

You can update the bookmarks title, link, folder, nickname, and description.

Sorting and moving bookmarks

To sort, reorder or move bookmarks in the Bookmark Menu, you need to do the sorting in the Bookmark Manager. The changes there will reflect in the Bookmark Menu. To learn how, check out the Help page about the Bookmark Manager.

Deleting a bookmark

To delete a bookmark:

1. Go to Vivaldi Menu;
2. Right-click on the bookmark you want to remove;
3. Select Delete;

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Importing and exporting bookmarks

To import bookmarks from another browser or HTML file, go to the Vivaldi menu > File > Import Bookmarks and Settings.

To export bookmarks as an HTML file, go to the Vivaldi menu > File > Export Bookmarks.

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Syncing bookmarks

If you use Vivaldi on multiple devices, you can keep your bookmarks synchronized using Vivaldi’s Sync feature. Learn more on the Help page about Sync.

In Vivaldi you can manage your Bookmarks from the Bookmark Panel, Bookmark Manager, Bookmark Bar and Bookmark Menu. In this article we’ll focus on the Bookmark Panel.

Accessing the Bookmark Panel

To access bookmarks from the Panel do one of the following:

• Click on the  Bookmark Panel button on top of the Panel;
• Use a Keyboard Shortcut F6 / ⌥ ⌘ B;
• Type “Bookmark Panel” in Quick Commands;
• Go to  Vivaldi Menu > View > Bookmark Panel;
• Create a Mouse Gesture for opening the Panel.

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Managing Bookmarks in the Panel

Adding a new bookmark

To add a new bookmark in the Bookmark Panel:

• Click on the New Bookmark button on top of the Panel;
• Right-click in the Panel and select:
  • New Bookmark,
  • Bookmark Active Page,
  • Bookmark All Open Pages;
• Open the Bookmark Panel, then start dragging from the Site info badge on the left side of the Address Field and drop it to the Bookmark Panel.

Opening a bookmark

To open a bookmark:

• Double-click a bookmark;
• Select it and press Enter on your keyboard (on macOS press Space);
• Right-click on it and select:
  • Open in New Tab,
  • Open in Background Tab,
  • Open,
  • Open in a New Window,
  • Open in Private Window;
• Use Open Link in New Tab or Open Link in New Background Tab Mouse Gestures.

Editing a bookmark

To change the title, link, nickname, description, and thumbnail of a bookmark, select it and update the information in the bookmark information section at the bottom of the Panel.

To change just the title, either:

• do a slow double-click on the bookmark / bookmark folder, or
• right-click on the bookmark / bookmark folder and select Rename.

Custom thumbnails

Bookmark thumbnails are a great way to visually distinguish one bookmark from another and are most often used on Speed Dials. To change a thumbnail:

1. Select the bookmark or bookmark folder;
2. Hover over the existing thumbnail or placeholder image;
3. Click on the  Select custom thumbnail button;
4. Select an image from your files.

Alternatively, click the  Update thumbnail button, to use a screenshot of the website as the thumbnail.

Show or hide bookmark information section

Double-click on the divider between the list of bookmarks and bookmark information section to hide/show the section.

To change the size of the section, place the mouse cursor on the top edge and drag the mouse up or down.

Deleting a bookmark

To delete a bookmark, select it and either:

• press Delete on your keyboard;
• click on the Delete button on top of the Panel;
• right-click on the bookmark and select Delete.

Deleted bookmarks will be moved to the Trash folder, from where you can:

• restore them by dragging the deleted bookmark out from the Trash folder, or
• delete them permanently by right-clicking on the Trash folder and selecting Empty Trash.

Organizing bookmarks

Sorting bookmarks

Bookmarks can be sorted by Title, Address, Nickname, Description, Date Created and manually. Click on the section (by default Sort Manually) just above the list of bookmarks to change the sorting criteria. Click the arrow on the right to switch between ascending and descending sorting.

Bookmark separators

In case your bookmarks are sorted manually, you can add a separator to divide your bookmarks and folders. To add a new separator, right-click somewhere in the list of bookmarks and select New Separator from the context menu. Then, if necessary, drag it to its correct location.

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Bookmark Folders

To create a new folder, either:

• click on the New Folder button on top of the Panel, or
• right-click in the Panel and select New Folder from the context menu.

To create a new sub-folder, select the parent folder and then either:

• click on the New Folder button, or
• right-click on the parent folder and select New Folder from the context menu.

Assigning a Speed Dial and Bookmark Bar folder

Speed Dial

To assign a folder to populate your Start Page with Speed Dials, either:

• select the folder and tick the box for Speed Dial in the folder information section, or
• right-click on the folder and select Use as Speed Dial from the context menu.

Multiple folders can be displayed on the Speed Dial.

Bookmark bar

To assign a folder to populate your Bookmark Bar, either:

• select the folder and tick the box for Bookmark Bar in the folder information section, or
• right-click on the folder and select Set as Bookmark Bar Folder from the context menu.

Only one folder can be used as the Bookmark Bar folder, but that folder may include multiple sub-folders.

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Searching bookmarks

Use the Search box on top of the Panel to search for bookmarks using the bookmark’s title, nickname or something in the link or description.

There are two ways to display search results. Either as a flat search, where only the found bookmarks are listed or in a tree-style, where you’ll also see in which folder the bookmark is. To switch between the views:

1. Right-click on the list of bookmarks;
2. In the context menu, select Settings;
3. and then pick either Flat Search or Tree Search.

To make manual browsing through the list of bookmarks easier, you can open and close all bookmark folders at once with just two click – right-click on the list of bookmarks and select either Expand All Folders or Collapse All Folders.

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Importing and exporting bookmarks

To import bookmarks from another browser or HTML file, go to the Vivaldi menu > File > Import from Applications or Files.

To export bookmarks as an HTML file, go to the Vivaldi menu > File > Export Bookmarks.

Vivaldi offers several options to customize your browsing flow in the Android 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 tick the box for Desktop Site.

To permanently display desktop versions of all websites:

1. Go to Vivaldi Menu > Settings > Web pages;
2. Enable Always Show Desktop Site;

In some cases, like in Vivaldi in Polestar’s infotainment center, it’s best to enable desktop view for websites that, in mobile view, try to open an app to show content (even if the app is not available).

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Homepage

To open a website of your choice, when tapping the Home button or opening a new tab:

1. Go to Vivaldi Menu > Settings > Homepage.
2. Toggle the setting On.
3. Select Enter custom web address.
4. Type or paste the link.
5. Exit settings.

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Home Screen shortcut

Take a look at the Help page about Progressive Web Apps on Android to learn about Progressive Web Apps and Home Screen Shortcuts.

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Stay in the browser

If you have the app installed on your phone, links from the same service will often want to open in the app to display the content. For example, YouTube and Google Maps. If you prefer to stay in the Vivaldi browser, you can enable a setting that will prevent the external app from opening. Instead, the link will open in a new browser Tab.

To turn on this option:

1. Go to Vivaldi Menu > Settings > Web Pages;
2. Enable Stay in browser.

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Audio playback in the background

Normally audio and video playback will stop when you switch tabs or apps. To keep the content playing in the background while browsing in other tabs or using other apps:

1. Go to Vivaldi Menu > Settings > General.
2. Enable Allow background audio playback.

Update: The project to remove our unique ID stalled after we encountered unexpected deviations in the number of users counted using other methods. We spent a lot of time researching and understanding the reasons for this. We have concluded that the numbers we get using a unique id are more accurate, so we are sticking with it at the moment. It’s as important not to over-count as it is not to under-count as we develop Vivaldi.

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Starting with Vivaldi 2.7, user counting was changed to gradually drop the use of unique IDs.

• For now an additional request to our user counting endpoint is made. This request is similar to the old one and includes the unique ID, but contains additional parameters that will be used by the new unique ID-free implementation.
• A few versions later, the old user counting request will be removed.
• Even later, the unique ID will be eliminated from the new request altogether. We will keep generating it locally to aid with counting on computers with several Vivaldi installations, but it will only be used locally.

The code used to generate the new request is written entirely in C++ and will be published with our source releases, allowing you to check that the code does what we claim it does.

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Implementing user counting

We decided to change how we count Vivaldi’s users because some people see the use of a unique ID as a form of tracking and we want to avoid that. When we found a better way to count our users in a way that doesn’t require the unique ID, we decided to implement it.

The many stages of the implementation are required to make sure the new code works as intended and that we can trust the numbers reported by the new code.

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Why we count Vivaldi users?

We need to know the number of our users because having more users gives us the ability to develop Vivaldi. This mostly comes down to building partnerships for making revenue and technical partnerships, such as the one with Razer Chroma. The more accurate the numbers, the better deals and support we can get.

We count:

• daily users;
• weekly users;
• monthly users.

We also get information about:

• when a new user runs Vivaldi for the first time;
• how long the user has had the browser;
• the number of inactive days to see returning users;
• CPU architecture;
• screen resolution;
• user agent.

The last three aren’t related to user counting, but the information lets us know what sort of machines we are designing Vivaldi for.

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Counting multiple installations

Since it’s possible to have multiple Vivaldi instances on the same system through, for example, Standalone installs, this makes counting more difficult.

When someone installs Vivaldi multiple times on their computer, using separate profiles, we want to count them as one user.

On the other hand, when several people use their own standalone Vivaldi installation (using their own portable drive) on the same computer, on the same Operating System account, we want to count them as separate users.

To be able to distinguish between those cases, we keep one copy of the unique ID as part of the LocalState file and one copy within the OS user profile. If one of the copies is missing, it is set up again using the other available copy. If both copies are present but do not match, we can assume that we are running a standalone installation that was moved to another system (second scenario). In all other cases, we assume the first scenario.

For that purpose, we will keep generating and storing unique IDs after we have stopped sending them. They will only be used to know whether Vivaldi has to cooperate with other installations on the system to make sure to only be counted once.

Permissions in Vivaldi

Only a few are allowed by default, some are blocked outright, and as for the rest, your permission will be asked every time a new site wants access to any of the options listed above.

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Changing website permissions globally

To review and update websites permissions for all websites:

1. Go to Settings > Privacy and Security > Website permissions.
2. Make sure Global Permissions on top of the list is selected.
3. Use the drop-down menu next to each permission type to update it.

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Changing website permissions per website

When a website needs access, for example, to your camera, a notification dialog will be displayed below the right side of the Address Field. Make a decision to either allow or deny the website permission to access your camera. Vivaldi will remember when you deny permission and will block the website from asking you the same question again.

In case the dialog closed before you could decide, click on the permission icon to the right of the Address Bar (the one with the red mark on the image above) to display it again.

To review and update permissions for sites you’ve granted or denied access to:

1. Go to Settings > Privacy and Security > Website permissions.
2. Select a domain from the list.
3. Use the drop-down menu next to each permission type to update it.

To view websites somewhere without an internet connection or just to save metered data for more important browsing, download pages beforehand for offline access.

Saving a web page

When you have the page open in the active tab go to the Vivaldi menu > Download page.

In case you want to download a page that is linked to from the page you have open:

• Long press on the link;
• Select Download Link.

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Accessing saved web pages

• Open the Downloads Panel.
• Tap on the downloaded link.

If you’ve added the link to your Bookmarks, you can also open it from there. Alternatively, you can add the page to your Reading List.

Downloaded pages have an Offline tag on the Address Bar. Tapping on it will display the download date and whether you’re currently connected to the internet, also an option to visit the online page.

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Page capture

Another option to view content anywhere offline, is to take a screenshot of the page. Use Vivaldi’s Screen Capture tool by going to the Vivaldi menu >  Capture Page > Capture Full Page to take the screenshot. The whole page will be saved to your files and you can access it from your image gallery.

In this article we’ve put together some guidelines that will help you write a good bug report for Vivaldi Android. A good bug report will help our developers reproduce and fix the bug.

Before reporting a bug

Before you report a bug, please try our troubleshooting suggestions and check the Forum’s Android category. Well-known bugs, updates and temporary workarounds are often discussed there.

If you can’t find anything about the bug you’ve encountered please file a bug report.

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How to report a bug on Android?

• Report each bug separately on vivaldi.com/bugreport/. Reports with more than one bug cannot be processed because each bug is allocated a unique bugtracker number.
• Share information about the device’s brand, model and Android version where the issue is occurring.
• Describe the issue in as much detail as you can.
• Add an exact link to a web page where the issue occurs, so it can be tested.
• After reporting the issue, you will receive a confirmation email from the bugtracker with the bug number VAB-XXXXX, so make sure you give a valid contact email address.
• You can add more information and files (e.g. screenshots) to the report by replying to the bugtracker’s email.

If you have questions about the bug please ask in the Forum first and do not forget to post the VAB-XXXXX bug number. Our helpful forum moderators will be able to help you.

Important! Please do not use the bug report page for support or other questions. These questions can be sent to us from our contact form.

Thanks for helping us make Vivaldi better!

Using Reader View is an excellent way to declutter your screen to focus on the content – especially on smaller screens.

Enable Reader View

To be able to switch an article into Reader View:

1. Go to  Vivaldi menu > Settings > Content Settings > Accessibility
2. Enable Reader view for web pages.

To enable Reader View on a page:

1. Open the Vivaldi menu.
2. Tap Reader View.

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Exit Reader View

To exit Reader View:

1. Open the Vivaldi menu.
2. Tap Exit Reader View.

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Find in Page

Search for a specific term on the page currently being viewed in Reader View by using Find in Page.

To search through the text:

1. Go to  Vivaldi menu > Find in Page.
2. Enter the search term.
3. Use arrows in the top right corner to move to the next/previous result.

To search in the Android version of Vivaldi, tap either the  Search button on the Start Page or tap directly on the Address Bar and start typing the search term.

To search using a pre-installed search engine other than the default, enter the Search Engine Nickname (check the list of available search engines below) followed by a space, and then type the search term. After tapping space the chosen search engine’s logo will appear on the Address Bar.

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Changing the Default Search Engine

Vivaldi on Android comes with several search engines. You can choose which one you want to use as the default one.

To change the default search engine:

1. Go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > General > Search Engine > Standard Tab.
2. Tap on the search engine you want to set as the default one.
3. Exit the setting using the back arrow.

To make your private browsing more private, you can set a different default search engine for Private Tabs.

To change the default search engine for Private Tabs:

1. Go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > General > Search Engine > Private Tab.
2. Tap on the search engine you want to set as the one to be used in Private Tabs.
3. Exit the setting using the back arrow.

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Switch Search Engines

To search using a pre-installed search engine other than the default:

Option 1

1. Tap on the Address Field or Start Page’s search button to start searching.
2. Enter the single letter Search Engine Nickname (check the list of available search engines below).
3. Follow the nickname with a space.
4. Type the search term.

After tapping space the chosen search engine’s logo will appear on the Address Bar.

If you find yourself switching search engines by accident, for example, because in your language phrases often start with a single letter, you can disable search engine switching when a letter that matches one of the search engines is entered.

To disable Search Engine Nickames:

1. Go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > General > Search Engine Settings.
2. Toggle off Enable Search Engine Shortcut.

Option 2

First, enable the Search Engine Suggestions:

1. Go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > General > Search Engine Settings.
2. Toggle on Show Search Engine Suggestion.

To search:

1. Tap on the Address Field or Start Page’s search button to start searching.
2. Tap on the Search Engine’s icon you want to search with.

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Available Search Engines

• Bing  [b]– for searching the web via Microsoft Bing.
• Yahoo [y] – for searching the web via Yahoo.
• StartPage [s] – a private way to search Google.
• DuckDuckGo [d] – a search engine that doesn’t track users.
• Ecosia [e] – a search engine that plants trees.
• Wikipedia [w]– for searching the Wikipedia free online encyclopedia.
• Google [g] – for searching the web via Google.
• You.com – the search engine you control. Available by default in selected countries.

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Search Suggestions

To enable/disable search suggestions:

1. Go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > General > Search Engine Settings.
2. Tap on Allow Search Suggestions in Address Field.

Please note that, enabling search suggestions allows your search engine to see what you type even if you don’t perform a search. You can read more about search suggestions on our blog.

When you’ve moved the Address Bar to the bottom, you can also reverse the order of suggestions in the list that appears as you type. That way the most relevant suggestions are at the bottom of the list, closest to the Address Bar.

To enable reverse order for search suggestions:

1. Go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > Appearance.
2. Enable Reverse search suggestion order.

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Searching from a website

To search for a word or a phrase you found on a website:

1. Highlight the search term by pressing on the word/phrase.
2. In the menu that appears, tap on the  overflow menu.
3. Select Web Search.

The Search will be done with your default search engine.

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Search Widget

To start a search in Vivaldi from your home screen add Vivaldi’s search widget to it by:

1. Long pressing on an empty space on the home screen.
2. Select Widgets.
3. Find Vivaldi search from the list.
4. Long press on the widget and drag it to the home screen.

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Add custom Search Engines

It’s unfortunately not possible to add custom Search Engines in the Android version of Vivaldi, but you can use Sync to synchronize your Search Engines, including custom ones, with the desktop version of Vivaldi.

Similarly to the desktop browser, 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 Start Page button on the bottom toolbar. The latter option is not available when the Address Bar has been moved to the bottom.

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, tick the box labeled Speed Dial 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 Customize your Start Page near the bottom of the screen.
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).
• Updating the background image.

If you enjoy switching things up regularly, keep the Customize Start Page button visible, otherwise feel free to toggle it off. You’ll still be able to access the customization screen from the 3 dot menu in the top right corner of the Start Page or locate the same settings in the   Vivaldi menu > Settings > Appearance.

Start Page Wallpaper

To customize the back of the Speed Dials with a custom image or color:

1. Go to the  Vivaldi menu > Settings > Appearance > Start Page Wallpaper.
2. Choose a preset image or color, or select an image from your device’s gallery by tapping on the first gray square with the + icon.

Speed Dial size

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 > Appearance > Start Page.
2. Choose your preferred layout.

Speed Dial visibility

When you want to admire your awesome Start Page wallpaper and rely on other means to open your bookmarks (Bookmarks Panel, Address Field autocomplete), you can hide the Speed Dials altogether.

To hide Speed Dials:

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 off Display Speed Dials.

Option 2

1. Go to Vivaldi Menu > Settings > Start Page.
2. Toggle off Show Speed Dials.

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Top Sites

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

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 the 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 Show Top Sites.