Vivaldi’s Windows Panel offers an easy way to manage multiple tabs at once. Opening to the side of your main browser window, the Windows Panel will give you a tree-style view of all the open Tabs in all your open Windows.

Access the Windows Panel

Use one of the following options to open the Windows Panel:

• Click on the Windows and Tabs icon on the Panels sidebar.
• Go to the Vivaldi menu > View > Windows Panel.
• Type “Windows Panel” in Quick Commands.
• Create a Keyboard Shortcut or a Mouse Gesture for the action.

Do the same to close the panel. Alternatively, click on Close in the top right corner of the panel.

How tabs and windows are displayed in the Windows Panel

Windows, Pinned Tabs, Tab Stacks, Workspaces, Duplicate Tabs, Synced Tabs, Inactive Tabs, and Recently Closed Tabs are grouped into folders you can expand and collapse.

The active tab has a little dot in front of it and the tab title is written in bold. Tabs you’ve opened, but haven’t viewed yet have their titles displayed in italics.

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Open, Switch and Close Tabs

To open a new tab from the Windows Panel, click on the New Tab button near the top right corner of the panel. Next to it you’ll also find the button to open a New Window.

To find a particular tab from the long list of tabs you have open and have recently closed, you can use the search box in the top left corner of the panel.

To switch tabs, double-click on the tab you want to open. When you enable Activate with Single Click in Windows Panel settings, you can switch tabs with just one click.

To close tabs in the active window:

1. With the mouse, hover over the tab you want to close.
2. Click on the Close button that appears on the right side.

To close tabs in any window:

1. Right-click on the tab you want to close.
2. Select Close from the context menu.

Alternatively:

1. Click on the tab you want to close.
2. Press Delete on your keyboard.

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Reorder and Move Tabs

You can easily change the order of your tabs using the Windows Panel.

1. Click on the tab you’d like to move.
2. Holding the left mouse button, move the tab to a new location.
3. Drop the tab to a new location and release the mouse button.

If you have multiple windows open, you can move tabs from one window to another using drag and drop.

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Create Tab Stacks

Windows Panel lets you easily create Tab Stacks – groups of tabs stacked together to save space and make browsing more convenient.

Option 1

1. Click on the tab you’d like to add to a group.
2. Holding the left mouse button, move and place the tab on top of another tab.
3. Release the mouse button – you have now created a Tab Stack.

Option 2

1. Select the tabs you want to stack by holding down Ctrl / ⌘ or Shift key while you click on the tabs.
2. Right-click on one of the selected tabs.
3. Select Stack # Selected Tabs from the menu.

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Tile Tabs

To tile tabs in order to create a side-by-side view in one browser window:

1. Select the tabs you want to tile by holding down Ctrl / ⌘ or Shift key while you click on the tabs.
2. Right-click on one of the selected tabs.
3. Select Tile from the menu.

You can also tile your Tab Stacks:

1. Right-click on the Tab Stack.
2. Select Tile from the menu.

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Duplicate Tabs

If you have two or more tabs open with the same link, you’ll see them in the Duplicate Tabs section. It makes it easy to clean up extra tabs.

To close duplicate tabs:

1. Expand the Duplicate Tabs section in the Windows Panel.
2. Hover over the entry.
3. Click the Close button on the right side.

To close all duplicate tabs at once.

1. Expand the Duplicate Tabs section in the Windows Panel.
2. Click on Close All Duplicate Tabs at the end of the section.

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Synced Tabs

When you’re logged in to your Vivaldi account and enabled syncing of Tabs, the tabs you have open on other devices and Web Panels will be listed in their own folder in the Synced Tabs section. If you’re syncing with another desktop client, synced tabs will be organized further to reflect the Workspaces and Tab Stacks you have created.

To open a synced tab on the current device:

• Double-click on the tab.
• Right-click on the tab and select Open from the context menu.

To open multiple tabs in one go:

1. Hold down the Ctrl/⌘ or Shift key to select the tabs.
2. Right-click on one of the selected tabs and select Open from the context menu.

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Inactive Tabs

Tabs you haven’t viewed in a while will appear in the Inactive Tabs section in the Windows Panel, allowing you to review and make a call on whether you want to keep the tabs open or whether they can be closed.

To change how fast tabs are considered inactive:

1. Go to Settings > Tabs > Tab Display > Inactive Tabs.
2. Click on the - and + buttons to update the number of days.

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Recently Closed Tabs

There’s a folder named Closed Tabs at the very end of the list of windows and tabs, where you can see and reopen recently closed tabs.

To reopen a tab, either:

• Double-click on the tab you want to reopen.
• Drag the tab out of the Closed Tabs folder and to a window you want to open it.

To clear the list of closed tabs:

1. Right-click on the Closed Tabs folder.
2. Select Clear All.

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Windows Panel Settings

You can view and adjust Windows Panel settings in Settings > Panel > Window Panel.

Activate with Single Click

Normally you have to double click on a tab on the list to open it as the active tab. When you enable Activate with Single Click, it’s enough to click on the tab once to open it.

Pinned Folder

Pinned Tabs are listed at the top of the Windows Panel. You have the option to tell them apart from other tabs by grouping them into a folder or, when the setting is disabled, display a pin icon instead of the website’s favicon.

Create a Tab Stack by Drag and Drop

With drag and drop you can reorder tabs and when you drop one tab on another, you can group these tabs into a Tab Stack. To prevent accidental stacking while reordering tabs you can disable Create a Tab Stack by Drag and Drop.

Show Unread Tabs Badge

When you open new tabs in the background, then until you focus on them, they’re considered Unread Tabs. The number of unread tabs will be shown on the Windows Panel. If you don’t care for that information, you can disable Show Unread Tabs Badge.

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…and much more

You can do a lot more with your tabs in the Windows Panel. To explore the possibilities, right-click on a window, a tab or a group of tabs and see the list of available actions, such as Duplicate, Hibernate and more in the menu.

Android 12 and up supports opening multiple windows of the same app. This means that if you have a newer mobile device, you can browse with Vivaldi in multiple windows just like on desktop.

Open a new window

Multiple windows are supported better on devices with larger screens, such as tablets. To open a new window on a tablet or a phone with a width larger than 600dp:

1. Open the Vivaldi menu.
2. Select New Window.

Though not as convenient, you can open a new window on a smaller screen by following these steps:

1. Open Vivaldi.
2. Open your devices app switcher.
3. Long-press on the Vivaldi logo above the app preview thumbnail to open a split-screen view.
4. Search for Vivaldi and tap on it to open a new window in the other half of the split screen.
5. Exit split screen view, for example, by swiping the divider all the way up or down the screen.

When checking the app switcher, you’ll see Vivaldi listed twice or more, if you’ve opened even more windows.

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Switch windows

To switch windows:

1. Open the Vivaldi Menu.
2. Select Manage Windows.
3. Select the window you want to focus on.

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Move a tab to another window

To move a tab you have open in one window to another window:

1. If there’s none open already, open a new window.
2. Open the tab you want to move.
3. Open the Vivaldi Menu.
4. Select Move to other window.

Close windows

To close the non-active window:

1. Open the Vivaldi Menu.
2. Select Manage Windows.
3. Tap on the 3 dot menu on the right side
4. Select Close window.

Main Menu in Vivaldi on Android gives you access to most of Vivaldi’s key features and tools.

Access the Main Menu

Whether you’re using the browser on a small phone screen, a large tablet screen or from your car’s center console, the menu can always be accessed from the right side of the Address Bar. Just tap on the Vivaldi logo to open it. The options available in the menu depend on whether you have open a web page or the browser’s Start Page.

To close the menu, tap on the feature you want to use or on an area outside the menu.

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Customize the menu

On smaller screens, in the Main Menu, there’s a menu bar with 5 of the most important menu options. There’s more screen real estate on larger screens, so the menu bar is not available on tablets and the like. Since the importance depends on the person using the browser, you can customize the menu bar to fit your needs.

To customize the menu:

1. Go to Vivaldi Menu > Settings > General > Menu Settings.
2. Choose between the 2 presets or make your own menu.

To put together your own custom layout for the menu bar:

1. In the Main Menu Layout settings, choose the third option, Custom layout.
2. Move the menu items you want to see on the menu bar to the first 5 positions in the list.
   To reorder menu items, long press on the item you want to move and drag it to your preferred position.

On desktop, Ctrl+F / ⌘ F is a well known Keyboard Shortcut for searching through the open web page. On mobile devices, where the screens fit even less content in the visible area, being able to just search for a keyword is even more useful.

To search in Vivaldi on Android:

1. Open the  Vivaldi menu.
2. Select Find in Page.
3. Enter your search keyword.

Search results will start showing as you type. Use the arrows in the top right corner to move to the  previous and  next results. Tap on the , when you’re done with your search.

Creating a Vivaldi account gives you access to:

• Vivaldi Sync: Synchronize Bookmarks, Settings, History, and more across your devices.
• Vivaldi Forum: Chat about Vivaldi’s development, vote on upcoming features, and leave your feedback.
• Blogs: Create your own blog (username.vivaldi.net) and publish your articles for free to the whole wide internet.
• Vivaldi Themes: Share your custom browser themes with the Community.
• Vivaldi Social: Vivaldi’s instance on Mastodon, a distributed social network to connect with people from the Vivaldi Community and all over the Fediverse.
• Proton VPN for Vivaldi: Connect to a VPN server effortlessly with your Vivaldi account for free and access extra features after upgrading to a paid plan.
• Webmail: Community members, who actively use our services, will at some point get access to a free webmail account ([email protected]) with calendar and contacts management.

Registration

To create a Vivaldi account:

1. Go to Vivaldi.net and click on Register in the top right corner of the page.
   In the browser, go to Settings > Sync to sign up.
2. Fill out the form.
3. Activate the account with a code sent to the email address you provided.

Information needed to register a new account:

• Username. Choose a unique username. It will be used for your Vivaldi Social user handle, blog link, forum display name, email address and to log in to the different Vivaldi services.
• Recovery email. This address will be used to activate the account. It is also used to send you account-related messages (e.g. password reset) and technical updates.
• Password. Your super secure, unique password which you don’t use anywhere else. Consider using a passphrase made up of random words. Since shorter passwords are easy to crack these days, the password must be at least 12 characters long.
• Profile Picture. Optionally, you can already upload a profile picture for your account. Skip the step if you prefer to do it later.

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Activating the account

Before you can start using your new account, it needs to be activated. After filling out the registration form, an email with an activation code is sent to the recovery email you provided. Enter the 6-digit code from the email on the page that comes after the registration page.

In case you haven’t received the activation email, first check the Spam folder, maybe it landed there. If the email hasn’t arrived, request a new email on the page where you’re asked for the 6-digit activation code. In case you’ve left that page, try logging in to your account on Vivaldi.net and you’ll be taken back to the account activation page.

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We’ve all been there. If your username or password need to be recovered (or you don’t have access to the recovery email account you provided when you signed up), use these links to get back into your Vivaldi account.

Forgotten login password

To reset your Vivaldi account’s login password:

1. Go to https://login.vivaldi.net/profile/id/userInfoView.
2. Enter your account’s username.
3. Click Submit.
4. Enter your account’s recovery email.
5. Click Next.
6. Check the account’s recovery email mailbox.
7. Open the link in the email you received from Vivaldi.
8. Set a new password for your account.

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Forgotten username

To get a refresher on your Vivaldi account’s username:

1. Go to https://login.vivaldi.net/profile/id/recoverAccount.
2. Enter your account’s recovery email.
3. Click Submit.
4. Check the account’s recovery email mailbox for an email with the username.

If you’ve forgotten the recovery email, search through all your mailboxes for an email from Vivaldi. For example, the account’s activation or past password reset emails.

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Forgotten Sync’s encryption password

In case you’ve forgotten Sync‘s encryption password and don’t have a backup encryption key to decrypt the data or just want to change the encryption password:

1. Go to Settings > Sync.
2. Log into your Vivaldi account.
3. Click on the Forgot Password? button.
4. In the pop up, click on Delete Data.
5. Then Start Sync again and enter a new encryption password.

Your data will be deleted from Vivaldi’s Sync servers and re-uploaded from the computer you’re using once you enter a new password. In case the synced data isn’t stored locally on any devices (e.g. after a OS reset) and you don’t have a backup encryption key to decrypt the data, the synced data will unfortunately be lost when resetting the encryption password.

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Don’t have access to the recovery email account or password reset didn’t work? Send us a message below and make sure to include:

• The account’s username,
• Recovery email address, and
• As many details about the issue as possible.

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To update your account information, first go to your Vivaldi account’s profile:

1. Log in on Vivaldi.net.
2. Click on Account near your profile picture.

Alternatively, after logging in on Vivaldi.net or on blogs.vivaldi.net and themes.vivaldi.net:

1. Hover the mouse over your username or avatar in the top right corner of the page
2. From the menu select Account.

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Profile image

To upload a new profile image:

1. Click on the current image;
2. Choose the new image file (max size – 5MB);
3. Crop, if needed;
4. Click Done.

Updates to the account are checked during login. If you don’t see the new profile image on the forum, blogs, or Vivaldi Social, log out of the account and in again.

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Name

Your name will be displayed on the Forum, Blogs and Themes if you choose to do so.

To change your name in Vivaldi webmail, go to Settings > Identities.

To update the display name on Vivaldi Social, go to Preferences > Profile.

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Recovery email

To change your account’s recovery email:

1. Enter the new email address in the email field on your profile;
2. Click Update;
3. Head to the new recovery email’s mailbox and look for a ‘Recovery Email Change Request‘ email from Vivaldi;
4. Open the link in the email (the link is valid for 48 hours);
5. Enter your account’s login password and click Verify email address;

When you return to the profile, you’ll see the new email.

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Two-Factor Authentication

To keep your account secure, consider enabling Two-Factor Verification. When enabled, in addition to the login password, you’ll be asked to verify yourself with an additional method.

Learn more about it on the Help page about Two-Factor Verification.

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Newsletter subscription

Change whether you receive Technical Update and Vivaldi News newsletters from Vivaldi. Newsletter subscription can also be updated on Vivaldi.com:

• Subscribe;
• Unsubscribe.

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Login password

To change your login password:

1. Click on Change password in the bottom left corner of the page;
2. Enter the current password and then the new password twice;
3. Click Update.
4. Log in with the new password.

Alternatively, you can send yourself a password reset email here.

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Delete account

For instructions on how to delete your Vivaldi account, please visit a separate help page here.

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Trouble updating the profile?

If after clicking Update on the profile you see an error messages, for example, ‘Can’t verify the user‘, try updating the account again in a Guest Profile or a new User Profile. An Extension or some Setting may cause the issue in the browser’s main profile.

In case updating account information didn’t work in a clean profile either, please report the issue to us using the contact form below.

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Having trouble creating a Vivaldi account or logging in to the account? Read on for a few troubleshooting tips.

Registration issues

Error message after submitting the registration form

• Go back, check that all information is correct and try again. Refresh the page and start again, if necessary.
• Try disabling Extensions (especially privacy, security and/or content blocking extensions) to see, if any of them hinder the browser’s work.
• Check the status of our services on status.vivaldi.com to see if everything is operational.
• Make sure Cookies for Vivaldi.net sites have not been blocked.
• Clear Cookies & Storage, Cache, and Application cache from History.

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Haven’t received the account activation email?

• Make sure a valid email address was entered in the registration form. In case you might have made a typo in the recovery email or gave an invalid email, please contact us below with your account’s username, the email you signed up with and what the email address should be. We’ll fix it for you.
• Check all mailbox folders, including the Spam folder, for an email with the title “Vivaldi.net – Account Activation”.
• Be patient. Occasionally, email service providers queue emails, so the email might arrive in your Inbox with a delay.

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Accidentally closed the activation page?

In case you leave the account activation page, you can return to it by trying to log in to your account on Vivaldi.net. On the activation page you can also request a new code should the one you had have expired.

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Account activation failed?

After activating the account you should be asked to log in and then you should find yourself on your account’s profile. In case the code wasn’t accepted (e.g. it had expired), request a new code and try again.

Sometimes Extensions can cause trouble, so try if after disabling them account activation works. For example, dark mode extension, Dark Reader, is known to break functionality on Vivaldi.net, but there may be other extensions as well. You might have to restart the browser for the change to take affect.

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Login issues

• When instead of being logged in you’re asked to enter a 6 digit code, it means that you haven’t activated the account yet. If you just registered, check your recovery email to find the code. In case the code has expired, request a new one by clicking on the resend link on the activation page or request a new email here.
• For login it’s best to use your username, but your Vivaldi email address is also accepted. In case you don’t remember the username, send a username reminder to your recovery email address.
• Reset the password with your username. Please note that, password reset won’t work, if the account is locked or hasn’t been activated yet.
• In case you’ve already tried logging in with the wrong password at least 5 times, the account will be locked for 5 minutes as a security measure. After the 5 minutes have passed, reset the password to access the account again.
• If you only recently registered and are having issues with login to Vivaldi Webmail, you might not have built enough reputation for your account yet to be granted access. In that case, keep being an active member of the community and try again some other time.
• Check the status of our services on status.vivaldi.com to see if everything is operational.
• Delete Vivaldi Cookies following the instructions in the video:

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Check what the error message means

Take a look at this Help page explaining what various Vivaldi account related error messages can mean and what to do when you encounter them.

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None of the above was helpful?

In case you tried the troubleshooting steps above, but still can’t access your account, please send us a message below, so we could look into the issue. Make sure to share your account’s username, where you tried to log in and what the error message said. Also, make sure to give a contact email we can reach you on.

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You can always access your calendar from any browser on https://webmail.vivaldi.net/ > Calendar, but you can also set your account up in a desktop calendar client or calendar app on your mobile device.

There are many different calendar clients available. To add your Vivaldi account to a calendar client of your choice, follow the calendar client’s instructions for adding a new account.

Add your Vivaldi account to Vivaldi Calendar

To learn about the browser built-in calendar client, Vivaldi Calendar, check out the help pages about Vivaldi Calendar.

To add your Vivaldi account to Vivaldi Calendar:

1. Make sure you have a enabled Mail, Calendar and Feeds in Settings > General > Productivity Features.
2. Go to Settings > Calendar > Calendar Accounts.
3. Click on

   

   Add Account.
4. Select Vivaldi.net.
5. Click Continue.
6. Give the account a name.
7. Enter your Vivaldi email address to the Username field and your login password to the Password field.
8. Click Continue.
9. Select which calendars you want synchronize with the Vivaldi Calendar.
10. Click Save Account.

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Add your Vivaldi account to other calendar clients

If the calendar client (or app) you’ve chosen supports CalDAV, then you can add your Vivaldi account’s calendar to that client.

To add your Vivaldi account:

1. Follow the calendar client/app’s instructions for adding a new account.
2. If supported, use the client’s auto-discovery option. When prompted, enter your Vivaldi email address [email protected] and the login password.
3. In case there’s no auto-discovery option and you have to configure the account manually, use the following information:
   • CalDAV server – calendar.vivaldi.net
   • Server port – 443
   • Server path – /calendars/[email protected]. Depending on the client, you might have to write the username in all lowercase letters.

Vivaldi Webmail’s calendar supports calendar events (vEVENT) as well as tasks/reminders (vTODO). vJOURNAL is not supported.

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Posting on Vivaldi Social is as easy as 1-2-3.

1. Focus on the text box in the top left corner of the page.
2. Compose your message.
3. Click Publish.

Of course, there are various ways to give additional flare to your posts or toots, as they’re often called on Mastodon. Continue reading to see what all you can do.

Post text

The posts you write can be a maximum of 1337 characters long.

Links

If you want to add links to your post, make sure that they start with either https:// or http://. All links, regardless of length will be counted as 23 characters long.

Hashtags

You can convert any alphanumerical word into a hashtag by adding the # symbol in front of it, for example #vivaldi. Posts including hashtags will be discoverable to anyone searching for that hashtag. If the hashtag you’re going to use consists of multiple words, capitalize the first letter in each word, for example #VivaldiBrowser.

Mentions

You can tag other users in your posts. If you write their username as @name, the user in Vivaldi Social’s instance will be tagged (if a user with that username exists). To tag users from other instances, you also need to add their domain in the username, for example, @[email protected]. After having typed @ and at least two characters, you’ll see suggestions of users you can mention below the text field.

Emojis

You can insert emojis to your post by clicking on the laughing face in the top right corner of the text box and selecting one from the menu.

Alternatively, you can type : and the emoji’s name to insert it, followed by :. For example, type :heart: to insert ❤️. As you type you’ll see suggestions you can select.

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Attachments

Click on Add images, a video or an audio file button below the text box, to attach images, GIFs, videos and audio files to your post.

Images – You can upload up to 4 images per post. Maximum file size is 8MB and the files can be in PNG, JPG and GIF formats.

Animated GIFs – are converted to soundless MP4s.

Videos – Maximum file size is 40MB and the files can be in MP4, M4V, MOV and WebM formats.

Audio – Maximum file size is 40MB and the files can be in MP3, OGG, WAV, FLAC, OPUS, AAC, M4A and 3GP formats.

Edit attachments

It’s recommended to add a description to attachments. It’ll be shown when hovering over the media and in cases when media fails to load for some reason. Also, the description will be picked up by screen readers.

To add a description:

1. Click on Edit in the top right corner of the attachment.
2. Insert a description.
3. Click Apply.

In addition, you can set a focal point for images by dragging and dropping the circle on the image. Then the focal point will always be visible, even when your image doesn’t fit the 16:9 ratio.

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Polls

Another option is to create a poll. You can add up to 4 choices. When you click on the radio button in front of the choices, you can turn the poll into a multiple choice question. Before publishing the poll, also select the expiration time – 5 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 6 hours, 1 day, 3 days, or 7 days.

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Post privacy

There are 4 different privacy levels for posts on Vivaldi Social.

Post privacy is set per post and can’t be changed once the post is published. To change the visibility of a published post, open the 3 dot menu below the post and select Delete & re-draft. You’ll lose the post’s favorites, boosts and comments in the process.

Public – visible for all

• Anyone can see your post at the permalink without logging in.
• Your post will appear in-app in the public timelines.
• Your followers will receive the post in their home feeds, and anyone mentioned will receive the post in notifications.
• Your post can be boosted into other home feeds.

Unlisted – visible for all, but opted-out of discovery features

• Exactly the same as public, but your post will not appear in Mastodon’s public timelines, like Local and Federated.

Followers only – visible for followers only. It’s recommended to disable Automatically accept new followers in your profile settings to prevent anyone unwanted from following you and thus seeing your posts.

• Seeing your post at the permalink requires being logged in on the same website as someone who follows you or was mentioned.
• Your post will not appear in-app except to followers browsing your profile, and to anyone mentioned.
• Your followers will receive the post in their home feeds, and anyone mentioned will receive the post in notifications.
• Your post cannot be boosted, except by yourself.

Mentioned people only – visible for mentioned users only. Direct messages are not encrypted, so be cautious what information you share in them.

• Seeing your post at the permalink requires being logged in on the same website as someone who was mentioned.
• Your post will not appear in-app except to anyone mentioned.
• Anyone mentioned will receive the post in notifications. It will not appear in the home timeline.
• Your post cannot be boosted.

You can set the default privacy setting in Preferences > Other > Posting defaults.

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Content warnings

Whether your post and accompanying media contains spoilers of a popular TV-show, is of sensitive nature that some might not want to see or you just want to collapse a long post and only show a bit of it, you can use the content warning setting.

When enabled, you’ll need to add a warning title, which will be visible to everyone. To see the main content, users will need to click on the post. Giving your post a content warning will automatically mark any media you add as sensitive as well and display it blurred unless clicked on.

To only give shared media a content warning, tick the box for Mark media as sensitive after having attached the media. To mark all media you post now and in the future as sensitive enable it in Preferences > Other > Posting defaults.

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Post language

Last but not least, you can assign a language to your post. That will only show your post to people, who have opted for seeing posts in that language in public timelines. The post will be visible to everyone visiting your profile.

You can assign a default posting language in Preferences > Other > Posting defaults.