<chapter id="config"> <chapterinfo> <authorgroup> <author>&Pamela.Roberts;</author> <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> </authorgroup> <date>2003-11-06</date> <releaseinfo>3.2</releaseinfo> </chapterinfo> <title>Configuring &konqueror;</title> <para>In common with the rest of &tde;, &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 &tde; 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> dialog box. The Main and Extra Toolbars are divided into sections, such as Main Toolbar <&konqueror;>, Main Toolbar <tdehtmlpart> and Extra Toolbar <tdehtmlsettingsplugin>. 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 dialog 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>If you select <guilabel>Define Shortcut</guilabel>, and then select <guilabel>Advanced</guilabel>, the dialog box below will be shown: </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 dialog 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> dialog 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 dialog box which you can use to control most aspects of &konqueror;'s behavior. It contains several sections which are selected by <mousebutton>left </mousebutton> clicking on one of the icons at the left of the dialog 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>