Like all KDE applications, Konqueror is highly configurable. This document describes how Konqueror behaves with the normal, default settings.
A three button mouse can be useful when you are running Konqueror or any other KDE application. If your mouse only has two buttons then you should be able to set your system up so that you can simulate a mouse button by pressing both buttons at the same time.
You can read more about mouse usage in the section called “ and Mouse Button Actions”
If you are used to having to double-click to perform an action, then take care, because in common with the rest of KDE, Konqueror defaults to single-clicking.
Being a combined File Manager and Browser, Konqueror will automatically switch between the two modes as needed when it is running, but it is convenient to be able to choose which mode is to be used when you start it up.
If you have a house shaped icon on the panel or desktop, then click on it to open Konqueror as a file manager.
Or world shaped icon on the panel or desktop to open Konqueror in browser mode.
click onFrom the menu, select -> to start it as a browser, or to launch Konqueror in file manager mode.
Alt+F2
will open a Run Command dialog box, type
konqueror
(lower case) and press
Enter or the button to start in
file
manager mode, or just enter a URL such as
http://www.konqueror.org
to start Konqueror as a
browser.
Konqueror is also started automatically when you click on a desktop icon that represents a folder, such as a hard disk drive or the Trash icon.
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