2002-09-22
3.1

# Command Reference

The shortcut key combinations shown in this chapter are the default ones. They can of course be changed.

## Special Shortcuts

There are some useful shortcuts that are not shown in any of the menus:

F6

  Sets the focus to the text entry box in the Location Toolbar.

&Ctrl;]

  Activate the next tab page.

&Ctrl;[

  Activate the previous tab page.

## The Menubar

### The Location Menu

&Ctrl;N Location New Window

  Open another &konqueror; window.

&Ctrl;D Location Duplicate Window

  Open another &konqueror; window, duplicating the current one.

&Ctrl;O Location Open Location...

  Open a directory or file by entering its path (for example `/home/pam` or `/home/pam/fred.txt`) in a simple dialogue box.

&Ctrl;L Location Send Link

  Send an email containing a link to the current location.

Location Send File

  Send an email containing the selected file as an attachment.

Location Save Background Image As...

  Only applies if you are viewing a web page with a background image. Opens the Save As dialogue box to let you save the background image file to your own computer.

&Ctrl;S Location Save As...

  Only applies if you are viewing a document or web page, uses the Save As... dialogue box to let you save a copy to your own computer.

Location Save Frame As...

  Similar to Save As... but for use with a web site that uses frames.

&Ctrl;P Location Print...

  Print.

Location Print Frame

  Print selected frame of a Web page.

Location Open With Netscape

  Open the web page you are viewing in &konqueror; with Netscape as well.

&Ctrl;Q Location Quit

  Close down this instance of &konqueror;.

### The Edit Menu

Most items in the Menubar Edit menu can also be found by &RMB; clicking on a free area of a view.

&Ctrl;Z Edit Undo

  Sometimes lets you reverse a mistaken action.

&Ctrl;X Edit Cut

  Puts selected item(s) into the clipboard. If you then do a a Paste the item(s) will be moved from the original location to the new one.

&Ctrl;C Edit Copy

  Copy selected item(s) to the clipboard.

&Ctrl;V Edit Paste

  Paste item(s) from clipboard to the currently viewed directory.

F2 Edit Rename

  Lets you rename a file or directory without having to open the Properties... dialogue box.

Delete Edit Move to Trash

  Move selected item(s) to the Trash directory.

&Shift;Delete Edit Delete

  Delete the selected item(s).

&Ctrl;&Shift;Delete Edit Shred

  Shred the selected item(s).

F7 Edit Copy Files

  Copy the selected item(s) to another directory.

F8 Edit Move Files

  Move the selected item(s) to another directory.

F10 Edit New Directory...

  Create a new sub directory.

Edit Create New

  Create a link to an application, URL, Floppy or &CD-ROM; device, or create a new Directory or text or HTML file. See the Create New...section for more details.

Edit Edit File Type...

  Open the Edit File Type dialogue box

Edit Properties..

  Open the Edit Properties dialogue box

&Ctrl;+ Edit Select...

  Together with the Unselect..., Unselect All and Invert Selection commands, this provides an easy and powerful way of selecting multiple files.

  It brings up a simple dialogue box where you can enter a file name using the wild card characters * and ?, for example entering `*.html` will select all files ending with `.html` while `?a*` will select all files which have the letter a as the second character in their filename.

&Ctrl;- Edit Unselect...

  Unselect file or folder.

&Ctrl;U Edit Unselect All

  Unselect all selected files or folders.

&Ctrl;* Edit Invert Selection

  Invert current selection.

&Ctrl;U Edit Select All

  Selects all text in a HTML page or in a text page being previewed, you can then Copy it and Paste it into a text editor.

&Ctrl;F Edit Find

  Find a text string in a text page you are previewing or in an HTML page.

&Ctrl;F Edit Find in Frame

  Find a text string in an HTML frame.

F3 Edit Find Next

  Find the next occurrence of the text string in the text or HTML page.

Edit Go to Line...

  Go to a particular line number in a text page you are previewing.

### The View Menu

View View Mode...

  Selects Icon, MultiColumn, Tree, Detailed List or Text view mode.

View Use index.html

  If a selected directory contains a file `index.html`, it will be opened as a web page rather than showing the directory as a list of files.

View Lock to current location

  Lock to current location.

View Unlock all views

  Unlock all views.

View Link View

  Link current view to others in a multiple view window.

F5 View Reload

  Reload.

Esc View Stop

  Stop load (particularly useful when web browsing).

View Icon Size

  Select size of icons used when wiewing a directory in Icon Mode.

View Sort...

  Choose order in which items are presented in the window when in Icon or MultiColumn View mode.

View Case Insensitive Sort

  Choose whether the sort order in Tree, Detailed List or Text View modes is case sensitive.

View View Document Source

  View document source text.

  Only available if you are viewing a document or HTML page.

View View Frame Source

  View frame source text

  Only applies if you are viewing a web site that uses frames. Similar to View Document Source.

View Security...

  Tells you whether the current browser connection is secured with SSL and lets you bring up the Cryptography Configuration... dialogue box. Left clicking on the Menubar padlock icon does the same thing.

View Set Encoding

  Set encoding

  Allows you to choose the character encoding used to display HTML pages. Auto is usually the best choice.

View Preview

  Lets you choose to show thumbnails of images, text files or HTML pages instead of the normal icons in Icon or MultiColumn View modes.

View Show Hidden Files

  Show hidden (dot) files.

View Show details...

  Lets you choose which file and directory details are shown in Tree, Detailed List and Text views.

View Background Colour...

  Select background colour for the File Manager mode.

View Background Image...

  Select background image for the File Manager mode.

### The Go Menu

&Alt;Up Arrow Go Up

  Go up a level in the directory hierarchy.

&Alt;Left Arrow Go Back

  Go back to the previous view.

&Alt;Right Arrow Go Forward

  You can only go forward if you've just gone back.

&Ctrl;Home Go Home URL

  Go to your home directory.

Go Applications

  Open the directory holding your applications.

Go Trash

  Open your `Trash` directory in a separate window.

Go Templates

  Open the `Templates` directory in a separate window.

Go Autostart

  Open your `Autostart` directory in a separate window.

### The Bookmarks Menu

See the section Using Bookmarks in this manual for a fuller description of these menu items.

&Ctrl;B Bookmarks Add Bookmark

  Add current selection to your bookmarks.

Bookmarks Edit Bookmarks...

  Open the Bookmark Editor.

Bookmarks New Folder

  Create a new folder in your Bookmarks dirctory.

### The Tools Menu

&Alt;F2 Tools Run Command...

  Run a program by entering its name in a simple dialogue box.

&Ctrl;T Tools Open Terminal...

  Open a &konsole; terminal window.

Tools Find File...

  Open the &kfind; application.

If you have &konqueror; plugins installed there will be additional entries in the Tools menu. See the &konqueror; Plugins chapter for further details.

### The Settings Menu

See also the section Saving Settings and Profiles.

&Ctrl;M Settings Show Menubar

  Show/Hide the menubar.

Settings Toolbars

  Opens a sub menu where you can choose to show or hide the various Toolbars.

Settings View Properties Saved in Directory

  Save View properties to current directory.

Settings Remove Directory Properties

  Remove directory properties.

Settings Save View Profile "File Management"

  Save the current view profile as the default one for File Management mode.

Settings Save View Profile "Web Browsing"

  Save the current view profile as the default one for Web Browsing mode.

Settings Configure View Profiles...

  Lets you change an existing view profile or create a new one.

Settings Load View Profile

  Load a View Profile.

Settings Configure Shortcuts...

  Lets you see and change &konqueror;'s shortcut key bindings, i.e. the associations between actions such as Copy and keys or combinations of keys such a &Ctrl;V. If you do this take care not to duplicate an existing shortcut.

Settings Configure Toolbars...

  Lets you configure the Main, Extra and Location Toolbars. See the section Changing Bars.

Settings Configure &konqueror;...

  Lets you configure the File manager, File Associations, Browser, Internet Keywords, Cookies, Proxies, Cryptography, User Agent, or Toolbars by bringing up the appropriate dialogue box.

### The Window Menu

&Ctrl;&Shift;L Window Split View Left/Right

  Split View Left/Right.

&Ctrl;&Shift;T Window Split View Top/Bottom

  Split View Top/Bottom.

&Ctrl;&Shift;R Window Remove Active View

  Remove Active View.

Window Show Terminal Emulator

  Open a small text terminal view at the bottom of the main window.

&Ctrl;&Shift;N Window New Tab

  Open a new, empty, tab page.

&Ctrl;&Shift;D Window Duplicate Tab

  Open a duplicate tab page.

&Ctrl;&Shift;B Window Detach Current Tab

  Show the current tab page in a new instance of &konqueror;.

&Ctrl;W Window Close Current Tab

  Close the current tab page.

&Ctrl;&Shift;F Window Fullscreen Mode

  Fullscreen Mode.

### The Help Menu

Help &konqueror; Handbook

  View this document.

&Shift;F1 Help What's This?

  Draws a question mark (?) beside the mouse pointer, clicking on a window item such as the Stop button will then display a brief explanation. See Tooltips and What's This ? .

Help &konqueror; Introduction

  Revisit the introductory pages that you got when &konqueror; was first started.

Help Report Bug...

  Report bug.

Help About &konqueror;...

  Display some brief information about &konqueror;'s version number, authors and licence agreement.

Help About KDE...

  Show some information about the version of &kde; that you are running.