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6 <title>Webbrowsing with &konqueror;</title>
7 <para>&konqueror; is &kde;'s open source, standards compliant webbrowser.
10 url="http://www.konqueror.org">http://www.konqueror.org</ulink> where a
11 &konqueror; specific <acronym>FAQ</acronym> can be found.</para>
16 <question><para>Where does the name &konqueror; come from?</para></question>
17 <answer><para>It's a word play on the other browsers' names. After the Navigator and the Explorer comes the Conqueror; it's spelled with a K to show that it's part of &kde;. The name change also moves away from <quote>kfm</quote> (the &kde; file manager, &konqueror;'s predecessor) which represented only file management.</para></answer>
21 <question><para>Can I run &konqueror; without running &kde;?</para></question>
22 <answer><para>Yes. Just install &Qt;, kdelibs and kdebase, and from your favorite window manager just launch &konqueror;. It should work just fine, but if it doesn't (&kde; developers don't test that case often), report it to http://bugs.kde.org and try running "kdeinit" before running &konqueror;, it usually helps.
23 This is of course the same for any other &kde; application. </para>
28 <question><para>Why doesn't &konqueror; show the contents of an image's <sgmltag class="attribute">ALT</sgmltag> attribute in a tooltip?</para></question>
30 There is no standard that states the <sgmltag class="attribute">ALT</sgmltag> attribute should appear as a tooltip. The specification calls for <sgmltag class="attribute">ALT</sgmltag> to be displayed in place of the image, as in text-mode only browsers such at lynx or w3m. Abusing the <sgmltag class="attribute">ALT</sgmltag> attribute is bad for accessibility. Tooltips are supposed to come from the <sgmltag class="attribute">TITLE</sgmltag> attribute and this is implemented in &konqueror;
36 <para>How do I use &konqueror; as a web browser with a proxy?</para>
39 <para>&konqueror; can be used with &HTTP; and &FTP; proxies. To set
40 up the proxy server in &konqueror;, just select
41 <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guisubmenu>Configure
42 &konqueror;...</guisubmenu></menuchoice> from the &konqueror; menu and
43 go to the <guilabel>Proxy</guilabel> tab.</para>
48 <question id="nsbookmark">
49 <para>How do I import bookmarks from another browser into &konqueror; ?</para>
52 <para>To import bookmarks from another browser into &konqueror; select
53 <guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu><guimenuitem>Edit Bookmarks</guimenuitem>
54 and then in the <application>Bookmark Editor</application> select
55 <guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Import</guimenuitem>. Then select
56 the browser you would like to import bookmarks from. In the Open dialog,
57 navigate to the location of the folder or file your bookmarks are
58 contained in and click <guilabel>Open</guilabel>
64 <question><para>How can I make &konqueror; only show certain bookmarks in the bookmarks toolbar?</para></question>
65 <answer><para>In &konqueror; go to <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure &konqueror;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Then select <guilabel>Web Behaviour</guilabel> from the icon list. Under the <guilabel>Bookmarks</guilabel> heading, place a check in the box next to <guilabel>Show only marked bookmarks in bookmark toolbar</guilabel>. Now in the <application>Bookmark Editor</application> an option to <guilabel>Show in Toolbar</guilabel> appears on clicking with the &RMB; on any bookmark entry or in the <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> menu when the entry is highlighted. Folders can also be shown in the bookmarks toolbar in much the same way.</para></answer>
70 <para>How do I fool a site into believing &konqueror; is &Netscape; or
71 some other browser?</para>
74 <para>In &konqueror;, select
75 <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure
76 Konqueror...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and in the configuration
77 dialog, select <guilabel>Browser Identification</guilabel>. Default
78 and site-specific browser identifications can be set from here.</para>
83 <para>&konqueror; is taking a really long time to load webpages, what
84 could cause this?</para></question>
86 <para>Quite often &konqueror; loading webpages slowly is caused by
87 <acronym>DNS</acronym> servers with broken <acronym>IPV6</acronym>
88 support. Adding the following to <filename>/etc/profile</filename> or any
89 other script that is sourced on login should solve this problem:
91 export KDE_NO_IPV6=true
93 for bourne compatible shells, and for C-style shells:
95 setenv KDE_NO_IPV6 true
103 <para>How do I configure &konqueror; to run &Java; applets?</para>
107 <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure
108 &konqueror;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from &konqueror;'s menubar
109 and then select <guilabel>Java & Javascript</guilabel>. Set the
110 <guilabel>Path to Java executable</guilabel> correctly. If it doesn't
111 work, please check the <ulink
112 url="http://www.konqueror.org/javahowto/">Konqueror + Java
113 HOWTO</ulink>.</para>
120 <para>How do I block unrequested popup windows in &konqueror;?</para>
123 <para>&konqueror; has a new 'smart' policy for JavaScript popups. From the
124 &konqueror; main window, select <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
125 <guimenuitem>Configure &konqueror;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and then
126 <guilabel>Java & JavaScript</guilabel>. On the
127 <guilabel>JavaScript</guilabel> tab, under <guilabel>Global JavaScript
128 Policies</guilabel> set the radio button beside <guilabel>Open new
129 windows:</guilabel> to <guilabel>Smart</guilabel>.
136 <para>Why doesn't my banking site work with &konqueror;? It pops up a new
137 window with the login screen in other browsers, but not in
142 Make sure you have Javascript enabled, and the default JavaScript web popups
143 policy set to <guilabel>Ask</guilabel> or <guilabel>Allow</guilabel>. The
144 <guilabel>Smart</guilabel> policy is not always sufficient for some banks.
145 Many banks also require &Java; support. You can find more help on enabling
147 url="http://www.konqueror.org/">http://www.konqueror.org/</ulink>.
154 <para>Can &konqueror; use user-specified stylesheets, like those in the
155 Firefox adblock extention?</para>
158 <para>Yes, you can set &konqueror; to use any kind of valid
159 <acronym>css</acronym> stylesheet to filter webcontent or improve accessibility.
160 From the &konqueror; main window simply click
161 <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
162 <guimenuitem>Configure &konqueror;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and select
163 <guilabel>Stylesheets</guilabel>. Set the radio button to
164 <guilabel>Use user-defined stylesheet</guilabel> and browse to where the
165 stylesheet you want to use is located. Alternatively, you can select
166 <guilabel>Use accessibility stylesheet defined in "Customize"
167 tab</guilabel> and then set your own options.</para>
169 An example of <acronym>css</acronym> rules that implement ad blocking can be
171 <ulink url="http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/adblock">
172 http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/adblock</ulink>.
178 Why does &konqueror; display a plain grey square when I try to view flash animations, even though the flash plugin is installed?
181 Under the latest versions of X.org, having the composite extension loaded can cause problems with the flash plugin. Try disabling the composite extension and see if normal flash operation is restored.
187 <para>Why can't &konqueror; render &GIF; images?</para>
190 <para>It is because you did not enable &GIF; support in &Qt;. Please see
191 <xref linkend="gif"/> for more details.</para>
196 <question><para>When I try to open a web page with &konqueror;, I get the
197 message: <quote>There appears to be a configuration error. You have
198 associated Konqueror with text/html, but it cannot handle this file
202 <para>You need to make sure that the embedding settings for the text/html
203 <acronym>MIME</acronym> type are correct:
205 <listitem><para>In &konqueror;, go to
206 <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure
207 &konqueror;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and then to the <guilabel>File
208 Associations</guilabel> page.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Open
209 text->html in the tree view.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Click on the
210 <guilabel>Embedding</guilabel> tab. Make sure that <guilabel>Left Click
211 Action</guilabel> is set to <guilabel>Show file in embedded
212 viewer</guilabel>, and that <guilabel>KHTML (khtml)</guilabel> is at the top
213 of <guilabel>Services Preference Order</guilabel>.</para></listitem>