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- <h1>Customizing &brandFullName;</h1>
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- <div class="contentsBox">In this section:
- <ul>
- <li><a href="#toolbars">Toolbars</a></li>
- <li><a href="#add_ons">Add-ons (extensions and themes)</a></li>
- </ul>
- </div>
- <h2 id="toolbars">Toolbars</h2>
-
- <p>This will tell you how to rearrange, hide, add, and remove toolbars in
- &brandShortName;. For those who are unfamiliar with the terminology, a toolbar
- is the (usually gray) box above the area that the web site is displayed.</p>
-
- <ul>
- <li class="noMac"><strong>Menu Bar</strong>: This is the toolbar that contains
- the browser menus (File, Edit, Help, etc.).</li>
- <li><strong>Navigation Bar</strong>: This is the toolbar that contains the
- Location Bar and the buttons used to navigate web sites.</li>
- <li><strong>Bookmarks Toolbar</strong>: This is the toolbar that contains
- your Bookmarks Toolbar Folder bookmarks.</li>
-
- </ul>
-
- <p>There are two basic methods of customizing the toolbars in
- &brandShortName;:</p>
-
- <ul>
- <li><a href="#rearranging_toolbar_items">Rearranging Toolbar Items</a></li>
- <li><a href="#adding_removing_toolbars">Hiding, Adding, and Removing
- Toolbars</a></li>
- </ul>
-
- <h3 id="rearranging_toolbar_items">Rearranging Toolbar Items</h3>
-
- <p>To rearrange the items (icons, buttons, text boxes, etc.) on your toolbar,
- <span class="noMac">right-click</span><span class="mac">press &ctrlKey; and
- click</span> on any part of the toolbar that is not a text box and select
- <span class="menuPath">Customize...</span>. This will bring up the toolbar
- customization dialog.</p>
-
- <p>Drag and drop any items you want to and from the toolbars <span class=
- "noMac">(excluding the menu items)</span>. You can also rearrange icons
- already on the toolbars by dragging and dropping them wherever you wish. When
- the toolbars and items are arranged the way you want them, click
- <em>Done</em>.</p>
-
- <h4 id="special_toolbar_items">Special Toolbar Items</h4>
-
- <p>There are a few special items that are available to you when customizing the
- toolbar. They are as follows:</p>
-
- <ul>
- <li><strong>Separators:</strong> These allow you to separate items on the
- toolbars with a small vertical line.</li>
- <li><strong>Spacers:</strong> These allow you to separate items on the
- toolbars with a fixed-size space, usually around 20 pixels on most
- themes.</li>
- <li><strong>Flexible spacers:</strong> Spacers allow you to separate items
- on the toolbars with a space. These spacers automatically resize to fill
- all of the empty space on the toolbar. These are good for positioning
- items on the right of a toolbar.</li>
- </ul>
-
- <h3 id="adding_removing_toolbars">Hiding, Adding, and Removing Toolbars</h3>
-
- <p>You can hide the Navigation Toolbar and the Bookmarks Toolbar if you do not
- wish to keep them on your screen. <span class="noMac">You cannot hide the Menu
- Bar because you cannot move the menu items (File, Edit, Help, etc.) to a
- different toolbar, and they must stay on the screen at all times.</span></p>
-
- <p>To show or hide a toolbar, select <span class="menuPath">View > Toolbars</span>
- and click the name of the toolbar you want to show or hide.</p>
-
- <p>To add a custom toolbar, select <span class="menuPath">View > Toolbars
- > Customize</span>. Click on <em>Add New Toolbar</em> (in the bottom of the
- dialog). This will give you a dialog to enter a name. If you enter a name and
- click <em>OK</em>, your new toolbar appears. Now you can drag and drop items
- to it. To remove a custom toolbar, drag and drop all the items from it, and
- click Done. You can also hide a custom toolbar as described in the previous
- paragraph.</p>
-
- <h2 id="add_ons">Add-ons (extensions and themes)</h2>
-
- <p>Add-ons are small pieces of software which change or add to the appearance or
- functionality of &brandShortName;. There are two kinds of add-ons: extensions
- and themes.</p>
-
- <dl>
- <dt>Extensions</dt>
- <dd>Extensions add new functionality to &brandShortName;. They can add
- anything from a toolbar button to a completely new feature. They allow the
- application to be customized to fit the personal needs of each user while
- minimizing the size and appearance of the application itself.</dd>
-
- <dt>Themes</dt>
- <dd>Themes modify &brandShortName;'s appearance. They allow you to change the
- look and feel of &brandShortName; and personalize it to your tastes. A
- theme can simply change button images, or it can change every piece of
- &brandShortName; appearance.</dd>
- </dl>
-
- <h3 id="add_ons_installing">Getting and Installing Add-ons</h3>
-
- <p>You can download and install many add-ons from <a
- href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/" target="_blank">&brandShortName;
- Add-ons</a>. Internet searches will find many other add-ons as well.</p>
-
- <p>When you click on a link to install an add-on, &brandShortName; displays a
- dialog asking you for permission to install the add-on. You can choose to
- allow the download and installation or to cancel the process.</p>
-
- <h2 id="add_ons_manager">Using the Add-ons manager</h2>
- <p>Add-ons are managed in the Add-ons manager. Select <span
- class="menuPath">Tools > Add-ons</span> to open it.</p>
-
- <h3 id="add_ons_updating">Updating Add-ons</h3>
-
- <p>By default, &brandShortName; will periodically check when a new version for
- one of your installed add-ons is available. If any are available, it will
- prompt you at the next start to install any updates. You can change this
- behavior in the <a href="prefs.xhtml#advanced_update"><em>Update</em> tab</a>
- of the <em>Advanced</em> panel of &pref.pluralCaps;.</p>
-
- <p>You can check for updates manually by selecting the <em>Extensions</em> or
- <em>Themes</em> panel and clicking the <em>Find Updates</em> button. If
- updates are available, the Add-ons manager displays an <em>Updates</em>
- panel, where you can choose the updates you want to install. Click the
- <em>Install Updates</em> button to update those add-ons.
- You need to restart &brandShortName; for changes to take effect.</p>
-
- <h3 id="add_ons_uninstalling">Disabling, Enabling, and Uninstalling Add-ons</h3>
-
- <p>If you want to get rid of an extension, you can either disable it temporarily,
- so it is easily available should you want to enable it again in the future,
- or uninstall it. Themes can only be uninstalled since all themes except the
- current one are disabled automatically.</p>
-
- <p>To disable or enable an extension, select the extension of your choice and
- click its <em>Disable</em> or <em>Enable</em> button. To remove an add-on from
- &brandShortName;, select the add-on you wish to remove and click its
- <em>Uninstall</em> button. You need to restart &brandShortName; for changes to
- take effect.</p>
-
- <h3 id="add_ons_further">Further functionality</h3>
-
- <p>Further functionality such as <em>Visit Home Page</em> and <em>About</em> is
- available by selecting the add-on of your choice, <span class="mac">pressing
- &ctrlKey; and clicking on</span><span class="noMac">right-clicking</span> the
- add-on and selecting the respective item from the context menu.</p>
-
- <h3 id="add_ons_specific">Tasks specific to extensions or themes</h3>
- <h4 id="add_ons_configuring_extensions">Configuring Extensions</h4>
-
- <p>Extensions often provide a dialog to configure their functionality. To open
- the &pref.plural; dialog of an extension, select the Extensions panel, select
- the extension of your choice, and click its <em>&pref.pluralCaps;</em> button,
- or simply double-click the extension.</p>
-
- <h4 id="add_ons_switching_themes">Switching Themes</h4>
-
- <p>To switch between your installed themes, select the Themes panel, select the
- theme of your choice, and click its <em>Use Theme</em> button. You need to
- restart &brandShortName; for changes to take effect.</p>
-
- <div class="contentsBox"><em>12 September 2006</em></div>
- <p>Copyright © 2003-2007 Contributors to the Mozilla Help Viewer Project.</p>
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