To get to a file with Konqueror you first need to navigate through the folder tree to find the folder containing that file.
To move between folders you can simply step up and down the tree:
To descend into a subfolder selected” it (see below) -- mdash; then just press Enter.
click on its name or icon -- mdash; or if you have already “To go up the folder tree you can click on the Up button in the Toolbar, useAlt+Up Arrow, or use the Menubar -> option.
To “select” a file or folder in the displayed folder without opening it in any way use the up and down arrow keys to move through the items. The selected item will be highlighted and some information about it will be displayed in the Status Bar.
Setting the View Mode to can help you locate folders in the tree below the current folder; in this mode each folder is shown with a small box at the left. If the box contains a + sign, clicking on the box (not on the folder name or icon) will display a sub tree showing files and subfolders contained in that folder. The small box will then change to show a - sign. click on that to collapse the sub tree. Once you have found the folder you are looking for, click on the folder name or icon to open it.
The Navigation Panel can also help you find your way around the file system.
You can go directly to any folder by typing its path into the Location Toolbar window or into the dialog box invoked by the Menubar -> item or by Ctrl+ O. Konqueror's Text Completion feature may be useful when you do this. Don't forget that in Linux® / Unix-like file and folder names are case sensitive.
When you have moved to a new folder you can go back to your previous choice by using the Toolbar Back button, the Menubar -> item, or Alt+Left Arrow. Once you have gone back you can go forward. Use the Toolbar Forward button, the Menubar -> item or Alt+Right Arrow.
Alternatively, you can also choose to enter the parent folder by clicking on the Toolbar Up, the -> item, or with Alt+Up Arrow.
Holding the Up, Back or Forward buttons brings up a menu of recently visited locations.
mouse button pressed while the mouse pointer is over the ToolbarIf you don't know or can't remember where a file or folder is within your system, then use the Toolbar Find File button or the Menubar -> option. This will embed the file finder application KFind into Konqueror's window. See the KFind Handbook for help in using KFind.
If the name of a file or folder begins with a period (dot), then it is a “hidden” file or folder, and will not normally be shown by Konqueror. To see hidden files or folders use the Menubar -> option.
Another reason Konqueror may not show the file or folder you are looking for is that you may have the plugin set to display only certain types of file.
Any floppy disk, CD drive or other hard disk partition that you have
on your system will usually appear in the /
, /media
, /mnt
or
/auto
folder, having a path something
like /mnt/floppy
or
/cdrom
. The details will depend on
how your system was set up.
Unix-like / Linux® requires that you mount a floppy disk or CD-ROM when you have inserted it into the drive, and mount other hard disk partitions when you want to access them. You also need to unmount a floppy disk or CD-ROM before removing it to register that it is no longer available.
How you do this will depend on how your system:
You may have an Automount facility, in which case you don't have to bother about explicitly mounting and unmounting, although you may find that the CD-ROM occasionally starts up by itself for no apparent reason.
You may have Floppy, CD-ROM and hard disk icons on your desktop, in which case mouse button click on the icon to mount it. Doing this should also bring up a Konqueror window showing the contents of the floppy, CD-ROM or partition. To unmount, click on the icon and choose the item. Visit the section Create New... in this Handbook to see how to create such an icon.
Or you can do it the traditional way by typing into a text console window:
mount /mnt/floppy
to mount, for example, the floppy drive, and
umount /mnt/floppy
to unmount it (umount not unmount).
Rather than having to open a text console to type the mount or umount commands, you may prefer to use Konqueror's -> (Ctrl+E) feature.
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