Most things can be done in Vivaldi with the keyboard alone, such as opening, closing and switching Tabs, toggling the visibility of UI elements and creating Notes.

Keyboard settings

Focus Cycling and Full Keyboard Access

The Tab key can be used to move from one element to the next on the open web page and browser user interface. In Settings, you can select whether pressing the Tab key should focus only on individual toolbars or web pages, or go through all browser’s toolbars and the web page.

In addition, you can choose, whether pressing the Tab key focuses on all controls or only inputs, such as text fields.

Access Keys

Some web pages can be navigated with their own keyboard shortcuts. You can enable/disable the use of these shortcuts from Settings > Keyboard > Access Keys. Learn more about these shortcuts on the Help page about Webpage Access Key Shortcuts.

Keyboard Shortcut options

Keyboard Shortcuts are enabled by default. Should you wish to disable them, go to Settings > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts and untick Enable Keyboard Shortcuts. There, you can also enable/disable the use of Singe Key Shortcuts, both in general and specifically when using Mail and Calendar.

On websites with paginated content, for example, Search Engine‘s search results or recent posts on the Vivaldi Forum, you can press the Space key to move down on the page and once at the end of the page, load the next page, i.e. Fast Forward. You can disable that behavior in Keyboard Shortcuts settings.

Pressing the Alt key on your keyboard opens the Vivaldi Menu. If you don’t want that to happen, you can disable that behavior from Keyboard Shortcuts settings. Alternatively, you can use the Alt key for drawing Mouse Gestures on trackpads or other input devices. Enable it from Settings > Mouse > Gestures.

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Viewing Keyboard Shortcuts

While browsing, use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+F1 / ⌘ F1 to view a cheat sheet of all the available keyboard shortcuts.

Alternatively, go to Settings > Keyboard.

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Adding and editing Keyboard Shortcuts

To add or edit a keyboard shortcut:

1. Go to Settings > Keyboard.
2. Find the shortcut you want to add or edit.
3. If needed, remove the current shortcut (see instructions below).
4. While the focus is on the input field, press the keys of the new shortcut.

You can also add multiple shortcuts for the same action.

To remove a shortcut:

1. Go to Settings > Keyboard.
2. Find the shortcut you want to remove.
3. Hover the mouse cursor over the shortcut and click the Clear Shortcut button to the right of the input field.
   Alternatively, click on the shortcut in the input field and press either Backspace or Delete.

Reset shortcuts

• To reset a single keyboard shortcut, hover over the shortcut and click on Restore Default Shortcut.
• To reset all shortcuts, click on Restore Default Keys at the bottom of the list of shortcuts.

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Keyboard modifiers

There are many useful actions that can be done using the keyboard keys together with the mouse. Here’s a few:

• Ctrl / ⌘ and a mouse click on a link will open the link in a new background Tab.
• Shift and a mouse click will open the link in a new foreground Tab.
• Ctrl / ⌘ + Shift and a click will open the link in a new Window.
• Ctrl / ⌘ and a mouse scroll can be used to Zoom the page in or out.
• Alt with a mouse scroll will display the Tab Cycler.

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Browser Priority Shortcuts

In addition to the browser being controlled with Keyboard Shortcuts, web pages can have their own set of shortcuts which can sometimes overlap with the browser’s shortcuts. In that case, shortcuts will trigger actions on the web page.

To give browser priority over shortcuts:

1. Go to Settings > Keyboard > Browser Priority Shortcuts.
2. Add shortcuts that should trigger actions in the browser, even when the web page uses the same shortcut.

Speed Dials in Vivaldi allow you to quickly access your favourite websites from the Start Page. You can customise the Bookmarks included in your Speed Dial, or add custom Speed Dials and folders to organise your content.

Display a bookmark folder on the Start Page as a Speed Dial

To access bookmarks from a specific bookmarks folder on the Start Page:

1. Open the the Bookmark Panel or Bookmark Manager.
2. Select the folder you want to add as the Speed Dial.
3. In the bookmark folder information section, tick the box for Speed Dial.

Multiple bookmark folders can be added to the Speed Dial. All Speed Dial folders have a special Speed Dial folder icon in front of the folder name to indicate that they’re Speed Dial folders.

Create a new Speed Dial folder

To create a new Speed Dial group:

1. Click the New Group button on the Start Page navigation bar (located next to Bookmarks and History entries).
2. Give the new group a name.
3. Add or move bookmarks to the new Speed Dial group.

The new group can also be accessed from the Bookmark Panel, Bookmark Manager and Bookmark Menu.

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Add bookmarks to the Speed Dial

To add a new bookmark:

1. Click on the Add Bookmark to Speed Dial button that’s after the last Speed Dial on the Start Page. Alternatively, right-click on an empty area on the page and select Add Bookmark to Speed Dial from the context menu.
2. Enter a website address and title or click on the suggestions.
3. If you entered a link manually, click on Add below the title field, otherwise close the dialog from the close button in the top right corner.

Alternatively, add a bookmark as you prefer doing it, just make sure to add it to the Speed Dial bookmark folder.

To add an existing bookmark, copy or move the bookmark to the bookmark folder that’s set to be displayed on the Speed Dial in the Bookmark Panel or Bookmark Manager.

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Edit a Speed Dial bookmark

To edit a Speed Dial bookmark’s information:

1. Right-click on the Speed Dial bookmark.
2. Select Edit.
3. Make the changes in the pop up.
4. Click Save.

Alternatively, edit the bookmark in the Bookmark Panel or Bookmark Manager.

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Reorder and move Speed Dial bookmarks

On the Start Page, Speed Dial bookmarks can only be sorted manually. To reorder the Speed Dials, drag and drop them to place them in the order you prefer.

To move bookmarks between folders, it’s best to use the Bookmark Panel or Bookmark Manager.

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Delete a Speed Dial bookmark

Hover briefly on the bookmark thumbnail, then click on the in the upper right corner to delete the bookmark from your Speed Dial.
Alternatively, delete the bookmark from the Speed Dial folder in the Bookmark Panel or Bookmark Manager.

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Add Speed Dial subfolders

To add a new subfolder to the Speed Dial:

1. Click the big button on the Start Page.
2. In the section that opens, click New Folder.
3. Give the new folder a name.

Alternatively, create a new folder or move an existing one to a Speed Dial folder in the Bookmark Panel or Bookmark Manager.

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Upload a custom thumbnail to a Speed Dial or Speed Dial folder

1. Hover over the Speed Dial thumbnail and click on the + to select a custom image.
   
   Alternatively, right-click a Speed Dial icon or a Speed Dial folder and choose Select Custom Speed Dial Thumbnail option from the context menu.
2. Select an image to replace the thumbnail.
   The recommended image size is  440×360 px and most image formats are supported, including animated GIFs.

Note: Vivaldi only stores a reference to an image that is stored locally on your computer. This means that should you either move or delete the image, Vivaldi will no longer have access to it and it will disappear from you Speed Dial. Make sure to store custom speed dial images in a folder that will not be deleted.   To remove a thumbnail image from the Speed Dial, right click on the Speed Dial and select Clear Custom Thumbnail.

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Change the background of the Speed Dial page

1. Go to Settings > Themes > Editor > Background.
2. Choose between the preset backgrounds or add your own background image or colour. To use your own background image, click on Select Image (Background type has to be set to Image).

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Other Speed Dial Settings

In Settings > Start Page, you can adjust other aspects of Speed Dial behaviour such as:

• Toggle display of Speed Dial titles to always show, never show or only show when needed.
• Show/Hide the Add button to free up screen real estate.
• Change the maximum number of columns that display. The Maximum Columns setting allows you to set the amount columns of thumbnails to be shown per Speed Dial. Select None to let the thumbnails fill in all available space.
• Change the Speed Dial thumbnail size. You can pick from 5 different sizes.
• Enable/Disable the option to reorder Speed Dials by Drag and Drop.

In case you prefer to access your bookmarks using other options available in the browser and don’t plan on using the Speed Dial, you can change your Homepage, New Tab Page and Startup settings to “disable” the Speed Dial.

To change the Homepage:

1. Go to Settings > General > Homepage;
2. Set a specific website as your homepage.

To change the New Tab page:

1. Go to Settings > Tabs > New Tab Page;
2. Instead of Start Page, select either:
   1. Homepage,
   2. Blank Page, or
   3. Specific Page.

In case you’ve also set the browser to open with the Start Page and want to change it:

1. Go to Settings > General > Startup with;
2. Instead of Start Page, select either:
   1. Last Session,
   2. Homepage,
   3. Specific Pages.

The handling of browser tabs and windows in Vivaldi is designed with flexibility and efficiency in mind.

• Open and close tabs
• Open and close windows
• Reopen recently closed tabs
• Clone tabs
• Group tabs
• Tile tabs
• Hibernate tabs
• Move tabs
• Cycle tabs
• Switch tabs
• Tab bar position
• Tab width

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Opening and closing tabs

There are several ways to open a new tab:

• Click New tab [+] button at the end of the tab bar.
• Go to the application File menu and choose New Tab.
• Use the Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl T on Windows and Linux, or ⌘ T on Mac.
• Perform the New Tab Mouse Gesture: Right-click + Swipe down.

To open links in new tabs:

• Hold down the shift key, while clicking a link.
• Select Open in New Tab from the context menu.
• Perform the Open Link in New Tab (Over a Link) Mouse Gesture: Right-click + Swipe down.

There are also several ways to open a link in a new background tab:

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

Open previous/next page in a new tab

To open the previous page or the page you’ve navigated back from in a new tab, hold down the Ctrl/Cmd key and click on the back button to open the previous URL or the forward button to open the next URL.

To close a tab:

• Click [x] Close button that appears when hovering your mouse pointer over the tab.
• Go to the application File menu and choose Close Tab.
• Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl W / ⌘ W.

Close multiple tabs:

• Select the tabs you wish to close using the Shift or Ctrl/⌘ key and select Close # Tabs from the right click context menu.

To close other tabs:

Instead of closing multiple tabs one by one, right click the active tab and select, whether to:

• Close tabs to the right,
• Close tabs to the left, or
• Close all other tabs (alternatively: Alt + click on active tab’s close button)
• When you’ve select the tabs you want to keep open, select Close Other (# Unselected Tabs) to close the rest.

Opening and closing windows.

To open a new window:

• Go to the “V” menu (Windows and Linux) > File  > New Window.
• Use the Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl N / ⌘ N.
• Create a new Mouse Gesture for opening a new window.

Closing confirmation

By default when you close a window, you’ll be asked to confirm your decision. You can disable this option by checking the box Do not show confirmation again next time you see the dialog window or disable/enable it in Settings > General > Close Window > Close Window Confirmation.

Exit confirmation

On Windows and Linux, there’s also an exit confirmation option, which you’ll see when you’re about to close the last open window. You can also disable this option by checking the box Do not show confirmation again next time you see the dialog window or disable/enable it in Settings > General > Exit > Exit Confirmation.

Reopen recently closed tabs via Trash

The Trash Can, located at the far end of the Tab Bar and in the Window Panel, contains a list of previously closed tabs and windows. Click the trash can to reopen recently closed tabs. It’s also a good place to look for your tabs if, for some reason, the browser didn’t open with your previous session (after a crash for example).  For a more complete overview of visited pages, visit the History by going to “V” menu > Tools > History menu or using CTRL H / ⌘ Y Keyboard Shortcut.

Clone tabs

To create an exact copy of a tab including its history, choose Clone Tab from the tab’s contextual menu. In the Settings you can decide whether cloned tab should open next to the original one, or at the end of the Tab Bar.

Group tabs into Tab Stacks

Tab Stacks are created by dragging one tab on top of another. You can add more, or remove individual tabs from the stack as you see fit. Vivaldi can group tabs from the same domain into a Tab Stack automatically by selecting Stack Tabs by Host from the context menu. Individual tabs can be also selected using Ctrl / ⌘ or Shift keys and grouped into a stack from contextual menu. Find out more about Grouping Tabs.

Tile multiple tabs

Vivaldi allows display of several webpages at once. With active Tab Stack or multiple selected tabs, you can tile webpages either using contextual menu or the Page Tiling button in Status Bar. Continue reading about Tab Tiling.

Hibernate tabs

Hibernating tabs helps you to reduce the browser’s memory usage. To hibernate a tab or a Tab Stack, right click on it in the tab bar and select whether you want to hibernate a single tab (can’t be the active tab), a Tab Stack or background tabs. To hibernate tabs in the Window Panel, right click on a single tab (can’t be the active tab), Tab Stack or select multiple tabs with Shift or Ctrl/⌘ keys to hibernate them.

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

You can read more about tab hibernation and memory management on our Team Blog.

Move tabs

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

Active Tab’s location can also be changed by using the following keyboard shortcuts:
– On Windows and Linux: Ctrl Shift Page↑/Page↓
– On Mac: ⌘ ⇧ ↑/↓

Cycle tabs

To cycle through your open tabs use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl Tab.
In Settings > Tabs > Tab Features > Tab Cycling, you can decide in which order they are cycled and whether they’re shown as thumbnails side by side or in a list.

Switch tabs

Switch tabs using mouse scroll
When the mouse is hovering over the tab bar or you’re holding down the ALT key you can also switch tabs by scrolling. This feature can also be enabled in the Tab Cycler settings.

Switch tabs using keyboard shortcuts

Move to next tab Ctrl Page↑ / Shift ⌘ ]. Move to previous tab Ctrl Page↓ / Shift ⌘ [

On Windows and Linux the first 9 tabs in the Window menu are numbered for quick tab-switching. Press Alt W, to access the window menu, and type the number of the tab to be switched to.

Minimize tabs

Furthermore, when you enable active tab minimizing in Tab Cycling settings, you can move to the previous active tab by clicking on the currently active tab.

Tab bar position

The Tab Bar can be located on any side of the browser window – top, bottom, left, right. To change the position, go to Settings > Tabs > Tab Bar Position.

Tab width

When the Tab bar is either on the top or bottom of the window, you can assign a minimum tab width for the active tab. In Settings > Tabs > Tab Display, select how many pixels the width should be and then, no matter how many tabs are open, the active tab will always be easily noticeable.

Startup options for Vivaldi are configured in Settings > Startup > Startup with section.

Last Session

With this option selected, the browser will open with the Tabs and Windows that were open last time you closed Vivaldi;

When the browser is set to open with the last session, a good option to make it go faster is to Lazy Load the tabs. That way only the active tab is loaded and other Tabs will fully load only when you go to them.

Furthermore, in case you’ve set the browser to open with the Last Session, but for some reason your previous tabs were not restored, click the Closed Tabs button on the far end of the Tab Bar or in the Window Panel to view and reopen recently closed Tabs and Windows.

Homepage

The browser will open with the page you’ve chosen as your homepage in Settings > General > Startup > Homepage.

Start Page

Opens Vivaldi on the Start Page with your Speed Dials;

Specific Pages

Vivaldi can also start by opening a specific web page or multiple pages of your choice.

To open multiple web pages every time you start Vivaldi:

Option 1

1. Go to Settings > General > Startup > Startup with;
2. Select Specific Pages as the Startup with option;
3. Enter a web page’s URL;
4. Click Add;
5. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until all the pages you want open on startup are listed.

Option 2

1. Have only these web pages open, that you want the browser to open with;
2. Go to Settings > General > Startup > Startup with;
3. Select Specific Pages as the Startup with option;
4. Click on Use Current Pages.

To remove a site from the list, click on Remove page next to the URL field.

The main side Panel of Vivaldi gives you quick access to a number of important tools in Vivaldi, including:

• Bookmarks,
• Reading List,
• Downloads, 
• Notes, 
• History,
• Window Panel,
• Translate,
• Mail,
• Calendar,
• Tasks,
• Feeds,
• Contacts,
• Sessions,
• and Web Panels.

Mail, Calendar, Tasks, Feeds, and Contacts panels are available only when Mail, Calendar and Feeds have been enabled in Settings > General > Productivity Tools.

Clicking on any of these tools will expand the sidebar and allow you to view and interact with them in a split screen with your main browser window.

At the very bottom of the Panel bar, there’s also a shortcut to Settings.

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Displaying the Panel

By default, the Panel bar is located on the left side of any of your Vivaldi windows. To expand and display the Panel or hide it after use:

• Click the Show Panel button on the left side of the Address Bar.
• Use the Keyboard Shortcut F4 / ⌥⌘ P.
• Go to Vivaldi menu > View > Show Panel.
• Type “Panel” in Quick Commands.
• Create a Mouse Gesture for the action.

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Open, switch, and close individual Panels

To open or switch to a specific Panel, click on the Panel’s button on the Panel bar.

To close a Panel, but keep the Panel bar visible, click on the Panel button again. Alternatively, click on Close Panel in the top right corner of the open Panel.

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Toggling the visibility of individual panels

If there’s a panel that you know you won’t be using, you can hide the icon from the Panel bar.

To hide a panel:

Option 1

1. Right-click on the panel you want to hide.
2. Select Edit > Remove from Toolbar from the menu.

Option 2

1. Open the Toolbar Editor.
2. Drag the panel you want to remove off the Panel bar and drop it on the web page area.

To display the hidden panel again:

1. Open the Toolbar Editor.
2. Select Panel from the drop-down menu.
3. Locate the panel you want to add back and drag it from the Toolbar Editor menu to the Panel bar.

To restore the Panel with its default panels:

1. Right-click on the Panel bar.
2. Select Edit > Reset Toolbar to Default from the menu.

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Customize the Panel

To customize the Panel, navigate to Settings > Panel. Here you can change settings such as:

• Panel Position. Choose to have the Panel display on the left or right side of the browser window.
• Show/Hide Panel Toggle to allow a small toggle on the side of the window to display (or not).
• Notes Panel behaviour. Choose whether or not to open the Panel automatically when creating a new Note, or automatically fetch a screenshot of the current page.
• Window Panel options.  Decide whether to activate tabs with a single click, whether Pinned Tabs are in a separate folder or listed as other tabs and how to create Tab Stacks.
• Web Panel notifications. Enable/disable notifications, such as unread messages.
• Lazy Load. Fully load the Web Panel’s content only when opened.
• Transparency. In Settings > Themes > Editor > Settings, you can make the Start Page background image show through, by changing the transparency level. This setting also affects the Speed Dial Title background.
• Blur. For a more “frosted” Panel (and Tab Bar) look, enable Blur from Settings > Themes > Editor > Settings.

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Reorder and move Panels

To change the order of panels, hold down the Ctrl / ⌘ key and drag the panel to the new location.

With the Toolbar Editor, you can move Panel buttons to other browser toolbars and bring buttons from other toolbars to the Panel.

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Floating panel

The Floating Panel option allows the panels to overlay the open website. By default, opening and closing panels will resize the website to make space for the panel.

To enable the Floating Panel go to Settings > Panel > Panel Options.
Alternatively, Shift + click on the Panel toggle button in the bottom left corner of the browser window to quickly enable/disable floating panels.

In addition, you can enable Auto-close Floating panel. With this switched on, the panel will close when the mouse is moved away from the panel area.

Separate floating state per panel

To change the floating state per panel:

1. Right-click on the Panel you want to set a separate floating state from your default to.
2. Select Toggle Floating from the context menu.

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Separate width

Some panels need more space than others. To have panels with separate width:

1. Right-click on the panel button.
2. Select Separate Width.
3. Drag the panel to preferred size.

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 Bar.

Showing the Bookmark Bar

To display the Bookmark Bar:

• Go to Settings > Bookmarks > Bookmark Bar and tick the box for Show Bookmark Bar;
• Use a Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl+Shift+B / ⌘ Shift B to toggle Bookmark Bar visibility on/off;
• Create a Mouse Gesture for showing and hiding the Bookmark Bar.

In Settings > Bookmarks > Bookmark Bar you can:

• Select which bookmark folder will populate the Bookmark Bar;
• Change the location – top or bottom of the window;
• Decide whether bookmarks are displayed with:
  • Text and Icon,
  • Text only,
  • Icon only,
  • Bookmark Icon only (folders will be displayed with text and icon).

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Managing bookmarks on the Bookmark Bar

Adding a new bookmark

To add a new bookmark:

• Right-click on the Bookmark Bar and select:
  • Add Active Tab,
  • New Bookmark.
• Click the Add bookmark button on the right side of the Address Field and save the bookmark in the Bookmark Bar folder;
• Start dragging from the Site info badge on the left side of the Address Field and drop it on the Bookmark Bar.

Opening a bookmark

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.

Editing a bookmark

To edit a bookmark, right-click the bookmark and select Edit. To change just the title, right-click the bookmarks and select Rename.

Deleting a bookmark

To delete a bookmark, right-click on the bookmark and select Delete from the context menu.

Organising bookmarks

Sorting bookmarks

Bookmarks can be sorted by Title, Address, Nickname, Description, Date Created and manually. Right-click on an empty area on the Bookmark Bar, select Sort from the context menu and from the sub-menu your preferred sorting criteria.

Rearranging bookmarks

To move bookmarks around on the Bookmark Bar:

1. Make sure sorting is set to Manually,
2. Drag and drop to reorder or move a bookmark to/from a folder.

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Bookmark Folders

To create a new folder, right-click on the Bookmark Bar and select New Folder from the context menu.

To create a new sub-folder, right-click on the parent folder and select New Folder.

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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.

What’s on the Status Bar?

Vivaldi’s Status Bar is located at the bottom of Vivaldi’s window allowing you to:

• Show or hide Panel bar. Ctrl + click to toggle on/off floating panel.
• Turn Break Mode on/off.
• Shortcut to Sync.
• Check Mail status for latest messages, accounts connection status’ and logs.
• Check Calendar status for upcoming events, accounts’ connection status’ and logs.
• See the current status of the web page. For example: “Processing request”, “Waiting for”, “Connecting”, “Establishing secure connection”.
  If you hover over links on web pages, the URL behind the link will be displayed on the Status Bar.
• Take a screenshot of the web page with page Capture.
• View multiple tabs side by side in the same window with Tab Tiling.
• Choose whether images are to be visible in web pages or not or if only cached images are to be shown. Also, decide whether to loop animations, play them just once or never.
• Page actions provides web-page specific features.
• Set the Page Zoom by using the Page zoom slider. Switch to range buttons in Settings > Appearance > Window Appearance > Use Buttons in Range Controls.
• Start countdowns, set alarms or just check the time from the Status Bar Clock.

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Customise the Status Bar

To move buttons on the Status Bar, hold down the Ctrl / ⌘ key and drag the button to a different location. Alternatively, open the Toolbar Editor and rearrange, add and remove buttons without using the modifier key then.

All buttons on the Status Bar can be removed by right clicking on the button > Edit > Remove From Toolbar.

To reset the changes right click on a button > Edit > Reset Toolbar to Default. In case you’ve removed all of the buttons, go to Settings > Appearance > Window Appearance > Toolbar Customization > Reset Status Bar.

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Hide the Status Bar

To hide the Status Bar or display it again:

• Go to Settings > Appearance > Status Bar to decide whether to:
  • Always show the Status Bar;
  • Only show status info overlay;
  • Hide it completely.
• Go to Vivaldi Menu > View >  Show Status Bar.
• Type “Status Bar” in Quick Commands.
• Use the Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl+Shift+S / ⌘ / to toggle the visibility.
• Create a Mouse Gesture for the action.

The placement and appearance of Toolbars can be customised in Vivaldi. User Interface Zoom allows you to alter the size of Toolbars. The position of the Address Bar and Bookmarks Bar within the UI can also be customised by adjusting settings within their respective sections in Settings.

Adjusting the size of Toolbars

1. Go to Settings > Appearance.
2. Use the User Interface Zoom slider to adjust the zoom.

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Changing the position of the Bookmarks Bar

1. Go to Settings > Bookmarks.
2. Under Bookmark Bar Position, choose between Top or Bottom.

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Changing the position of the Address bar

1. Go to Settings > Address Bar.
2. Choose between Top or Bottom under Address Bar Position.

Vivaldi browser with Bookmark and Address Bars at the bottom of the window.

To learn how to rearrange or hide buttons on Toolbars, have a look at our help page about Editing Toolbars.

Many important Vivaldi functions are available from the application menu.

Customize the menu appearance

Menu Position

Windows and Linux users can set the menu to either appear as a  Vivaldi menu button or as a horizontal menu across the top of the window. Go to Settings > Appearance > Menu > Menu Position. Next to it you can also choose the menu icon style.

Since Vivaldi 6.7 the main menu as well as context and other menus have gotten a design update leaving more space between menu items.

If you prefer the older, more compact menu style:

1. Go to Settings > Appearance > Menu.
2. Enable Compact Layout.
3. Restart the browser.

Vertical Menu

Horizontal Menu

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Customize the menu commands

To edit, which commands and in which order are displayed in the browser application menu, go to Settings > Appearance > Menu > Menu customization.

For more detailed instructions, take a look at the help page about customizing Vivaldi menus.

Bookmarks are web page links that you have saved in the browser, helping you remember your favorite web pages and access them much faster. Find out more about the different ways to access and add new Bookmarks in the Vivaldi browser.

Accessing bookmarks

In Vivaldi you can access and manage your bookmarks from multiple locations in the browser:

• From the Bookmark Bar;
• From the Bookmark Panel;
• From the Bookmark Menu;
• From the Bookmark Manager;
• From the Address Bar via auto-completion;
• From the Speed Dials on Start Page;
• From Quick Commands via auto-completion and nicknames.

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Managing bookmarks

Add a new bookmark

• Click on the Bookmark Page button on the right side of the Address Field;
• Use the Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl+D / ⌘ D;
• Click on Add Active Tab in the Bookmark Menu;
• Right-click on the web page and select Bookmark Page from the context menu;
• Drag the link (starting from Site info button on the Address Bar) to the destination folder in the Bookmark Panel or Bookmark Bar;
• Type “Create Bookmark” in Quick Commands;
• Add one manually in the Bookmark Panel or Bookmark Manager;
• Create a Mouse Gesture for the action.

Edit a bookmark

To update information about the bookmark:

Option 1

1. Find the bookmark in the Bookmark Panel or Bookmark Manager;
2. Select the bookmark;
3. Make changes in the bookmark information section.

Changes are saved automatically.

Option 2

1. Find the bookmark on the Bookmark Bar, in the Bookmark Menu or on the Speed Dial;
2. Right-click on the bookmark;
3. Select Edit;
4. Make the changes;
5. Click Save.

Option 3

When you have the bookmarked page open:

1. Click on the Bookmark Page button on the right side of the Address Field, or
   Use the Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl+D / ⌘ D, or
   Type “Create Bookmark” in Quick Commands;
2. Make the changes;
3. Click Done.

You can edit the following bookmark information:

• Name;
• URL;
• Nickname;
• Description;
• Bookmark folder;
• Speed Dial thumbnail (can only be updated on the Start Page, Bookmark Panel and Bookmark Manager).

Delete a bookmark

Option 1

1. Find the bookmark in the Bookmark Panel or Bookmark Manager;
2. Select the bookmark;
3. Press Delete on your keyboard or right-click on the bookmark and select Delete.

Option 2

1. Find the bookmark on the Bookmark Bar or in the Bookmark Menu;
2. Right-click on the bookmark;
3. Select Delete;

Option 3

When you have the bookmarked web page open:

1. Click on the Bookmark Page button on the right side of the Address Field;
2. Click Remove.

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Importing and exporting bookmarks

To import bookmarks, click on the Vivaldi menu > File > Import Bookmarks and Settings  and select, where you want to import the bookmarks from. Alternatively, click on the    Import button located near the top right corner in the Bookmark Manager.

Bookmarks can be imported from another browser you have installed on the same computer or from a Bookmarks HTML file. In case the other browser is not listed in the import dialog, export the bookmarks as an HTML file from the source browser and import the HTML file to Vivaldi.

When the bookmarks have been imported, you can find them all in a new folder after all other bookmark folders, just above the deleted bookmarks. We recommend, using the Bookmark Manager or Bookmark Panel to rearrange your freshly imported bookmarks and bookmark folders according to your needs.

To export bookmarks from Vivaldi, click on the  Vivaldi menu > File > Export Bookmarks. Bookmarks will be saved as an HTML file.

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Syncing bookmarks

To keep your bookmarks in sync across multiple Vivaldi browsers on different devices, use Vivaldi’s Sync feature.