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<chapter id="bookmarks">
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<chapterinfo>
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<authorgroup>
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<author
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>&Pamela.Roberts;</author>
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<othercredit role="translator"
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><firstname
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>John</firstname
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><surname
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>Knight</surname
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><affiliation
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><address
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><email
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>anarchist_tomato@herzeleid.net</email
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></address
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></affiliation
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><contrib
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>Conversion to British English</contrib
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></othercredit
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>
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</authorgroup>
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<date
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>2003-11-05</date
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> <releaseinfo
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>3.2</releaseinfo
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> </chapterinfo>
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<title
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>Using Bookmarks</title>
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<para
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>Although you can use &konqueror;'s bookmarks to record the locations of your own files and folders, they are most useful when you are surfing the Web, letting you build up a list of useful sites.</para>
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<para
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>To open the <guimenu
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>Bookmarks</guimenu
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> menu you may either <mousebutton
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>left</mousebutton
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> click on the <guimenu
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>Bookmarks</guimenu
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> menu or use the <keycombo action="simul"
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>&Alt;<keycap
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>B</keycap
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></keycombo
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> shortcut. Once the list is visible, you can navigate through it with the arrow keys or with your mouse, then press &Enter; or <mousebutton
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>left</mousebutton
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> click to visit the selected location.</para>
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<para
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>To add a new item to the list use <menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>Bookmarks </guimenu
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><guimenuitem
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>Add Bookmark</guimenuitem
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></menuchoice
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> or <keycombo action="simul"
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>&Ctrl;<keycap
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>B</keycap
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></keycombo
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> or <mousebutton
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>right</mousebutton
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> click on a clear space in the web page or folder view and select <guimenuitem
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>Bookmark this Location</guimenuitem
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> from the pop up menu.</para>
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<para
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>The <guimenu
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>Bookmarks</guimenu
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> list can contain subfolders containing other bookmarks, you can create these with <menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>Bookmarks </guimenu
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><guimenuitem
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>New Bookmark Folder...</guimenuitem
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></menuchoice
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> . To add a bookmark into a subfolder rather than into the main Bookmark list, select the folder from within the <guimenu
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>Bookmarks</guimenu
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> list and use the <guimenuitem
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>Add Bookmark</guimenuitem
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> item in that folder.</para>
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<para
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>You can also access your bookmarks from the <link linkend="sidebar"
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> <guilabel
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>Navigation Panel</guilabel
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></link
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>.</para>
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<sect1 id="orgbmark">
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<title
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>The Bookmark Editor</title>
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<para
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>The <menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>Bookmarks</guimenu
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><guimenuitem
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>Edit Bookmarks</guimenuitem
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> </menuchoice
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> option opens the <guilabel
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>Bookmark Editor</guilabel
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>.</para>
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<para
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>This shows a tree view of your bookmarks and bookmark subfolders. As is usual for tree views in &kde;, subfolders are shown with a small square at the left of the folder name; if the square contains a <keycap
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>+</keycap
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> sign <mousebutton
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>left</mousebutton
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> clicking on it will expand the view to show the contents of that subfolder and the <keycap
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>+</keycap
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> sign will change to <keycap
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>-</keycap
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>, <mousebutton
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>left</mousebutton
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> clicking on the <keycap
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>-</keycap
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> sign will collapse the subfolder view.</para>
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<para
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>To select an item in the list you can <mousebutton
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>left</mousebutton
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> click on it, or you can navigate through the list by using the <keysym
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> Up arrow</keysym
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> and <keysym
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>Down arrow</keysym
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> keys to move around, <keysym
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>Right arrow</keysym
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> to expand a subfolder and <keysym
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> Left arrow</keysym
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> to collapse it.</para>
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<para
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>You can move an item to a different place in the list by using the normal Drag and Drop or <guimenuitem
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>Cut</guimenuitem
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> and <guimenuitem
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> Paste</guimenuitem
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> methods. The order in which the items appear in the <guilabel
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>Bookmark Editor</guilabel
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> is the order they will appear in the <guimenu
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>Bookmarks</guimenu
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> drop down list. The <menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>Insert </guimenu
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><guimenuitem
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>Insert Separator</guimenuitem
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></menuchoice
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> option can be used to insert separating lines into the list wherever you wish.</para>
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<para
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>A new subfolder can be created at the selected point in the list by using the <guimenuitem
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>Create New Folder...</guimenuitem
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> option in the <guimenu
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>Insert</guimenu
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> menu or from the drop down menu you get when you <mousebutton
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>right</mousebutton
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> click on an item in the main part of the window, or with <keycombo action="simul"
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>&Ctrl;<keycap
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>N</keycap
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></keycombo
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> </para>
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<para
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>To change the name of a bookmark or folder select it then press <keycap
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>F2</keycap
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> or choose the <guimenuitem
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>Rename</guimenuitem
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> item from the <guimenu
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>Edit</guimenu
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> menu or the pop up menu that appears when you <mousebutton
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>right</mousebutton
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> click on the item. Similarly, you can edit the &URL; by pressing <keycap
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>F3</keycap
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> or choosing the <guimenuitem
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> Change URL</guimenuitem
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> menu item.</para>
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<para
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>The <guilabel
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>Bookmark Editor</guilabel
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> lets you import bookmarks from a range of other browsers into &konqueror;'s bookmark list, putting them into a new folder or replacing all current bookmarks. To do this select <guisubmenu
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>Import</guisubmenu
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> from the <guimenu
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>File</guimenu
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> menu. The <menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>File</guimenu
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><guisubmenu
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>Export</guisubmenu
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> </menuchoice
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> option can be used to export &konqueror;'s bookmarks to a &Netscape; or Mozilla browser.</para>
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<para
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>If you often use the &Netscape; browser as well as &konqueror;, then rather than importing your &Netscape; bookmarks into &konqueror; it is better to select the <guimenuitem
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>Show Netscape Bookmarks in Konqueror Windows</guimenuitem
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> item in the <guimenu
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>Settings</guimenu
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> menu. If you do this any updates to &Netscape;'s bookmarks are automatically seen by &konqueror;.</para>
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<para
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>To select which bookmark subfolder is used to hold the Bookmark Toolbar items select the subfolder then choose <guimenuitem
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>Set as Toolbar Folder</guimenuitem
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> from the <guimenu
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>Edit</guimenu
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> menu.</para>
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<para
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>If you are tidying up your bookmarks and have forgotten what a particular web page is, you can easily open it from within the <guilabel
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> Bookmark Editor</guilabel
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> by <mousebutton
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>right</mousebutton
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> clicking on the item and selecting <guimenuitem
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>Open in Konqueror</guimenuitem
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> from the pop up menu. If you just want to check that the &URL; is still valid select <guimenuitem
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>Check Status</guimenuitem
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> instead.</para>
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<important
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><para
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>Don't forget to save your changes with <menuchoice
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> <guimenu
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>File</guimenu
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><guimenuitem
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>Save</guimenuitem
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></menuchoice
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> or <keycombo action="simul"
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>&Ctrl;<keycap
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>S</keycap
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></keycombo
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> before you leave the <guilabel
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>Bookmark Editor</guilabel
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>. </para
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></important>
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</sect1
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>
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</chapter>
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