If you often use more than one Web page at a time, tabbed browsing may make it easier to switch between them. Load Web sites in separate tabs within one window. The advantage is that you keep more control over your desktop because you only have one main window. After logout, the KDE session management allows for saving your Web session in Konqueror. The next time you log in, Konqueror loads the exact URLs visited last time.

To open a new tab, select Window+New Tab or press Ctrl+Shift+N. To change the behavior of tabs, go to Settings+Configure Konqueror. In the dialog box that opens, select Web Behavior+Tabbed Browsing. To open new tabs instead of windows, enable Open links in new tab instead of in new window. You can also hide the tab bar with Hide the tab bar when only one tab is open. To see more options, press Advanced Options.

In general, scrolling with the mouse is the normal way to view information farther down a Web page. However, there are sometimes occasions when it is preferable not to use a mouse. It can be very convenient to use key combinations instead of removing hands from the keyboard.

To scroll down automatically, use Shift+↓. This scrolls down the page without further intervention. Increase the speed by pressing Shift+↓ again. Pressing Shift+↑ slows down. To stop scrolling, use ↓.

Section 14.1, “Tabbed Browsing” described how to handle tabs in Konqueror. You can save your tabs with URLs and the position of the window in a profile. This differs from the session management already mentioned. With profiles, your saved tabs are at hand without the intensive start-up time of session management.

To create a profile, do the following:

The next time you need your tab collection, go to Settings+Load View Profile and find the name listed in the menu. After you select it, Konqueror restores your tabs.

As in other browsers, you can save Web pages. To do this, select Location+Save as and specify a name for your HTML file. However, images are not saved. To archive an entire Web page including the images, select Tools+Archive Web Page. Konqueror suggests a filename that you can usually accept. The filename ends with .war, the extension for Web archives. To view the saved Web archive later, simply click the respective file and the Web page is displayed in Konqueror along with its images.

Searching with Konqueror is very convenient. You can use the search bar or Web shortcuts.

14.5.2. Using Web Shortcuts¶

Each search engine defined is attached to a web shortcut. This shortcut can be entered in the location bar.

To see which are already defined, go to Settings+Configure Konqueror+Web Shortcuts. You can see the names of the search providers and the shortcuts. Konqueror defines many search engines: Google, Yahoo, and Lycos, and a number of less common resources, like an acronym database, the Internet movie database, and KDE application searches.

If you do not find your preferred search engine here, easily define a new one. For example, to search Novell's Cool Solutions™ for some interesting articles, normally go to http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions, find the search page, and enter your query. This can be simplified by using the following procedure:

Procedure 14.2. Creating New Web Shortcuts

1. Go to the search bar, click the icon, and select Select Search Engines.

2. Make sure that Enable Web Shortcuts is activated.

3. Click New.

4. Create a new Web shortcut:

   1. Assign your Web shortcut a name in Search provider name.

   2. Enter the search URI. Pressing Shift+F1 and clicking in the field opens a small help. The search query is specified as \{@}. The challenge is inserting this at the correct position. Use http://search.novell.com/qfsearch/SearchServlet?sortbydate=true&noredirect=true&index=Cool+Solutions&query=\{@} to search in the Novell Cool Solutions database.

   3. Enter your abbreviations in URI shortcuts. There can more than one, separated by commas.

5. Proceed with Ok.

	Using Shortcuts Directly without Opening Konqueror
You do not need to open Konqueror and enter the Web shortcut. It is also possible to call it directly. Select Run command from the main menu or press Alt+F2. After the dialog box appears, enter your shortcut with the search term.

After creating a new Web shortcut, for example, nc, you can use this in the location bar. The result is displayed in the current window.

Instead of remembering and reentering addresses for sites visited often, you can bookmark these URLs using the Bookmark menu. As well as Web page addresses, you can also bookmark any directories of your local disk in this way.

To create a new bookmark in Konqueror, click Bookmarks+Add Bookmark. Any bookmarks added previously are included as items in the menu. It is a good idea to arrange the bookmark collection by subjects in a hierarchical structure, so that you do not lose track of the different items. Create a new subgroup for your bookmarks with New Bookmark Folder. Selecting Bookmarks+Edit Bookmarks opens the bookmark editor. Use this program to organize, rearrange, add, and delete bookmarks.

If you are using Netscape, Mozilla, or Firefox as additional browsers, it is not necessary to recreate your bookmarks. File+Import+Import Netscape Bookmarks in the bookmark editor enables you to integrate your Netscape and Mozilla bookmarks into your most current collection. The reverse is also possible via Export as Netscape Bookmarks.

Change your bookmarks by right-clicking the entry. A pop-up menu appears in which to select the desired action (cut, copy, delete, etc.). When you are satisfied with the result, save the bookmarks with File+Save. If you only want to change the name or link, just right-click the entry in the bookmark toolbar and select Properties. Change the name and location and confirm with Update.

To save your bookmark list and have instant access to it, make your bookmarks visible in Konqueror. Select Settings+Toolbars+Bookmark Toolbar (Konqueror). A bookmark panel is automatically displayed in the current Konqueror window.

Do not confuse these two languages. Java is an object-oriented, platform-independent programming language from Sun Microsystems. It is frequently used for small programs (applets), which are executed over the Internet for things like online banking, chatting, and shopping. JavaScript is an interpreted scripting language mainly used for the dynamic structuring of Web pages, for example, for menus and other effects.

Konqueror allows you to enable or disable these two languages. This can even be done in a domain-specific way, which means that you can permit access for some hosts and block access for others. Java and JavaScript are often disabled for security reasons. Unfortunately, some Web pages require JavaScript for correct display.

Some Web pages open annoying advertisements. With the help of Konqueror, these windows can be blocked. Proceed as follows:

For any questions or problems that arise when working with Konqueror, refer to the application's handbook, which is available from the Help menu. Konqueror also has a Web page, located at http://www.konqueror.org.