The Hotlist

Introduction

The Hotlist, enabled with F4, is organized into panels with multiple purposes:

Panel	Purpose
Bookmarks	Organize bookmarks to your favorite Web sites
Mail	Read and write e-mail and news
Contacts	Organize your list of contacts
History	Keep track of all recently visited Web pages
Transfer	Monitor file transfers
Windows	Organize all your open pages and application windows
Panels	Show Web pages in Hotlist

Tip: Right-click the top of the Hotlist for multiple choices.

Note: M2, Opera's e-mail client, is covered on a separate page.

Bookmarks

Opera comes pre-installed with many bookmarks to popular sites. You may add as many additional bookmarks as you wish.

Operation	How to do it
Create bookmark for current Web page	Drag page icon from Address bar to Hotlist
Open bookmark in current page	Double-click the bookmark
Open bookmark in new page	Press `Shift` and double-click the bookmark
Open bookmark in the background	Press `Ctrl` + `Shift` and double-click the bookmark
Make bookmark available at all times	Drag bookmark to Personal bar
Find a bookmark	Enter text in the "Quick find" field
Create folder to organize bookmarks	Click "New folder"
Open all bookmarks in selected folder	Drag bookmark folder to Opera's workspace
Move bookmarks and folders around	Use drag and drop

Right-click a bookmark for multiple choices:


Open bookmark	Open selected bookmarks in active page
Open in new page	Open selected bookmarks in new pages
Open in background	Open selected bookmarks in the background

Show on Personal bar	Make bookmark available on the Personal bar

Add page	Create bookmark for current Web page
Add all	Create bookmarks for all open pages

Cut	Move selected bookmarks to clipboard
Copy	Copy selected bookmarks to clipboard
Paste	Paste from clipboard to selected folder
Delete	Delete selected bookmarks

Select all	Select all bookmarks

New »
Folder	Create new bookmark folder
Bookmark	Create new bookmark

File »
New	Create alternate bookmark file
Open	Open (and switch to) alternate bookmark file

Save as	Save copy of bookmarks to new file
Save selected items as	Save selected bookmarks to new file

Insert bookmarks	Import links from Opera
Insert Internet Explorer favorites	Import links from Internet Explorer

Properties	Edit properties for selected bookmark

Tip: Click "View" to customize the Bookmarks panel.

In the bookmark properties you may:

Edit the bookmark's name, nickname, and Web address
Add a bookmark description
Move the bookmark to another parent folder
Make the bookmark available on the Personal bar
Show the bookmarked page as a Hotlist panel

Tip: Press Shift + F2 and enter nickname for fast access to a bookmark.

Contacts

Create contacts and store your friends' e-mail address, telephone number, and postal address.

Operation	How to do it
Create new contact	Click "Add"
Create folder for group of contacts	Click "New folder"
Recognize sender of e-mail as new contact	Press `A` while viewing e-mail
Write e-mail to contact	Double-click contact
Make contact available at all times	Drag contact to Personal bar

Right-click a contact for multiple choices:


Compose mail	Write an e-mail to selected contact
View mail	View e-mail associated with selected contact
Visit homepage	Visit selected contact's homepage

Show on Personal bar	Show contact on Personal bar

Cut	Move selected contacts to clipboard
Copy	Copy selected contacts to clipboard
Paste	Paste from clipboard to selcted folder
Delete	Delete selected contacts

Select all	Select all contacts in active folder

New »
Folder	Create folder for group of contacts
Contact	Create new contact

File »
New	Create alternate contact file
Open	Open (and switch to) alternate contact file
Save as	Save copy of contacts to new file

Properties	Edit properties for selected contact

Tip: Click "View" to customize the Contacts panel.

In the contact properties you may:

Edit the contact's name, e-mail address, homepage address, postal address, and phone numbers
Add additional notes
Select a picture (approximately 60x50 pixels) on your computer or on the Internet to show when viewing messages from the contact
Select a small icon to show next to messages from the contact

History

Opera's History keeps a list of the Web pages you have visited recently. If you recall being at a nice site, but forgot to bookmark it, use the Find field to find it.

In Opera's History and cache preferences, you may choose how many addresses to keep track of.

Right-click a history history item for multiple choices:


Open	Open selected history items in active page
Open in new page	Open selected history items in new pages
Open in background	Open selected history items in the background

Add page	Create bookmark for selected history items

Cut	Move selected history items to clipboard
Copy	Copy selected history items to clipboard
Delete	Delete selected history items

Select all	Select all history items

Transfers

Transfers lets you monitor and control files being transferred between your computer and the Internet.

Operation	How to do it
Download file linked to in a Web page	Click link to file in the Web page
Download file	Enter file address in the "Quick download" field
Resume transfer of selected files	Click "Resume"
Stop transfer of selected files	Click "Stop"
Transfer selected file again	Click "Retransfer"
Sort list of files	Click column headers

Right-click a transfer item for multiple choices:


Resume transfer	Resume transfer of selected files
Stop transfer	Stop transfer of selected files
Restart transfer	Transfer selected files again
Remove transfer	Delete selected transfer items
Copy file information	Copy selected transfer items to clipboard

Note: Not all Web sites support resuming of file transfers.

Windows

The Windows panel displays a tree-structured view of your open pages and application windows.

To see how this works, press Ctrl + Alt + N a couple of times to create some applications windows. Then press Ctrl + N a couple of times while in the different application windows.

To close a page or an application window, select the item and press Delete.

Web pages as panels

To show a Web page in the Hotlist, press Ctrl + T and select to show it as a panel.

Some Web pages provide special links (rel="sidebar") that make it easy to add Web pages as Hotlist panels.

Example: Add the Help table of contents as a Hotlist panel.

Tip: Right-click the Web-page area in the Holist for multiple choices.