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<chapter id="sidebar">
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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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>2002-09-22</date
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> <releaseinfo
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>3.1</releaseinfo
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> </chapterinfo>
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<title
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>The Navigation Panel</title>
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<para
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>The Navigation Panel appears as a separate view at the left of &konqueror;'s window. It can be invoked with <menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>Window </guimenu
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><guimenuitem
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>Show Navigation Panel</guimenuitem
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></menuchoice
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> or toggled on and off with the <keycap
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>F9</keycap
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> key.</para>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject
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><imagedata format="PNG" fileref="dirtree.png"/></imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase
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>With the Navigation Panel</phrase
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>
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</textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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<para
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>It contains a number of tabbed pages; <mousebutton
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>left</mousebutton
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> click on a tab's icon to view that page. <mousebutton
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>Left</mousebutton
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> clicking on the icon for the visible page will collapse the Navigation Panel so that only the tab icons are visible.</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><guilabel
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>Bookmarks</guilabel
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></term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>This page shows a tree view of your Bookmarks. <mousebutton
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> Left</mousebutton
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> click on an item to open it in the main view.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><guilabel
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>History</guilabel
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></term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>This page shows a tree view of your browsing History. <mousebutton
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>Left</mousebutton
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> clicking on an item will open it in the main view, or you can open it in a new &konqueror; window by <mousebutton
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>right </mousebutton
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> clicking and selecting <guimenuitem
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>New Window</guimenuitem
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> from the pop up menu.</para>
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<para
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>You can remove an item from the history by <mousebutton
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>right </mousebutton
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> clicking on it and selecting <guimenuitem
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>Remove Entry </guimenuitem
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>. Selecting <guimenuitem
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>Clear History...</guimenuitem
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> will clear out the entire history.</para>
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<para
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>The pop up menu you get when you <mousebutton
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>right</mousebutton
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> click on any entry in the History page also gives you the option of choosing whether the entire history is sorted by name or by date.</para>
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<para
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>Selecting <guimenuitem
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>Preferences...</guimenuitem
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> from this pop up menu brings up the <guilabel
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>History Sidebar</guilabel
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> control module. This can be used to set the maximum size of your history and set a time after which items are automatically removed. You can also set different fonts for new and old &URL;s. The <guilabel
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>Detailed tooltips</guilabel
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> checkbox controls how much information is displayed when you hover the mouse pointer over an item in the history page.</para
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></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><guilabel
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>Home Folder</guilabel
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></term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>This page shows a tree view of the subfolders your home folder. Note that <quote
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>hidden</quote
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> folders (those with names beginning with a dot) are not shown. <mousebutton
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>Left</mousebutton
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> click on an item to open it in the main view, or <mousebutton
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>right</mousebutton
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> click to display a pop up menu allowing you to open the subfolder in a new window or as a new tab page of the main view. </para
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></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><guilabel
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>Network</guilabel
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></term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>This page is intended to show a tree view of your important network connections, although local folders can also be included. Again, you can <mousebutton
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>left</mousebutton
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> click on an item to open it in the main view or <mousebutton
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>right</mousebutton
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> click to bring up a menu with a wider range of possibilities.</para>
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<para
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>The folders shown in the <guilabel
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>Network</guilabel
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> page are held in the folder <filename class="directory"
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> ~/.kde/share/apps/konqsidebartng/virtual_folders/remote/</filename
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>, and you can make new ones just as you would make any other subfolder. The items within these folders are held as <literal role="extension"
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>.desktop</literal
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> files and can be created with &konqueror;'s <menuchoice
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><guisubmenu
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>Create New</guisubmenu
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> <guimenuitem
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>Link to Location (URL)...</guimenuitem
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></menuchoice
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> option.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><guilabel
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>Root Folder</guilabel
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></term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>The Root Folder tree has the path <filename class="directory"
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>/</filename
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>, and is the base folder of your system's local files. If you expand the <quote
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>Root</quote
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> folder you will find another folder called <filename class="directory"
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>root</filename
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>. This belongs to the system administrator or Super User and is her home folder. You will also find a folder called <filename class="directory"
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>home</filename
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>, in which you should be able to find your own <quote
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>Home</quote
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> folder again.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><guilabel
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>Services</guilabel
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></term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>This page provides quick access to the following services: </para>
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<para
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>The <guilabel
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>Audio CD Browser</guilabel
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>.</para>
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<para
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><guilabel
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>Devices</guilabel
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>. This shows your hard disc partitions, floppy and &CD-ROM;. <mousebutton
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>Left</mousebutton
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> click on a device or partition name to mount it and display its contents in the main view. A mounted device or partition can be unmounted by <mousebutton
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>right </mousebutton
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> clicking on the device name and selecting <guimenuitem
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>Unmount </guimenuitem
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> from the pop up menu. </para>
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<para
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>The <guilabel
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>LAN Browser</guilabel
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> allows you to browse other machines connected to your Local Area Network.</para>
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<para
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>The <guilabel
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>Print System Browser</guilabel
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> tree gives you quick access to &kde;'s print manager <application
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>Kprinter</application
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>.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para
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>The Navigation Panel configuration can be changed by <mousebutton
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>right </mousebutton
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> clicking on the empty area below the bottom tab icon or by <mousebutton
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>left</mousebutton
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> clicking on the <guilabel
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>Configuration Button</guilabel
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> icon (the top icon in the previous screenshot, it may not be present in your setup). Doing this brings up a menu with the following options:</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><guisubmenu
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>Add New</guisubmenu
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></term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>This option lets you add a new tab page to the Navigation Panel. The new page can contain the <guimenuitem
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>Sidebar Media Player </guimenuitem
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> (a <link linkend="konq-plugin"
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>&konqueror; Plugin</link
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> feature) or a new <guimenuitem
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>Folder</guimenuitem
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> tree view.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><guimenuitem
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>Multiple Views</guimenuitem
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></term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Selecting this option splits the Navigation Panel so that two tab pages can be seen at once.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><guimenuitem
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>Show Tabs Left</guimenuitem
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></term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>This option lets you choose whether the tab icons are shown at the left or right of the Navigation Panel.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><guimenuitem
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>Show Configuration Button</guimenuitem
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></term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Use this option to show or hide the <guilabel
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>Configuration Button</guilabel
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> icon.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para
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><mousebutton
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>Right</mousebutton
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> clicking on a tab icon brings up a menu with the following options:</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><guimenuitem
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>Set URL</guimenuitem
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></term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Only available for folder pages, this option lets you change the &URL; (path) of the folder viewed in that page.</para
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></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><guimenuitem
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>Set Icon</guimenuitem
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></term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>To change the tab icon.</para
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></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><guimenuitem
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>Remove</guimenuitem
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></term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>To remove the tab page from the Navigation Panel.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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