Browser windows enable you to browse between web pages. Figure 1 shows a browser window displaying the home page.
Table 1 describes the components of a browser window.
Table 1 Browser Window Components
Component
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Description
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Menubar
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Contains menus that you use to perform tasks in a browser window.
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Toolbars
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Contain buttons that you use to perform tasks in a browser window. Menus, buttons and text fields that you use for high-speed access to bookmarks and web searches are also located here.
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Address entry
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Drop-down combination box that you use to enter web addresses or search terms.
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View pane
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Displays the contents of the viewed page.
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Statusbar
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Displays status information.
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You can also open a context menu from browser windows. To open this context menu right-click in a browser window. The items in this menu depend on where you right-click. For example, when you open the context menu of a link, you can choose items related to the link. When you open the context menu on the web page itself, you can choose items related to the display of the web page. By opening the context menu of a toolbar item you can choose items related to that toolbar.
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