INTERNET Handout 1: The Firefox Web Browser
Web Page Tabs Active Tab New Tab Button
Back & Forward Address/Search Bar Toolbar Menu Buttons Button
Scroll Bar
Hyperlink
Web Page Tabs Menu Button Each open web page is represented by a tab. The title of Provides access to a complete listing of all of Firefox’s the webpage is displayed on the tab. features and settings. Active Tab Toolbar The tab you are currently viewing. Contains the back & forward buttons, address/search bar, and Menu Button. It is customizable. We have configured New Tab Button our toolbar to include these buttons: Allows you to open a new web page within the browser window. Refresh: Retrieves the most recent version of the webpage so it has the latest content. Back & Forward Buttons Home: Returns you to the browser’s home page. Navigates to the other webpages you have visited in the Show Sidebars: Opens a side panel containing various currently active tab. information (notably: your bookmarks). Address/Search Bar Print: Opens a print preview of the current webpage. Allows you to go directly to a website by typing a URL. Scroll Bar Provides search results when a search term or an Allows you to move through the document if it cannot fit incomplete web address is typed into the box. on the screen. Displays the URL of the webpage in the currently active tab. Hyperlink (or “link” for short) Contains the Bookmark button which creates a A word or image on a web page that, when clicked, takes bookmark for the current page. you a different page. Links are usually distinguished by being a different color than the surrounding text and are sometimes underlined. MC-NPL Computer Lab • 1001 Powell St • Norristown, PA 19401 Revised: 2/20/2018 (610) 278-5100 x141 • [email protected] • www.mc-npl.org