The Menubar
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The Menubar

Note that some menu entries only appear when they are applicable to the file you currently have open in Konqueror. For example, the Edit->Find... item will not appear when you are viewing the contents of a directory.

The Location Menu

Location->New Window (Ctrl+N)

Open another Konqueror window.

Location->New Tab (Ctrl+Shift+N)

Open another Konqueror tab, containing a blank page.

Location->Duplicate Window (Ctrl+D)

Open another Konqueror window, duplicating the current one.

Location->Open Location... (Ctrl+O)

Open a folder or file by entering its path (for example /home/pam or /home/pam/fred.txt) in a simple dialog box.

Location->Send Link

Send an email containing a link to the current location.

Location->Send File

Send an email containing the selected file as an attachment.

Location->Save Background Image As...

Only applies if you are viewing a web page with a background image. Opens the Save As dialog box to let you save the background image file to your own computer.

Location->Save As... (Ctrl+S)

Only applies if you are viewing a document or web page, uses the Save As... dialog box to let you save a copy to your own computer.

Location->Save Frame As...

Similar to Save As... but for use with a web site that uses frames.

Location->Print... (Ctrl+P)

Print.

Location->Print Frame

Print selected frame of a Web page.

Location->Open With Netscape/Mozilla

Open the web page you are viewing in Konqueror with Netscape®/Mozilla as well.

Location->Quit (Ctrl+Q)

Close down this instance of Konqueror.

The Edit Menu

Note

Most items in the Menubar Edit menu can also be found by right mouse button clicking on a free area of a view.

Edit->Undo (Ctrl+Z)

Sometimes lets you reverse a mistaken action.

Edit->Cut (Ctrl+X)

Puts selected item(s) into the clipboard. If you then do a a Paste the item(s) will be moved from the original location to the new one.

Edit->Copy (Ctrl+C)

Copy selected item(s) to the clipboard.

Edit->Paste (Ctrl+V)

Paste item(s) from clipboard to the currently viewed folder.

Edit->Rename (F2)

Lets you rename a file or folder without having to open the Properties... dialog box.

Edit->Move to Trash (Delete)

Move selected item(s) to the Trash folder.

Edit->Delete (Shift+Delete)

Delete the selected item(s).

Edit->Copy Files (F7)

Copy the selected item(s) to another folder.

Edit->Move Files

Move the selected item(s) to another folder.

Edit->Create New

Create a link to an application, URL, Floppy or CD-ROM device, or create a new Folder or text or HTML file. See the Create New...section for more details.

Edit->Edit File Type...

Open the Edit File Type dialog box

Edit->Properties..

Open the Edit Properties dialog box

Edit->Selection

Contains a number of options for changing the items selected in the Konqueror window:

Edit->Selection->Select... (Ctrl++)

Together with the Unselect..., Unselect All and Invert Selection commands, this provides an easy and powerful way of selecting multiple files.

It brings up a simple dialog box where you can enter a file name using the wild card characters * and ?, for example entering *.html will select all files ending with .html while ?a* will select all files which have the letter a as the second character in their filename.

Edit->Selection->Unselect... (Ctrl+-)

Unselect files or folders via a dialog similar to the one used by Select....

Edit->Selection->Unselect All (Ctrl+U)

Unselect all selected files or folders.

Edit->Selection->Invert Selection (Ctrl+*)

Invert current selection.

Edit->Selection->Select All (Ctrl+A)

Selects all text in an HTML page or in a text page being previewed, you can then Copy it and Paste it into a text editor.

Edit->Find... (Ctrl+F)

Find a text string in a text page you are previewing or in an HTML page.

Edit->Find Next (F3)

Find the next occurrence of the text string in the text or HTML page.

Edit->Go to Line...

Go to a particular line number in a text page you are previewing.

The View Menu

View->View Mode...

Selects Icon, MultiColumn, Tree, Detailed List or Text view mode.

View->Use index.html

If a selected folder contains a file index.html, it will be opened as a web page rather than showing the folder as a list of files.

View->Lock to current location

Lock to current location.

View->Unlock all views

Unlock all views.

View->Link View

Link current view to others in a multiple view window.

View->Reload (F5)

Reload.

View->Stop (Esc)

Stop load (particularly useful when web browsing).

View->Icon Size

Select size of icons used when viewing a folder in Icon Mode.

View->Sort

Choose order in which items are presented in the window when in Icon or MultiColumn View mode.

View->Case Insensitive Sort

Choose whether the sort order in Tree, Detailed List or Text View modes is case sensitive.

View->View Document Source (Ctrl+U)

View document source text.

Only available if you are viewing a document or HTML page.

View->View Frame Source

View frame source text

Only applies if you are viewing a web site that uses frames. Similar to View Document Source.

View->View Document Information (Ctrl+I)

View document information, such as title, URL, and HTTP headers used in retrieving the document.

Only available if you are viewing an HTML page.

View->Security...

Tells you whether the current browser connection is secured with SSL and lets you bring up the Cryptography Configuration... dialog box. Left clicking on the Menubar padlock icon does the same thing.

View->Set Encoding

Set encoding

Allows you to choose the character encoding used to display HTML pages. Auto is usually the best choice.

View->Preview

Lets you choose to show thumbnails of images, text files or HTML pages instead of the normal icons in Icon or MultiColumn View modes.

View->Show Hidden Files

Show hidden (dot) files.

View->Show details...

Lets you choose which file and folder details are shown in Tree, Detailed List and Text views.

View->Background Color...

Select background color for the File Manager mode.

View->Background Image...

Select background image for the File Manager mode.

The Bookmarks Menu

Note

See the section Using Bookmarks in this manual for a fuller description of these menu items.

Bookmarks->Add Bookmark (Ctrl+B)

Add current selection to your bookmarks.

Bookmarks->Bookmark Tabs as Folder...

Create a bookmark folder containing links to all of the URLs currently open in Konqueror tabs.

Bookmarks->Edit Bookmarks...

Open the Bookmark Editor.

Bookmarks->New Bookmark Folder...

Create a new folder in your Bookmarks folder.

The Tools Menu

Tools->Run Command... (Alt+F2)

Run a program by entering its name in a simple dialog box.

Tools->Open Terminal (Ctrl+T)

Open a Konsole terminal window.

Tools->Find File...

Open the KFind application.

If you have Konqueror plugins installed there will be additional entries in the Tools menu. See the Konqueror Plugins chapter for further details.

The Settings Menu

Note

See also the section Saving Settings and Profiles.

Settings->Show Menubar (Ctrl+M)

Show/Hide the menubar.

Settings->Toolbars

Opens a sub menu where you can choose to show or hide the various Toolbars.

Settings->Full Screen Mode (Ctrl+Shift+F)

Changes Konqueror to full screen mode, in which the Konqueror window takes up the whole screen, and does not have the usual window decorations. To exit full screen mode, click on the Exit Full Screen Mode icon on the toolbar, or press Ctrl+Shift+F.

Settings->View Properties Saved in Folder

Save View properties to current folder. If this is selected, a .directory file will be written in the current directory storing the settings you last used to view the directory. These settings are then loaded when you open the directory in Konqueror.

Settings->Remove Folder Properties

Remove settings stored in folder by View Properties Saved in Folder.

Settings->Load View Profile

Load the settings associated with a particular view profile.

Settings->Save View Profile "ProfileName"...

Save the current settings to the current view profile.

Settings->Configure View Profiles...

Lets you change an existing view profile or create a new one.

Settings->Configure Shortcuts...

Lets you see and change Konqueror's shortcut key bindings, i.e. the associations between actions such as Copy and keys or combinations of keys such a Ctrl+V. If you do this take care not to duplicate an existing shortcut.

Settings->Configure Toolbars...

Lets you configure the Main, Extra and Location Toolbars. See the section Changing Bars.

Settings->Configure Konqueror...

Lets you configure the File manager, File Associations, Browser, Internet Keywords, Cookies, Proxies, Cryptography, User Agent, or Toolbars by bringing up the appropriate dialog box.

Settings->Configure Spell Checking...

Displays the spell checking configuration dialog box, in which you can change settings associated with spell checking in Konqueror.

The Help Menu

Help->Konqueror Handbook

View this document.

Help->What's This? (Shift+F1)

Draws a question mark (?) beside the mouse pointer, clicking on a window item such as the Stop button will then display a brief explanation. See Tooltips and What's This? .

Help->Konqueror Introduction

Revisit the introductory pages that you got when Konqueror was first started.

Help->Report Bug/Request Enhancement...

Report bug.

Help->About Konqueror...

Display some brief information about Konqueror's version number, authors and license agreement.

Help->About KDE...

Show some information about the version of TDE that you are running.

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