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