Customize navigation buttons like back, home, bookmarks and reload

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Created: Nov 22, 2009, 6:18:00 AM
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The Navigation toolbar contains the tools used to navigate to websites, as well as the Location bar and Search bar.

* If you find that one of the items below is missing from your toolbar, see the [[Back and forward or other toolbar items are missing|Toolbar items missing]] article to restore them.

{for linux}
{note}'''Firefox on Linux uses icons from your system theme. The icons shown below might not match what you see when using Firefox on Linux systems.'''{/note}
{/for}

= Default Navigation toolbar =
When you first run Firefox, the Navigation toolbar contains the following items:

{for win}
'''Windows 7 and Vista'''
||'''Icon''' | '''Description'''
[[Image:back_forward_vista.png||]] | Go back to the previous page, or forward to the next page in history
[[Image:reload_vista.png||]] | Reload the current page
[[Image:stop_vista.png||]] | Stop loading the current page
[[Image:home_vista.png||]] | Open your home page(s)||

'''Windows XP'''
||'''Icon''' | '''Description'''
[[Image:back_forward_xp.png||]] | Go back to the previous page, or forward to the next page in history
[[Image:reload_xp.png||]] | Reload the current page
[[Image:stop_xp.png||]] | Stop loading the current page
[[Image:home_xp.png||]] | Open your home page(s)||
{/for}
{for mac}
||'''Icon''' | '''Description'''
[[Image:back_forward_icon_mac.png||]] | Go back to the previous page, or forward to the next page in history 
[[Image:reload_icon_mac.png||]] | Reload the current page
[[Image:stop_icon_mac.png||]] | Stop loading the current page
[[Image:home_icon_mac.png||]] | Open your home page(s)||
{/for}
{for linux}
||'''Icon''' | '''Description'''
[[Image:back_icon_linux.png||]] | Go back to the previous page in history
[[Image:forward_icon_linux.png||]] | Go or forward to the next page in history
[[Image:reload_icon_linux.png||]] | Reload the current page
[[Image:stop_icon_linux.png||]] | Stop loading the current page
[[Image:home_icon_linux.png||]] | Open your home page(s)||
{/for}

== Location and Search tools ==
||'''Display''' | '''Description'''
{for win}[[Image:location_bar_xp.PNG|]]{/for}{for mac}[[Image:fx3-mac-locationbar.png|]]{/for}{for linux}[[Image:location_bar_linux.png|]]{/for} | In the Location bar, the location of the current Web page is displayed. To go to a new Web page, enter a URL and press {for win,linux}{key Enter}{/for}{for mac}{key Return}{/for}.
{for win}[[Image:search_bar_xp.PNG||]]{/for}{for mac}[[Image:fx3-mac-searchbar-item.png|]]{/for}{for linux}[[Image:search_bar_linux.png|]]{/for} | In the Search bar, you can search the Web using the search engine of your choice. To search for a new term, enter your text string in the Search bar and press {for win,linux}{key Enter}{/for}{for mac}{key Return}{/for}.||

= Customizing the toolbar =
You can customize the Navigation toolbar to add any of the following items:
* For more information, see [[how to customize the toolbar|How to customize the toolbar]].

{for win}
'''Windows 7 and Vista'''
||'''Icon''' | '''Description'''
[[Image:Toolbar_separator.png||]] | A separator to add a visual separation between a group of icons
[[Image:print_vista.png||]] | Print the current page
[[Image:downloads_vista.png||]] | Display of the progress of current downloads through the Downloads Manager
[[Image:history_vista.png||]] | Display the pages you've viewed recently in the History sidebar
[[Image:bookmarks_vista.png||]] | Display your bookmarks  in the Bookmarks sidebar
[[Image:new_tab_vista.png||]] | Open a new browsing tab
[[Image:new_window_vista.png||]] | Open a new browsing window
[[Image:cut_vista.png||]] | Cut
[[Image:copy_vista.png||]] | Copy
[[Image:paste_vista.png||]] | Paste
[[Image:1ac02852251f68821c5828d6ae805417-1258684309-723-1.png||]]| '''(Firefox 3.6)''' Make the Firefox window full-screen ||

'''Windows XP'''
||'''Icon''' | '''Description'''
[[Image:Toolbar_separator.png||]] | A separator to add a visual separation between a group of icons
[[Image:print_xp.png||]] | Print the current page
[[Image:downloads_xp.png||]] | Display of the progress of current downloads through the Downloads Manager
[[Image:history_xp.png||]] | Display the pages you've viewed recently in the History sidebar
[[Image:bookmarks_xp.png||]] | Display your bookmarks  in the Bookmarks sidebar
[[Image:new_tab_xp.png||]] | Open a new browsing tab
[[Image:new_window_xp.png||]] | Open a new browsing window
[[Image:cut_xp.png||]] | Cut
[[Image:copy_xp.png||]] | Copy
[[Image:paste_xp.png||]] | Paste
[[Image:1ac02852251f68821c5828d6ae805417-1258684309-723-2.png||]]| '''(Firefox 3.6)''' Make the Firefox window full-screen ||
{/for}
{for mac}
||'''Icon''' | '''Description'''
[[Image:Toolbar_separator.png||]] | A separator to add a visual separation between a group of icons
[[Image:print_icon_mac.png||]] | Print the current page
[[Image:downloads_icon_mac.png||]] | Display of the progress of current downloads through the Downloads Manager
[[Image:history_icon_mac.png||]] | Display the pages you've viewed recently in the History sidebar
[[Image:bookmarks_icon_mac.png||]] | Display your bookmarks  in the Bookmarks sidebar
[[Image:new_tab_icon_mac.png||]] | Open a new browsing tab
[[Image:new_window_icon_mac.png||]] | Open a new browsing window
[[Image:cut_icon_mac.png||]] | Cut
[[Image:copy_icon_mac.png||]] | Copy
[[Image:paste_icon_mac.png||]] | Paste
[[Image:1ac02852251f68821c5828d6ae805417-1258684309-723-3.png||]]| '''(Firefox 3.6)''' Make the Firefox window full-screen ||
{/for}
{for linux}
||'''Icon''' | '''Description'''
[[Image:Toolbar_separator.png||]] | A separator to add a visual separation between a group of icons
[[Image:print_icon_linux.png||]] | Print the current page
[[Image:downloads_icon_linux.png||]] | Display of the progress of current downloads through the Downloads Manager
[[Image:history_icon_linux.png||]] | Display the pages you've viewed recently in the History sidebar
[[Image:bookmarks_icon_linux.png||]] | Display your bookmarks  in the Bookmarks sidebar
[[Image:new_tab_icon_linux.png||]] | Open a new browsing tab
[[Image:new_window_icon_linux.png||]] | Open a new browsing window
[[Image:cut_icon_linux.png||]] | Cut
[[Image:copy_icon_linux.png||]] | Copy
[[Image:paste_icon_linux.png||]] | Paste
[[Image:1ac02852251f68821c5828d6ae805417-1258685498-848-1.png||]]| '''(Firefox 3.6)''' Make the Firefox window full-screen ||
{/for}


= Spacing the toolbar icons =
You can also add spacing in the toolbar, if desired.

|| '''Icon''' | '''Description'''
[[Image:firefox-toolbar-flexiblespace.png|||]] | You can define flexible space of a predefined width. 
[[Image:firefox-toolbar-space.png||||]] | This spacing tool adapts its width depending on the items in your Navigation bar.||

Revision Content

The Navigation toolbar contains the tools used to navigate to websites, as well as the Location bar and Search bar.

If you find that one of the items below is missing from your toolbar, see the Toolbar items missing article to restore them.

Firefox on Linux uses icons from your system theme. The icons shown below might not match what you see when using Firefox on Linux systems.

When you first run Firefox, the Navigation toolbar contains the following items:

Windows 7 and Vista ||Icon | Description | Go back to the previous page, or forward to the next page in history | Reload the current page | Stop loading the current page | Open your home page(s)||

Windows XP ||Icon | Description | Go back to the previous page, or forward to the next page in history | Reload the current page | Stop loading the current page | Open your home page(s)||

||Icon | Description | Go back to the previous page, or forward to the next page in history | Reload the current page | Stop loading the current page | Open your home page(s)||

||Icon | Description | Go back to the previous page in history | Go or forward to the next page in history | Reload the current page | Stop loading the current page | Open your home page(s)||

Location and Search tools

||Display | Description The image "location_bar_xp.PNG" does not exist. | In the Location bar, the location of the current Web page is displayed. To go to a new Web page, enter a URL and press EnterReturn. The image "search_bar_xp.PNG" does not exist. | In the Search bar, you can search the Web using the search engine of your choice. To search for a new term, enter your text string in the Search bar and press EnterReturn.||

You can customize the Navigation toolbar to add any of the following items:

For more information, see How to customize the toolbar.

Windows 7 and Vista ||Icon | Description | A separator to add a visual separation between a group of icons | Print the current page | Display of the progress of current downloads through the Downloads Manager | Display the pages you've viewed recently in the History sidebar | Display your bookmarks in the Bookmarks sidebar | Open a new browsing tab | Open a new browsing window | Cut | Copy | Paste | (Firefox 3.6) Make the Firefox window full-screen ||

Windows XP ||Icon | Description | A separator to add a visual separation between a group of icons | Print the current page | Display of the progress of current downloads through the Downloads Manager | Display the pages you've viewed recently in the History sidebar | Display your bookmarks in the Bookmarks sidebar | Open a new browsing tab | Open a new browsing window | Cut | Copy | Paste | (Firefox 3.6) Make the Firefox window full-screen ||

||Icon | Description | A separator to add a visual separation between a group of icons | Print the current page | Display of the progress of current downloads through the Downloads Manager | Display the pages you've viewed recently in the History sidebar | Display your bookmarks in the Bookmarks sidebar | Open a new browsing tab | Open a new browsing window | Cut | Copy | Paste | (Firefox 3.6) Make the Firefox window full-screen ||

You can also add spacing in the toolbar, if desired.

|| Icon | Description | You can define flexible space of a predefined width. | This spacing tool adapts its width depending on the items in your Navigation bar.||

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