Issue when pressing enter on address bar

DoctorG

@fredrikfreij If the new test profile works, some setting in your used browser profile causing the delay.
Any extension in used browser profile?
Any external security tool?

Looks like this issue https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/91914/issue-when-pressing-enter-on-address-bar

fredrikfreij

@DoctorG OK thanks, will follow that thread... I also noticed something weird right now. I searched in one tab. Search was delayed and before it "clicked" i changed to another tab, but then that tab took me to the search i just tapped in...

So i had to press back and then change back to the previous tab and search again to keep the search in that tab...

mrcaio

Yep, unfortunatelly I'm on the same boat.

After the last update, the address bar is really slow. I'll try to create a new test profile but I don't think I should be facing these issues if this wasn't a problem before this update.

Slopz

The issue has been driving me crazy ever since the latest update. Sometimes the search is instant just like the way it was before and sometimes it takes 5-8 seconds.

Slopz

By far the most annoying issue I have ever faced with Vivaldi!

LonM

This is a known issue - It is being tracked as VB-99872.

Disabling "browsing history" from Settings > Address Bar > Drop Down Menu will fix work around the issue until a fix is published.

BrikoX

@LonM do you a have a public bug tracker now?

BrikoX

Curious that domains from Direct Match doesn't have the delay issue even with Browser History enabled.

BrikoX

Confirmed that delay only happens with Enable Direct Match unchecked once you re-enable it, delay goes away.

LonM

@BrikoX No, but I have access to the one the developers use, so I can see the issue has been reported.

Hadden89

@BrikoX Not too much. Direct matches are just a list of keyword+urls and doesn't rely on history file at all

csehszlovakze

Linux 6.4.3160.34 (Stable channel) stable (64-bit) here, same issue. The workaround provided by @Hadden89 and @LonM does fix the issue, but I think I can provide a bit more info.

Hitting enter takes a few seconds to process. Clicking the search option below the address bar is instant.

same with URLs, clicking on it in suggestions is instant load, pressing Enter isn't.

But there is also similar problem with just putting any url there and pressing enter

This is how I noticed it first, I thought my Enter key stopped working for a while.

Which search engine is this you use as default?

Yandex, but it doesn't seem to matter considering the bug also affecting URLs.

If I switch to another tab, it loads the page there, not where I entered it

Also happened to me, I opened up Discord to ask if anyone else had this issue, then the tab got overridden by the URL I entered a few seconds before in another tab.

Confirmed that delay only happens with Enable Direct Match unchecked once you re-enable it, delay goes away.

no, I still had the issue despite direct match being enabled, it's just in the middle of the list (still above browser history).

izn1337

@MashuuMidori said in Issue when pressing enter on address bar:

@Hadden89 said in Issue when pressing enter on address bar:

@mentroxea Might be the same which happened to me. Uncheck every entry here:

Test if the delay happens and then enable the entries you need.

And herein lies the problem. I've disabled Browser History - works like a charm. Why did 6.4 break this one option?

This resolved my issue too. I have been getting it since the latest update. Was driving me crazy!

Littlegator

Yeah this is egregious. The workaround breaks basic browser functionality entirely (autocompleting history). Sad to say I'll probably leave Vivaldi for good if this isn't fixed quickly.

nelliott500

There's been a strangely large number of issues with the address bar since October 2022. It feels like one thing is fixed and then some other issue is introduced. I would love to go back to pre October 2022 address bar... now I've got constant problems with the auto complete.

santander

I am, too, suffering from this issue. To me it feels like Vivaldi's search bar functionality has been generally much slower than it used to be (change happened maybe after this summer?) and this issue is just the newest instance of the trouble. I really hope this issue and the sluggishness of the autocomplete can be fixed asap, it's basic browser functionality.

I am really disheartened with the situation as I have come to depend on Vivaldi for its usually rock solid foundation and features.

xinjeisan

This is happening to me too and it is a minor but annoying enough that I am going to swtich back to firefox until it is fixed.

tylwright

@BrikoX This, unfortunately, did not fix the issue for me

OS: macOS Sonoma 14.1
Vivaldi: 6.4.3160.41 (Stable channel) (arm64)

iZpixl5

Unchecking browser history fixed it for me too.

robertebrown

Vivaldi browser on Windows 10: Until the last month or so, clicking on the 'V' in the upper left corner produced a multi-level menu of valuable options. For example, you could check whether you had the latest version of Vivaldi,
you could get to browser extensions, you could restore your tabs (which Vivaldi manages to lose all too often).
And many other options. Where can I find that menu now that clicking the 'V' does nothing?