Navigator Preferences

This section describes how to use the Navigator preference panel. If you are not already viewing the panel, follow these steps:

1. Open the Edit menu (Mozilla menu on Mac OS X) and choose Preferences.
2. Choose Navigator.

In this section:

Navigator

History

Languages

Helper Applications

Smart Browsing

Internet Search

Tabbed Browsing

Downloads

 

Navigator Preferences - Navigator

This section describes how to use the main Navigator preferences panel. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:

1. Open the Edit menu (Mozilla menu on Mac OS X) and choose Preferences.
2. Click the Navigator category.


The Navigator preferences panel allows you to customize three aspects of the browser.

 


Navigator Preferences - History

This section describes how to use the History preferences panel. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:

1. Open the Edit menu (Mozilla menu on Mac OS X) and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Navigator category, click History. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Navigator to expand the list.)


The History preferences panel allows you to configure three history settings on Navigator.

For more information about history in Mozilla, see Retracing Your Steps.

 


Navigator Preferences - Languages

This section describes how to use the Languages preferences panel. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:

1. Open the Edit menu (Mozilla menu on Mac OS X) and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Navigator category, click Languages. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Navigator to expand the list.)


The Languages preferences panel allows you to choose the languages and character encoding for displaying web pages:

 


Navigator Preferences - Helper Applications

This section describes how to use the Helper Applications preferences panel. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:

1. Open the Edit menu (Mozilla menu on Mac OS X) and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Navigator category, click Helper Applications. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Navigator to expand the list.)


The Helper Applications preferences panel allows you set up how different file types are opened by other applications in Mozilla:

For more information about handling different file types in Mozilla, see Managing Different File Types.

 


Navigator Preferences - Smart Browsing

This section describes how to use the Smart Browsing preferences panel. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:

1. Open the Edit menu (Mozilla menu on Mac OS X) and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Navigator category, click Smart Browsing. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Navigator to expand the list.)


The Smart Browsing preferences panel allows you to better browse web pages using Internet Keywords, and Location bar autocomplete.

 


Navigator Preferences - Internet Search

This section describes how to use the Internet Search preferences panel. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:

1. Open the Edit menu (Mozilla menu on Mac OS X) and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Navigator category, click Internet Search. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Navigator to expand the list.)


The Internet Search preferences panel allows you to configure how you search using Mozilla:

 


Navigator Preferences - Tabbed Browsing

This section describes how to use the Tabbed Browsing preferences panel. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:

1. Open the Edit menu (Mozilla menu on Mac OS X) and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Navigator category, click Tabbed Browsing. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Navigator to expand the list.)


The Tabbed Browsing preferences panel allows you to set up Tabbed Browsing:

Note: On Mac OS, where instructed to press Control (Ctrl), press Command instead.


Navigator Preferences - Downloads

This section describes how to use the Downloads preferences panel. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:

1. Open the Edit menu (Mozilla menu on Mac OS X) and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Navigator category, click Downloads. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Navigator to expand the list.)


The Downloads preferences panel allows you to set up how Mozilla handles files you download from web pages:

For more information about downloading files from web pages, see Managing Different File Types.

 


7 October 2002


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