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The main toolbar contains controls that let you use Galeon to browse the Web more efficiently. You can modify the appearance of the toolbar to display the buttons as icons with or without text labels, or as text labels with no icons. You can also disable some of its items (such as the spinner and go button) to maximize the space available for the location entry bar. These and other related options are described in the section called User Interface in the chapter called Setting Galeon Preferences.
Clicking the back button will go back to the previous page in the window's history. To get a list of pages in the window's history, press and hold the right mouse button when the mouse pointer is over the back button.
Clicking the Forward will go forward to the next page in the window's history. To get a list of pages in the window's history, press and hold the right mouse button when the mouse pointer is over the Forward button.
Pressing the Reload button will reload the page that is currently being viewed.
Pressing the Home button will load your home page, which can be set as described in the section called Homepage in the chapter called Setting Galeon Preferences. Clicking on the Home button with the middle mouse button will load your home page in a new window.
Pressing the Stop button immediately stops the loading of the current page.
The Zoom spinbutton allows you to easily change the size of the fonts on the page being viewed. Pressing the up arrow will increase the size of the fonts on the page, while pressing the down arrow will decrease the size of the fonts on the page. Additionally, you can set the zoom to an arbitrary number by typing in the entry field.
Galeon supports Drag and Drop (DnD) extensively. If you have the appropriate option set, as described in the section called Mouse in the chapter called Setting Galeon Preferences, pressing and holding the left mouse button on the Link drag button (mouse icon) allows you to drag a copy of the URL to your desktop, a terminal window, the bookmarks editor or temporary bookmarks window, another Galeon window (or tab label in tabbed mode), or any other DnD enabled application. You can also drag links directly from web pages.
The Location bar is where you enter URLs that you want to visit. Once you have typed an address into the bar, pressing Enter or clicking on the Go button will load the page.
The Location bar also keeps a history of previous addresses that were typed into it. Pressing the arrow button will display a list of recently typed URLs. If the Go button is turned on, clicking on an item in this list will replace the contents of the entry bar but will not load the page. If the Go button is turned off, the page will automatically be loaded.
Finally, the location bar supports autocompletion. Once you start typing in the location bar, your history will be searched and the first possible match will be displayed. If this is not the URL you had in mind, continue typing or hit the Tab key. If you hit the Tab key, a list of all possible matches will be display below the location bar. Click on an item or use the up/down arrow keys and press Enter to load the desired URL. If you have disabled autocompletion, as described in the section called History in the chapter called Setting Galeon Preferences, hitting Tab will complete the URL that you are typing and will show the alternatives window.
Clicking on the Go button will load whatever location is currently in the location bar. The Go button can be turned off, as described in the section called Layout in the chapter called Setting Galeon Preferences.
The Spinner is the Galeon equivalent of the "throbber" in Netscape or Mozilla . During a page load, the spinner plays back an animation. Clicking on the spinner will take you to the Galeon homepage. You can change the animation that is shown, or turn off the spinner altogether in the preferences dialog.
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