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# 1.2. The Parts of Konqueror

A brief look at the main parts of Konqueror's window:

The Titlebar is the strip across the top of Konqueror's window, and operates in the same way as for other KDE applications. Right click on the central portion to bring up the neat Titlebar menu.

The Menubar is the strip containing the names of the drop-down menus, left click on a name to alternately show and hide that menu, or you can use Alt+the underlined letter in the name as a hot key, for example Alt+E to show the Edit menu. The various menus are described in the Menubar section of this document.

The Toolbar contains icons for commonly used operations. Hover the mouse pointer over an icon to see a brief description of what that icon does, left click to activate the icon. Click the right mouse button on a clear area of the Toolbar to change the appearance and position of the Toolbar.

The Locationbar shows the path to the directory, URL or file being viewed. You can type a path or URL here and press Enter to go to it. The black icon at the left hand end of the Locationbar clears the text entry box.

The Bookmark Toolbar is the area under the Locationbar in the previous screenshot. You can add frequently used bookmarks here, see the Organising Your Bookmarks section of this document.

The Window is the main area of Konqueror and can show you the contents of a directory, a web page, or a document. Using the Window menu you can split Konqueror's main window into one or more separate views, useful for drag and drop operations.

The Status Bar runs across the bottom of the window and often shows general information about whatever the mouse pointer is hovering over. If you have split the main window into a number of views you will get an Status Bar for each view, and it will include a small light at the left hand end to show which is the "active" view. Right clicking on the Status Bar brings up the Status Bar Right Mouse Button Menu.

Don't worry if your Konqueror doesn't look exactly like this screenshot, it is highly configurable and there is no "standard" way of setting it up. In particular:

- You can use the Settings menu to choose whether to show or hide the Menubar, Toolbar, Locationbar and Bookmark Toolbar.

- You can also "flatten" the Toolbar, Locationbar and Bookmark Toolbar by left mouse button clicking on the vertical lines at the left hand end of the bars or move them around by holding the left mouse button mouse button down while you drag these bars around.

For more details of how to change Konqueror's appearance, see the Configuring Konqueror section

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