Managing Your Bookmarks
- 5.1. Overview of the Epiphany Bookmarks System
- 5.2. To Access a bookmark
- 5.3. To Create a New Bookmark
- 5.4. To Select Bookmarks and Topics
- 5.5. To Open a Bookmark in a New Window or Tab
- 5.6. To Create a New Topic
- 5.7. To Add a Bookmark to a Topic
- 5.8. To Remove a Bookmark From a Topic
- 5.9. To Rename a Bookmark or Topic
- 5.10. To Delete a Bookmark or Topic
- 5.11. To Edit a Bookmark's Properties
- 5.12. To Search Your Bookmarks
- 5.13. To Copy the Address of a Bookmark
- 5.14. To Add a Bookmark or Topic to the Toolbar
- 5.15. To Remove a Bookmark or Topic From the Toolbar
- 5.16. Bookmarked Searches
5.1. Overview of the Epiphany Bookmarks System
The Epiphany bookmark system is quite different from the hierarchical file folder method used by most browsers. This design is in keeping with two design principles:
- Building a browser with the simplest interface possible.
- Avoiding the need for the user to remember addresses of sites that the user wants to visit.
Epiphany follows a database like approach to organise bookmarks. An address related to a bookmark is stored with some metadata associated with it. This metadata is then used to retrieve a bookmark later.
In the Epiphany bookmark system, addresses are organised by associating each address with one or more topics. For example, if one were to store a bookmark for GNOME Developers home page, in any other browser, the user might store it under the following hierarchy:
Development -> GNOME -> GNOME developers home page
In Epiphany, the same page could be associated with two topics:
Development -> GNOME developers home page GNOME -> GNOME developers home page
Epiphany allows you to create a single level of topics. Sub-topics are created automatically based on your existing bookmarks and topics.
As a user, you may have a very specific way of arrange your bookmarks into a hierarchy. Epiphany does not support the ability to explicitly construct a hierarchy, and so sometimes you might get frustrated that the hierarchy Epiphany builds isn't exactly what you want.
To ensure that you get the best hierarchy possible:
- Use topics that will come to mind first when trying to recall the bookmark.
- Use multiple topics for bookmarks.
5.2. To Access a bookmark
The primary way to access bookmarks is the bookmarks window. To open the bookmarks window, see Odsek 2.2 ― To Open the Bookmarks Window. A separate window is used for organising bookmarks because that makes it easier to navigate, and also allows it to have search and edit functionalities in the same place. The bookmarks collection can be directly edited from the desktop. In the same place, it is now possible to edit the bookmark title inline, add more topics, remove bookmarks, associate them with more topics with drag and drop, edit properties of a bookmark, etc.
The bookmarks can also be accessed by:
- Typing in a topic in the location bar of the main window drops down a list of bookmarks of that category.
- A word typed into the location bar are automatically searched in the bookmark database and matching bookmarks are shown in a drop down list below the location bar.
- The menu item gives a menu of all the different topics. Bookmarks related to these topics can then be accessed from submenus here. This is closest to the traditional method of accessing bookmarks, and is provided to keep compatibility.
- Bookmarks and topics can be added to the toolbars for easy access. To add a bookmark or topic to a toolbar, drag it from the bookmarks window to the toolbar.
5.3. To Create a New Bookmark
You can create new bookmarks in several ways.
- Browser Window
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- To bookmark the currently viewed page, choose .
- To bookmark a link in the currently viewed page, open the link context menu and choose .
- History Window
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To bookmark the currently selected history link, choose
. Alternatively, choose from the history link context menu in the history window.
5.4. To Select Bookmarks and Topics
You can select bookmarks and topics in several ways. Preglednica 2 describes how to select items in the bookmark window.
Task | Action |
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Select a bookmark or topic | Click on the bookmark or topic. |
Select a group of contiguous bookmarks | Press-and-hold Shift. Select the first bookmark in the group, then select the last bookmark in the group. |
Select multiple bookmarks | Press-and-hold Ctrl. Select the bookmarks one by one. |
Select all bookmarks in a topic | Choose . |
5.5. To Open a Bookmark in a New Window or Tab
- To open a bookmark in a new window perform the following steps:
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- Select the bookmark that you want to open.
- Choose . Alternatively, choose from the context menu of the bookmark.
- To open a bookmark in a new tab perform the following steps:
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- Select the bookmark that you want to open.
- Choose . Alternatively, choose from the context menu of the bookmark.
5.6. To Create a New Topic
To create a new topic, choose
in the Bookmark window. A new topic is created, you can now enter the name of the topic. The topics will appear as submenus in the menu.Alternatively, you can create a new topic on-the-fly when you add a bookmark. See section Odsek 5.7 ― To Add a Bookmark to a Topic.
5.7. To Add a Bookmark to a Topic
To add a bookmark to a topic, choose Topics entry. You can create a new topic on-the-fly by typing its name and selecting Create topic “(name)” from the autocompletion menu.
from the bookmarks context menu in the bookmarks window. Type each topic you want to add this bookmark to in theAlternatively, you may click the Show all Topics expander arrow to show all currently available topics. The list of topics is sorted by relevance, with the most relevant topics on top. Choose the topic(s) to add this bookmark to simply by selecting them. Press when you have finished.
5.8. To Remove a Bookmark From a Topic
To remove a bookmark from a topic, choose Topics entry, remove each topic from which you wish to remove this bookmark.
from the bookmarks context menu in the bookmarks window. By editing theAlternatively, you may click the Show all Topics expander arrow to review all currently selected topics. The list of topics is sorted so that the currently selected topics come first. Choose each topic from which you wish to remove this bookmark, simply by selecting it, and press when you have finished.
5.9. To Rename a Bookmark or Topic
To rename a bookmark or topic perform the following steps:
- Select the bookmark or topic that you want to rename in the bookmarks window.
- Choose . Alternatively, choose from the context menu of the bookmark or topic. The name of the bookmark or topic is selected.
- Type a new name for the topic or bookmark, then press Return.
5.10. To Delete a Bookmark or Topic
To delete a bookmarks or topics perform the following steps:
- Select the bookmark or topic that you want to delete from the bookmarks window.
- Choose . Alternatively, choose from context menu of the bookmark or topic.
5.11. To Edit a Bookmark's Properties
To edit a bookmark's properties, such as it's title and address, select
from the bookmark's context menu in the bookmarks window.5.12. To Search Your Bookmarks
To search through your bookmarks, enter you search term in the Search field. Epiphany will search through all your bookmarks no matter which topic is currently selected.
5.13. To Copy the Address of a Bookmark
To copy the address of a bookmark perform the following steps:
- Select the bookmark.
- Choose . Alternatively, choose from the bookmark's context menu.
5.14. To Add a Bookmark or Topic to the Toolbar
You can add a bookmark or topic to the toolbar in the following ways:
- menu
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Select the bookmark or topic you wish to add, and choose
. - Drag and Drop
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You can drag and drop bookmarks and topics from the bookmarks window onto the toolbar.
If a topic has been added to the toolbar, all the bookmarks in that topic can be opened in new tabs by choosing Open in New Tabs from the menu item of the topic. The new tabs will open at the right of the current tab. All already opened tabs will be preserved.
5.15. To Remove a Bookmark or Topic From the Toolbar
You can remove a bookmark or topic from the toolbar in the following ways:
- menu
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Select the bookmark or topic you wish to remove, and choose
. - Toolbar Editor
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You can remove bookmarks and topics from the toolbar using the toolbar editor as described in Odsek 10.3 ― To Edit Your Toolbars.
5.16. Bookmarked Searches
- 5.16.1. Uvod
- 5.16.2. To Create a Bookmarked Search
- 5.16.3. To Resize a Bookmarked Search on the toolbar
- 5.16.4. Bookmarked Searches Archive
5.16.1. Uvod
Bookmarked Searches are a special kind of bookmark that can take one or more arguments. By using Bookmarked Searches, web searches and queries can be performed without loading a query page first.
All of your Bookmarked Searches will appear in a drop down menu if you enter some text in the address bar, as shown in Slika 2. By selecting the Bookmarked Search, a query using the given text will be performed.
It is also possible to add a Bookmarked Search to a toolbar by selecting Slika 3. You can enter text into the box and press enter to perform the function of the Bookmarked Search.
from the bookmark's context menu. If you do so, you will see its name and a text box, as shown in5.16.2. To Create a Bookmarked Search
Bookmarked Searches can be created by finding out what address a site uses for searching, for example http://www.google.com/search?q=SEARCHPHRASE will start a Google query for SEARCHPHRASE.
To make this address a Bookmarked Search, perform the following steps:
- Add a bookmark for http://www.google.com/search?q=SEARCHPHRASE
- Open the bookmarks window.
- In the SEARCHPHRASE with %s. field of the bookmark's dialog, replace
- (Optional) If you want the Bookmarked Search to appear on the toolbar, as shown in Slika 3, select from the bookmark's context menu.
5.16.3. To Resize a Bookmarked Search on the toolbar
To set the size of an entry field for a Bookmarked Search, right-click on the bookmark in the Edit Bookmarks dialog and select from the context menu. In the Address field, add %{width=NUMCHARS} to the end of the address, replacing NUMCHARS with your desired width. For example, use http://www.google.com/search?q=%s%{width=15} to set the width of a Google search field to 15 characters.
5.16.4. Bookmarked Searches Archive
An archive containing lots of Bookmarked Searches is available at the Galeon web site.