Questions tagged [vivaldi]
A Chromium-based Web browser designed for power users.
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Vivaldi tab stack popup no longer displaying multiple columns
Up until fairly recently the popup that appears when hovering the mouse over a tab stack showed the tab thumbnails in a grid of various dimensions, depending on the number of tabs in the stack, e.g.
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Chrome offers "Typed history" from another browser in address bar
Google Chrome shows "Typed History" in its address bar as if it was written in Chrome itself, however, the information is stolen from another browser (Vivaldi).
Example:
I write "hello ...
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How to MODIFY rather than REPLACE the Vivaldi User-agent header?
I already know how to replace the User-agent HTTP request header in Vivaldi.
But if I do that, I have to provide a full, complete User-agent string. After a short time, this will get outdated and ...
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Is there a way to make Vivaldi fake-report the OS to webpages as Windows instead of Linux?
I run Linux and Vivaldi. Various webpages are able to tell that I run Linux, and I'm unsure if this is done from sniffing the User-agent header anymore.
Regardless of how it is done these days, I ...
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How do I import all Google Chrome browser extensions to Vivaldi browser at once?
I have been using a Google Chrome browser for a long time and also I used many extensions for productivity but now I switched to the Vivaldi browser because of some good features.
so I imported all my ...
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How would one find the full changelog of the Vivaldi desktop web browser?
I'm trying to find out if various old Vivaldi desktop web browser bugs I filed have been fixed.
Their RSS feed https://vivaldi.com/feed/ can be parsed for new versions' changes and bug fixes. However, ...
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Vivaldi does not export notes
I have created a few notes with Vivaldi 5.6, using the Copy to note command.
My notes are visible in the Web Panel:
I intend to export them as text files, so I used the Command Palette and chose ...
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If Vivaldi is using Chromium (Chrome's engine), why do various things still not work? [closed]
After painfully switching from Firefox a few years ago, when Mozilla finally nailed the last nail into the privacy and user-respecting coffin, I carefully went through every single web browser and ...
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How can I see search result suggestions in Vivaldi's address bar?
I am trying to use Vivaldi, because I am having issues with Firefox on Manjaro.
I think I am doing something wrong/stupid, because I don't seem to be able to search using Vivaldi's address bar.
When I ...
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Vivaldi's address bar autoselects from my typed history
I have been using Manjaro KDE for several years. Lately, Firefox has been acting a bit unusual. So I decided to give Vivaldi a try.
In Firefox's address bar, I can just type youtube ENTER and it ...
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How to prevent the installation of extensions in Chromium browsers (Vivaldi)
I want to prevent the installation of any extension on all my browsers. Chrome was easy enough I found out how to do it using regedit going to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > WOW6432Node > ...
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How to prevent Vivaldi from randomly focusing the URL field instead of the autofocus text input after AutoHotKey-opening it?
I have this AutoHotKey hotkey:
F2::
Run, "http://127.0.0.1/test/"
KeyWait, F2
return
Thus, when I press the F2 button on my keyboard, it opens the URL http://127.0.0.1/test/ in my Web ...
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Shortcuts not working when inspection panel open
I'm giving Vivaldi a shot as my primary browser and I've noticed a quirk that is bugging me. When I inspect an html element (Ctrl+Shift+I) and make some css modifications, it seems that I cannot use ...
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How to make Tor Browser reload a page every minute automatically, and why don't all browsers have this?
Vivaldi has a feature that lets you right-click a tab and select "Periodic reload" and a number of minutes to auto-reload it. This is crucial for idiotic websites which automatically kick ...
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How to enable the Downloads Popup in Vivaldi
The current major version of Vivaldi (v5.x) supposedly contains a Downloads Popup to help organizing the downloads.
According to their help, it can be set like this:
Go to Settings > Downloads.
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What exactly is a "Google Services Token"? [closed]
In the privacy settings for Vivaldi, there is a "Google Services Token" checkbox. I unchecked it. After that, it was possible to log in to Gmail, with the site claiming that my "browser ...
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How to prevent stupid websites from breaking the "scroll wheel mode"?
The only website from which I can order groceries is doing something incredibly annoying. Example: https://www.mat.se/search.html
Somehow, they have managed (deliberately or through incompetence) to ...
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Why do different sites report Vivaldi's user-agent as different strings?
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https://duckduckgo.com/?q=what+is+my+user+agent&ia=answer
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/100.0.4896.81 Safari/537.36 ...
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How does one make Vivaldi separate its different instances/"windows", which it does not do by default?
I currently have no Vivaldi or other browser open. Then I run this command:
"C:\Program Files\Vivaldi\Application\vivaldi.exe" --profile-directory="Profile 1" --proxy-server=no....
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Why does Vivaldi (and supposedly Chrome) add random stuff to my HTML document when inspecting it?
My HTML document has this:
<html lang="en">
In Vivaldi's DOM tree, I instead see this:
<html lang="en" class=" auvavsske idc0_338">
What's with this random ...
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Why is "Use Native Window" not the default in Vivaldi, and what does it actually do?
I thought I was going insane because Vivaldi by default (and after looking through all its settings) does not let me open new empty tabs by middle-clicking on empty parts of the tab bar, which all ...
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Installing Microsoft Teams for Linux
I am looking for any way to get Teams working on my Linux installation. It is CentOS 7, with Vivaldi and Firefox.
I have tried both the .rpm and the .deb files but discovered that an update to Teams ...
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How to easily select a link text in a browser without activating the link
I'm used to select text by double (or triple) click to select whole word (paragraph).
But this doesn't work when the word or the paragraph is a link. The link is activated by first click. Is there ...
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How to find a "Copy link to highlight" menu in Vivaldi?
Chromium introduced a feature to create a user urls anchored to arbitrary text in page that user highlighted.
In chromium it is available in right mouse button menu. But I cannot see it in Vivaldi (...
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With Chromium-based browsers, how to force-open an HTTP version of the site if HTTPS is also available?
Consider I want to open a website and force HTTP, even if an HTTPS version is available. For example, I want to browse http://deb.devuan.org/merged/dists/ (HTTP), because the HTTPS version
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Browser Warning "The entire domain cannot be shown"
While visiting a page on Twitter with a short URL, Vivaldi browser warned me "The entire domain cannot be shown. Make sure you trust this website before submitting data."
This video ...
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Vivaldi browser confirmation dialog opens up tabs indefinitely
I'm using Vivaldi browser 3.6 and when I try to download a "dangerous" file (any executable), I get a confirmation dialog:
Unfortunately, as the dialog is open, new tabs are opening ...
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Disable only part of the media session service for chrome
I'm using vivaldi browser, but this thing it probably coming straight from the chromium.
There's a feature that allows to go to next/prev track and shows title/cover:
It is kind of neat, but it has ...
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Hide undock video button in Vivaldi
How to hide the floating undock button on each video in Vivaldi? The button is inserted by Vavaldi in every video and allows to undock video from web-pages and watch it while browsing another tabs. I ...
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Vivaldi DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_BAD_CONFIG but can access sites with Chrome
Vivaldi is my main web browser. I just restarted my PC and Vivaldi now won't load web pages.
For every page I try, first I was getting the error DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN and now seem to be getting ...
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The URL bar has vanished from Vivaldi browser
Suddenly (probably after playing around with Vivaldi's full-screen view mode), the address bar (location bar or URL bar) has vanished from the Vivaldi browser!
Of course, I've clicked the "Reset ...
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How to install Vivaldi on Mac?
I have downloaded the Vivaldi installer for Mac "Vivaldi.2.11.1811.38.dmg" from the Vivaldi website. Then I doubleclicked the installer file in Finder and agreed to the software agreement. Then this ...
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File Explorer filepath box taller than it should be
I installed the Vivaldi browser onto my computer, and since doing this, the top of my file explorer has looked like this:
It's completely normal aside from the taller box around the Search box and ...
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Cookies location of Vivaldi
I was trying to view my cookies but I can't really find them?
Sure, you can see them inside the browser but you can't really do anything with them that way aside from viewing them.
Does anyone know ...
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How can I entirely disable browser media integration in KDE Plasma 5?
I'm using a fully updated KDE Neon, currently with KDE Plasma 5.16.3. Using Vivaldi as a web browser.
Plasma has a feature that allows you to control in-browser media players (such as YouTube, but ...
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How to capture a node in Vivaldi?
I open the inspect panel in Vivaldi, right click on a node, but can't see where to screenshot it. This official help doesn't mention anything about it.
Do you know how to do that?
Vivaldi
Firefox
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How to keep zoom setting permanent for each website in Vivaldi?
Say I want to zoom Stack Exchange at 120%, Reddit at 130%, Google at 100%. I do that in Vivaldi, and after I close the tab and reopen it, the scale is reset to 100%. The only way I can force it to be ...
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Apps not appearing in choice of default apps
I've got Windows 10 and have recently shifted my browser from Chrome to Vivaldi.
However, I cannot get Vivaldi to open email links - it always reverts to Chrome. I have tried looking in default ...
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How to force Vivaldi to FULLY reload page on startup
A similar question has been asked before, namely How to force Vivaldi to reload page on start - but it only concerns the lazy loading feature, i.e. loading a tab content only after it has been ...
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Vivaldi 1.13 goes full screen when opening link from external app
With the last update of Vivaldi (1.13) I noticed it maximises the window every time I open a link from external application (e.g. Slack). Is it an option that could be turned off? Can I change this ...
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Docking Vivaldi's Dev Tools
As I open the Developer Tools or the JavaScript Console on Chrome/Chromium, I can select a dock side (separate window, bottom or right side).
I started using Vivaldi because I like how customizable ...
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Vivaldi Browser storing Cookies in Chrome Safe Store
On my OSX machine Vivaldi always starts with the message
Vivaldi wants to use your confidential information saved in "Chrome Safe Store" in your keychain.
If I deny this request, all cookies from ...
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Downside of "Override software rendering" Chrome?
Why is this an experimental feature? What are the potential downsides of enabling?
chrome://flags#ignore-gpu-blacklist
Override software rendering list Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android
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How do I enable click-to-play functionality for HTML5 media in Vivaldi?
I've already tried:
Going to vivaldi://settings/content and enabling Content Settings → Let me choose when to run plugin content
Going to vivaldi://plugins and unchecking 'Always allowed to run' for ...
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How can I remove the home button in Vivaldi?
I have tried adding .button-addressfield.home,.button-tabbar.home,.button-toolbar-small.home,.button-toolbar.home{display:none !important} to the custom.css file, but it does not work. Is there ...
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Can Vivaldi open tabs in the background?
When using the Vivaldi browser (version 1.2), it is possible to right-click on a link in a web page and select Open In New Tab. This, of course, is common to most browsers nowadays.
Other browsers ...
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How do you create your own quick commands in Vivaldi?
I am using the new Vivaldi browser. On the Vivaldi website, it says:
Quick commands menu is highly customizable allowing you to create your own commands and run them instantly.
But, how do you ...
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How to force Vivaldi to reload page on start
I use the new Vivaldi browser and its Startup option is set to Last Session.
When I click on a restored tab, it loads it into the memory but does not reload the page itself, it is a cached version of ...
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Stop Vivaldi from reloading already opened tabs
With Vivaldi, if I click a tab in order to change my currently present web-app, the contained page gets reloaded. This happens for downright apps nearly everytime. For things like dictionaries (...
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How can I set Vivaldi (browser) to use my system window decorators/borders?
How can I set Vivaldi to use my system window decorators/borders?
With Chrome/Chromium set you do this with a boolean option in the window border’s context menu. I’ve not yet found a similar setting ...
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