Toolbars

This chapter explains how user-interface toolbars are built up and how to use them.

Main bar

The Main bar helps you to do essential browsing:

Tip: Drag and drop the buttons to rearrange them.

Tip: Right-click the Main bar to customize it.

The Status bar shows useful information when you point your mouse to different things, both in Web pages and in the user interface.

Tip: Right-click the Status bar to customize it.

Put your favorite bookmarks, bookmark folders and Web searches on the Personal bar, so you can use them quickly and at any time.

To get some items on the Personal bar:

Operation	How to do it
Bookmark link and show on Personal bar	Drag link from Web page to Personal bar
Show bookmark folder on Personal bar	Drag bookmark folder from Hotlist to Personal bar
Add a search field to the Personal bar	Enable searches from the View menu.

These are some of the things you can do on the Personal bar:

Operation	How to do it
Open link on Personal bar	Click the link
Open link in new page	Hold `Shift` and click link
Open link in background	Hold `Ctrl` and `Shift`, then click link
Open all bookmarks in a folder	Click folder and select to open all folder items
Search on the Web	Enter text in search field and press `Enter`

Tip: Right-click an item on the Personal bar to get multiple choices.

Tip: Right-click the Personal bar to customize it.

The Page bar lets you access to your open Web pages through nice tabs.

To have some pages to play with:

Operation	How to do it
Open link in new page	Hold `Shift` and click a link in a Web page
Open link in the background	Hold `Ctrl` + `Shift` and click link

When you have some pages, try this on the Page bar:

Operation	How to do it
Toggle between pages	Click corresponding tabs
Browse in a new page	Double-click empty area right of rightmost tab
Close page	Hold `Shift` and click tab
Open page in new application window	Drag tab to computer desktop
Bookmark page	Drag tab to Hotlist

Tip: Right-click the Page bar to customize it.

The Address bar consists of the following items(left to right):

Item	Explanation
Padlock icon	Check the level of security on a page
Image button	Toggle images in the page
Preview button	Preview printed version of page
Style button	Customize page style
Page icon	Drag to Hotlist to create bookmark
Address field	Enter Web addresses
Address dropdown	Access recently typed addresses
The Go button	Go to the address typed in
Search field	Search the Web
Search dropdown	Select search engine
Search button	Execute search
Zoom field	Move in closer on page
Zoom dropdown	Choose a pre-selected zoom

Tip: Right-click the Address bar to customize it.

Some sites provide a navigation bar to make site navigation easier.

Button	What it does
Home	Go to start page on site
First	Go to first page in series of related pages
Previous	Go to previous page in series of related pages
Next	Go to next page in series of related pages
Last	Go to last page in series of related pages
Up	Go to page logically "above" current page
Index	Go to index for page series
Help	Get help using this page
Search	Search the site
Copyright	Get information about the site
Author	Send e-mail to the page author

Tip: Right-click the Navigation bar to customize it.

Tip: Site navigation is also possible through the Navigation menu.

When a page loads, the Progress bar displays the following information (left to right):