# 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 (over link): Download link
- Ctrl+Left Click (over image): Download image without prompting for directory
- Middle Click: Open link in a new window or tab (see the Open in tabs by default preference, described in
- Shift+Middle Click: Open link in new tab or window (the opposite of Middle Click's action)
- 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.

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 .

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 .

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 .

Add bookmark to

  Adds a bookmark for the currently loaded URL to one of your bookmarks folders. This option is described in .

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

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 , 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 .

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 , and more about the dialog itself in .

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.

## 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 . Additionally, a context menu allowing control of the appearance of the toolbar is available by clicking a blank space on the toolbar with the right mouse button. 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.

Bookmarks button

  Pressing the Bookmarks button toggles the display of the Bookmarks Editor dock.

Drag handle icon

  Galeon supports Drag and Drop (DnD) extensively. If you have the appropriate option set, as described in , 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.

Find entry

  The Find entry can be used to find text within the current page. Typing text into the entry and pressing Enter repeatedly will cycle through the matching text in the page by highlighting it. If no matches are found, nothing will happen.

  The Find entry also keeps a history of previous searches.

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.

History button

  Pressing the History button toggles the display of the History dock.

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. If you have disabled autocompletion, as described in , hitting Tab will complete the URL that you are typing and will show the alternatives window.

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.

Print button

  Pressing the Print button displays the Print dialog, allowing you to print the current page.

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. You can change the animation that is shown, or turn off the spinner altogether, on the Toolbars page of the Preferences window.

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. To prevent pages from writing to the statusbar, uncheck the Allow statusbar messages option, described in .

The security icon is located in the far right of the statusbar. When the security icon field displays an open lock, the connection to the current web server is not encrypted, and it is possible for eavesdroppers to see sensitive information (such as addresses or credit card numbers) in transit. When the field displays a closed lock, the connection is encrypted.

## 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 (configurably) 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. The easiest way to do this is by holding the left mouse button down on a tab and dragging it either to another tab, another window, or onto the desktop. Alternately, you can use the Move tab left / up and Move tab right / down menu items in the Tab menu to shift a tab within its current tab listing. The Detach tab item will move the currently selected tab into a new window, and the Move tab to another window submenu can be used to move the tab to a specified window.

Clicking on a tab with the right mouse button will display a context menu allowing you to perform several actions specific to that tab, or to switch to another tab in the listing.

## 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. The visibility of these components of the interface can be enabled again by typing the appropriate shortcuts: Shift Ctrl M for the menubar, Shift Ctrl T for the toolbars, and Shift Ctrl S for the statusbar. Full screen mode can be toggled off in the same ways that can be used to toggle it on.

### Tip

It's possible to browse in full screen mode with the menubar, toolbars, and status bar turned off. Navigation controls are available from the context menu or through keyboard shortcuts, and a bookmark listing can be displayed by clicking the middle mouse button. To enter a new URL, just hit Ctrl O to display the dialog box.

## Mouse Gestures

Mouse gestures provide an easy way to quickly issue commands to Galeon without even having to move the mouse outside of the browser window.

Gestures can be enabled for either the middle or right mouse button through the Mouse preferences page. To perform a gesture, depress the appropriate mouse button in the browser part of a Galeon window, move the mouse in one of the following patterns, and then release the button. The cursor will change while the gesture is being performed.

### Back (Left)

### Forward (Right)

### Up a directory (Up - Left - Up)

### Homepage (Up - Left - Down)

### Reload (Up - Down)

### Reload, bypassing proxy and cache (Up - Down - Up)

### Stop loading page (Left - Up)

### New window (Up)

### New tab (Down)

### Clone window (Down - Up)

### Clone tab (Down - Up - Down)

### Close tab/window (Right - Left - Right)

### Close tab/window, second gesture (Down - Right)

### Toggle fullscreen mode (Down - Left)

### Next tab (Up - Right)

### Previous tab (Up - Left)

### View page source ("S": Left - Down - Right - Down - Left)

### "Previous" relative link (Left - Down)

### "Next" relative link (Right - Down)

### "Contents" relative link (Up - Right - Up)