The Navigation Panel appears as a separate view at the left of Konqueror's window. It can be invoked with -> or toggled on and off with the F9 key.
It contains a number of tabbed pages;
click on a tab's icon to view that page. clicking on the icon for the visible page will collapse the Navigation Panel so that only the tab icons are visible.This page shows a tree view of your Bookmarks.
click on an item to open it in the main view.This page shows a tree view of your browsing History. Konqueror window by clicking and selecting from the pop up menu.
clicking on an item will open it in the main view, or you can open it in a newYou can remove an item from the history by . Selecting will clear out the entire history.
clicking on it and selectingThe pop up menu you get when you
click on any entry in the History page also gives you the option of choosing whether the entire history is sorted by name or by date.Selecting from this pop up menu brings up the History Sidebar control module. This can be used to set the maximum size of your history and set a time after which items are automatically removed. You can also set different fonts for new and old URLs. The Detailed tooltips checkbox controls how much information is displayed when you hover the mouse pointer over an item in the history page.
This page shows a tree view of the subfolders your home folder. Note that “hidden” folders (those with names beginning with a dot) are not shown. click on an item to open it in the main view, or click to display a pop up menu allowing you to open the subfolder in a new window or as a new tab page of the main view.
This page is intended to show a tree view of your important network connections, although local folders can also be included. Again, you can
click on an item to open it in the main view or click to bring up a menu with a wider range of possibilities.The folders shown in the Network page are held in
the folder
~/.trinity/share/apps/konqsidebartng/virtual_folders/remote/
, and you can make
new ones just as you would make any other subfolder. The items within
these folders are held as .desktop
files
and can be created with Konqueror's -> option.
The Root Folder tree has the path /
, and is the base folder of your system's
local files. If you expand the “Root” folder you will find
another folder called root
. This
belongs to the system administrator or Super User and is her home folder.
You will also find a folder called
home
, in which you should be able to
find your own “Home” folder again.
This page provides quick access to the following services:
The Audio CD Browser.
Devices. This shows your hard disc partitions, floppy and CD-ROM. click on a device or partition name to mount it and display its contents in the main view. A mounted device or partition can be unmounted by clicking on the device name and selecting from the pop up menu.
The LAN Browser allows you to browse other machines connected to your Local Area Network.
The Print System Browser tree gives you quick access to TDE's print manager Kprinter.
The Navigation Panel configuration can be changed by Configuration Button icon (the top icon in the previous screenshot, it may not be present in your setup). Doing this brings up a menu with the following options:
clicking on the empty area below the bottom tab icon or by clicking on theThis option lets you add a new tab page to the Navigation Panel. The new page can contain the (a Konqueror Plugin feature) or a new tree view.
Selecting this option splits the Navigation Panel so that two tab pages can be seen at once.
This option lets you choose whether the tab icons are shown at the left or right of the Navigation Panel.
Use this option to show or hide the Configuration Button icon.
clicking on a tab icon brings up a menu with the following options:
Only available for folder pages, this option lets you change the URL (path) of the folder viewed in that page.
To change the tab icon.
To remove the tab page from the Navigation Panel.
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