Option to disable/hide content blocker icon

madiso

The latest snapshot added a tracker blocker to Vivaldi.
This is good if enabled by default for most people, including those that don't use any extensions at all.

However, there are also people who use their own preferred content blockers, such as uBlock Origin, uMatrix, Privacy Badger and so on. Those people do not need the built-in content blocker and would prefer to get rid of the shield icon in the address bar.

In fact, since there are settings for managing the defaults and exceptions for it, people could even hide the icon when they do use the content blocker, as they could still manage the options without it.

So, please add an option to hide the icon.

Edit: as of 2.12.1854.5 there is an option "no blocking", but this still acts as a default and keeps the icon visible.

Edit 2: VB-67150 and clarified that even people who use it can still manage it from settings anyway

LonM

@madiso In the meantime:

.addressfield > div:nth-child(1) {
    display: none;
}

as a custom CSS will hide it.

Cqoicebordel

@madiso Turning off the blocker already exists : If you set the blocker "Only block trackers on the blocklist", and put nothing in the blocklist, nothing gets blocked, ever. So it's functionnally off.
But I agree that an option to show/hide/show only when active the icon should be here.

iAN CooG

What I understood is: if you don't add anything to the list, nothing will be blocked, as the option set by default is "block trackers on Always Block only". No items in the list, nothing gets blocked. Right?
edit: @Cqoicebordel beat me to it, we posted almost at the same time

madiso

It is not just about what gets blocked, it is about getting rid of the icon entirely if it's unused. Similar one is the profile icon - I think Vivaldi is the only Chromium browser that lets you disable that.

Vort

I agree that there should be option to hide shield icon.

rseiler

Yes, there could be two improvements made in v1.0 of this feature easily:

A clear Off/Disabled for it in Preferences (the absence of something in a box to accomplish the same thing is needlessly abstract).
When it is disabled, the associated address bar icon should go away (this does not happen in the current snapshot regardless of the state of the box).

rseiler

Did anyone ever submit a request specifically about the shield icon? If so, what's the VB#? It would be nice to have it to refer to, though this is so basic that it's hard to believe it should even get to a VB# (and therefore the potential of it being positioned at the end of a years-long queue).

Ayespy

@rseiler I'm not able to find one.

madiso

Update: reported to Vivaldi issue tracker as VB-67150.

chiefsucker

Here is an updated stylesheet modification that also works in the Vivaldi 4.0 branch:

/* Hide Shield Icon */
.UrlBar-AddressField .ContentBlocker-Control {
    display: none;
}

I hope that this feature will at some point reach the Preferences window

Pesala

@chiefsucker I moved it to the right, rather than hiding it completely. I find this is less obtrusive, but still available if it is needed.

/*Move Ad-blocker Icon*/
.toolbar-insideinput:first-child {order: 1;}

Mifuru

How to disable blocker icon? I see CSS styles, but not understand how to use this?

@LonM

Hadden89

@mifuru https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/10549/modding-vivaldi?page=1

Mifuru

@hadden89, thank you so much!