Browsing The Internet; Finding Information - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 11 - KDE Getting Started Manual

3. To make Dolphin also show hidden files, select View →
Show Hidden Files or press
4. To view more details about the files (like access permis-
sions or ownership), select View → Additional Informa-
tion and enable the respective options.
5. To add further directories to the Places panel, drag a
folder from the working space to the Places panel and
drop it there. Right-click and use the context menu to
hide, edit or remove entries from Places.
6. If you want to add more panels to the main window,
select View → Panels and select additional panels such
as Information, Folders, or Terminal.
• The Information panel shows the properties and a
preview of the currently selected file. It also lets you
add comments to the file.
• The Folder panel shows a tree view of the whole file
system and lets you navigate trough all subdirectories
of /root.
• The Terminal panel attaches a command line to the
bottom of the main Dolphin window. Whenever you
click a directory in the display field, the Terminal
panel also changes to the according directory, so you
can easily switch to the command line for certain
tasks you prefer to execute in a shell.
You can even detach the panels from the main Dolphin
window by clicking the left icon at the top of each panel.
Click the panel's title bar and drag it to another place on
the desktop. To reintegrate the panel into the Dolphin
window again, click the left symbol at the top of the panel
again.
If you want to change Dolphin's overall behavior or view,
select Settings → Configure Dolphin and explore the options
offered in the Dolphin configuration dialog.
1. To use the same view mode for all folders, click View
Modes in the left sidebar. Activate Use Common View
Properties for All Folders on the General tab. Adjust the
options for the individual view modes on the other tabs
according to your wishes and click Apply to save the
changes.
2. If you want Dolphin to show a different default directo-
ry on start-up, or if you want to permanently use the
Alt + +.
editable location bar instead of the bread crumb view,
change the according options on the General tab.
3. Click OK to save the changes and to close the Dolphin
configuration dialog.

Browsing the Internet

Apart from Konqueror (KDE's default Web browser), SUSE
Linux Enterprise Desktop also includes the Firefox Web
browser. To start Konqueror or Firefox, press
enter konqueror or firefox.
With features like tabbed browsing, pop-up window block-
ing, and download and image management, both browsers
combine the latest Web technologies. Their easy access to
different search engines helps you to find the information
you need.
Enter a URL in the location bar to start browsing. To open
a new, empty tab, press
open a link in a new tab, click the link with your middle
mouse button. Right-click the tab itself to access more tab
options. You can create a new tab, reload one or all existing
tabs, or close them. You can also change the sequence of
the tabs by dragging and dropping them to the desired
position.

Finding Information

Both browsers offer different kinds of search options: you
can find information on the Web or you can search the
current Web page for keywords.
Searching the Web
1. To start a search on the Web, click the left icon in the
search bar on the right to open a list of search engines,
like Google* or Wikipedia.
2. Select the desired engine and type your search keywords
into the input field.
3. Press Enter to start the search.
Searching the Current Web Page
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Alt
Ctrl + T and enter a new URL. To
+ F2 and