Using the Toolbars

This chapter explains Opera's toolbars.

Main bar

The Main bar helps you to do essential browsing:

Tip: Right-click the Main bar to customize it, or use drag and drop to rearrange buttons.

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

Tip: Right-click the Status bar to customize it, or drag the status field to another toolbar to save space.

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 from Hotlist to Personal bar
Add search field to Personal bar	Enable searches from the View menu.

Tip: Right-click an item on the Personal bar for multiple choices.

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`

Tip: Right-click the Personal bar to customize it.

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 Hotlist

Tip: Right-click the Page bar to customize it or manage pages.

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

Item	Explanation
Padlock icon	Indication of the current security level
Image button	Toggle images in the page
Preview button	Preview printed version of page
Style button	Customize page style
Page icon	Drag to e.g. Hotlist 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
Search button	Execute search
Zoom field	Zoom in to enlarge text and images, or zoom out to get an overview
Zoom drop-down button	Choose a preselected zoom

If you have copied a Web address, you can right-click Opera's address field and select "Paste and go".

Tip: Right-click the Address bar to customize it.

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

Tip: Right-click the Navigation bar to customize it.

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