How To: Share Tabs Between Devices / Send Tab to Computer
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Recently found this feature, but haven't been able to get it to work. Regardless of sync state/setup, my Android devices give me the Turn on sync to share across devices error, with a button to Go to Vivaldi settings.
Anyone else have pointers on getting this to work? Is the problem just me, or does the feature actually not work yet?
It would be super handy to be able to do this without making sure both browsers are synced and then finding the tab from among my (many) synced devices.
Also, it looks like this feature (currently) only exists in Android/mobile, and I can't push a tab from desktop to mobile, is that correct?
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@Llamanerds
Hi, this is a bug but fixed in latest snapshot.
Android snapshot is from Juli 9, 2020 so it is time for next stable anyway but I don´t know the release cycle exactly.Cheers, mib
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@Llamanerds said in How To: Share Tabs Between Devices / Send Tab to Computer:
Also, it looks like this feature (currently) only exists in Android/mobile, and I can't push a tab from desktop to mobile, is that correct?
What @mib2berlin said. There was a bug introduced that causes the error you're seeing, but it has already been fixed in the snapshot. It should be in the next stable release.
Also, the feature exists everywhere, including desktop. To send a tab from a desktop instance to any other instance of Vivaldi (not just mobile) there is an item in the context menu to send the current tab when you right click on the page. Naturally, both sending and receiving instances need to have recently completed a sync process to the same account successfully.
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A short note that might save time for someone in the future:
You need to right-click on the page itself to access this option.
Don't right-click on the tab. -
@dagufri I thought I had that in the OP already, I'll update it when I get to my desk and can grab a screenshot. Thanks.
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Do you know if it's possible to send tab groups and if tabs sync their history?
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@poopooracoocoo said in How To: Share Tabs Between Devices / Send Tab to Computer:
Do you know if it's possible to send tab groups and if tabs sync their history?
I don't know about the history... try it; let us know.
For tab groups, yeah, but the mechanisms are different. On the desktop, I select the tabs I want to send in the Window Panel, bring up the context menu (such as via right-click) and copy the address, then paste it wherever I want to send them. On Android, I almost always first rename the tab group (this just makes browsing the groups easier anyways, regardless of sharing), then when looking at the tab group, if you click the overflow menu (3 vertical dots) there is a share option, and send it wherever you want to share it. I like sending it via email, as the tab group name automatically becomes the subject of the email.
By sharing groups this way, not only can I open the tabs on any of my devices, but the emails make a nice archive of "saved sessions," effectively extending that feature to Android as well.
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Tnx for the effort on helping us Sadly I'm having some trouble to make this work.
I'm able to see the sync icon on the right side of tabs bar, and I'm able to see the Send To item on page context menu.
But it seems that sync isn't happening properly. When I open the sync icon, I see a list of windows of the other device and its tabs and I'm able to open locally any of them.
But this list is outdated. If I close some tabs and open new ones on the other device, the list isn't updated on local device. I also don't see how I can force it to sync. I waited some minutes and it wasn't automatically updated either.
As a comparison, Evernote syncs every few minutes and has a sync button to force sync. If I make any change on my desktop app, I just command sync on it, then command sync on my phone, and the change is applied.
When I use the Send To command, I see a notification saying it's sending the tab. On the other device I see a notification saying something was shared and when I click it the tab is opened. But if I don't have access to the other device ATM to click on its notification, the tab isn't opened and is lost. That's very bad, as it's useless as it is now if I'm not on the other device when I send a tab.
What I'd expect is that, regardless if the device is on or off or if Vivaldi is opened or closed on it, when I get to Vivaldi, I see the tabs I had sent to it and am able to open them now or save to open them later. Losing sent tabs should be avoided at all cost, as relevant stuff might have been sent and alrdy closed on the origin and I might have forgotten what it is.
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@HikariWS
Hi, I guess such a syncing system will never work 100% for everyone.
Dropbox or Google Drive are not working correctly too but what you are mentioned about loosing tabs after you send it to other device sounds really like a but to me.
I don´t use it often but maybe you report it.Cheers, mib
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@HikariWS said in How To: Share Tabs Between Devices / Send Tab to Computer:
I also don't see how I can force it to sync. I waited some minutes and it wasn't automatically updated either.
You can load vivaldi://sync-internals and on that page there is a button called "Trigger Get Updates" which will initiate a sync. You can see the status of the sync on that page as well, and drill down into all sorts of details, even the nitty gritty of each batch that gets uploaded during a sync process in the traffic log.
Naturally, in order for instance A to pick up any changes from instance B, instance B needs to complete its sync successfully to upload them to the server. Then instance A needs complete its sync successfully to pick up the changes from the server.
@HikariWS said in How To: Share Tabs Between Devices / Send Tab to Computer:
if I don't have access to the other device ATM to click on its notification, the tab isn't opened and is lost.
The notification only occurs when the target instance syncs to pick up the tabs that you sent. It'll display a notification for each tab that was sent. If you're not at the machine when it syncs and displays the notification onscreen, it'll remain in the notifications area.
On Windows there is an icon in the system tray that you can click to see all the unseen notifications (from any app). Clicking on the notification in that list will open the tab just as if you clicked the onscreen popup notification. On Linux it depends on what desktop environment or window manager you're using and how you've configured it to handle notifications.
On Android it'll remain in the notifications at the top of the screen. You can pull that down and tap the notification to open it in the browser.
So nothing is lost, just find the notifications as I described above. A quick word of warning: on Windows there is a limit of 20 notifications per app. So if you send more than 20 tabs then you will not be able to see some of them. This is a limitation of the OS, however, and there's really nothing Vivaldi can do about it. I'm not sure what the limit is on Android, or if such a limit exists.
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@mib2berlin I think this was just a case of user education. I'm not certain there's a bug here.
I can perhaps edit the OP to include this as an addendum. Since the OP is pretty long already, maybe it's best to insert a note with a link to my previous reply rather than try to add another half dozen paragraphs or so. That way the OP remains manageable for first time readers, yet the information is readily accessible from it as well. I'll think on it while I take care of some important work on the house this evening and update it later tonight or tomorrow.
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@BoneTone said in How To: Share Tabs Between Devices / Send Tab to Computer:
You can load vivaldi://sync-internals and on that page there is a button called "Trigger Get Updates" which will initiate a sync.
Tnx Get Udates seems to download remote changes from server, but doesn't upload local changes. The only way I had found to send local updates is the Send To context menu command.
@BoneTone said in How To: Share Tabs Between Devices / Send Tab to Computer:
It'll display a notification for each tab that was sent. If you're not at the machine when it syncs and displays the notification onscreen, it'll remain in the notifications area.
Yeah I noticed it, at first I thought it'd time out if not interacted with.
I found Windows notifications, I'll look how it works on Android. I think Vivaldi could have this internally instead of relying on a OS feature, like a panel.
Anyway, this is good enough for me I just need to use the Send To only when I'm home, and keep a tab until I move it. Besides that, if I can see the tabs my other devices have opened and open any of them locally, that helps a lot!
I'm gonna install and setup Vivaldi on phone and try it out
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@HikariWS Local tabs are never synced, there's no need for that. The cloud icon will show you the remote tabs from other instances of Vivaldi, but only after the remote instances complete their syncs successfully first (to upload changes), and then the local instance completes its sync successfully (to download the changes).
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Sorry I don't understand what u mean with local tabs. All my tabs on 3 devices and 4 windows are being synced.
I'd just rather have an easier button to command a sync now, and a more reliable way to store a received tab (it's good that it doesn't automatically open).
On Android vivaldi://sync-internals seems to not work and I haven't found another way to force sync, neither how to send a tab from there to another device. But if I wait it gets synced and receives tabs, and I can just keep a tab opened until I get back to PC and then see Android's opened tabs and bring any I need.
There are other more advanced features I'd like to have, but it's alrdy the best solution I had seen on any browser
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@HikariWS By local tabs I mean your current session is not affected by the sync. Sync internals works fine for me on Android.
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Any way to sync all Android tabs without having to go to each one individually? I have about 200 open on Android, as I had the intention of transferring them all over to my desktop. But seem as though I have to go and tap on a tab on Android to sort of wake it up for sync'ing over to the desktop. Then it shows up in my cloud icon on the desktop.
Would be great to get all of the tabs in one fell swoop!
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@mrvreg
Hi, check the cloud icon right top near the trash can, there are all devices listed and you can "Open all" from your Android device.
By the way, sync is not working at moment.
I guess the admins are working on it, as usual on Sunday morning.Cheers, mib
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@mib2berlin Hello, is that nowadays no more extra steps requires in order to send tab from desktop to Android handheld?
Just by installing latest version, setup sync from desktop is okay?
I have issue from day one until now unable to right click send tab as I do not see my Android device have there.
Thank you very much.
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@eeeemc
Hi, no extra steps needed but it need some time to get all synced.
I had to wait several hours to get a mobile device pop up in the list once.
You can restart your mobile to get a fresh complete sync or open vivaldi://sync-internals
and click Stop sync button. It should be restart sync automatically.
On PC restart Vivaldi is enough.Cheers, mib
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Hi,
After those steps, if necessary,
Go to Settings > Sync >Reset Sync Server Data
and restart the Browsers - It will keep local Data -.Then reenable Sync.
Before, You can BackUp your current Profile on Desktop following the Tip, and the Android one if it's Rooted or has a Manufacture's Root BackUp App.
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"Off Topic Tip"
Follow the Signature's Backup | Reset link.
Take the opportunity to start a Backup plan and even create a Template Profile.
Windows 7 (x64)
Vivaldi Backup | Reset + Extra Steps