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===Download Manager=== | ===Download Manager=== | ||
Double Clicking a file entry in the Downloads Manager will open/launch the file (provided you haven't moved it yet). | Double Clicking a file entry in the Downloads Manager will open/launch the file (provided you haven't moved it yet). | ||
==Right Click== | ==Right Click== | ||
===Customize | ===Customize the toolbars=== | ||
You can adjust your toolbars to your liking. Right click on any toolbar, and select 'Customize'. While this dialogue is up, you can move buttons around on your toolbars by click-and-drag to the new location. The window that pops up when you do this is a holding area for unused icons. You can drag any item from it onto your toolbars to have it made available, and you can drag any icon from your toolbars onto this box to hide that icon completely. | You can adjust your toolbars to your liking. Right click on any toolbar, and select 'Customize'. While this dialogue is up, you can move buttons around on your toolbars by click-and-drag to the new location. The window that pops up when you do this is a holding area for unused icons. You can drag any item from it onto your toolbars to have it made available, and you can drag any icon from your toolbars onto this box to hide that icon completely. | ||
;Tip: Some toolbar items, such as the Location bar, will expand to take up all available space. | ;Tip: Some toolbar items, such as the Location bar, will expand to take up all available space. | ||
=== | ===Create a keyword bookmark=== | ||
Right clicking in a search box (such as the 'search mozillazine, powered by Google', on the left of this page) and selecting 'add a keyword for this search' lets you make an interactive keyword bookmark. | Right clicking in a search box (such as the 'search mozillazine, powered by Google', on the left of this page) and selecting 'add a keyword for this search' lets you make an interactive keyword bookmark. | ||
;Here is how it works: | ;Here is how it works: | ||
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;From now on, you can search mozillazine (or any other search box you used for this) from your address bar like this: | ;From now on, you can search mozillazine (or any other search box you used for this) from your address bar like this: | ||
:Enter 'moz search topic' in your address bar and click Go! | :Enter 'moz search topic' in your address bar and click Go! | ||
===View selection source=== | |||
Right-click on a highlighted area of a page (obtained by click-and-dragging the mouse, for example) and choose 'View selection source' to display the source code for the selected part of the page only. | |||
Revision as of 11:27, 20 February 2005
Tips from Firefox support
Middle Click
- Note
- Two-button mouse
A Mouse Wheel Click can be used wherever a Middle Click is required in the tips below. For those without middle mouse buttons or mouse wheel, clicking both mouse buttons at the same time also mimics the Middle Click function. Many Laptops mimic the Middle Click function if you click the right and left pads at the same time. Note that CTRL+Click will also open new tabs for links, bookmarks, bookmark folders, history items, and toolbar buttons (see also Firefox : Tips : Keyboard Tips and Mouse-Keyboard Combo Tips).
Opening Tabs
Personal Toolbar
Middle Click on a Bookmark on your Personal Toolbar will open it up in a new tab.
Folders
Middle Click on a folder will open all the bookmarks in the folder in a new tab or tabs. (Note: see [1].)
History
Middle Click on a History item will open the page in a new tab.
Back and Forward buttons
Middle Click on the Back and Forward buttons will open the last/next page in a new tab.
Home button
Middle Click on the Home button will open your homepage in a new tab or tabs.
Links
Middle Click on a link will open that link in a new tab.
Throbber
Middle Click on the Throbber (the 'busy' icon at the top-right) will open the Firefox homepage in a new tab.
Images
Middle Click on "View Image" or "View Background Image" will open the image in a new tab.
Closing Tabs
Middle Click on a tab marker will close that tab.
Double Click
Opening Tabs
Tab Bar
Double Clicking empty space on the Tab Bar will open a 'New Tab.
Download Manager
Double Clicking a file entry in the Downloads Manager will open/launch the file (provided you haven't moved it yet).
Right Click
Customize the toolbars
You can adjust your toolbars to your liking. Right click on any toolbar, and select 'Customize'. While this dialogue is up, you can move buttons around on your toolbars by click-and-drag to the new location. The window that pops up when you do this is a holding area for unused icons. You can drag any item from it onto your toolbars to have it made available, and you can drag any icon from your toolbars onto this box to hide that icon completely.
- Tip
- Some toolbar items, such as the Location bar, will expand to take up all available space.
Create a keyword bookmark
Right clicking in a search box (such as the 'search mozillazine, powered by Google', on the left of this page) and selecting 'add a keyword for this search' lets you make an interactive keyword bookmark.
- Here is how it works
- Give it a name, such as 'Mozillazine search'
- now, assign a keyword to it, such as 'moz'
- click 'ok'
- From now on, you can search mozillazine (or any other search box you used for this) from your address bar like this
- Enter 'moz search topic' in your address bar and click Go!
View selection source
Right-click on a highlighted area of a page (obtained by click-and-dragging the mouse, for example) and choose 'View selection source' to display the source code for the selected part of the page only.
Drag and Drop
Moving bookmarks and folders
You can change a bookmark's position in a folder or move it from one folder to another or move it to another position on the toolbar by highlighting it & clicking on it (WITHOUT LETTING GO) and dragging it to your desired position. A folder can be moved the same way as above tip but u MUST hold down the SHIFT key while dragging. (note: didn't see that SHIFT made any difference) To copy a folder, hold the Ctrl key while dragging.
Icons
You can bookmark the current page by dragging the icon from the location bar to your Bookmarks folder. You can also drag it to the desktop to make an icon for that page. Drag a text file, a link, a picture, etcetera... from your folders or your desktop to Firefox and it will open in Firefox!
Links
"Click-and-drag" a bookmark to the main content window (which is the biggest on the Firefox user interface),so you can open it in a new tab! Dragging a link onto a new tab will open the link in the new tab.
Downloading links
Drag any link to the Download Manager Window to add & download the link. You can also directly download anything from a page by drag and dropping it onto the 'download' icon in your toolbar (provided you put it there in 'right-click > customize').