# Navigator Settings

The sections listed below describe the preferences panels related to Navigator, the browswer component of Mozilla. To see the preference panels, follow these steps:

1. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.

Related sections: Appearance Preferences Navigator Preferences Advanced Preferences

# Appearance Preferences

This section describes how to use the Appearance preference panel. If you are not already viewing the panel, follow these steps:

1. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
2. Choose Appearance.

Related sections: Appearance Fonts Colors Themes Languages/Content

## Appearance Preferences - Appearance

This section describes how to use the main Appearance preferences panel. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:

1. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
2. Click the Appearance category.

The Appearance preferences panel allows you set components that you want to use when you start up Mozilla:

- When Mozilla starts up, open: Select the components you want to use when you start up Mozilla.
- Show Tooltips: Select this if you want to have tips appear when the cursor is placed over parts of the Mozilla user interface.
- Show Web Site Icons: Select this if you want see site-specific icons, if available, in place of the bookmark icon:

  Bookmark Icon (appears left of the location)

  Web site icons are used to the left of the Location Bar and in your bookmark lists.

## Appearance Preferences - Fonts

This section describes how to use the Fonts preferences panel. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:

1. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Appearance category, click Fonts. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click the category to expand the list.)

The Fonts preferences panel allows you to set page font type and size, as well as the screen resolution.

Note: Some font styles may not be selectable because the selected language does not have fonts available for that style.

- Fonts for: Choose a language character set. For instance, to set default fonts for the Western (Roman) character set, choose "Western."
  - Proportional: Select whether proportional text should be serif (like Times Roman) or sans-serif (like Arial). You can also specify what font size you want for proportional text. Proportional text is variable in width, so characters and letters vary in width.
  - Serif: Select a serif font you want to use for web pages.
  - Sans-serif: Select a sans-serif font you want to use for web pages.
  - Cursive: Select a cursive font you want to use for web pages.
  - Fantasy: Select a fantasy you want to use for web pages.
  - Monospace: Select a monospace font (like Courier) you want to use for web pages. Monospace text is fixed in width, so each character or letter takes the same amount of space.
- Allow documents to use other fonts: If available, select this checkbox to keep a web page's font and size settings instead of your own preferences.
- Display resolution: Select from the drop-down list the dots per inch (dpi) for displaying web pages. Select "Other" to open the Calibrate Resolution dialog box, which allows you to calibrate your resolution by measuring how long a line appears on your screen. Increased screen resolution may will improve text readability on some screens.

## Appearance Preferences - Colors

This section describes how to use the Colors preferences panel. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:

1. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Appearance category, click Colors. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click the category to expand the list.)

The Colors preferences panel allows you to set the background and text colors on web pages:

- Text and Background: Click the colored blocks to select a color for displaying text and backgrounds on web pages.
  - Use system colors: Select this to use your system color settings.
- Link Colors: Click the colored blocks to select a color for displaying unvisited and visited links on web pages.
  - Underline links: Select this to display underlined links on web pages.
- When a web page provides its own colors and backgrounds:
  - Always use the colors and background specified by the web page: Allows the web page to choose displayed colors and backgrounds.
  - Use my chosen colors, ignoring the colors specified: Allow you to choose displayed colors and background.
- Enable syntax viewing: Select this to see the HTML syntax of the souce of a web page highlighted in specific colors.
  Tip: To view the source of a web page, open the View menu in Navigator and choose Page Source.

## Appearance Preferences - Themes

This section describes how to use the Themes preferences panel. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:

1. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Appearance category, click Themes. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click the category to expand the list.)

The Themes preferences panel allows you to change the look and style of Mozilla through different themes.

- Themes to use: Choose one of the installed themes to change the look of Mozilla.
  - Uninstall [Theme Name]: Click this to remove a selected theme.
- Get New Themes: Click this link to go to a web page where you can download more themes.

  Notes:

- To see a new theme, you need to quit and restart Mozilla after you choose a new theme.
- You will not be able to switch back to a theme you have uninstalled.

## Appearance Preferences - Languages/Content

This section describes how to use the Languages/Content preferences panel. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:

1. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Appearance category, click Languages/Content. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click the category to expand the list.)

The Languages/Content preferences panel allows you to select a content pack and/or language pack to use within Mozilla.

- Installed content packs: Select a content pack to use within Mozilla.
- Installed language packs: Select a language pack to use within Mozilla.
- Download More: Click this to download more content or language packs.

  Note: You must restart Mozilla for a new content or language pack to take effect.

6 March 2002