1 <chapter id="bookmarks">
4 <author>&Pamela.Roberts;</author>
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8 <date>2003-11-05</date>
9 <releaseinfo>3.2</releaseinfo>
12 <title>Using Bookmarks</title>
14 <para>Although you can use &konqueror;'s bookmarks to record the locations of
15 your own files and folders, they are most useful when you are surfing the
16 Web, letting you build up a list of useful sites.</para>
18 <para>To open the <guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu> menu you may either
19 <mousebutton>left</mousebutton> click on the
20 <guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu> menu or use the <keycombo
21 action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>B</keycap></keycombo> shortcut. Once
22 the list is visible, you can navigate through it with the arrow keys or with
23 your mouse, then press &Enter; or
24 <mousebutton>left</mousebutton> click to visit the selected location.</para>
26 <para>To add a new item to the list use <menuchoice><guimenu>Bookmarks
27 </guimenu><guimenuitem>Add Bookmark</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or
28 <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>B</keycap></keycombo> or
29 <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> click on a clear space in the web page or
30 folder view and select <guimenuitem>Bookmark this Location</guimenuitem> from
31 the pop up menu.</para>
33 <para>The <guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu> list can contain subfolders containing
34 other bookmarks, you can create these with <menuchoice><guimenu>Bookmarks
35 </guimenu><guimenuitem>New Bookmark Folder...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> .
36 To add a bookmark into a subfolder rather than into the main Bookmark list,
37 select the folder from within the <guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu> list and use
38 the <guimenuitem>Add Bookmark</guimenuitem> item in that folder.</para>
40 <para>You can also access your bookmarks from the <link linkend="sidebar">
41 <guilabel>Navigation Panel</guilabel></link>.</para>
44 <title>The Bookmark Editor</title>
46 <para>The <menuchoice><guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu><guimenuitem>Edit
47 Bookmarks</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> option opens the <guilabel>Bookmark
48 Editor</guilabel>.</para>
49 <para>This shows a tree view of your bookmarks and bookmark subfolders.
50 As is usual for tree views in &kde;, subfolders are shown with a small square
51 at the left of the folder name; if the square contains a <keycap>+</keycap>
52 sign <mousebutton>left</mousebutton> clicking on it will expand the view to
53 show the contents of that subfolder and the <keycap>+</keycap> sign will
54 change to <keycap>-</keycap>, <mousebutton>left</mousebutton> clicking on the
55 <keycap>-</keycap> sign will collapse the subfolder view.</para>
57 <para>To select an item in the list you can <mousebutton>left</mousebutton>
58 click on it, or you can navigate through the list by using the <keysym>
59 Up arrow</keysym> and <keysym>Down arrow</keysym> keys to move around,
60 <keysym>Right arrow</keysym> to expand a subfolder and <keysym>
61 Left arrow</keysym> to collapse it.</para>
63 <para>You can move an item to a different place in the list by using the
64 normal Drag and Drop or <guimenuitem>Cut</guimenuitem> and <guimenuitem>
65 Paste</guimenuitem> methods. The order in which the items appear in
66 the <guilabel>Bookmark Editor</guilabel> is the order they will appear in the
67 <guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu> drop down list. The <menuchoice><guimenu>Insert
68 </guimenu><guimenuitem>Insert Separator</guimenuitem></menuchoice> option can
69 be used to insert separating lines into the list wherever you wish.</para>
71 <para>A new subfolder can be created at the selected point in the list by
72 using the <guimenuitem>Create New Folder...</guimenuitem> option in the
73 <guimenu>Insert</guimenu> menu or from the drop down menu you get when you
74 <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> click on an item in the main part of the
75 window, or with <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>N</keycap></keycombo>
78 <para>To change the name of a bookmark or folder select it then press
79 <keycap>F2</keycap> or choose the <guimenuitem>Rename</guimenuitem> item from
80 the <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> menu or the pop up menu that appears when you
81 <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> click on the item. Similarly, you can edit
82 the &URL; by pressing <keycap>F3</keycap> or choosing the <guimenuitem>
83 Change URL</guimenuitem> menu item.</para>
85 <para>The <guilabel>Bookmark Editor</guilabel> lets you import bookmarks from
86 a range of other browsers into &konqueror;'s bookmark list, putting them into
87 a new folder or replacing all current bookmarks. To do this select
88 <guisubmenu>Import</guisubmenu> from the <guimenu>File</guimenu> menu. The
89 <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guisubmenu>Export</guisubmenu>
90 </menuchoice> option can be used to export &konqueror;'s bookmarks to a
91 &Netscape; or Mozilla browser.</para>
93 <para>If you often use the &Netscape; browser as well as &konqueror;, then
94 rather than importing your &Netscape; bookmarks into &konqueror; it is
95 better to select the <guimenuitem>Show Netscape Bookmarks in Konqueror
96 Windows</guimenuitem> item in the <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> menu. If you
97 do this any updates to &Netscape;'s bookmarks are automatically seen by
100 <para>To select which bookmark subfolder is used to hold the Bookmark
101 Toolbar items select the subfolder then choose <guimenuitem>Set as Toolbar
102 Folder</guimenuitem> from the <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> menu.</para>
104 <para>If you are tidying up your bookmarks and have forgotten what a
105 particular web page is, you can easily open it from within the <guilabel>
106 Bookmark Editor</guilabel> by <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> clicking
107 on the item and selecting <guimenuitem>Open in Konqueror</guimenuitem> from
108 the pop up menu. If you just want to check that the &URL; is still valid
109 select <guimenuitem>Check Status</guimenuitem> instead.</para>
111 <important><para>Don't forget to save your changes with <menuchoice>
112 <guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Save</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or
113 <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>S</keycap></keycombo> before you leave
114 the <guilabel>Bookmark Editor</guilabel>.
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