The K Desktop Environment

Chapter 8. Command Reference

8.1. The Menubar

8.1.1. The Location Menu

Location->New Window (Ctrl+N)

Open another Konqueror window.

Location->Duplicate Window (Ctrl+D)

Open another Konqueror window, duplicating the current one.

Location->Open Location (Ctrl+O)

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

Location->Save Background Image As...

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

Location->Save As... (Ctrl+S)

Only applies if you are viewing a document or web page, uses the Save As dialog 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.

Location->Print... (Ctrl+P)

Print.

Location->Print Frame (Ctrl+P)

Print selected frame of a Web page.

Location->Open With Netscape

Open the web page you are viewing in Konqueror with Netscape as well.

Location->Quit (Ctrl+Q)

Close down Konqueror.

8.1.2. The Edit Menu

Note

Most items in the Toolbar Edit menu can also be found by right mouse button clicking on a free area of a view.

Edit->Undo (Ctrl+Z)

Sometimes lets you reverse a mistaken action.

Edit->Cut (Ctrl+X)

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.

Edit->Copy (Ctrl+C)

Copy selected item(s) to the clipboard.

Edit->Paste (Ctrl+V)

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

Edit->Rename (F2)

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

Edit->Move to Trash (Del)

Move selected item(s) to the Trash directory.

Edit->Delete (Shift+Del)

Delete the selected item(s).

Edit->Shred (Ctrl+Shift+Del)

Shred the selected item(s).

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 dialog box

Edit->Properties..

Open the Edit Properties dialog box

Edit->Select (Ctrl++)

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 dialog 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.

Edit->Unselect (Ctrl+-)

Unselect file or folder.

Edit->Unselect All (Ctrl+U)

Unselect all selected files or folders.

Edit->Invert Selection (Ctrl+*)

Invert current selection.

Edit->Select All (Ctrl+U)

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.

Edit->Find (Ctrl+F)

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

Edit->Find in Frame (Ctrl+F)

Find a text string in an HTML frame.

Edit->Go to Line...

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

8.1.3. 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.

View->Reload (F5)

Reload.

View->Stop (Esc)

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... dialog 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 Color...

Select background color for the File Manager mode.

View->Background Image...

Select background image for the File Manager mode.

8.1.4. The Go Menu

Go->Up (Alt+Up Arrow)

Go up a level in the directory hierarchy.

Go->Back (Alt+Left Arrow)

Go back to the previous view.

Go->Forward (Alt+Right Arrow)

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

Go->Home URL (Ctrl+Home)

Go to your home directory.

Go->Applications

Open the directory holding your applications.

Go->SideBar Configuration

Opens the directory holding details of your SideBar in a separate window.

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.

8.1.5. The Bookmarks Menu

Note

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

Bookmarks->Add Bookmark (Ctrl+B)

Add current selection to your bookmarks.

Bookmarks->Edit Bookmarks...

Open your bookmarks directory in a separate window.

Bookmarks->New Folder

Create a new folder in your Bookmarks dirctory.

Bookmarks->Netscape Bookmarks

To see and use your Netscape® bookmarks.

Bookmarks->Bookmark Toolbar

To see, edit and use your Bookmark Toolbar entries.

8.1.6. The Tools Menu

Tools->Run Command... (Alt+F2)

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

Tools->Open Terminal... (Ctrl+T)

Open a Konsole terminal window.

Tools->Find File...

Open the KFind application.

8.1.7. The Settings Menu

Note

See also the section Saving Settings and Profiles.

Settings->Show Menubar

Show/Hide the menubar.

Settings->Show Toolbar

Show/Hide the toolbar.

Settings->Show Extra Toolbar

Lets you have a second Toolbar.

Settings->Show Location Toolbar

Show/Hide the locationbar.

Settings->Show Bookmark Toolbar

Show/Hide the Bookmark Toolbar.

Settings->View Properties Saved in Directory

Save View properties to current directory.

Settings->Remove Directory Properties

Remove directory properties.

Settings->Configure Key Bindings...

Lets you see and change Konqueror's key bindings, i.e. the associations between actions such as Copy and keys or combinations of keys such as Ctrl+V.

Settings->Configure Toolbars...

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

Settings->Configure...

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

8.1.8. The Window Menu

Note

See also the section Saving Settings and Profiles.

Window->Split View Left/Right (Ctrl+Shift+L)

Split View Left/Right.

Window->Split View Top/Bottom (Ctrl+Shift+T)

Split View Top/Bottom.

Window->New View On Right

Add a new view at the right of Konqueror's window.

Window->New View At Bottom

Add a new view at the bottom of Konqueror's window.

Window->Remove Active View (Ctrl+Shift+R)

Remove Active View.

Window->Show Sidebar

Show the Sidebar.

Window->Show Terminal Emulator

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

Window->Save View Profile "File Management"

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

Window->Save View Profile "Web Browsing"

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

Window->Configure View Profiles...

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

Window->Load View Profile

Load View Profile.

Window->Fullscreen Mode (Ctrl+Shift+F)

Fullscreen Mode.

8.1.9. The Help Menu

Help->Contents (F1)

Contents

Help->What's This? (Shift+F1)

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 Bubble Help and What's This ? .

Help->Report Bug...

Report bug.

Help->About konqueror...

About Konqueror

Help->About KDE...

Shows you Konqueror's version number, authors and the License agreement.