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199 lines
8.7 KiB
HTML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"[
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<!ENTITY % brandDTD SYSTEM "chrome://global/locale/brand.dtd" >
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%brandDTD;
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]
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>
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
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<head>
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<title>Customizing &brandShortName;</title>
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<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="chrome://help/skin/helpFileLayout.css"/>
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</head>
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<body>
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<h1>Customizing &brandShortName;</h1>
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<div class="contentsBox">In this section:
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#can_i_customize_my_toolbars">Can I Customize My Toolbars?</a></li>
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<li><a href="#how_do_i_customize_the_toolbars">How Do I Customize the Toolbars?</a></li>
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<li><a href="#themes">Themes</a></li>
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<li><a href="#extensions">Extensions</a></li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<h2 id="can_i_customize_my_toolbars">Can I Customize My Toolbars?</h2>
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<p>This will tell you how to add, remove, and rearrange toolbars in &brandShortName;.</p>
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<div>
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Yes, you can customize the toolbars in &brandShortName;. For those who are unfamiliar
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with the terminology, a toolbar is the (usually gray) box above the area that the
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Web site is displayed. The toolbar contains by default the following items:
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<ul>
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<li><strong>Menu Bar</strong>: This is the toolbar that contains the browser menus (File,
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Edit, Help, etc.).</li>
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<li><strong>Navigation Bar</strong>: This is the toolbar that contains the Location bar
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and the buttons used to navigate Web sites.</li>
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<li><strong>Bookmarks Toolbar</strong>: This is the toolbar that contains your Bookmarks
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Toolbar Folder bookmarks.</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<h2 id="how_do_i_customize_the_toolbars">How Do I Customize the Toolbars?</h2>
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<div>
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There are two basic methods of customizing the toolbars in &brandShortName;:
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#adding_removing_toolbars">Adding/Removing Toolbars</a></li>
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<li><a href="#rearranging_toolbar_items">Rearranging Items on the Toolbars</a></li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<h3 id="adding_removing_toolbars">Adding/Removing Toolbars</h3>
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<div>
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You can take away certain toolbars if you do not wish to keep them on your screen.
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Currently, these toolbars can be removed:
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<ul>
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<li>Navigation Toolbar</li>
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<li>Bookmarks Toolbar</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<p>You cannot currently remove the Menu Bar because you cannot move the menu items (File,
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Edit, Help, etc.) to a different toolbar, and they must stay on the screen at all times.</p>
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<p>To remove a toolbar, look in the View menu on your Menu Bar. Go to View > Toolbars.
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You should see a few menu items. The top ones (above the separator) are the toolbars you
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may show. Toolbars currently shown are checked, and toolbars currently hidden are not
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checked. To show or hide a toolbar, simply click its menu item. The toolbar will now be
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shown or hidden based on your choice.</p>
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<p>To add a toolbar, look under the View menu on the Menu Bar. Go to View > Toolbars and click
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<em>Customize</em>. Click on <em>Add New Toolbar</em> (in the bottom of the dialog). This
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should give you a dialog to enter a name. Enter a name, click <em>OK</em>, and then click
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<em>Done</em>. Now open the View > Toolbars menu, and you should see your new toolbar listed.
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Follow the procedures in the previous section to show or hide it.</p>
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<h3 id="rearranging_toolbar_items">Rearranging Toolbar Items</h3>
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<p>To rearrange the items (icons, buttons, text boxes, etc.) on your toolbar, right-click on any
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part of the toolbar that is not a text box. This will bring up the toolbar customization dialog.</p>
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<p>Drag and drop any items you want to and from the toolbars (excluding the menu items). You can
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also rearrange icons already on the toolbars by dragging and dropping them wherever you wish.
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When the toolbars and items are arranged the way you want them, click <em>Done</em>.</p>
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<h3 id="special_toolbar_items">Special Toolbar Items</h3>
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<div>
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There are a few special items that are available to you when customizing the toolbar.
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They are as follows:
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<ul>
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<li><strong>Separators:</strong> These allow you to separate items on the toolbars with a
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small vertical line.</li>
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<li><strong>Spacers:</strong> These allow you to separate items on the toolbars with a
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fixed-size space, usually around 20 pixels on most themes.</li>
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<li><strong>Flexible spacers:</strong> Spacers allow you to separate items on the
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toolbars with a space. These spacers automatically resize to fill all of the empty
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space on the toolbar. These are good for positioning items on the right of a
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toolbar.</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<h2 id="themes">Themes</h2>
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<p>Themes are small files that are installed in &brandShortName; that change the way &brandShortName;
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looks. Themes are not allowed to modify the actions or functionality of &brandShortName;.</p>
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<h3 id="getting_installing_themes">Getting and installing themes</h3>
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<p>You can download and install many themes from
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<a href="http://www.texturizer.net/firebird/themes/">&brandShortName; Help</a> and <a
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href="http://themes.mozdev.org/phoenix">themes.mozdev.org</a>. Internet searches will find
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many other themes as well.</p>
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<p>Usually when you click on a link to install a theme, &brandShortName; displays a dialog
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asking you for permission to install the theme. You have the option of allowing download
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and installation or cancelling process. After a successful installation, you have the
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option of automatically enabling the new theme. <strong>This is currently not recommended due to
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browser bugs that should be resolved by the release of &brandShortName; 1.0.</strong>
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</p>
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<p>If a Save File dialog box is displayed while installing a &brandShortName; theme, simply
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save the theme file to a place of your choosing: to install the theme, go to <a
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href="http://texturizer.net/firebird/themes">&brandShortName; Help</a>. Scroll to the Install
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Local Theme form and browse to select the downloaded theme. When the theme has been selected
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click <em>Install Theme</em>. The theme will now be usable as detailed above.</p>
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<h3 id="uninstalling_themes">Uninstalling themes</h3>
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<p>To uninstall a theme, go to the <em>Tools</em> menu, and click <em>Options</em>. Click
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on the <em>Themes</em> tab to see a list of your installed themes. Click <em>Uninstall
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Firebird Theme</em> to uninstall the theme. <em>Note: the default &brandShortName; theme
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cannot be uninstalled.</em></p>
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<h3 id="changing_themes">Changing Themes</h3>
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<p>To switch between your installed themes, open the <em>Tools</em> menu and click <em>Options</em>.
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Click on the <em>Themes</em> tab in the new dialog box. You should see a list of your installed
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themes. Select a theme and click <em>OK</em>.
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</p>
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<h2 id="extensions">Extensions</h2>
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<p>Extensions are small add-ons to &brandShortName; that change existing browser
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functionality or add new functionality.</p>
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<h3 id="getting_installing_extensions">Getting and Installing Extensions</h3>
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<p>Installing an extension involves a very similar process to installing themes.
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Extensions can be found at <a href="http://www.texturizer.net/firebird/extensions/">
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&brandShortName; Help</a>.</p>
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<h3 id="uninstalling_extensions">Uninstalling Extensions</h3>
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<p>The functionality for uninstalling extensions is not yet present in &brandShortName;, but it will
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be in &brandShortName; 1.0. However, you can currently disable extensions and reverse the effects
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of their installation.</p>
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<h3 id="disabling_extensions">Disabling Extensions</h3>
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<p>To disable an extension in &brandShortName;, go to the <em>Tools</em> menu and select
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<em>Options</em>. Next click the <em>Extensions</em> tab. Select the extension that
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you wish to disable, and then click the <em>Disable</em> button.</p>
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<h3 id="manually_removing_extensions">Manually removing extensions</h3>
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<div>
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<strong>*For advanced users</strong><br/>
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You have to close &brandShortName; to manually remove an extension, so it would be a good idea
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to <a href="#" onclick="window.print();">print this page now</a>.<br/><br/>
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To manually uninstall an extension:
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<ol>
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<li>Close &brandShortName; completely.</li>
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<li>Go to the directory that the extension was installed in (Usually %FBinstallDir%/chrome)</li>
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<li>Delete the folder or .jar file with the same name as the extension.</li>
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<li>Open installed-chrome.txt in a text-editor.</li>
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<li>Remove all the lines with your extension's name in them</li>
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<li>Save the file</li>
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<li>Delete the folder entitled "overlayinfo".</li>
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</ol>
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If all went well, &brandShortName; should open. If &brandShortName; does not start, reinstall
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&brandShortName; after deleting the directory where &brandShortName; is installed. &brandShortName;
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will still use the same profile, so you won't lose settings.
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</div>
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<div class="contentsBox"><em>16 September 2003</em></div>
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<p>Copyright © 2003 Contributors to the Firebird Help Project.</p>
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</body>
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</html>
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