# The Hotlist

## Hotlist and panels

The Hotlist is an essential part of Opera, easily enabled with the `F4` key. The Hotlist is organized into panels.

There are two permanent panels in Opera: Bookmarks and Contacts.

Right-clicking the top of the Hotlist opens a menu.

You can add your own panels containing Web pages. Many Web sites have special pages intended for this. Some even provide special links that add the panel when clicked. Since the Hotlist area is usually thin and high, suitable pages should have the same aspect ratio.

To add a panel, right-click the top of the hotlist and select Add panel. The page you are viewing will be suggested to use in the panel. If you want a different title or page, type it in.

## Bookmarks

Bookmarks is a list of shortcuts to Web pages. Opera comes pre-installed with a host of popular sites, and you may add as many of your own as you wish.

To go to a bookmark, double-click the bookmark. To open the bookmark in a new window, middle-click the bookmark or press `Shift` and double-click the bookmark. To open the bookmark in the background, press `Ctrl` + `Shift` and double-click the bookmark. You can even drag a bookmark and drop it in the Opera workspace, a document window, the window bar or the personal bar. Pressing `Ctrl` when dropping gives you a new window (on the personal bar a copy of the bookmark). Pressing `Ctrl` + `Shift` opens the bookmark in a new window in the background.

To create a bookmark for the Web page you are currently viewing, click . You can even drag the Address label and drop it in the bookmark list or personal bar.

To find particular bookmarks, enter text in the find field. This will dynamically gather all bookmarks that contain your entered text in a folder called "Find results".

Bookmarks may be organized into sub-folders. To create a sub-folder, first click the folder you want as parent for the sub-folder, then click .

To configure display in the Bookmarks, click . From here you can...

- Select in what order to display your bookmarks
- Turn on and off the find field
- Decide whether to split the bookmark area into two
- Turn on and off column headers

To move sub-folders around, click the folder and hold the mouse button down, move the mouse to where you want to move the folder, and let go of the button.

To open all the bookmarks in a sub-folder, drag and drop the folder into the browsing area.

Note: If the folder contains many entries you will receive a warning dialog.

Right-clicking the bookmark area opens a menu...

## Contacts

Contacts contains contact information about all your friends, such as e-mail address, telephone number and postal address, homepage on the Internet, etc. Unlike Bookmarks, Contacts does not come pre-installed with a host of friends who love you no matter what you do, but hopefully you have some friends you can add here. :O)

To add a new contact, click .

Contacts may be organized into sub-folders, just like Bookmarks. The same functionality applies. Click to create a sub-folder for contacts with something in common, for example your work colleagues, friends, etc.

To configure display in the Contacts, click . From here you can...

- Decide whether to split the contact area into two
- Turn on and off column headers

Right-clicking the contact area opens a menu...

# Toolbars

## Main bar

The main bar contains a set of buttons that help you to do essential Web browsing, including...

- Create new windows for browsing
- Open and save files on your computer
- Print Web pages on paper
- Find text in the Web page
- Show the Hotlist
- Go back and forward between pages you have visited in a window
- Get the newest version of a page (Reload)
- Go to your home page
- Access the bookmarks in your active bookmark folder
- Tile and cascade all your windows in Opera

You can configure the main bar by right-clicking it, or from View on the main menu.

## Personal bar

The personal bar displays bookmarks you use often on the screen all the time, so you can reach them instantly without having to go through the Hotlist.

From Personal bar under View on the main menu, you can select...

- Where on the screen you want the personal bar

Drag and drop works like magic with the personal bar...

- To move a bookmark to the personal bar, drag it from the Hotlist and onto the personal bar; pressing `Ctrl` while doing this simply copies it
- To bookmark an item on the personal bar, drag it from the personal bar to the Hotlist
- To add a page you are viewing to the personal bar, drag the address label in the page window onto the personal bar
- To add a bookmark for a link on a page, drag the link onto the personal bar
- To rearrange the items on your personal bar, just drag them around; as mentioned above, pressing `Ctrl` creates copies

To open a bookmark on the personal bar, just click it. Press `Shift` to open in new window, and `Ctrl` + `Shift` to open in the background.

If you click a bookmark folder on the personal bar, you'll get a menu with all the bookmarks in that folder.

If you right-click on a bookmark on the personal bar, you'll get the bookmark's context sensitive menu.

You can configure the personal bar by right-clicking it, or from View on the main menu.

## Address bar

The address bar consists of (left to right)...

1. The padlock icon -- check the level of security on a site
2. The image button -- toggle showing images in the page
3. The mode button -- toggle between author mode and user mode
4. The preview button -- preview printed version of page
5. The address label -- drag as link to bookmark or open
6. The address field -- type in Web page addresses
7. The address dropdown -- access previously typed addresses
8. The Go button -- go to the address you have typed in
9. The search field -- perform Web searches directly
10. The search dropdown -- select which search engine to use
11. The Search button -- execute your search
12. The zoom field -- enter a zoom factor for the Web page
13. The zoom dropdown -- choose between pre-selected factors

You can configure the address bar by right-clicking it, or from View on the main menu.

## Window bar (with MDI)

If you choose to run Opera in Multiple Document Interface (MDI) mode, all your Opera windows will appear inside a single Opera application. The window bar provides an overview of and access to all your open windows, as does the page bar that appears in Single Document Interface (SDI).

You can do the following with the window bar.

Toggle between windows | Click buttons on window bar
Create new, empty page | Double-click window bar
Show menu for window | Right-click button on window bar

You can configure the window bar by right-clicking it, or from View on the main menu.

## Page bar (with SDI)

If you choose to run Opera in Single Document Interface (SDI) mode, all your Opera windows will appear in separate Opera applications. You can still have multiple pages inside each of the Opera windows. The page bar gives you access to these pages through nice tabs, and replaces the window bar that appears in Multiple Document Interface (MDI).

You can do the following with the page bar.

Toggle between pages | Click tabs on page bar
Create new, empty page | Double-click page bar
Open page in new window | Double-click tab
Close page | Press `Shift` and click tab
Show menu for page | Right-click tab

You can do about anything with drag and drop from and to the page bar.

Drag to Hotlist | Add bookmark for page
Drag to personal bar | Add page to personal bar
Drag to page bar in other window | Move page to other window
Drag from personal bar | Open page

You can configure the page bar by right-clicking it, or from View on the main menu.

# Other bars

## Status bar

When you are pointing to something with your mouse, the status bar will display information about it. This includes...

- Buttons on toolbars
- Entry fields such as the address field
- Bookmarks in the Hotlist
- Contacts in the Hotlist
- Links in Web pages

You can decide which browser to identify as by clicking the area on the status bar which says "Identify as..."

The status bar can also show the time.

You can configure the status bar by right-clicking it, or from View on the main menu.

## Progress bar

When a Web page loads, a progress bar displays the following information (left to right):

1. Percentage of page document transferred to your computer
2. Number of images transferred and total
3. Total amount of data transferred
4. Average data transfer speed during loading of page
5. Time passed since loading started
6. Current status of page loading

## Learn more

Learn more about fine-tuning toolbars

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