Status Bar

What’s on the Status Bar?

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

Vivaldi browser's Status Bar with all its buttons.
  • 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.

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.

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 button 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.

Toolbars

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.

Changing the position of the Bookmarks Bar

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

Changing the position of the Address bar

  1. Go to Settings > Address Bar.
  2. Choose between Top or Bottom under Address Bar Position.
Browser with toolbars at the bottom of the window

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.

Vivaldi Menu

Many important Vivaldi functions are available from the application menu.

Customize the menu appearance

Menu Position

Vivaldi main menu settings

Windows and Linux users can set the menu to either appear as a  Vivaldi menu button 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 Vivaldi menu
Horizontal Menu

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

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:

Managing bookmarks

Add a new bookmark

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.

Importing and exporting bookmarks

To import bookmarks, click on the Vivaldi menu button Vivaldi menu > File > Import Bookmarks and Settings  and select, where you want to import the bookmarks from. Alternatively, click on the  Import icon  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.

Bookmark import and export options in the menu

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

Syncing bookmarks

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

Themes

Change the look of Vivaldi with Themes

Go to Settings > Themes to:

  • Select one of the predefined themes.
  • Create your own theme.
  • Edit a preinstalled theme.
  • Install a theme from Vivaldi Themes.
Settings window showing the Theme Library.

Create a new theme

To make your own theme:

  1. Go to Settings > Themes.
  2. Click on New Theme after the existing themes in the theme library.
  3. Give the new theme a name.
  4. Use the color picker or input a hex color code to change the Background, Foreground, Highlight and Accent colors. Also, change other color related settings, if you wish.
  5. Switch to the Background tab in the theme editor and set a background for the new theme. You can choose between:
    • An image from Vivaldi’s selection.
    • A predefined color or set your own color of choice.
    • Using the desktop image (newer OS versions).
    • An image file from your computer.
  6. Then, go to the Settings tab to tweak the theme further.
  7. Last but not least, you can replace the default icons for toolbar buttons with your own.

Theme settings explained

Accent from page – Instead of the chosen accent color, the focused website’s color will be used on the toolbars. When you also enable Transparent Tab Bar, which shows your Start Page background image on the Tab Bar, the accent color will overlay the background image.

Switching tabs to show the colour on the Tab Bar change.

Accent on Window – When enabled, the accent color is displayed as the Tab Bar background (as on the illustration above) instead of on the Address Bar and active tab (as on the illustration below).

Limit Accent Color Saturation – This setting allows you to limit the amount of color (saturation) applied to the theme’s accent color.

Showing the different levels of accent color saturation.

Contrast – Increase contrast of the browser’s user interface elements to improve visibility.

Showing the changes in contrast on the browser window.

Transparency – Make some user interface elements, such as the Panels, a bit see-through, to let the Start Page background shine through.

Transparent Tab Bar – Enable the setting, if you’d like to see your Start Page background also on your Tab Bar.

Window with Start Page's background image showing on the Tab Bar.

Blur – When transparency has been enabled for the Tab Bar and Panels, you can add a blur effect to the user interface elements (see the image above).

Transparent Background Tabs – When enabled, background tabs won’t be visually confined into their own box.

Панель вкладок з непрозорим фоном
Панель вкладок з прозорим фоном

Corner rounding – Adjust corner rounding to get the corners as sharp or soft as you like.

You can see the changes you make in the theme immediately and the changes get saved automatically.

When you’re done adjusting the theme settings in the Editor, go back to the Library to see the new theme listed with your other themes.

Custom Icons

To make the browser’s user interface truly unique you can replace the default toolbar buttons with your own icons.

To change icons:

  1. Go to Settings > Themes > Editor > Icons.
  2. Select a button you want to update.
  3. Click on the current icon and locate the new icon image in your File Manager/Finder.
    Alternatively, drag the new icon over the current one.

Take a look at the Help page about creating Custom Icons for suggestions about the best icon size, format and more.

Edit a theme

To change one of the default themes or one you’ve created:

  1. Go to Settings > Themes.
  2. Select the theme in the Library and switch to the Editor tab.
    Alternatively, go to the Editor tab first and select the theme you want to edit from the drop down menu.
  3. Make your changes to the theme.

You can see the changes you make in the theme immediately and the changes get saved automatically.

Shareable Vivaldi Themes

The theme editor allows for endless variations of Themes. To see and install Themes made by other Vivaldi users and to share your own, visit themes.vivaldi.net. To learn more about it, check the Help page about Shareable Vivaldi Themes.

Private Window Theme

Vivaldi has a separate theme for Private Windows to make it easier to differentiate them from regular Windows. To change the Private Window Theme:

  1. Go to Settings > Themes > Private Window Theme.
  2. Select a theme from the drop down menu.

Scheduling Themes

With theme scheduling you can set your favourite themes to be enabled during specified times throughout the day. For example, enabling a light theme during daylight hours, and switching to a darker theme in the evening.

  1. Go to Settings > Themes > Theme schedule.
  2. Choose between:
    • No scheduling,
    • Following the operating system’s schedule,
    • Manual scheduling.

Operating system’s schedule

When following the operating system’s schedule, you can assign which one of your themes is used during the light and which one during the dark hours.

Manual scheduling

With manual scheduling you can add as many theme changes as you wish.

  • Click on a time slot to open a drop down menu and choose which theme you want to use.
  • Click and drag on the vertical bar between the timeslots, to adjust the theme change time.
  • Click on Add button and delete button buttons to add/remove theme changing times.
Manual theme scheduling options in Settings.

Dark mode for web pages

If you prefer dark themes and want the web page content to match:

  1. Go to Settings > Appearance > Website Appearance.
  2. Select between:
    • Light,
    • Dark, or
    • Auto.

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.

Comment on blog posts on vivaldi.com

We depend on our community for feedback and like to hear from all our users. One way to let us know what you think is by commenting on blog posts published on vivaldi.com. Here’s what you need to know about that.

  • To comment on the blog posts, you first need to have a Vivaldi account.
  • Scroll down to the end of the post and click on Login if you already have an account, or on Register if you need to sign up for one.

Enable third-party cookies or whitelist specific pages

If it appears that you are still not logged in under the blog post, first try refreshing the page.  If this doesn’t help, check if you have third-party cookies blocked. Because comments are stored on vivaldi.net and blog posts on vivaldi.com, you need to enable vivaldi.net’s cookies on vivaldi.com in order to comment.

  • To enable all third-party cookies, go to Settings > Privacy > Cookies and uncheck the box for Block Third-Party Cookies.
  • If you do not wish to do that, you can whitelist specific pages. While you’re on the blog post page, open the Site Info menu from the left side of the address field. Select Cookies and move all Vivaldi cookies from the Blocked list to the Allowed list. Close the settings window and refresh the page.
Blocked cookies
  • If you’re using an extension to block cookies, whitelist Vivaldi in the extension.

Alternatively, go to the Vivaldi Forum and leave a comment to the blog post there. You can find the shortcut link to the thread below the comments on the blog post’s page.

Happy commenting!

Direct Match: How It Works, Privacy, and More

What is Direct Match?

Direct Match is a feature that gives you faster access to certain websites by suggesting them directly in the Address Field, Search Field, or Speed Dial search. When there’s a match for what you’ve typed, Direct Match saves you the extra step of searching through your search engine, helping you get where you need to go with fewer clicks.

How does Direct Match work?

When you start typing a search term in the Address Field, Search Field, or Speed Dial search, Vivaldi checks a locally stored file to see if there’s a match. If it finds one, an item labeled “Direct Match” will appear in the drop-down, suggesting a website related to what you’ve typed. Clicking on the suggestion takes you straight to the site, skipping the search engine entirely.

Here’s a quick overview:

  • Where you’ll see it: Address Field, Search Field, or Speed Dial search
  • What it does: Provides quick suggestions for websites from local data
  • How it benefits you: Reduces extra steps and gets you to your intended site faster

And like anything else in Vivaldi, you can customize the order in which items appear in the Address Field—so whether it’s Bookmarks, search suggestions, or Direct Match results, you can make it work exactly how you like from Settings > Address Bar > Drop-Down Menu Priority. On mobile, you can give less priority to Direct Match suggestions from Settings > Address Bar.

Privacy aspects

We take your privacy seriously, and Direct Match is no exception.

  • No tracking: What you type stays private—it’s not tracked, stored, or sent to anyone, including us. So there’s no need to worry about data being used for profiling or anything like that.
  • Local data only: All the data used for matching is stored locally on your device, which means that nobody—us included—can track what you’re typing.

On our end, we don’t keep any permanent records of who clicked which link, and we don’t store any IP addresses. In some cases, clicking a suggestion might involve a third-party affiliate network, which could set cookies for correctly attributing revenue to the right party, like how all affiliate links work across the web.

Why should I click on these suggestions?

Direct Match is all about convenience. It helps you reach the websites you’re looking for more quickly, and at the same time, by clicking on these suggestions, you’re supporting Vivaldi’s ongoing development, allowing us to keep offering you a better browsing experience.

Disable Direct Match

If you decide that Direct Match isn’t for you, it’s easy to turn off. Just follow these simple steps:

  1. Go to Settings > Search > Allow Search Suggestions.
  2. Tick the box for Enable Direct Match.

To disable Direct Match on mobile devices:

  1. Go to the Vivaldi menu > Settings > Address Bar.
  2. Toggle off Enable Direct Match.

We hope that Direct Match makes your browsing a little faster and easier, while still respecting your privacy, just the way it should be.

Notes in Vivaldi on iOS

Use Notes to quickly add checklists, agenda items or facilitate a research project without the disruption of switching apps.

View Notes

To view and manage your Notes:

  1. Open Panels from the left side of the bottom toolbar.
  2. Tap on the Notes icon.
  3. Tap on a note to view the full note.

Create a new note

To create a new note:

  1. Tap on the Add Note button at the bottom of the Panel.
  2. Enter the note text.
  3. Tap Done.

To discard the new note, tap on Cancel in the top left corner.

Create a new Note from a web page

To make a note of something you found on a web page:

  1. Select the text you want to turn into a note;
  2. In the menu that appears, choose Copy to Note.

The note will be added to the folder you viewed last.

Create a new Notes folder

To create a new folder for your Notes:

  1. Open the Notes Panel.
  2. Tap on the 3-dot menu in the bottom left corner.
  3. Select New Folder.
  4. Give the folder a name and choose a parent folder.
  5. Tap Done.

Markdown formatting

You can use Markdown formatting to make your notes more readable and interesting.

To add formatting to notes:

Option 1

  1. Start creating a new note or editing an existing one.
  2. Type your note using Markdown syntax.
  3. View the formatted note by tapping on the Markdown button in the top right corner of the Notes Panel.

Option 2

  1. Start creating a new note or editing an existing one.
  2. Tap on the Markdown button in the top right corner of the Notes Panel.
  3. On the keyboard tap on B/S to open the formatting menu.
  4. Either select the formatting option before you start typing or select the text you want to format and then tap on the options in the menu.
Two iPhones with the Notes Panel open. An arrow points from the Markdown toggle button displayed on one phone, to the Markdown menu on the second phone.

Edit Notes

To edit a note:

  1. Tap on the note you wish to edit.
  2. Make the changes.
  3. Tap Done to save changes or Cancel to discard the changes.

Sort Notes

To change the order in which the notes are displayed:

  1. Open the Notes Panel.
  2. Tap on the 3-dot menu in the bottom left corner.
  3. Select Sort Order.

You can sort your notes:

  • Manually
  • By Title
  • By Date Created
  • By Date Edited
  • By Kind, which groups Notes folders to the top/bottom and sorts the rest of the notes using the manual order.

In addition, you can choose to sort notes either in ascending or descending order.

Vivaldi on iOS' Notes Panel with the sorting menu open.

Move notes

To move a note to a different folder:

  • Start editing the note you want to move.
  • Change the location of the note.
  • Tap Done.

Delete Notes

To delete a note, open the note and tap on Delete at the bottom of the Panel.

To delete multiple notes at once:

  1. In the Notes Panel, tap Edit in the bottom right corner.
  2. Tap on the notes you want to delete.
  3. Tap Delete in the bottom left corner.

History in Vivaldi on iOS

View a list of websites you’ve visited in Vivaldi’s History Panel.

History Panel

Open the History Panel by tapping on the Panel toggle button Panel button on the left side of the bottom toolbar and tap on the History button History option on the menu.

The websites will be listed chronologically in descending order (most recent first). Tap on the entry to visit the page again.

Searching History

To search for a history item, tap on the Search button Search field and enter the search term.

Deleting History

To delete your browsing history:

  1. Open the History Panel and tap on  Clear Browsing Data in the bottom left corner.
    Alternatively, open Vivaldi menu button Vivaldi menu > Settings > Privacy and security > Clear browsing data.
  2. Pick a time range.
  3. Make sure the option for Browsing History is ticked.
  4. Tap Clear browsing Data.

To delete a single history entry:

  1. Open the History Panel.
  2. Long press on the entry you want to remove.
  3. Select Delete from the context menu.

Use Search to filter out the visited pages you want to delete.

Bookmarks in Vivaldi on iOS

Add your favorite and often visited sites to Bookmarks to access them faster.

Access Bookmarks

To view your bookmarks, tap on the Panel button in the bottom left corner of the window to open the Bookmarks Panel.

To search bookmarks, tap on the Search field above the list of bookmarks.

To open a bookmark in the active tab, just tap on it. To open a bookmark in a new tab or a private tab:

  1. Long press on the bookmark.
  2. Select Open in new tab or Open in Private from the context menu.

Add Bookmarks

There are multiple ways to add a new bookmark on Vivaldi Mobile.

Option 1

To add an open web page to your bookmarks, tap on the Vivaldi menu button Vivaldi menu > Add Page to > Bookmarks. If you want the bookmark to show up as a Speed Dial on your Start Page, you can also select Add page to > Start Page.

Add Page to... menu in Vivaldi on iOS.

You’ll get a notification at the bottom of the screen, telling you in which folder the bookmark was saved to. If you wish to change the folder, name, description, and/or nickname, tap on Edit.

Option 2

  1. Go to the Start Page;
  2. Tap on the New Speed Dial button after your Speed Dials.
    Long press on the Add New Speed Dial button and select New Speed Dial Folder to add a new folder to the Speed Dial.
  3. Enter at least the Name and URL of the new bookmark.

The bookmark will be saved to that Speed Dial folder.

Option 3

  1. Open the Bookmarks Panel;
  2. Tap on  Add Bookmark at the bottom of the panel, to add a new bookmark.

The new bookmark will be saved to the folder that’s currently open in the Bookmarks Panel.

Edit Bookmarks

To edit a single bookmark or a bookmark folder through the Bookmarks Panel:

  1. Find it in the Bookmarks Panel
  2. Long press on the bookmark or folder.
  3. Select Edit from the context menu.
  4. Make the changes.
  5. Tap Done.

To edit a Speed Dial bookmark on the Start Page:

  1. Long press the bookmark;
  2. Select Edit Speed Dial from the context menu.
  3. Make the changes.
  4. Tap Done.

To edit a bookmark that you have open in the active tab:

  1. Go to the Vivaldi menu > Edit bookmark.
  2. Make the changes.
  3. Tap Done.

Sort Bookmarks

To change how bookmarks are sorted in the Bookmarks Panel:

  1. Open the Bookmarks Panel.
  2. Tap on the 3-dot menu in the bottom left corner.
  3. Select “Sort Order”.
  4. Tap on the sorting criteria you want to use.

You can sort your bookmarks:

  • Manually
  • By Title
  • By Address
  • By Nickname
  • By Description
  • By Date
  • By Kind, which groups folders to the top/bottom and sorts the rest of the notes using the manual order.

In addition, you can choose to sort your bookmarks either in ascending or descending order.

To change how bookmarks are sorted on the Speed Dial:

  1. Open a new tab with the Start Page.
  2. Tap on the sort button in the top right corner.
  3. Tap on the sorting criteria you want to use.

Reorder Bookmarks

To reorder bookmarks:

  1. Open the Bookmarks Panel.
  2. Tap on Edit in the bottom right corner.
  3. Press on the  Reorder button and drag the bookmarks one by one to their new location on the list of bookmarks.
  4. Tap Done.

Bookmark folders

Create a folder

To create a new bookmark folder:

  1. Open the Bookmarks Panel.
  2. Tap on New Folder at the bottom left corner.
  3. Give the folder a name.
  4. If you wish, change its location and make the folder into a Speed Dial folder.
  5. Tap Done.

Edit a folder

To update the name or move the folder:

  1. Open the Bookmarks Panel.
  2. Long press on the folder you want to edit.
  3. Select Edit.
  4. Make the changes.
  5. Tap Done.

Bookmark Nicknames

Bookmark Nicknames allow you to open bookmarks faster from the Address Field. Instead of typing the URL you can just enter a short nickname to open the bookmarked web page.

To give a Bookmark a nickname:

  1. Open the Bookmarks Panel.
  2. Open the folder containing the bookmark you want to give a nickname to.
  3. Long-press the bookmark.
  4. Select Edit from the context menu.
  5. Enter the nickname.
  6. Tap Done to save the changes.

Sync Bookmarks

To access your desktop bookmarks on your phone and vice versa, use Sync with the same Vivaldi account both on your phone and desktop browsers.

Delete Bookmarks

To delete a bookmark:

  1. Long press on the bookmark or bookmark folder in the Bookmarks Panel.
  2. Select Delete from the context menu.

To delete multiple bookmarks:

  1. Open the Bookmarks Panel.
  2. Tap on Edit in the bottom right corner.
  3. Tap on all the bookmarks you want to delete.
  4. Tap Delete in the bottom left corner.
  5. Tap Done.

To delete a Speed Dial bookmark:

  1. Long press on the Speed Dial.
  2. Select Delete from the context menu.

Restore deleted Bookmarks

When you delete a bookmark, it will be moved to a special folder, from where you can restore deleted bookmarks should the need arise.

To restore a bookmark:

  1. Open the Bookmarks Panel.
  2. Tap on the History back button Back button in the top left corner to move out of the Bookmarks folder.
  3. Open the Deleted folder.
  4. Long press on the bookmark you want to restore.
  5. Select Edit.
  6. Change the location of the bookmark.
  7. Tap Done.

Remove deleted Bookmarks

To empty the folder of deleted bookmarks, delete all bookmarks from the Deleted folder following the instructions for deleting bookmarks above.

Speed Dials

To learn about Start Page bookmarks, and Speed Dials, on iOS, check out the Help Page here.

Import bookmarks

To import bookmarks from a Vivaldi on another device, such as a desktop computer, use the Sync feature with the same account on both devices.

It’s unfortunately not possible to import bookmarks directly from another browser app on a mobile device. If you use the other browser also on desktop and have synced the data, you can import the bookmarks from the source browser to Vivaldi on desktop and then Sync them with your mobile device.