Command Reference
The shortcut key combinations shown in this chapter are the default ones. They can of course be changed.

The Menubar

The Location Menu
N Location New Window 	Open another window.
D Location Duplicate Window 	Open another window, duplicating the current one.
O Location Open Location... 	Open a directory or file by entering its path (for example /home/pam or /home/pam/fred.txt) in a simple dialog box.
L Location Send Link 	Send an email containing a link to the current location.
Location Send File 	Send an email containing the selected file as an attachment.
Location Save Background Image As... 	 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.
S Location Save As... 	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.
Location Save Frame As... 	Similar to Save As... but for use with a web site that uses frames.
P Location Print... 	Print.
Location Print Frame 	Print selected frame of a Web page.
Location Open With Netscape 	Open the web page you are viewing in with Netscape as well.
Q Location Quit 	Close down this instance of .

The Edit Menu
Most items in the Toolbar Edit menu can also be found by clicking on a free area of a view.
Z Edit Undo 	Sometimes lets you reverse a mistaken action.
X Edit Cut 	Puts selected item(s) into the clipboard. If you then do a a Paste the item(s) will be moved from the original location to the new one.
C Edit Copy 	Copy selected item(s) to the clipboard.
V Edit Paste 	Paste item(s) from clipboard to the currently viewed directory.
F2 Edit Rename 	Lets you rename a file or directory without having to open the Properties... dialog box.
Delete Edit Move to Trash 	Move selected item(s) to the Trash directory.
Delete Edit Delete 	Delete the selected item(s).
Delete Edit Shred 	Shred the selected item(s).
F7 Edit Copy Files 	Copy the selected item(s) to another directory.
F8 Edit Move Files 	Move the selected item(s) to another directory.
Edit Create New 	Create a link to an application, URL, Floppy or device, or create a new Directory or text or HTML file. See the Create New...section for more details.
Edit Edit File Type... 	Open the Edit File Type dialog box
Edit Properties.. 	Open the Edit Properties dialog box
+ Edit Select... 	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... 	Unselect file or folder.
U Edit Unselect All 	Unselect all selected files or folders.
Edit Invert Selection 	Invert current selection.
Ctrl U Edit Select All 	Selects all text in a HTML page or in a text page being previewed, you can then Copy it and Paste it into a text editor.
Ctrl F Edit Find 	Find a text string in a text page you are previewing or in an HTML page.
Ctrl F Edit Find in Frame 	Find a text string in an HTML frame.
Edit Go to Line... 	Go to a particular line number in a text page you are previewing.

The View Menu
View View Mode... 	Selects Icon, MultiColumn, Tree, Detailed List or Text 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.
F5 View Reload 	Reload.
Esc View Stop 	Stop load (particularly useful when web browsing).
View Icon Size 	Select size of icons used when wiewing a directory in Icon Mode.
View Sort... 	Choose order in which items are presented in the window when in Icon or MultiColumn View mode.
View Case Insensitive Sort 	Choose whether the sort order in Tree, Detailed List or Text View modes is case sensitive.
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 Security... 	Tells you whether the current browser connection is secured with SSL and lets you bring up the Cryptography Configuration... dialog box. Left clicking on the Menubar padlock icon does the same thing.
View Set Encoding 	Set encoding
Allows you to choose the character encoding used to display HTML pages. Auto is usually the best choice.
View Preview 	Lets you choose to show thumbnails of images, text files or HTML pages instead of the normal icons in Icon or MultiColumn View modes.
View Show Hidden Files 	Show hidden (dot) files.
View Show details... 	Lets you choose which file and directory details are shown in Tree, Detailed List and Text views.
View Background Color... 	Select background color for the File Manager mode.
View Background Image... 	Select background image for the File Manager mode.

The Go Menu
Up Arrow Go Up 	Go up a level in the directory hierarchy.
Left Arrow Go Back 	Go back to the previous view.
Right Arrow Go Forward 	You can only go forward if you've just gone back.
Home Go Home URL 	Go to your home directory.
Go Applications 	Open the directory holding your applications.
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 in a separate window.

The Bookmarks Menu
See the section Using Bookmarks in this manual for a fuller description of these menu items.
B Bookmarks Add Bookmark 	Add current selection to your bookmarks.
Bookmarks Edit Bookmarks... 	Open your bookmarks directory in a separate window.
Bookmarks New Folder 	Create a new folder in your Bookmarks dirctory.

The Tools Menu
F2 Tools Run Command... 	Run a program by entering its name in a simple dialog box.
T Tools Open Terminal... 	Open a terminal window.
Tools Find File... 	Open the application.
If you have plugins installed there will be additional entries in the Tools menu. See the Plugins chapter for further details.

The Settings Menu
See also the section Saving Settings and Profiles.
M Settings Show Menubar 	Show/Hide the menubar.
Settings Show Toolbar 	Show/Hide the toolbar.
Settings Show Extra Toolbar 	Lets you have a second Toolbar.
Settings Show Location Toolbar 	Show/Hide the locationbar.
Settings Show Bookmark Toolbar 	Show/Hide the Bookmark Toolbar.
Settings View Properties Saved in Directory 	Save View properties to current directory.
Settings Remove Directory Properties 	Remove directory properties.
Settings Configure Shortcuts... 	Lets you see and change 's shortcut key bindings, i.e. the associations between actions such as Copy and keys or combinations of keys such a Ctrl V. If you do this take care not to duplicate an existing shortcut.
Settings Configure Toolbars... 	 Lets you configure the Main, Extra and Location Toolbars. See the section Changing Bars.
Settings Configure ... 	Lets you configure the File manager, File Associations, Browser, Internet Keywords, Cookies, Proxies, Cryptography, User Agent, or Toolbars by bringing up the appropriate dialog box.

The Window Menu
See also the section Saving Settings and Profiles.
L Window Split View Left/Right 	Split View Left/Right.
T Window Split View Top/Bottom 	Split View Top/Bottom.
R Window Remove Active View 	Remove Active View.
Window Show Terminal Emulator 	Open a small text terminal view at the bottom of the main window.
F9 Window Show Navigation Panel 	Show/hide the Navigation panel.
Window Save View Profile "File Management" 	Save the current view profile as the default one for File Management mode.
Window Save View Profile "Web Browsing" 	Save the current view profile as the default one for Web Browsing mode.
Window Configure View Profiles... 	Lets you change an existing view profile or create a new one.
Window Load View Profile 	Load a View Profile.
F Window Fullscreen Mode 	Fullscreen Mode.

The Help Menu
Help Handbook 	View this document.
F1 Help What's This? 	Draws a question mark (?) beside the mouse pointer, clicking on a window item such as the Stop button will then display a brief explanation. See Tooltips and What's This ? .
Help Introduction 	Revisit the introductory pages that you got when was first started.
Help Report Bug... 	Report bug.
Help About konqueror... 	Display some brief information about 's version number, authors and license agreement.
Help About KDE... 	Show some information about the version of that you are running.