# The Browser Window

Galeon's interface should be familiar to anyone who has used any popular Web browser like Netscape or Mozilla. There is a menubar at the top of the window, a main toolbar below it, and a statusbar at the bottom of the window. There may also be other toolbars, created by the user for often used bookmarks, as described in .

## The Galeon Browser Window

## Basic Navigation

As with any browser, the most common form of navigation is clicking on links. Galeon also supports a number of other mouse interactions:

- Shift+Left Click: Download link
- Middle Click: Open link in new tab, unless changed in preferences, see
- Shift+Middle Click: Open link in new window
- Right Click: Display context menu

## 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 .

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.

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.

Print...

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

Send Link To...

  Creates an e-mail message referencing the current URL.

View Source

  Shows the current source for the page

Properties

  Shows a dialog containing the properties of the page (e.g. the size, images and links).

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.

Quit

  Closes all open browser windows and quits the program.

  If the "Save session on quit" option is checked on the General Preferences page, then a record of the sites you are currently viewing is saved. 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.

### 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.

Select All

  Selects all the text in the currently selected web page or edit box.

Find...

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

Find Next

  Repeats previous Find.

Find Previous

  Repeats the previous Find (search backwards).

Personal Data

  Opens the Personal data manager.

Toolbar

  Opens the toolbar editor.

Preferences

  Opens the Preferences dialog.

### View Menu

Toolbar

  Toggles the display of the main toolbar.

Bookmarks Toolbars

  Toggles the display of the bookmark toolbars.

Statusbar

  Toggles the display of the statusbar.

Side Pane

  Toggles the display of a side pane, where you can show the browser history, the bookmarks, or any Sidebars added from web pages.

Fullscreen

  Toggles full screen mode, which is described in more detail in .

Images

  Allows toggling the preference to show images from the current server, always, or never.

  You set the policy for showing images for the current server.

Encoding

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

Styles

  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.

Zoom In

  Increases the sizes of the fonts on the page.

Zoom Out

  Decreases the sizes of the fonts on the page.

Normal Size

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

Stop

  Stops the current page load

Reload

  Reloads the current page.

### Web Menu

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

Cookies

  Cookie permissions can 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.

  To view the current settings for all the sites, use the Cookie page of the Personal Data Manager.

Popups

  Unrequested popup windows can be enabled for this site, or globally using the options on this submenu.

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.

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.

### Go Menu

The first six items in this menu, Back, Forward, Up, Home page, are simply copies of the corresponding toolbar buttons, which are described in .

Other entries in the Go menu are:

History...

  Shows the history window or dock, which contains a list of all previously visited locations. You can learn more about the dialog in .

My Portal

  Open the "My portal" page

Location

  Highlight the "Location" entry

At the bottom of the menu is a dynamically generated list of links to pages that have been recently visited in this window.

### Bookmarks Menu

Add Bookmark...

  Creates a new bookmark from the current web page. A dialog will open allowing selection of the location to place the new bookmark.

Add Tabs as Folder...

  Creates a new folder of bookmarks, containing all the tabs in the current window. A dialog will open allowing selection of the location to place the new folder.

Edit Bookmarks...

  Opens the bookmarks editor.

The bottom portion of the menu consists of a listing of all of your bookmarks.

### Tab Menu

Previous tab

  Selects the previous tab.

Next tab

  Selects the next tab.

Move tab left

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

Move tab right

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

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.

Clone tab

  Creates a copy of the current tab.

Detach tab

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

### Help Menu

Help

  Displays this manual.

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.

## The Main Toolbar

The main toolbar contains controls that let you use Galeon to browse the Web more efficiently.

### The Main Toolbar

You can enable, disable, or rearrange the order of the items appearing in the toolbar. These and other related options are described in . An alphabetical listing of the controls, along with brief descriptions of their functions, follows.

Back button

  Clicking the Back button will go back to the previous page in the browser's history. To get a list of pages in the browser's back history, press and hold the right mouse button when the mouse pointer is over the button.

Back History button

  Clicking the Back history button displays a menu listing the pages in the browser's back history. The menu is identical to the one that is displayed when right-clicking the Back button.

Drag handle icon

  Galeon supports Drag and Drop (DnD) extensively. Pressing and holding the left mouse button on the Link drag icon (blue globe with a red arrow) allows you to drag a copy of the URL to your desktop, a terminal window, the bookmarks editor or temporary bookmarks window, another Galeon window (or tab label in tabbed mode), or any other DnD enabled application. You can also drag links directly from web pages.

Forward button

  Clicking the Forward button will go forward to the next page in the browser's history. To get a list of pages in the browser's forward history, press and hold the right mouse button when the mouse pointer is over the button.

Forward History button

  Clicking the Forward history button displays a menu listing the pages in the browser's forward history. The menu is identical to the one that is displayed when right-clicking the Forward button.

Go button

  Clicking the Go button will load whatever location is currently in the location bar. Clicking the button with the middle mouse button will load the page in a new window or tab, useful for cloning the current browser.

Home button

  Clicking the Home button will load your home page, which can be set as described in . Clicking the button with the middle mouse button will load your home page in a new window or tab.

Location entry

  The Location entry is where you enter URLs that you want to visit. Once you have typed an address into the entry, pressing Enter or clicking on the Go button will load the page.

  The Location entry also keeps a history of previous addresses that were typed into it. Pressing the arrow button will display a list of recently typed URLs. If the Go button is turned on, clicking on an item in this list will replace the contents of the entry bar but will not load the page. If the Go button is turned off, the page will automatically be loaded.

  Finally, the location entry supports autocompletion. Once you start typing in the location bar, your history will be searched and the first possible match will be displayed. If this is not the URL you had in mind, continue typing or hit the Tab key. If you hit the Tab key, a list of all possible matches will be display below the location bar. Click on an item or use the up/down arrow keys and press Enter to load the desired URL.

New button

  Clicking the New button will open a either a new window or a new tab, depending on the value of the Open in tabs by default setting on the Tabs page of the Preferences window. To choose whether the new browser should be in a window or a tab, press and hold the right mouse button when the mouse pointer is over the button and select the appropriate item from the menu that results.

Reload button

  Clicking the Reload button will reload the page that is currently being viewed.

Spinner

  The Spinner is the Galeon equivalent of the "throbber" in Netscape or Mozilla . During a page load, the spinner plays back an animation. Clicking on the spinner will take you to the Galeon homepage. The animation shown is taken from the current GNOME icon theme, which you can change from the GNOME Control Center.

Stop button

  Pressing the Stop button immediately stops the loading of the current page.

Up button

  Clicking the Up button will load the page in the next-highest directory of the current URL. For example, pressing the button while at `http://www.example.com/a/b/` would cause the URL `http://www.example.com/a/` to be loaded.

Zoom control spinbutton

  The Zoom control spinbutton allows you to easily change the size of the fonts on the page being viewed. Pressing the up arrow will increase the size of the fonts on the page, while pressing the down arrow will decrease the size of the fonts on the page. Additionally, you can set the zoom to an arbitrary number by typing in the entry field.

## The Statusbar

The statusbar at the bottom of the window displays messages relating to network activity, and also contains a meter showing the progress of the page currently being loaded and a security icon. When the cursor is over a link, the statusbar shows the target of the link. Some pages contain JavaScript code that writes messages into the statusbar.

### The Statusbar

### Padlock icon

When viewing web pages, Galeon displays a lock icon in the status bar which shows you whether the current site is secure. Clicking the lock icon will open the "Security" tab of the page properties dialog.

An unlocked padlock

  Indicates that this site is insecure. It is possible for eavesdroppers to see sensitive information (such as addresses or credit card numbers) in transit

A locked padlock

  Indicates that this site is secure, information sent to the server is encrypted.

### Popup blocking

If a popup window was blocked, a little "popup blocked" icon will appear to the left of the padlock. If you click the icon, you will be able to add the site to the list of sites that can open popup windows.

You can view the list of sites that can open popup window in the Popup section of the Personal Data manager. The setting for the current site can be altered using the Web Popups menu options.

## Tabbed Browsing

Galeon's "tabbed browsing" feature can help you avoid cluttering your desktop with browser windows. Multiple pages can be stored in a single Galeon window, and you can switch between them with a click of the mouse. The behavior of the tabbed browsing mode can be configured in the "Tabs" page of the Preferences Window.

### Tabbed Browsing in Galeon

To start using tabs, either create a new tab through the File menu or open a link in a new tab by right-clicking it and choosing the Open in a new tab item from the context menu. By default, a tab listing will appear below the toolbar at the top of the window. You can also drag links onto a tab to have that link loaded in a particular tabbed window. This is handy if you want to load a page in a different tab than the one you are currently viewing but don't necessarily want to open a new tab.

You can switch to different pages by clicking on their corresponding tabs. When the tab listing becomes too long to fit in the window, arrows will appear at its right, allowing you to scroll through the listing. Additionally, right-clicking on a tab will display a menu containing all of the tabs. The Previous tab and Next tab menu items in the Tab menu allow you to jump to the previous or next tab in the listing. Finally, you can jump directly to a tab by typing Alt[0-9] where 1 is the first page and 0 is the tenth page.

You can close tabs either by making them active and then using the Close item from the File menu, or by clicking the small "X" button that appears at the right edge of each tab.

Tabs can also be moved, either to different positions in the listing or to different windows altogether, by use of the items in the Tab menu.

## Full Screen Mode

Browsing in full screen mode can be very handy if you're running at a low resolution and find it difficult to fit the contents of pages in Galeon's window.

When you enable this option, through the View menu (described in ) or by hitting the F11 key, the window will be expanded to fill the entire screen and the visibility of the menubar, toolbars, and statusbar will be toggled off. Full screen mode can be toggled off in the same ways that can be used to toggle it on.