The K Desktop Environment

Chapter 7. Command Reference

7.1. The Menubar

7.1.1. Location (Alt-L)

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->Quit (Ctrl-Q)

Close down Konqueror

7.1.2. Edit (Alt-E)

Note

Most items in the Edit menu can also be found in the View RMB Menu.

Edit->Undo (Ctrl-Z)

Sometimes lets you reverse a mistaken action.

Edit->Cut (Ctrl-X)

Puts selected item(s) into the clipboard, a Paste will then remove the item(s) from the original location.

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->Move to Trash (Ctrl-Del)

Move selected item(s) to the Trash directory.

Edit->Delete (Ctrl-Shift-Del)

Delete the selected item(s).

Edit->Shred

Shred the selected item(s).

Edit->Create new

Create a URL, Floppy or CDROM device link, Application, Directory, File or File System Device.

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

7.1.3. View (Alt-V)

View->View Mode...

Selects Icon, Text, MultiColumn View, Detailed List or Tree 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->Print... (Ctrl-P)

Print.

View->Print Frame (Ctrl-P)

Print selected frame of a Web page

View->Icon Mode...

Select size of icons and position of text used when wiewing a directory in Icon Mode.

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->Save Background Image As...

Save background image

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.

View->Save As...

Save

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.

View->Save Frame As...

Similar to Save As but for use with a web site that uses frames.

View->Set Encoding

Set encoding

Allows you to choose the character encoding used to display HTML pages. "Auto" is usually the best choice.

View->Sort...

Choose order in which items are presented in the window.

View->Image Preview

Preview image.

View->Show Hidden Files

Show hidden (dot) files

View->Background Color...

Select background color

View->Background Image...

Select background image

7.1.4. Go (Alt-G)

Go->Up (Ctrl-UpArrow)

Go up a level in the directory hierarchy

Go->Back (Ctrl-LeftArrow)

Go back to the previous view

Go->Forward (Ctrl-RightArrow)

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->Directory Tree

Show the directory tree in 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 at ~/.kde/Autostart in a separate window.

7.1.5. Bookmarks (Alt-B)

Bookmarks->Edit Bookmarks...

Open your bookmarks directory ~/.kde/share/apps/kfm/bookmarks in a separate window

Bookmarks->Add Bookmark (Ctrl-B)

Add current selection to your bookmarks.

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 Bookmarkbar entries.

7.1.6. Tools (Alt-T)

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.

7.1.7. Settings (Alt-S)

Settings->Show Menubar

Show/Hide the menubar

Settings->Show Toolbar

Show/Hide the toolbar

Settings->Show Location Toolbar

Show/Hide the locationbar

Settings->Show Bookmark Toolbar

Show/Hide the bookmarkbar

Settings->Save View Properties to Directory

Save View properties to directory.

Settings->Remove Directory Properties

Remove directory properties.

Settings->Configure

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

7.1.8. Window (Alt-W)

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 Directory Tree

Show the directory tree in a new pane in the current window.

Window->Show Terminal Emulator

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

Window->Save/Remove View Profile

Save/Remove View Profile

Window->Load View Profile

Load View Profile

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

Fullscreen Mode

7.1.9. Help (Alt-H)

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.

Help->Report Bug...

Report bug

Help->About konqueror...

About konqueror

Help->About KDE...

About KDE