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. Type “@bookmarks” followed by a space and your search keyword to see results only from Bookmarks.
• From the Speed Dials on the 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 Add Page to > Add Page to Bookmarks from the context menu.
• Drag the link (starting from the Site info button on the Address Bar) to the destination folder in the Bookmark Panel or Bookmark Bar.
• Drag the tab from the Windows and Tabs Panel to the Bookmark Manager, Bookmark Panel, Bookmark Bar, or Speed Dials.
• Type “Create Bookmark” in Quick Commands.
• Add one manually in the Bookmark Panel, Bookmark Manager, or Speed Dials.
• Create a Mouse Gesture for the action.
• On the Bookmark Bar, go to the folder to which you want to add the new bookmark and select Add Active Tab.

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 Applications or Files 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.

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.

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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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 and buttons to add/remove theme changing times.

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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.

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.

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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.

• 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!

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