Feature requests for 1.11
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Follower Tab
Once created, every link opened from within the page for which the "Follower Tab" has been created, should open in that newly created tab. This should override the
target
attribute in links.This feature is present in Opera 12 and I find it especially useful for e-mails. I hope that it will be implemented at some point, especially when the Vivaldi Mail client is finally released.
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Lazy load tabs opened in the background (as an option)
Sometimes it would be handy to be able to open multiple tabs in the background without loading their contents right away and thus slowing down your network and computer. This should also apply (optionally) to opening multiple links at once from the bookmarks menu.
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Reuse already existing Private Window when opening links in Private Window (if there is one opened already).
It works like that in the Chromium-based Opera.
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Pointer cursor on start page tiles please.
See: https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/playit.asp?filename=playcss_cursor&preval=pointer
See attached image of current cursor type.
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Override the default Chromium blank page with a customizable one...
... in order to avoid flashes of white, while browsing dark themed websites. From what I've learned on the Internet it's not quite possible in Chromium, so it would be nice to have some kind of a workaround for this in Vivaldi.
Another way to achieve that could be to delay displaying web page contents by a certain (user-specified) amount of time or until the page finishes loading. Opera 12 had such feature, though it didn't always work as expected...
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Ability to remove downloaded files from the hard drive (directly from the download panel or
vivaldi://downloads
page) -
Allow turning on full-screen mode as a website permission
With this feature, we would be able to blacklist/whitelist websites for turning on full-screen mode automatically (like eg. opening video in full-screen mode), just like we could do it with Notifications, Popups, Plugins, Location, Camera & other website permissions. Global setting to allow/disallow full-screen on all websites by default would be welcomed too. Some browsers - like IE for example - ask you to allow the site to run in the full-screen mode.
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Move Hide/Show Panel Button to Right If Panels are on the right
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Ability to drag & drop bookmarks and folders into other folders on the Speed Dial page.
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More Space Above Tabs if not Maximized
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Ability to use the "back button" on vivaldi://startpage (after entering a folder).*
We should be able to quickly move between folders on our Speed Dial pages. Currently, the only way to go to the previous folder (after entering one), is to click on a tiny button placed above the Speed Dial items. It's inconvenient.
* By the "back button" I mean the following:
- Go to previous page button
[<]
on the navigation panel; - Keyboard shortcuts (
[← Backspace]
,[CTRL]
+[←]
or custom ones); - The built-in "Back" button that some mouses have;
- Mouse gesture "History back";
- Rocker gestures.
- Go to previous page button
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Open Bookmarks / Notes folders with single click
That is especially needed when the "Open Bookmark Panel Items with Single Click" option in vivaldi://settings/bookmarks/ is checked. Right now the only way to open bookmarks/notes folder with a single click is to aim the small triangle-shaped "expand" icon.
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Switch the cursor to
pointer
when hovering over BookmarksBut only when the "Open Bookmark Panel Items with Single Click" option in vivaldi://settings/bookmarks/ is checked. It'll be more intuitive...
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Bookmarks / Notes Separators
Ability to separate bookmarks/notes with a single, horizontal line, just like in Opera 12.
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RegEx support for search
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Make the User Interface Zoom affect context menus
It would be handy for touchscreen devices. At least increase the spacing between context menu items (as an option), just like it happens with the File Explorer context menu on Windows 10, after switching to the Tablet Mode.
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Make the "Close Tab" button always visible (as an option)
On a touch screen, the
:hover
events don't work (for obvious reasons), so closing a tab using an invisible button is quite difficult sometimes... -
Windows panel
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Touchscreen mode
Opera introduced such feature recently. This mode should be optimized for touchscreen devices - it should allow touch gestures instead of mouse gestures, the UI elements should be larger (menus, buttons), it could be turned on/off automatically depending on the Windows 10's "Tablet mode" setting state, etc...
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Allow stacking pinned tabs / pin tab stacks