Using the Toolbars

Press Page Down and Page Up to switch slides

Opera's toolbars includes various sets of clickable buttons, input fields and dropdowns in the user interface.

Tip: Right-click any toolbar for a multiple choice menu.

Main bar

The Main bar consists of a row of buttons that helps you to do essential browsing:

Image	Text	What the button does
	Back Forward	Go back and forth in page history
	Rewind	Jump back in history Go to entry page on this site Go to exit page on previous site (if on entry page)
	Fast forward	Analyze page and go to the most likely next page Follow link rel="next" in page header Follow link in page with text "Next page" or similar Start slideshow if page contains links to multiple images
	Reload	Get the newest version of a page
	Home	Go to your home page
	Hotlist	Show the Hotlist
	Wand	Automatically log in to sites using the Wand
	Voice	Browse the Web by speaking into a microphone
	New	Open new pages for browsing
	Mail	Show your unread mail
	Open Save	Open and save files on your computer
	Print	Print Web pages
	Find	Find text in a page
	Tile Cascade	Arrange your open pages
	Full screen	View Web page on entire screen

Tip: Use drag and drop to rearrange buttons.

Status bar

The Status bar shows useful information when you point your mouse to different items, both in Web pages and in the user interface.

Tip: Drag the status field to another toolbar to save space.

Personal bar

Put your favorite bookmarks, bookmark folders, and Web searches on the Personal bar so you can use them quickly and at any time.

This is how you place items on the Personal bar:

Operation	How to do it
Bookmark link and show on Personal bar	Drag link from Web page to Personal bar
Show bookmark folder on Personal bar	Drag bookmark folder Bookmarks panel to Personal bar
Add search field to Personal bar	Enable searches from the View menu.

These are some of the things you can do with the Personal bar:

Operation	How to do it
Open link on Personal bar	Click the link
Open link in new page	Hold `Shift` and click link
Open link in background	Hold `Ctrl` and `Shift`, then click link
Open all bookmarks in a folder	Click folder and select "Open all folder items", or hold `Ctrl` while dragging folder to Opera's workspace
Search on the Web	Enter text in search field and press `Enter`

Page bar

The Page bar lets you access your open Web pages as tabs. With a few pages open, try this:

Operation	How to do it
Toggle between pages	Click corresponding tabs
Browse in new page	Double-click empty area right of rightmost tab
Close page	Method 1: Hold `Shift` and click tab Method 2: Middle-click tab
Open page in new application window	Drag tab to computer desktop
Bookmark page	Drag tab to Bookmarks panel

Address bar

The Address bar consists of the following items (left to right):

Image	Item	Explanation
	Padlock icon	Security level in current Web page
	Image button	Toggle images in the page
	Preview button	Preview printed version of page
	Style button	Customize page style
	Page icon	Drag to Bookmarks panel or personal bar to create bookmark
	Address field	Enter Web addresses
	Address drop-down button	Access recently typed addresses
	The Go button	Go to the address typed in
	Search field	Search the Web directly
	Search drop-down button	Select search engine
	Zoom field	Zoom in to enlarge text and images, or zoom out to get an overview
	Zoom drop-down button	Choose a preselected zoom

Caution: Always check the level of security on a Web site by hovering the padlock icon before transferring money or sensitive information. Do not proceed if there is no security.

Tip: If you have a Web address on the clipboard, press Ctrl + D to go to the address.

Some sites provide a navigation bar to make site navigation easier. Site navigation is also possible through the Navigation menu.

Button	What it does
Home	Go to current site's start page
Index	Go to index page
Contents	Go to contents page
Search	Search current site
Glossary	Go to glossary page
Help	Get help using active page
First	Go to first page in a series of related pages
Previous	Go to previous page in a series of related pages
Next	Go to next page in a series of related pages
Last	Go to last page in a series of related pages
Up	Go to page one level above active page
Copyright	Get information about current site
Author	Get information about page author

Progress bar

When a page loads, the Progress bar displays the following information (left to right):

How much of the document is transferred
Number of images transferred
Total data transferred
Average transfer speed
Time elapsed since loading started
Textual status of page loading