How To: Share Tabs Between Devices / Send Tab to Computer

LonM

"Sending tab to self" from android works but there are some caveats:

You must enable the flags on both desktop and android before sending any tabs
- vivaldi://flags/#enable-send-tab-to-self Lets you receive them
- vivaldi://flags/#enable-send-tab-to-self-show-sending-ui Lets you send them
- Sending on desktop shows up when you right click a page
You will receive the tab when vivaldi next contacts the sync server
- you can force this by visiting vivaldi://sync and clicking "Trigger GetUpdates"
The tab won't automatically open, instead you'll get a notification that you have to click in order to open it

BoneTone

@LonM said in How To: Share Tabs Between Devices / Send Tab to Computer:

"Sending tab to self" from android works but there are some caveats:

You must enable the flags on both desktop and android before sending any tabs

vivaldi://flags/#enable-send-tab-to-self Lets you receive them

vivaldi://flags/#enable-send-tab-to-self-show-sending-ui Lets you send them

Sending on desktop shows up when you right click a page

You will receive the tab when vivaldi next contacts the sync server

you can force this by visiting vivaldi://sync and clicking "Trigger GetUpdates"

The tab won't automatically open, instead you'll get a notification that you have to click in order to open it

Are you certain? I am able to send tabs to my desktop and both of those flags are set to default on it... Once we clarify this I will update the OP for accuracy.

About the last point, this is desired behavior. Opening a page could potentially lead to system instability, so it is best to require user interaction to prevent pages from loading unattended.

BoneTone

@LonM double checking both systems... I have enabled neither of those flags on my desktop, and only the first one on mobile. With only that 1 of 4 flags enabled I can send tabs from mobile to desktop. Perhaps it is a bug that Vivaldi has different defaults than expected, but I can confirm this behavior, using stable not snapshot on desktop.

LonM

@bonetone Maybe the flags 'default' state is 'enabled' and I just mis-understood how it works. That's entirely possible.

BoneTone

@LonM I'll do some testing later today... then add the 4th case and any necessary charges to the OP.

BoneTone

@LonM My time got consumed by other things but I did manage to figure out what's necessary. I'll update the OP with the 4th scenario tomorrow, but just to update you and anyone trying to share tabs in either direction...

To share tabs from Android to another device, the only flag you need to enable is the one already in the OP.
To share tabs from desktop (Windows tested, will test Linux later), you need to enable the second flag in LonM's reply: vivaldi://flags/#enable-send-tab-to-self-show-sending-ui
To receive tabs on either platform, no changes are necessary.

There might be some bug here, in that some flags aren't being honored correctly, defaults are incorrect, or whatever. As in, perhaps you should have to enable a flag to receive, or the wrong flags are being checked on one of the platforms to enable sending... this is simply the results of my testing. You only need to change on flag per platform to be able to send, it's a different flag between mobile & desktop, and both received tabs without modification. Sorry for any typos or my grammar is terrible, we checked out the new cocktail bar around the corner so I'm relying on spellcheck for this post. I'll update the OP when I've got a break tomorrow.

mib2berlin

@bonetone
Hi, I enabled #enable-send-to-self on mobile but the cloud slot is empty.
Test to enable all "self" flags does not work either.
Send tab from my desktop (Linux) to mobile is working.

Xiaomi Mi 9T
MIUI 10 (Android 9)
Vivaldi 2.7.1624.207 Snapshot

Thanks, mib
EDIT: Notes and bookmark sync are disabled on mobile.

BoneTone

@mib2berlin the cloud tab only shows tabs open on other devices at time of the last sync. Both devices need to be connected to your account and syncing.

Enabling the flag on Android allows you to send a tab to the desktop using the share icon that appears when you click the address bar. You need to click the restart button that appears when you enable the flag, then the send to other devices Vivaldi icon appears in the list of options when you click the share icon.

Edit: I don't know what, if any, specific sync settings need to be enabled beyond simply being connected to sync in order for tabs to sync (both the cloud icon and send tab feature). My guess would be that if any of the settings are necessary, it would be the "typed history and remote sessions" switch. Remote sessions sounds like something that would include the open tabs, but that may only be necessary, if it even is, for the cloud icon - sending tabs might still work if that is the case. But I have no insider knowledge, this is all information I've gained through testing it myself.

Unfortunately, I hit a blocking crash issue messing with a bunch of flags last night, and so now I'm trying to get my reinstall of Vivaldi Android to reconnect to sync... I have a very large bookmark collection, and it takes several hours for the initial sync before its usable and that initial sync is again hitting errors like my first install. So I have to resolve this before I can do any further testing.

mib2berlin

@bonetone
Hi and thanks for looking in to, take your time, it is not a major feature for me but nice to have.
I checked today with enable/disable all send flags, restart, reset sync, login to sync again and now ... I cant even see my Android device in the pull down menu "Send to ..." on my Linux and Windows 10 systems, strange.

Cheers, mib

robdam1001

I am able to send from Desktop to Android device but anytime I try to send from Android, Vivaldi crashes immediately.

EDIT: I figured out what I was doing wrong.... I didn't realize that I had to use the native Android Share engine. Works great! TY.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D0KJxSpsKqksTCtDHyqNu45EzBIxqP-7/view?usp=sharing

remi.flores

@LonM well it does'nt work at all for me...

MannixMD

Thank you it works. The strange part is I didn't have those settings enabled and it also worked for like one day then the option to send it disappeared and I end up here to solve the issue thanks.

ygorcortes

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BoneTone

I've been noticing strange changes between what flags you have to have enabled in order for it to work or not. I've got both the Beta & the Snapshot installed on my phone and am able to send to tabs between any of my 3 currently sync'd installs (those 2 on the same phone and my desktop). But I've got every flag enabled that appears when you search for "send" that is related to sending tabs. There are a few new ones coming, that were only in the Snapshot if I recall correctly.

And I may have had to enabled 1 flag on the desktop, I'm not certain. I've been delaying updating this post as it seems to change with every update, but I'll do some testing this week and update the OP with my findings, and post a reply as well to the thread appears updated. I can probably narrow it down to which flags have to be enabled for it to work.

Edit: But, short-term work around, if you just search for "send" and enable all the flags related to sending tabs, it should work.

mrapan

Have these flags been removed recently? I'm running desktop version 2.11.1811.44 and version 2.9.1741.39 (tried 2.11.1813.3 snapshot as well) for android.

I'm able to share a tab from my mobile device to desktop. But how do I share from one desktop to another?

BoneTone

@mrapan said in How To: Share Tabs Between Devices / Send Tab to Computer:

Yeah, the flags are gone as the feature is no longer experimental and just baked into the browser without having to enable it.

I'm able to share a tab from my mobile device to desktop. But how do I share from one desktop to another?

Same way you would send from your desktop to Android, I presume, I haven't been on my Linux boot recently enough so I cannot test to be sure it's still working. But just right click on the page and you should see the "Send to" links for devices that have synced recently. After a certain period of not connecting to the sync servers a device will be removed from the list.

Edit: Alternatively, you can also open tabs from other machines using the cloud icon in the tab bar.

EmmyS1972

"Yeah, the flags are gone as the feature is no longer experimental and just baked into the browser without having to enable it."

So how exactly does one do this? I'm on the newest stable version, and do not see any option anywhere to "send page to xyz".

I'm personally more interested in desktop to desktop, rather than mobile to desktop; there are times I see something at home that I want to look at when at work or vice versa, and it's a pain to keep sending myself emails.

mib2berlin

@EmmyS1972
Hi, for me RMB context menu is working.
As @BoneTone mention, keep tabs open on one device and use the cloud right to to open on second device. Vivaldi sync is needed for this feature.
It work even the device is off.

Cheers, mib

BoneTone

@EmmyS1972 said in How To: Share Tabs Between Devices / Send Tab to Computer:

"Yeah, the flags are gone as the feature is no longer experimental and just baked into the browser without having to enable it."
So how exactly does one do this? I'm on the newest stable version, and do not see any option anywhere to "send page to xyz".

Please continue reading the rest of the post.

"Same way you would send from your desktop to Android, I presume, I haven't been on my Linux boot recently enough so I cannot test to be sure it's still working. But just right click on the page and you should see the "Send to" links for devices that have synced recently. After a certain period of not connecting to the sync servers a device will be removed from the list."

EmmyS1972

@BoneTone Thank you, but I had read that part. I am not seeing an option to Send To when I right click on a page. I do have sync set up on both devices.