<chapter id="bookmarks"> <chapterinfo> <authorgroup> <author >&Pamela.Roberts;</author> <othercredit role="translator" ><firstname >John</firstname ><surname >Knight</surname ><affiliation ><address ><email >anarchist_tomato@herzeleid.net</email ></address ></affiliation ><contrib >Conversion to British English</contrib ></othercredit > </authorgroup> <date >2003-11-05</date > <releaseinfo >3.2</releaseinfo > </chapterinfo> <title >Using Bookmarks</title> <para >Although you can use &konqueror;'s bookmarks to record the locations of your own files and folders, they are most useful when you are surfing the Web, letting you build up a list of useful sites.</para> <para >To open the <guimenu >Bookmarks</guimenu > menu you may either <mousebutton >left</mousebutton > click on the <guimenu >Bookmarks</guimenu > menu or use the <keycombo action="simul" >&Alt;<keycap >B</keycap ></keycombo > shortcut. Once the list is visible, you can navigate through it with the arrow keys or with your mouse, then press &Enter; or <mousebutton >left</mousebutton > click to visit the selected location.</para> <para >To add a new item to the list use <menuchoice ><guimenu >Bookmarks </guimenu ><guimenuitem >Add Bookmark</guimenuitem ></menuchoice > or <keycombo action="simul" >&Ctrl;<keycap >B</keycap ></keycombo > or <mousebutton >right</mousebutton > click on a clear space in the web page or folder view and select <guimenuitem >Bookmark this Location</guimenuitem > from the pop up menu.</para> <para >The <guimenu >Bookmarks</guimenu > list can contain subfolders containing other bookmarks, you can create these with <menuchoice ><guimenu >Bookmarks </guimenu ><guimenuitem >New Bookmark Folder...</guimenuitem ></menuchoice > . To add a bookmark into a subfolder rather than into the main Bookmark list, select the folder from within the <guimenu >Bookmarks</guimenu > list and use the <guimenuitem >Add Bookmark</guimenuitem > item in that folder.</para> <para >You can also access your bookmarks from the <link linkend="sidebar" > <guilabel >Navigation Panel</guilabel ></link >.</para> <sect1 id="orgbmark"> <title >The Bookmark Editor</title> <para >The <menuchoice ><guimenu >Bookmarks</guimenu ><guimenuitem >Edit Bookmarks</guimenuitem > </menuchoice > option opens the <guilabel >Bookmark Editor</guilabel >.</para> <para >This shows a tree view of your bookmarks and bookmark subfolders. As is usual for tree views in &kde;, subfolders are shown with a small square at the left of the folder name; if the square contains a <keycap >+</keycap > sign <mousebutton >left</mousebutton > clicking on it will expand the view to show the contents of that subfolder and the <keycap >+</keycap > sign will change to <keycap >-</keycap >, <mousebutton >left</mousebutton > clicking on the <keycap >-</keycap > sign will collapse the subfolder view.</para> <para >To select an item in the list you can <mousebutton >left</mousebutton > click on it, or you can navigate through the list by using the <keysym > Up arrow</keysym > and <keysym >Down arrow</keysym > keys to move around, <keysym >Right arrow</keysym > to expand a subfolder and <keysym > Left arrow</keysym > to collapse it.</para> <para >You can move an item to a different place in the list by using the normal Drag and Drop or <guimenuitem >Cut</guimenuitem > and <guimenuitem > Paste</guimenuitem > methods. The order in which the items appear in the <guilabel >Bookmark Editor</guilabel > is the order they will appear in the <guimenu >Bookmarks</guimenu > drop down list. The <menuchoice ><guimenu >Insert </guimenu ><guimenuitem >Insert Separator</guimenuitem ></menuchoice > option can be used to insert separating lines into the list wherever you wish.</para> <para >A new subfolder can be created at the selected point in the list by using the <guimenuitem >Create New Folder...</guimenuitem > option in the <guimenu >Insert</guimenu > menu or from the drop down menu you get when you <mousebutton >right</mousebutton > click on an item in the main part of the window, or with <keycombo action="simul" >&Ctrl;<keycap >N</keycap ></keycombo > </para> <para >To change the name of a bookmark or folder select it then press <keycap >F2</keycap > or choose the <guimenuitem >Rename</guimenuitem > item from the <guimenu >Edit</guimenu > menu or the pop up menu that appears when you <mousebutton >right</mousebutton > click on the item. Similarly, you can edit the &URL; by pressing <keycap >F3</keycap > or choosing the <guimenuitem > Change URL</guimenuitem > menu item.</para> <para >The <guilabel >Bookmark Editor</guilabel > lets you import bookmarks from a range of other browsers into &konqueror;'s bookmark list, putting them into a new folder or replacing all current bookmarks. To do this select <guisubmenu >Import</guisubmenu > from the <guimenu >File</guimenu > menu. The <menuchoice ><guimenu >File</guimenu ><guisubmenu >Export</guisubmenu > </menuchoice > option can be used to export &konqueror;'s bookmarks to a &Netscape; or Mozilla browser.</para> <para >If you often use the &Netscape; browser as well as &konqueror;, then rather than importing your &Netscape; bookmarks into &konqueror; it is better to select the <guimenuitem >Show Netscape Bookmarks in Konqueror Windows</guimenuitem > item in the <guimenu >Settings</guimenu > menu. If you do this any updates to &Netscape;'s bookmarks are automatically seen by &konqueror;.</para> <para >To select which bookmark subfolder is used to hold the Bookmark Toolbar items select the subfolder then choose <guimenuitem >Set as Toolbar Folder</guimenuitem > from the <guimenu >Edit</guimenu > menu.</para> <para >If you are tidying up your bookmarks and have forgotten what a particular web page is, you can easily open it from within the <guilabel > Bookmark Editor</guilabel > by <mousebutton >right</mousebutton > clicking on the item and selecting <guimenuitem >Open in Konqueror</guimenuitem > from the pop up menu. If you just want to check that the &URL; is still valid select <guimenuitem >Check Status</guimenuitem > instead.</para> <important ><para >Don't forget to save your changes with <menuchoice > <guimenu >File</guimenu ><guimenuitem >Save</guimenuitem ></menuchoice > or <keycombo action="simul" >&Ctrl;<keycap >S</keycap ></keycombo > before you leave the <guilabel >Bookmark Editor</guilabel >. </para ></important> </sect1 > </chapter> <!-- Local Variables: mode: sgml sgml-omittag: nil sgml-shorttag: t sgml-minimize-attributes: nil sgml-general-insert-case: lower sgml-parent-document:("index.docbook" "book" "chapter") End: -->