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Mouse Button Actions
If you click the mouse button on an item in Konqueror's window, it will be “activated”. Thus
click on an icon in the Toolbar to do whatever that icon is supposed to do.
click on an item in the Menubar to make that menu drop down.
click on a menu item to do that thing.
click on an icon in the Bookmark Toolbar to open that URL.
click on a link in a web page to make Konqueror follow that link.
click on a folder icon or name and Konqueror will descend into (show the contents of) that folder.
click on a file name or icon and Konqueror will do whatever it thinks appropriate, based on the file type. In general this means opening HTML pages, or previewing text, image or KOffice files, showing them within Konqueror's window (“Preview” means that you can see the file but not change it).
Konqueror decides what the file type is by matching the filename extension against a list of known types. If that fails it tries to guess the type from the file contents. You can change the list of known file types and associated actions with the File Associations page of the -> dialog.
Clicking the mouse button on a file or folder name or icon does essentially the same as clicking except that it usually does it in a new Konqueror window, unless the Open links in new tab instead of in new window box has been checked in the page of the -> dialog. Konqueror can open links on pages and , as well as the , , and entries in a new tab or window.
Holding the Shift key down while pressing the mouse button will open the link in the background.
If you click the mouse button when the mouse cursor is over a blank part of the main view (not over a link or file name or icon) Konqueror will copy the contents of the clipboard into the Location Toolbar and try to use that as a URL.
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