<chapter id="config"> <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 >2003-11-06</date > <releaseinfo >3.2</releaseinfo > </chapterinfo> <title >Configuring &konqueror;</title> <para >In common with the rest of &kde;, &konqueror; is highly configurable, so you can really get the look and feel that best fits your needs and wishes.</para> <sect1 id="configure-bars"> <title >Toolbars</title> <para >When &kde; is newly installed, &konqueror;'s window contains a Menubar, Main and Location Toolbars and possibly a Bookmark Toolbar.</para> <para >Maybe you don't need all these toolbars. To hide one of them, go into the <menuchoice ><guimenu >Settings</guimenu ><guisubmenu >Toolbars</guisubmenu > </menuchoice > menu and uncheck its box. To show a hidden toolbar, just check the box.</para > <para >The Menubar itself can be toggled on and off with the shortcut key combination <keycombo action="simul" >&Ctrl;<keycap >M</keycap ></keycombo >. </para> <!-- FIXME --> <para >On the left hand end of each bar you can see some vertical lines. By &LMB; clicking on them, you <quote >flatten</quote > the bar, meaning that it is hidden but can be quickly restored by clicking on the now horizontal lines. You can also drag a bar into a new position with these lines.</para> <para >If you <mousebutton >right</mousebutton > click on a Toolbar, you will get a menu to configure this bar. You can choose the orientation, text position and icon size</para> <para >The icons shown in the various bars can be changed by using the <menuchoice ><guimenu >Settings</guimenu > <guimenuitem >Configure Toolbars...</guimenuitem ></menuchoice > option, which brings up the <guilabel >Configure Toolbars</guilabel > dialogue box. The Main and Extra Toolbars are divided into sections, such as Main Toolbar <&konqueror;>, Main Toolbar <khtmlpart> and Extra Toolbar <khtmlsettingsplugin>. The number and type of these sections will depend on whether &konqueror; is in Web Browser or File Manager mode and whether you have &konqueror; plugins installed.</para> </sect1> <sect1 id="configshort"> <title >Shortcuts</title> <para >To change the shortcut key arrangements used by &konqueror; select <menuchoice ><guimenu >Settings</guimenu ><guimenuitem >Configure Shortcuts... </guimenuitem ></menuchoice >. This will launch a dialogue box as shown below. </para> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="shortcut1.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> <textobject> <phrase >Shortcut config screenshot 1</phrase> </textobject> </mediaobject> <para >Search through the combo box to find the action you want to add or change the shortcut keys for and select it by <mousebutton >left</mousebutton > clicking on the name. You will then be able to change the shortcut by selecting the <guilabel >None</guilabel >, <guilabel >Default</guilabel > or <guilabel >Custom</guilabel > radio button or by clicking on the large button in the <guilabel >Shortcut for Selected Action</guilabel > area.</para> <para >The <guilabel >Define Shortcut</guilabel > dialogue box will then open. </para> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="shortcut2.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> <textobject> <phrase >Shortcut config screenshot 2</phrase> </textobject> </mediaobject> <para >Choose whether you want to change the <guilabel >Primary</guilabel > or <guilabel >Alternate</guilabel > shortcut then press the key combination you want to act as the shortcut, for example <keycombo action="simul" > &Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap >S</keycap ></keycombo >. If the <guilabel >Auto-Close</guilabel > box is checked the dialogue will vanish as soon as you enter the key combination, otherwise it will remain until you press <guibutton >OK</guibutton > or <guibutton >Cancel</guibutton >. Clicking on the little black icon with a white cross in it clears the shortcut.</para> <sect2 id="userdefmenus"> <title >User Defined Menus</title> <para >You can add your own pop up menu to &konqueror; so that pressing one key combination will make the menu appear then pressing a second key, or using the <keysym >Up arrow</keysym > and <keysym >Down arrow</keysym > keys and pressing <keycap >Enter</keycap >, will select an item from it.</para> <para >To do this add a <guilabel >Custom</guilabel > shortcut for each of the actions you want to appear in the menu and in the <guilabel >Define Shortcut </guilabel > dialogue check the <guilabel >Multi-Key</guilabel > box, press the key combination that you want to bring up your new menu then, separately, press the key that will choose that item from the menu.</para> </sect2> </sect1> <sect1 id="othersettings"> <title >Other Settings</title> <para >Selecting <menuchoice ><guimenu >Settings</guimenu ><guimenuitem > Configure Konqueror...</guimenuitem ></menuchoice > brings up a dialogue box which you can use to control most aspects of &konqueror;'s behaviour. It contains several sections which are selected by <mousebutton >left </mousebutton > clicking on one of the icons at the left of the dialogue box.</para> <para >Pressing the <guibutton >Help</guibutton > button will give you detailed instructions about how to use each of these sections, or you can use the <link linkend="bubble" >What's This?</link > feature.</para> </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: -->