Open a link outside Vivaldi not opening if a browser window is not open
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Clicking a desktop link opens a Vivaldi start page, not the url. Needs a second click to open the page. This is still happening with latest version (Feb 17) on mac Big Sur. Doesn't happen in 4.3.24...
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@youngster said in Problem on launching a page called by an URL:
Needs a second click to open the page
Which gets the second click? The WebLoc file? In other words, the first Open (the WebLoc file) gives Vivaldi's start page; and the second click opens the URL?
Yep: That's been the problem: If no browser window is open, the URL is -somehow- lost...
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@oakdaleftl Yes, you need to click the webloc file a second time - then it opens the url. As I remember, it's the same if you click a link in an email. You have to click it again to open the link.
This problem surfaced with version 5. It was not there in version 4.
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@youngster Gotcha! Yeah, it's a problem that's been around for a while... (I confess: The WebLoc disability doesn't bother me much. But links from email are another story!) Here's hoping it gets fixed soon, since it's such a basic feature!
p.s., I appreciate your User Name... Must I change mine to Oldster?
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For information, the status of my ticket VB-85727 is :
Duplicate of VB-85202 "macOS: Opening url not working if no window open" – confirmed
So watch its correction !
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I'm just adding my voice to this. It's an annoying problem that still catches me a couple of times a day.
The work-arounds suggested seem like a lot more trouble than clicking a URL twice when it's possible that Vivaldi is open without any windows.
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@bds Can't help but agree... There's two sides to every coin, dh?
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Having 2 issues that are killing me.
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When clicking on a link while vivaldi is closed, I am taken to the vivaldi home screen and not the link that I clicked.
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Also, if a webpage isn't fully loaded and you try to overwrite the url in the address bar with a search, once the page is loaded, the input text is overwritten in the address bar.
I have seen other posts on these issues but no solution. Are there any fixes or plans to fix?
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- The issue is known but hasn't been fixed yet.
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VB-86199 Lost typing in the URL field, and it has been fixed in the latest Snapshot. The next Stable major update should have the patch implemented. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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@pafflick said in Open a link outside Vivaldi not opening if a browser window is not open:
- The issue is known but hasn't been fixed yet.
But it is being worked on! (See behavior in latest snapshot...)
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@pafflick Glad to know that Vivaldi for MacOS team is working on the email URL link problem. (VB-86199 Lost Typing in the URL)
I have also experienced this as a consistent flaw in Vivaldi. Clicking a link from Apple Mail client opens the Vivaldi home/speed dial page but does not open the intended URL link page. Only by clicking the email link a second time will Vivaldi present the correct URL page.
I have seen comments on workarounds, but really, this is a fundamental feature of browsers. Only if the URL is suspicious should a browser defer showing the intended web page.
Otherwise, Vivaldi for Mac computers has been excellent since I switched to it last month. (But I'm not using the android version yet on phone or tablet due to clunky tab UI.)
Thanks!
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@slmcshane said in Open a link outside Vivaldi not opening if a browser window is not open:
But I'm not using the android version yet on phone or tablet due to clunky tab UI
Please post in Vivaldi on Android about your issue with tabs. On phones, you can disable the Tab Bar, if you find it too clunky.
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I switched to Firefox because of this bug. Waiting to switch back once it's fixed (if I haven't become too comfortable with Firefox by then).
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As umutbesler stated, the fix sort of works. If Vivaldi is not launched and you click on an external link, the link opens correctly (as it did with v4 and earlier). However, if Vivaldi is launched and no window is open, clicking on an external link causes Vivaldi to crash. This is reproducible (using Mojave).
Edit: Have now discovered that I am getting random instances of Vivaldi crashing (just leaving Vivaldi running with no window open and opening a window with Vivaldi running)
Edit again: Edit again: This crashing is happening more and more. One of the crashes that is reproducible is when you launch Vivaldi, then close the window (but leave Vivaldi running) then click on the Vivaldi dock icon to open a window. Crashes. Relaunches with no problem, but closing the window and then opening a new one results in the crash. Back to a different browser until this is fixed. This problem is worse than the original one reported in this thread!
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@drhi said in Open a link outside Vivaldi not opening if a browser window is not open:
If Vivaldi is not launched and you click on an external link, the link opens correctly (as it did with v4 and earlier)
Not for me. If Vivaldi is closed and I click an external link, Vivaldi opens to a blank page and not the link I clicked.
Back to Firefox.
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Be glad it's just Vivaldi crashing. I was reading this forum a couple of hours ago, clicked on this topic, and immediately the entire screen went blank. I then got the multi-language message from Apple that I'd had a kernel panic and that my machine was restarting.
I had installed the 5.2.2623.24 update today, and Vivaldi has been barely usable since. There seem to be numerous new problems in addition to those originally appearing with version 5.
I can't afford to be having kernel panics, so I'm going to have to change my default browser to Firefox. I didn't want to do that, but I now feel I have no choice. I've been a loyal Vivaldi user for years now, but until some serious attention is paid to the Mac version, I'll have to wait on the sidelines.
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@drhi said in Open a link outside Vivaldi not opening if a browser window is not open:
One of the crashes that is reproducible is when you launch Vivaldi, then close the window (but leave Vivaldi running) then click on the Vivaldi dock icon to open a window. Crashes. Relaunches with no problem, but closing the window and then opening a new one results in the crash. Back to a different browser until this is fixed. This problem is worse than the original one reported in this thread!
I reported this crash several weeks ago (VB-87452) as well as the issue that was reported in the original post, which is currently being tracked under VB-85202. The devs are actively working on a fix for both.
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@pafflick The problem seems not yet solved in the latest 5.2.2623.26.
Still, in some (not all) cases when I click a link in an external app, Vivaldi gets to front but doesn't open the respective URL.Thanks for looking at this again. It's a workflow disturbing bug.
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@janpeeters Yes - as I said in my post, the issue is not fixed yet. Once there's progress on this bug, we'll let you know.
