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.
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:
Go to Settings > Privacy and security.
Enable Don’t open links in external apps.
Preload web pages
Preloading pages that Vivaldi thinks you’re likely to visit can help make browsing faster. Preloading is enabled by default while you’re on Wi-Fi.
To make online transactions faster and free of mistakes, you can store your bank card and address information in the browser.
Payment Methods
When entering card details on a web page, you’ll be asked whether to save the card information in the browser and autofill similar forms with the stored information in the future. If you don’t plan to save payment information in Vivaldi, you can disable these requests in Settings > Privacy and Security > Payment Methods. Furthermore, you can block websites from checking whether any payment methods are stored in the browser.
For an added layer of security, you can enable a verification requirement whenever using the saved payment methods. Go to Settings > Privacy and Security > Payment Methods and enable Always Verify when Using Autofill. When enabled, you’ll be asked to enter your operating system’s PIN/password/etc. before filling out the form on the web page.
As with Payment methods, you can also save your postal address, phone number, and email in the browser for ease of use. Requests to save this information is enabled by default, but you can disable it in Settings > Privacy and Security > Addresses and More.
Use the Keyboard ShortcutCtrl+T on Windows and Linux, or ⌘ T on macOS;
Perform the New TabMouse Gesture: Right-click + Swipe down.
With a vertically placed Tab Bar, double-click on an empty area on the Tab Bar.
To open links in new Tabs:
Hold down the Shift key, while clicking a link;
Select Open in New Tab from the right-click context menu;
Perform the Open Link in New Tab (Over a Link)Mouse Gesture: right-click + swipe down.
Hover the mouse cursor over a link on a web page, click and hold down the left mouse button and start dragging vertically. Then, while holding down the left mouse button, move the mouse to hover over Open a new tab button on the Tab Bar. On releasing the mouse, a new tab will open with the link. In case you’ve disabled Allow Text Selection in Links in Settings > Webpages, you can start dragging the link in any direction.
There are also several ways to open a link in a new Background Tab:
Hold down the Ctrl/⌘ key while clicking a link;
Right-click a link and select Open Link in Background Tab from the context menu;
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.
If you enable New Tab from Link Opens in Background in Settings > Tabs > New Tab Position, links from Bookmarks and History will open in the background by default. Also, when enabled, selecting Open Link in New Tab from the right-click context menu or cloning a tab will open a new tab in the background instead of foreground.
To open links in new windows:
Right-click a link and select Open Link in (Private) Window from the context menu.
Hold down Ctrl + Shift keys while clicking a link.
Open previous/next page in a new Tab
To open the previously visited page or the page you’ve navigated back from in a new Tab, hold down the Ctrl/⌘ key and click on the Back button to open the previous link or the Forward button to open the next link.
To open a link further back/forward in the Tab history in a new Tab right-click on the Back or Forward button and while holding down the Ctrl/⌘ or Shift key click on an item on the list.
Closing Tabs
To close a Tab:
Click Close button that appears when hovering your mouse pointer over the Tab;
Double click on the Tab. Enable the option in Settings > Tabs > Tab Handling.
Middle mouse button click on the Tab.
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;
Alternatively, select the Tabs you want to keep open using the Shift or Ctrl/⌘ key and select Close Other (# Unselected Tabs) from the right-click context menu.
Or right-click a Tab and select, whether to:
Close Tabs to the right;
Close Tabs to the left;
Close all other Tabs (alternatively: Alt + click on active Tab’s close button).
Tab closing confirmation
To prevent accidental closing of multiple tabs, a confirmation dialog will be displayed when you try to close more tabs than specified in Settings > Tabs > Tab Handling > Confirm Closing Tabs over Maximum of #. The default value is set to 10, but you can set your own limit.
You can disable the confirmation dialog in Tab Settings or by clicking the box Do not ask again in the dialog.
Reopening recently closed Tabs
The Closed Tabs button, located at the far end of the Tab Bar and in the Window Panel, contains a list of previously closed Tabs and Windows within the latest session.
To reopen a Tab, open the Closed Tabs menu and click on the Tab or Window you want to reopen. To quickly open the latest tab you’ve closed, on the Tab Bar, middle mouse button click directly on the Closed Tabs button.
It’s also a good place to look for your Tabs and Windows if, for some reason, the browser didn’t open with your previous session (after a crash for example). Please note that multiple browser restarts will erase the Closed Tabs history.
For a complete overview of visited pages, visit History by:
Going to Vivaldi menu > Tools > History menu;
Clicking History on the top menu on the Start Page;
In Vivaldi, you are in control of tabs from the word go. This article lists important options that determine how your tabs behave.
Grouping tabs into Tab Stacks
To learn about Tab Stacks in Vivaldi, take a look at the Help page, which describes the feature in depth here.
Cycling tabs
To cycle through your open Tabs:
Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab to move in the opposite direction, or
Enable Switch Tabs by Scrolling in Settings > Tabs > Tab Features > Tab Cycling to switch tabs by holding down the Alt key or right mouse button and scrolling with the mouse wheel.
In Settings > Tabs > Tab Features > Tab Cycling, you can decide whether:
Tabs are cycled in recently used or in the displayed order;
A preview of the open Tabs is shown or you’re taken directly to the next tab.
In case you’ve enabled Show Tab Cycler, you can decide whether to show tab previews as thumbnails side by side or in a list (as in the image below).
Switching Tabs
Probably the most common way to switch between Tabs is to just click on a Tab you want to view on the Tab Bar or in the Window Panel, but there are a couple of other options that can come in handy.
Switch Tabs using the mouse’s scroll wheel
When the mouse is hovering over the Tab Bar or while you’re holding down the Alt key, you can switch Tabs by scrolling. This feature can be enabled in Settings > Tabs > Tab Features > Tab Cycling > Switch Tabs by Scrolling.
Switch Tabs using keyboard shortcuts
In addition to using Tab Cycler keyboard shortcuts you can move to next tab with Ctrl+Page↑ / Shift ⌘ ] and to the previous tab with 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 menu, and type the number of the tab you want to switch to.
Switch Tabs with Quick Commands
Press F2 / ⌘ E to open Quick Commands. Before you enter a search term all open Tabs in all Windows will be listed. If you do a search, only Tabs meeting the search criteria will be shown. Click on the listed Tab to open it.
Minimise Tabs
Furthermore, when you enable Active Tab minimising in Settings > Tabs > Tab Cycler > Minimise Active Tab, you can move to the previous active tab by clicking on the current Active Tab.
Moving 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 the Tabs are 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↑/Ctrl+Shift+Page↓
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:
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.
Lazy Loading
When opening the browser with your previous session or a Saved Session, lazy loading opens the background tabs of the session in a hibernated state to save resources. To enable it, go to Settings > General > Startup with and tick the box for Lazy Load Restored Tabs. If you don’t want Pinned Tabs to hibernate, tick the box also for Always Load Pinned Tabs.
Duplicating Tabs
To create an exact copy of a tab including its history, use one of the following options:
Choose Duplicate Tab from the right-click context menu.
Click on Reload current page on the Address Bar with a middle mouse button.
Hold down the Shift key while clicking the Reload current page button.
In Settings > Tabs > Duplicated Tab Position you can decide whether the cloned tab should open next to the original one, or as the last tab.
In case you have enabled New Tab from Link Opens in Background in Settings > Tabs > New Tab Position, the cloned tab will also open in a new background tab.
Renaming Tabs
If the page title displayed on the tab is not useful and you often struggle to find the right tab, you can give it a better name. Furthermore, you can rename Tab Stacks.
To rename a tab:
Right-click on the tab on the Tab Bar or in the Windows Panel and select Rename from the context menu. Alternatively, to rename the active tab, type “Rename Tab” in Quick Commands, or create a Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Gesture for the action.
Enter the new title.
Press Enter or click somewhere else in the browser.
To rename a tab stack:
Right-click on the stack on the Tab Bar or in the Windows Panel and select Rename Tabs Stack from the context menu. Alternatively, to rename the active stack, type “Rename Tab Stack” in Quick Commands, or create a Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Gesture for the action.
Enter the new title.
Press Enter or click somewhere else in the browser.
Muting Tabs
To mute a tab:
Click on the speaker icon on the tab, when the tab is currently playing audio;
Right-click on the Tab and select Mute Tab;
To mute multiple Tabs, select the Tabs, right-click on one of them and select Mute # Tabs from the context menu.
To mute all background tabs when the active tab is playing audio, right-click on the Tab and select Mute Other Tabs.
Type “Periodic Reload” and the time interval. There are two ways to enter the time interval. For example, to reload the tab every one and a half minutes, type the time either in seconds “Periodic Reload 90” or “Periodic Reload 1’30” ” (single quote for minutes and double for seconds).
You can see the countdown until the next reload on the Tab, below the page’s favicon and title.
To disable Periodic Reload of Tab, either:
Right-click on the Tab and select Periodic Reload > Disable or Disable all, if you have multiple active timers.
Open menu button in the top right corner of the widget.
Vivaldi menu > 
Edit Card.
New Tab button on the Tab Bar;
Vivaldi menu > File > New Tab;
Back button to open the previous link or the 
Forward button to open the next link.
Close button that appears when hovering your mouse pointer over the Tab;
Closed Tabs button, located at the far end of the Tab Bar and in the 
Reload current page on the 
