@JulianSteinmann The command "Focus Address Field" (default shortcut F8 or Ctrl+L) works without the address bar being enabled.

@flooners You can ask here: https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/27450/what-is-the-status-of-vb-already-reported-bug-issue

@iAN-CooG It would be like an option in the "Main Page" section of Vivaldi's options. It could be a question that says: When do you open the Main Page, you want to autofocus ...? The search bar, or The address bar

@jesus2099 Fine. I will tag the thread as Resolved.

@pesala F8, F9 does seem to do what I want and although it is a bit clunky, it is definitely faster than using the mouse. Thanks for the tip. I noticed that the default behaviour for the history tab is to focus the search field when the day picker calendar is not enabled, so it is perhaps a deliberate implementation choice with the calendar. It makes sense if one wanted to quickly move to their history on a certain day. I suppose I just tend to use the calendar in a different way - searching for a general topic that I remember and then using the calendar as a visual guide to narrow my selection based on memory of when I think I saw what I am looking for, rather than scrolling through the list of search results.

@gwen-dragon said @derDay Welche Erweiterung war es denn? Stylus Ich habe es jetzt mal schon (typisch schnelle Modde) für dich gemacht. hatte ich nach dem Abschicken dann auch schon gemerkt

@omen_20 If the address bar is hidden, you can use the Quick Command dialogue (F2) to search or open a new tab. Settings, Quick Commands, enable "Open pages in new tab," if that's what you prefer.

@axk Moved to Feature Requests

@josephj11 I noticed that some users are often unfriendly. They need to make more allowance for different computer abilities and language skills. When one is an expert, it is hard to remember how hard things were at first. I see far too many duplicate feature requests, but although it annoys me, I usually respond with a link to the appropriate thread and a tip on adding search to a panel. The Advanced Forum Search also has a learning curve. Pick the right search term Filter by forums Limit the time span to six months or less. Try different search terms if the first gives too many pages of results to be useful. The above search finds a relevant thread at the top of the second page. The settings search is pretty good: "focus" would have found the result quickly. Documentation will always lag behind developments and is often not read by new users. Writing good documentation is not a complete waste of time, but it should not be a high priority. One learns more quickly from forums; often getting several routes to the same answer.

@pesala I submitted the report

modedit: Tagged the thread as Resolved

@jkierzkowski This sounds more like a bug than a feature request, so I moved your thread to All Platforms. Have you submitted a Bug Report

@enyap Thanks, you helped me a lot. I was totally lost with this setting.

would cairo-dock work for this? when i had cairo, there were more animations and layouts than i could ever use.

modedit: Tagged the thread as Resolved

Yeah, I run into this constantly daily and it's a real pain.