Solved Customize Start Page (Speed Dial) Background
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try downloading all colour images and then set as background.
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@Priest72 Vivaldi for Android don't have option to change the background.
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@angelspeak By NTP, do you mean New Tab Page - in other words, Start Page?
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@angelspeak I think it would not be entirely out of the question that Mobile would eventually have it. The mechanism to incorporate it would be entirely different from on desktop, and so it can't be taken for granted - nor should it be ruled out.
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Would love to be able to change the default accent color on the start page from bright red to a custom color, such as forest green or dark blue. Hope you can add this feature, thanks.
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@zachray00 This will never be implemented, doesn’t make sense to let users switch the color of a single element. What we are waiting for is custom themes, which would theme the whole browser.
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Since Vivaldi 4.1.2366.19 for Android it is not even possible to have a white/clear background for startpage, bookmarks or history anymore when selecting the "bright design". There is always a purple glimmer. Only the "dark design" changes the background colour completely to black. Custom image would be great.
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Yes I agree
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Now that we are able to set a theme accent colour (thank you), please could there be an option to also add it to the Start Page background as well? I use the light theme and find that the almost white background often gives a rather poor contrast with the Speed Dials - and the rest of the UI.
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@scribeuk Mobile Vivaldi is not yet capable of selecting backgrounds. For it to do so is a non-trivial programming task and so we will see that capability when we see it.
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@ayespy Ah OK. If it can't easily be customisable then perhaps the default could be a little darker. Maybe something neutral like a mid-grey to avoid clashing with anyone's accent colour.
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Would also love to see this and atleas having the Option to replace the default Image with a solid color.
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@iamansingh plz allow users use custom background images. It will make vivaldi more attractive
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It would be great to have a feature added to the settings area so we could have a different background image available instead of just a single colored background. I have my start page setup with various speed dials so I can select a saved bookmark and go to that page quickly.
Update: Evidently nobody else sees any kind of merit in my suggestion, I just thought it might enhance the overall look of the start page.
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It would be awesome I think
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@quicksand4627
Hi,
Thanks so much for the positive response, I do realize that the vivaldi development team is rather a small group compared to other mainstream browsers like google chrome, etc. but with vivaldi when they do release a new setting or feature it's normally a meaningful one.
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If I remember correctly, Vivaldi had backgrounds in android before. Those looked very good. It would be even better if we could choose our own. It looks a little bland now
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@Slownicofish said in Customize Start Page (Speed Dial) Background:
Vivaldi had backgrounds in android before.
I don't recall this ever being the case.
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@Slownicofish
No, it's done in Opera and, in small amounts, in Firefox (fork Iceraven). -
By the way, there is one workaround to customize the express panel: you can use cloud-based express panels. For example, m-inftab-com and its like. Specifying this site as the homepage in the settings. Of course, in doing so, it is important to realize that you are passing some personal information (link labels at least) to the other site.
For privacy reasons, I would not use this method.
But maybe for another person, the flexibility of the settings and the ability to set a nice background will be more important than privacy.