- It is essentially changing the appearance using the Vivaldi browser’s custom UI MOD feature
- This configuration also works on Windows. In the process of setting the shortcut keys, simply replace
Command
withCtrl
- If you want to return to the original effect, you just need to delete the local CSS
VivalArc Configuration Steps
Install a Vivaldi browser first, no doubt.
During the setup process, you can search for keywords in the upper left corner of the "Settings" page to quickly locate
Must-haves
- Tabs > Tab bar position >
Left
- Address Bar >
Uncheck 'Show Address Bar'
- Keyboard (Set the necessary keyboard shortcuts)
- Address Bar > >
Command + B
(Remove Booksmarks shortcuts first in Windows) - Additional Scrollbar Configuration for Windows Users: As the default Windows scrollbar is quite prominent and somewhat unattractive, we require an extra tweak to optimize its appearance. Here's how to do it:
- Enter this in the address bar:
chrome://flags
- Search keyword
fluent
and enable something likeFluent scrollbars
,than you'll have a more subtle scrollbar.
Nice-to-haves
- Appearance > Status Bar >
Status Info Overlay
- Panel > Panel Options >
Check 'Floating Panel'
- Quick Commands >
Check 'Open Links In New Tab'
- Keyboard (Set the necessary keyboard shortcuts)
- New Tab > Remove it
- Quick Command >
Command + T
- Save Page As > Remove it
- Tab Bar >
Command + S
- Create Bookmark > Remove it
- Pin / Unpin Tab >
Command + D
- Print > Remove it
- Panel >
Comand + P
- Download the mod and extract it to anywhere safe on your PC
- select a theme I pick from Vivaldi Community
- Open
vivaldi://experiments
and enable"Allow for using CSS modifications"
- Open Settings > Appearance > Custom UI MOD
- Select the folder where you've extracted it
- Restart Vivaldi