A User's Guide to Galeon
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# Menus

Depending on your window manager settings, there may be a small dashed line under each menu. Clicking on this allows a menu to be detached from the menubar and to float above the browser window.

## File Menu

New window

  Creates a new browser window and loads the home page into it. Instructions for setting the home page are described in the section called General in the chapter called Setting Galeon Preferences.

New tab

  Creates a new notebook tab in the current browser window and loads the home page into it.

Open...

  Opens a local file. A file selector window is opened, allowing you to browse through the filesystem for the file you'd like to open.

Open URL...

  Opens a dialog with an entry field that you can type a new URL into.

Save As...

  Saves a copy of the current page to disk. A dialog window is opened allowing you to choose the path and filename you'd like to use.

Send link to...

  Creates an e-mail message referencing the current URL.

Print...

  Prints the current page. A dialog window is opened, allowing you to specify various print-related settings.

Save session as...

  Opens a dialog allowing you to save the current session to a file.

Open session...

  Opens a dialog allowing you to choose a session to load.

[Listing of recently-opened sessions]

  Recently-opened sessions are listed here. Clicking one opens it.

Close

  If multiple tabs are open, the currently-selected tab is closed. If only one tab exists in the window, the window is closed. If this window is the only window opened, the program will exit as well.

Exit with session

  Saves a record of the sites you are currently viewing and exits. The next time you run `Galeon`, your session will be restored automatically for you — all the windows and tabs you have open will be reopened, and their contents will be reloaded.

Exit

  Closes all open browser windows and exits the program.

## Edit Menu

Cut

  Copies the currently selected text to the clipboard, and also deletes the original version of the text if it is in an editable field.

Copy

  Copies the currently selected text to the clipboard.

Paste

  If an editable field is selected, any text stored by the clipboard is pasted into it.

Find...

  Opens a dialog box that allows you to search for a word in the page being viewed.

Find next...

  Repeats previous Find.

## View Menu

Menubar

  Toggles the display of the menubar.

Toolbar

  Toggles the display of the main toolbar.

Bookmarks toolbars

  Toggles the display of the bookmark toolbars.

Statusbar

  Toggles the display of the statusbar.

Full screen

  Toggles full screen mode, which is described in more detail in the section called Full Screen Mode.

Zoom

  In

    Increases the sizes of the fonts on the page.

  100%

    Resets the sizes of the fonts on the page to their defaults.

  Out

    Decreases the sizes of the fonts on the page.

Encoding

  Sets the character set used to display the page, bypassing `Mozilla`'s autodetection.

Stylesheet

  Allows you to choose between using the current page's default stylesheet, no stylesheet, or any alternate stylesheets that may be defined by the page.

Page source

  Opens a new window containing the source code for the currently loaded page.

## Tab Menu

Detach tab

  Detaches the currently-selected tab, placing it in a new window.

Move tab to another window

  Clicking on one of the windows listed in this submenu detaches the currently-selected tab and moves it to that window.

Previous tab

  Selects the previous tab.

Next tab

  Selects the next tab.

Move tab left / up

  Moves the currently-selected tab to the previous position in the notebook.

Move tab right / down

  Moves the currently-selected tab to the next position in the notebook.

## Settings Menu

The settings menu offers quick access to some commonly used settings.

Load images

  Images in a page can be set to load Always, From current server only, or Never. If From current server only is selected, only images that originate from the same place as the current page will be loaded.

Animate images

  Animated images in a page can be set to play Continuously, Once, or Never. Continuously means that animations will loop. Once means the animation will play once and then stop. Never means the animation will not be played - only the first frame of the sequence will be displayed.

Proxy

  Galeon's proxy usage can be set to Disabled, Manual, or Auto. These settings are described in more detail in the section called Network in the chapter called Setting Galeon Preferences.

Use own fonts

  Overrides the fonts that the page specifies, instead using the user-selected default fonts.

Use own colors

  Overrides the colors that the page specifies, instead using the user-selected default colors.

Allow Java

  Allows Java code to be executed. This has an effect only if a Java plugin has been installed.

Allow JavaScript

  Allows JavaScript code to be executed.

Allow popups

  Allows pages to open popup windows.

Work offline

  Toggles whether pages should loaded over the network or from the local cache.

Preferences

  Opens the preferences window, where all of `Galeon`'s settings can be viewed and/or modified.

## Bookmarks Menu

Add bookmark

  Adds a bookmark to the default bookmark folder, possibly also opening a dialog box allowing you to name the bookmark. Instructions for setting the default bookmark folder can be found in the section called Bookmarks Editor in the chapter called Using Galeon Bookmarks.

Add bookmark to

  Adds a bookmark for the currently loaded URL to one of your bookmarks folders. This option is described in the section called Bookmarks in the chapter called Setting Galeon Preferences>.

Edit bookmarks...

  Opens the bookmarks editor.

AutoBookmarks

  Displays a listing of automatically created bookmarks based on sites you've recently visited. This is described in the section called Bookmarks in the chapter called Setting Galeon Preferences

Smart Bookmarks Toolbar

  Shows the items on your Bookmarks Toolbar.

The bottom portion of the menu consists of a listing of all of your bookmarks. Depending on the `Show folder actions setting`, described in the section called Bookmarks in the chapter called Setting Galeon Preferences, bookmark-editing actions may be visible at the top or bottom of each folder, or in a context menu accessible by right-clicking on an item or folder.

## Go Menu

The first six items in this menu, Back, Forward, Up, Reload, Home page, and Stop, are simply copies of the corresponding toolbar buttons, which are described in the section called The Main Toolbar.

Under these six items is a dynamically generated list of links to pages that have been recently visited in this window.

## Tools Menu

This menu provides access to several additional browsing-related functions.

Cookies

  You can view all the stored cookies on the Cookies page of the Persistent Data Manager by selecting View cookies.... The View cookie sites... item opens the Cookie Sites page of the Persistent Data Manager, allowing you to set acception/rejection policies for cookies on a per-site basis.

  Cookie permissions can also be set on a per-site basis from this menu. `Allow cookies from this site` allows the currently loaded site to store cookies on your computer. `Block cookies from this site` will prevent the currently loaded site from storing any cookies on your computer.

Images

  Image loading can be controlled on a per-site basis. Allow images from this site will allow the currently loaded site to display images, while Block images from this site will prevent the currently loaded site from displaying any images. To view the list of sites with explicitly set permissions, select View image sites...

Passwords

  You can view all the stored passwords on the Passwords page of the Persistent Data Manager by selecting View passwords.... The View password sites... item opens the Password Sites page of the Persistent Data Manager, allowing you to specify sites for which username/password combinations will not be saved.

History...

  Shows the history window or dock, which contains a list of all previously visited locations. You can learn more about changing history-related settings in the section called History in the chapter called Setting Galeon Preferences, and more about the dialog itself in the section called History in the chapter called Other Tools.

Java console...

  Opens a new window allowing you to read Java-related messages that are emitted.

Javascript console...

  Opens a new window allowing you to read Javascript-related messages that are emitted.

Rerun first time druid...

  Reruns the druid that is run the first time Galeon is started, allowing you to import preferences and bookmarks that are already being used by other browsers installed on your system.

## Help Menu

Galeon FAQ

  Displays the Galeon FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) page.

Galeon manual

  Displays this manual.

Galeon homepage

  Loads the official `Galeon` homepage.

Report a bug

  Loads a page allowing you to report a bug in `Galeon`.

About plugins

  Opens a page in the current window displaying information about the plugins that `Galeon` has been configured to use.

About...

  Displays a window containing information about `Galeon`.

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