Chapter 2. The Browser Window

Table of Contents
Menus
The Main Toolbar
The Statusbar
Context Menus
Full Screen Mode

Galeon's interface should be familiar to anyone who has used any popular Web browser like Netscape or Mozilla. There is a menubar at the top of the window, a main toolbar below it, and a statusbar at the bottom of the window. There may also be other toolbars, created by the user for often used bookmarks, as described in the section called Bookmarks Toolbars in Chapter 4>.

Menus

File Menu

New window

Creates a new browser window and loads the home page into it. Instructions for setting the home page are described in the section called Homepage in Chapter 3>.

Open

Opens a local file. A file selector window is opened, allowing you to browse through the filesystem for the file you'd like to open.

Open URL

Opens a dialog with an entry field that you can type a new URL into.

Save

Saves a copy of the current page to disk. A dialog window is opened allowing you to choose the path and filename you'd like to use.

Print

Not yet implemented.

Close

If multiple windows are open, closes the current window. If only one browser window is open, exits the program.

Exit with Session

Saves a record of the sites you are currently viewing and exits. The next time you run Galeon, your session will be restored automatically for you — all the windows you have open will be reopened, and their contents will be reloaded.

Exit

Closes all open browser windows and exits the program.

Edit Menu

Find

Opens a dialog box that allows you to search for a word in the page being viewed.

View Menu

View source

Opens a new window and displays the source code for the currently loaded page.

View source mode

When this option is selected, all subsequent page loads will display the source code of the page instead of rendering the content.

Menubar

Toggles the display of the menubar.

Toolbar

Toggles the display of the toolbar(s).

Statusbar

Toggles the display of the statusbar.

Full screen

Toggles full screen mode, which is described in more detail in the section called Full Screen Mode>.

Zoom In

Increases the size of the fonts on the page.

Zoom Out

Decreases the size of the fonts on the page.

Settings Menu

The settings menu offers quick access to some commonly used settings.

Load Images

Images in a page can be set to load 'Always', 'Never' or 'From current server only', which will only load images that originate from the server where the page you are viewing is located.

Use own fonts

Overrides the fonts that the page specifies, instead using the user-selected default fonts.

Use own colors

Overrides the colors that the page specifies, instead using the user-selected default colors.

Enable Java

Allows Java code to be executed. This has an effect only if a Java plugin has been installed. Consult the plugins section for more information.

Enable Javascript

Allows Javascript code to be executed.

Use Galeon MIME handling

Makes Galeon attempt to determine the type of the page or file being loaded and act appropriately.

Preferences

Opens the preferences dialog, where all of Galeon's settings can be viewed and/or modified.

Bookmarks Menu

Edit

Opens the bookmarks editor.

Import/Export

Imports Netscape or Mozilla bookmarks into Galeon, or exports Galeon's bookmarks into Netscape or Mozilla.

Add bookmark to

Adds a bookmark for the currently loaded URL to one of your bookmarks folders, possibly also opening a dialog box allowing you to name the bookmark. This option is described in the section called Bookmarks in Chapter 3>.

Add temporary bookmark

Adds a bookmark for the currently loaded URL to the temporary bookmarks.

Show temporary bookmarks

Displays the temporary bookmarks window.

Go Menu

The first five items in this menu are simply copies of the five buttons on the main toolbar, which are described in the section called The Main Toolbar>.

History

Shows the history dialog, which contains a list of all previously visited locations. You can learn more about how to change settings related to this dialog in the section called History in Chapter 3>.

Under the History item is a dynamically generated list of links to the pages that have been visited in this window.

Help Menu

Galeon manual

Displays this manual.

About

Displays a window containing information about Galeon.