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<h1 id="navigator_preferences">Browser Preferences</h1>
<p>This section describes how to use the Browser preference panel. If
you're not already viewing the panel, follow these steps:</p>
<ol>
<li>Open the <span class="mac">&brandShortName;</span>
<span class="noMac">Edit</span> menu and choose Preferences.</li>
<li>Choose Browser.</li>
</ol>
<div class="contentsBox">In this section:
<ul>
<li><a href="#navigator">Browser</a></li>
<li><a href="#history">History</a></li>
<li><a href="#languages">Languages</a></li>
<li><a href="#helper_applications">Helper Applications</a></li>
<li><a href="#location_bar">Location Bar</a></li>
<li><a href="#internet_search">Internet Search</a></li>
<li><a href="#tabbed_browsing">Tabbed Browsing</a></li>
<li><a href="#link_behavior">Link Behavior</a></li>
<li><a href="#downloads">Downloads</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2 id="navigator">Browser Preferences - Browser</h2>
<p>This section describes how to use the main browser preferences panel. If
you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:</p>
<ol>
<li>Open the <span class="mac">&brandShortName;</span>
<span class="noMac">Edit</span> menu and choose Preferences.</li>
<li>Click the Browser category.</li>
</ol>
<p>The Browser preferences panel allows you to customize certain aspects of
the browser.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Display on</strong>: Use the drop-down list in combination with
the checkboxes to control what will be displayed at startup or when you
open a new window or tab:
<ol>
<li>
<ul>
<li>Select <strong>Browser Startup</strong> to set what the browser
will display at startup.</li>
<li>Select <strong>New Window</strong> to set what will be displayed
when opening a new browser window.</li>
<li>Select <strong>New Tab</strong> to set what will be displayed
when opening a new tab.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Select one of the following checkboxes:
<ul>
<li><strong>Blank page</strong>: Causes the browser to display a blank
page.</li>
<li><strong>Home page</strong>: Causes the browser to load your home
page (specified below).</li>
<li><strong>Last page visited</strong>: Causes the browser to load the
page you were viewing right before you last exited
&brandShortName;.</li>
<li><strong>Restore Previous Session</strong>: Causes the browser to
restore the windows and tabs you were viewing right before you last
exited &brandShortName;, including form data and browsing
history. This option is only available in connection with
<strong>Display on Browser Startup</strong>.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li class="win"><strong>Default Browser</strong>: Allows you to set
&brandShortName; as the default browser or shows you that it is.
<ul>
<li><strong>Set Default Browser</strong>: Unless it is greyed out, click
this to set &brandShortName; as your default browser.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>When restoring sessions and windows</strong>: Choose how many
(if any) browser tabs should be restored at a time upon startup.
<ul>
<li><strong>Restore all tabs immediately</strong>: All the tabs you had
open the last time will be restored and loaded at once. This can affect
startup performance negatively if a large amount of tabs needs to be
restored in parallel.</li>
<li><strong>Restore [__] tab(s) at a time</strong>: If you choose this,
only the specified amount of tabs will be restored at a time. If you
had more tabs open than specified here, any extra tabs will only be
loaded once the loading of one of the other tabs has finished.</li>
<li><strong>Only restore tabs when I need them</strong>: This disables
automatic restoring of tabs, i.e. tabs will only be loaded if you
switch to or reload them.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Home button preferences: In the field, type the web page you want as
your home page or do one of the following:
<ul>
<li><strong>Choose File</strong>: Click this to locate a file on disk
that you want to load as your home page.</li>
<li><strong>Use Current Page</strong>: Click this to use the web page
currently displayed in the browser as your home page.</li>
<li><strong>Use Current Group</strong>: If you have two or more browser
tabs open, click this to set them as your Home Page Group (a group of
tabs that are opened as your home page). After clicking this button,
the message <q>Home Page Group is Set</q> appears in the location
field.
<p><strong>Caution</strong>: If you edit the field after clicking Use
Current Group, your Home Page Group will be lost.</p>
</li>
<li><strong>Restore Default</strong>: Click this to revert to the
default home page.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p>[<a href="#navigator_preferences">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p>
<h2 id="history">Browser Preferences - History</h2>
<p>This section describes how to use the History preferences panel. If
you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:</p>
<ol>
<li>Open the <span class="mac">&brandShortName;</span>
<span class="noMac">Edit</span>menu and choose Preferences.</li>
<li>Under the Browser category, click History. (If no subcategories are
visible, double-click Browser to expand the list.)</li>
</ol>
<p>The History preferences panel allows you to configure the history settings
for the browser.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Browsing History</strong>:
<ul>
<li><strong>Clear History</strong>: Click this to delete the list of
websites visited.</li>
<li><strong>Remember visited pages</strong>: Select this to make
&brandShortName; remember pages you visit within the browsing history.
For example, you need that to be able to search for pages you have
already visited from the location bar or history window.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Location Bar History</strong>:
<ul>
<li><strong>Enable Location Bar history</strong>: Check this to enable
&brandShortName; to keep the location bar history.</li>
<li><strong>Clear Location Bar</strong>: Click this to clear the list of
websites in the Location bar menu.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Form and Search History</strong>:
<ul>
<li><strong>Enable form and search history</strong>: Select this to let
&brandShortName; keep a history of the forms you fill in and the
searches you do.</li>
<li><strong>Remember form and search history for up to [__] days</strong>:
Type the maximum number of days you want &brandShortName; to keep track
of forms you fill in and searches you do. For example, if you set this
number to 180 days, forms and searches 180 days old or less will be
kept.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p>For more information about history in &brandShortName;, see
<a href="nav_help.xhtml#retracing_your_steps">Retracing Your Steps</a>.</p>
<p>[<a href="#navigator_preferences">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p>
<h2 id="languages">Browser Preferences - Languages</h2>
<p>This section describes how to use the Languages preferences panel. If
you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:</p>
<ol>
<li>Open the <span class="mac">&brandShortName;</span>
<span class="noMac">Edit</span> menu and choose Preferences.</li>
<li>Under the Browser category, click Languages. (If no subcategories are
visible, double-click Browser to expand the list.)</li>
</ol>
<p>The Languages preferences panel allows you to choose the languages and
text encoding for displaying web pages:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Languages for Web Pages</strong>:
<ul>
<li><strong>Move Up / Move Down</strong>: Click one of these buttons to
move a selected language up or down, which sets the order of preference
for the listed languages.</li>
<li><strong>Add</strong>: Click this to add additional languages for
displaying web pages. In the dialog, select a language from the list.
If you want to add a language that is not in the list, type a language
code (both two- and three-letter codes can be used) in the field below
the list. See the online document
<a href="http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php">Codes
for the Representation of Names of Languages</a> for a complete list of
language codes. Click OK to close the dialog and save your
changes.</li>
<li><strong>Remove</strong>: Click this to remove a selected
language.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Text Encoding for Legacy Content</strong>:
<ul>
<li><strong>Fallback Text Encoding</strong>: Web pages are supposed to
declare the text encoding in which they are to be displayed, but legacy
content may not do so. Use the drop-down list to select the default
text encoding to be used for such web pages. This setting does not
affect any web pages which properly declare their encoding.
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p>[<a href="#navigator_preferences">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p>
<h2 id="helper_applications">Browser Preferences - Helper Applications</h2>
<p>This section describes how to use the Helper Applications preferences panel.
If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:</p>
<ol>
<li>Open the <span class="mac">&brandShortName;</span>
<span class="noMac">Edit</span> menu and choose Preferences.</li>
<li>Under the Browser category, click Helper Applications. (If no
subcategories are visible, double-click Browser to expand the list.)</li>
</ol>
<p>The Helper Applications preferences panel lets you choose applications and
other handlers to handle different types of content (e.g. PDF documents).
It shows you a list of content types and lets you select a handler for each
type. To filter the list, use the search field. Text entered in there will
narrow the list to entries containing that text either in the type description
or the currently selected action.</p>
<p>You can choose a local application to handle any type. For some types, you
can also choose a <a href="glossary.xhtml#web_application">web application</a>
to handle the type, choose a <a href="glossary.xhtml#plugin">plugin</a> in
&brandShortName; to handle the type, or save the type on your computer.</p>
<p>To choose a handler for a type, select the type from the list. The current
handler for the type will turn into a menu. Open the menu and select the
handler you want to handle the type. Depending on the actual type, you can:</p>
<ul>
<li>Choose an application by selecting it from the menu. If you want a local
application that is not in the menu to handle the type, select
<strong>Use other…</strong> from the menu and navigate to its location.</li>
<li>Choose a <!-- feature or --> plugin by selecting it from the menu.</li>
<li>Save files of this type on your computer by selecting
<strong>Save File</strong> from the menu. If you have selected the
<strong>Automatically download files to specified download folder</strong>
preference in the <strong>Downloads</strong> panel, &brandShortName; will
save content of this type on your computer automatically. Otherwise, when
you encounter this type, &brandShortName; will prompt you for a location on
your computer to save it to.</li>
<li>Tell &brandShortName; to <strong>always ask</strong> what to do when
encountering this type. When you choose this option, a dialog will always be
shown when files of this type are accessed, and you can choose how to handle
that specific file from there.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> When a plugin is available to handle a type, and you
choose another handler for that type, &brandShortName; will only use your
chosen handler when you access the type directly. When the type is embedded
inside a web page, &brandShortName; will continue to use the plugin to handle
it. See also
<a href="nav_help.xhtml#plugins_and_downloads">Plugins and Downloads</a>.
</p>
<p>[<a href="#navigator_preferences">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p>
<h2 id="location_bar">Browser Preferences - Location Bar</h2>
<p>This section describes how to use the Location Bar preferences panel. If
you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:</p>
<ol>
<li>Open the <span class="mac">&brandShortName;</span>
<span class="noMac">Edit</span> menu and choose Preferences.</li>
<li>Under the Browser category, click Location Bar. (If no subcategories
are visible, double-click Browser to expand the list.)</li>
</ol>
<p>The Location Bar Preferences panel lets you fine-tune the behavior of the
Location Bar.</p>
<ul>
<li id="location_bar_autocomplete"><strong>Autocomplete</strong>:
<ul>
<li><strong>Autocomplete from your browsing history as you type</strong>:
Select this to let &brandShortName; automatically show suggestions from
your browsing history when you type in the Location Bar.
<ul>
<li><strong>Match only websites you've typed previously</strong>:
Shows only websites that you've typed in the Location Bar and
not websites that were opened in other ways, such as clicking a link
on a web page.</li>
<li><strong>Only match locations, not website titles</strong>: Shows
only websites where the location matches what you typed. Websites
where the title matches what you typed will not show up as
autocomplete suggestions unless their location matches, too.</li>
<li><strong>Match</strong>:
<ul>
<li><strong>Anywhere in the location or title</strong>: The
autocomplete suggestions will include all websites where what
you typed matches any part of the website's location or
title.</li>
<li><strong>Anywhere but preferring word boundaries</strong>: The
autocomplete suggestions will include all websites where what
you typed matches any part of the website's location or
title but matches at word boundaries (see next point) are
preferred. This is the default setting.</li>
<li><strong>Only on word boundaries</strong>: The autocomplete
suggestions will include all websites where what you typed
matches the beginning of any word contained in the
website's location or title. Matches may also be found
inside a word if it contains medial capital letters (as in
CamelCase) since all non-lowercase characters are treated as
word boundaries.</li>
<li><strong>Only at the beginning of the location or
title</strong>: The autocomplete suggestions will include all
websites where what you typed matches the beginning of the
website's location or title.</li>
</ul></li>
<li><strong>Automatically prefill the best match</strong>: As you
type in the Location Bar, &brandShortName; will automatically
complete your web address using the visited website it most closely
matches. <span class="unix"><strong>Note</strong>: Having this
option on will prefill local addresses (like paths to files on your
hard drive) even if you have turned off <q>Autocomplete from your
browsing history as you type</q>.</span></li>
<li><strong>Show list of matching results</strong>: As you type in
the Location Bar, &brandShortName; will show a drop-down list of
matching visited web addresses.
<span class="unix"><strong>Note</strong>: If you have turned off
<q>Autocomplete from your browsing history as you type</q>
matching results from locations on your hard drive will still be
shown in the drop-down list.</span></li>
</ul></li>
<li><strong>Show default Internet search engine</strong>: Shows a drop-down
list item, allowing you to search with the default search engine for
words you enter.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Formatting</strong>:
<ul>
<li><strong>Highlight the effective domain for websites and FTP
servers</strong>: Grays out all of the URL except for the effective
domain, so that it is clear which site you are visiting.</li>
<li><strong>Highlight web pages with a high level of connection
security</strong>: Colorizes the location bar for the next page
loaded if all of its components are fully encrypted.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Unknown Locations</strong>
<ul>
<li><strong>Add <q>www.</q> and <q>.com</q> to the location if a web page
is not found</strong>: Select this if you want &brandShortName; to
automatically add <tt>www.</tt> to the beginning and <tt>.com</tt> to
the end of a web page location that can't be found. For more
detailed information about this feature, see the online document
<a href="http://www.mozilla.org/docs/end-user/domain-guessing.html">
Domain Guessing</a>.</li>
<li><strong>Perform a web search when entered text is not a web
location</strong>: Select this to let &brandShortName; automatically
search the web for text entered in the Location Bar. If the text
you've typed is not a web location, &brandShortName; will do a web
search when you press <kbd class="noMac">Enter</kbd>
<kbd class="mac">Return</kbd> in the Location Bar.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p>[<a href="#navigator_preferences">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p>
<h2 id="internet_search">Browser Preferences - Internet Search</h2>
<p>This section describes how to use the Internet Search preferences panel. If
you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:</p>
<ol>
<li>Open the <span class="mac">&brandShortName;</span>
<span class="noMac">Edit</span> menu and choose Preferences.</li>
<li>Under the Browser category, click Internet Search. (If no subcategories
are visible, double-click Browser to expand the list.)</li>
</ol>
<p>The Internet Search preferences panel allows you to configure how you search
using &brandShortName;:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Default Search Engine</strong>:
<ul>
<li><strong>Search using</strong>: Use the drop-down list to select the
search engine you want use for web searching.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Search Results</strong>:
<ul>
<li><strong>Open the Search tab in the Sidebar when search results are
available</strong>: Select this to have &brandShortName; open the
Sidebar and show your search results.</li>
<li><strong>Open tab instead of window for a context menu web
search</strong>: Select this to have &brandShortName; show your search
results in a new tab rather than a new window when you search on
selected words in a web page.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Sidebar Search Tab Preference</strong>:
<ul>
<li><strong>Basic</strong>: Choose this to use one search engine when
searching in &brandShortName;.</li>
<li><strong>Advanced</strong>: <strong></strong>Choose this to select one
or more search engines from a list when searching in
&brandShortName;.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p>[<a href="#navigator_preferences">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p>
<h2 id="tabbed_browsing">Browser Preferences - Tabbed Browsing</h2>
<p>This section describes how to use the Tabbed Browsing preferences panel. If
you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:</p>
<ol>
<li>Open the <span class="mac">&brandShortName;</span>
<span class="noMac">Edit</span> menu and choose Preferences.</li>
<li>Under the Browser category, click Tabbed Browsing. (If no subcategories
are visible, double-click Browser to expand the list.)</li>
</ol>
<p>The Tabbed Browsing preferences panel allows you to set up Tabbed
Browsing:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Tab Display</strong>:
<ul>
<li><strong>Hide the tab bar when only one tab is open</strong>: Select
this to display the Tabbed Browsing bar only when more then one
browser tab is open.</li>
<li><strong>Switch to new tabs opened from links</strong>: Select this to
make &brandShortName; switch to the new tab when using <q>Open in a
New Tab</q> to open a link.</li>
<li><strong>Warn me when closing a window with multiple tabs</strong>:
Select this to make &brandShortName; warn you when you try to close a
browser window which has multiple tabs open in it.</li>
<li><strong>Open related tabs after current tab</strong>:
Select this to make new tabs open next to the tab from which they have
been opened. When unchecked, new tabs open after the last tab on the
tab bar.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>When opening a bookmark group</strong>:
<ul>
<li><strong>Add tabs</strong>: Select this if you want a bookmark group
to be opened in new tabs.</li>
<li><strong>Replace existing tabs</strong>: Select this if you want a
bookmark group to replace your existing tabs.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Open tabs instead of windows for</strong>:
<ul>
<li><strong><span class="mac"><kbd>Cmd</kbd>+click or
<kbd>Cmd</kbd>+<kbd>Return</kbd></span>
<span class="noMac">Middle-click, <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+click or
<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Enter</kbd> on links in a Web
page</span></strong>: Select this to open Web page links in a new tab
when clicking a link <span class="mac">and holding down the
<kbd>Command</kbd> key or holding down the <kbd>Command</kbd> key and
pressing <kbd>Return</kbd> on links</span> <span class="noMac">with the
middle mouse button, <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-clicking on links, and pressing
<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Enter</kbd> on links</span>.
<p><strong>Tip</strong>: Use Find Links as You Type to navigate to the
link you want to open with the keyboard commands above.</p>
</li>
<li><strong>
<kbd class="mac">Cmd</kbd><kbd class="noMac">Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd
class="mac">Return</kbd><kbd class="noMac">Enter</kbd> in the Location
bar</strong>: Select this to open a Web page in a new tab when you type
the URL of the page in the Location Bar and press
<kbd class="mac">Cmd</kbd><kbd class="noMac">Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd
class="mac">Return</kbd><kbd class="noMac">Enter</kbd>.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Open in a new tab instead of a stand-alone window</strong>:
<ul>
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<li><strong>Data Manager</strong>: Select this to open the Data Manager
in a browser tab. If unchecked, it will open in a separate dialog
window.</li>
<li><strong>Add-ons Manager</strong>: Select this to open the
<a href="customize_help.xhtml#using_the_add-ons_manager">Add-ons
Manager</a> in a browser tab. If unchecked, it will open in a separate
dialog window.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p>[<a href="#navigator_preferences">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p>
<h2 id="link_behavior">Browser Preferences - Link Behavior</h2>
<p>This section describes how to use the Link Behavior preferences panel. If
you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:</p>
<ol>
<li>Open the <span class="mac">&brandShortName;</span>
<span class="noMac">Edit</span> menu and choose Preferences.</li>
<li>Under the Browser category, click Link Behavior. (If no subcategories
are visible, double-click Browser to expand the list.)</li>
</ol>
<p>The Link Behavior preferences panel allows you to configure how links are
opened in &brandShortName;:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Link open behavior</strong>: If a webpage is designed so that
certain links open in a new window by default, you may want to override
this. You can define the behavior separately for links with a target
attribute and windows opened using JavaScript:
<ul>
<li><strong>Open links meant to open a new window in</strong>:
<ul>
<li><strong>The current tab/window</strong>: Open the linked page in
the current tab of the active window.</li>
<li><strong>A new tab in the current window</strong>: Open the linked
page in a new tab instead of a new window.</li>
<li><strong>A new window</strong>: Open the linked page in a new
window. (This does not override the webpage design and disables
the below options for pages opened from scripts.)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>When scripts want to open a new window</strong>:
<ul>
<li><strong>Always divert windows into tabs</strong>: Open the page to
be loaded in a tab according to the above settings.</li>
<li><strong>Don't divert custom windows into tabs</strong>: Open
the page to be loaded in a popup window if the script explicitly
specifies features of the new window (such as size or position),
else open the page in a tab according to the above settings.</li>
<li><strong>Always open new windows</strong>: Open the page to be
loaded in a new window. (This does not override the webpage
design.)</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Links from other applications</strong>: If &brandShortName; is
called from another application with a webpage address as an argument (like
a click on a link in an external email program), you can control where the
page will be loaded:
<ul>
<li><strong>The current tab/window</strong>: Open the linked page in the
current tab of the active window.</li>
<li><strong>A new tab in the current window</strong>: Open the linked
page in a new tab instead of a new window.</li>
<li><strong>A new window</strong>: Open the linked page in a new
window.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<div class="win">
<p>To ensure that &brandShortName; opens a new window, select the Browser
option in <a href="cs_nav_prefs_appearance.xhtml#appearance">Appearance
Preferences - Appearance</a>.</p>
<p>If you want &brandShortName; to open a new tab instead of a new window when
you launch it and it is already running, ensure the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>If &brandShortName; is launched from the command line, no command line
parameters that open windows (like <kbd>-new-window</kbd>) are used.</li>
<li>No <q>When &brandShortName; starts up, open</q> option is set in
<a href="cs_nav_prefs_appearance.xhtml#appearance">Appearance Preferences
- Appearance</a>.</li>
<li>The <q>Links from other applications</q> preference is set to <q>A new
tab in the current window</q>.</li>
</ul>
</div>
<p>[<a href="#navigator_preferences">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p>
<h2 id="downloads">Browser Preferences - Downloads</h2>
<p>This section describes how to use the Downloads preferences panel. If
you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:</p>
<ol>
<li>Open the <span class="mac">&brandShortName;</span>
<span class="noMac">Edit</span> menu and choose Preferences.</li>
<li>Under the Browser category, click Downloads. (If no subcategories are
visible, double-click Browser to expand the list.)</li>
</ol>
<p>The Downloads preferences panel allows you to set up how &brandShortName;
handles files you download from web pages:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>When starting a download</strong>:
<ul>
<li><strong>Flash the download manager if it is already open</strong>:
Select this to change focus to the Download Manager if it is currently
open. It displays the status for current and previous downloads in a
single window. This option only takes effect if the Download Manager
is already open and overrides the other settings.</li>
<li><strong>Open the download manager</strong>: Select this to display
the Download Manager when starting a new download. It will be opened
if the window isn't currently shown.</li>
<li><strong>Open a progress dialog</strong>: Select this to display a
progress dialog box, which display the status for your current
download. The status of each download is kept in a separate
window.</li>
<li><strong>Don't open anything</strong>: Select this if you want to
download files invisibly. No status is given for all your
downloads.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>When saving a file</strong>:
<ul>
<li><strong>Save files to</strong>: Select this if you want files to be
saved to the specified folder without &brandShortName; prompting you
for the download location.</li>
<li><strong>Always ask me where to save files</strong>: Select this if
you always want to be able to choose a folder for the file to be saved.
The default will be the folder you last downloaded a file to.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Download history</strong>:
<ul>
<li><strong>Remove download entries</strong>: This determines when
a completed entry is removed from the Download Manager listing
(the downloaded file itself will <em>not</em> be affected):
<ul>
<li><strong>When they have completed</strong>: Select this to
remove an entry immediately once the download is successfully
completed.</li>
<li><strong>When quitting &brandShortName;</strong>: Select this
to retain all entries until closing the program, the list will
be empty upon restarting &brandShortName;.</li>
<li><strong>Never</strong>: Select this to not remove <em>any</em>
entry automatically, even after &brandShortName; is restarted.
You can remove them manually in the Download Manager.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>When a download completes</strong>:
<ul>
<li><strong>Play a sound</strong>: Select this if you want
&brandShortName; to play a custom sound (typically in WAV format) when
a download is completed. Use the Browse button to select the sound file
in the file locator. To listen to the sound you've chosen, click
Play.</li>
<li><strong>Show an alert</strong>: Select this if you want
&brandShortName; to show an alert on the screen when a download is
completed.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p>For more information about downloading files from web pages, see
<a href= "nav_help.xhtml#plugins_and_downloads">Plugins and
Downloads</a>.</p>
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