Introduction
What's New
Frequently Asked Questions
Contents
Menu Functions
Options
How to use
Tool Bars
Standard Toolbar
System Bar
Address Bar
Quick Search Bar
Site Tab
Internet Explorer Toolbars
Favorites, Links and Utilities Bar
Explorer Bars
ScriptPad
ActiveX Filter
Address Alias
Application Data Folder
AutoLogin
Built-in commands
Command File
Language File Manager
Favorites and Links
Form Filler
Hidden Sites
Language Translation
Open/Close Site
Reading RSS News
Recoverable Popup Killer
Registered File Types
Shortcut Keys
Site Groups
Skins - Usage and Design
Univeral URL Filter
Upload File
Help With Development
Credits

Menu Functions

Only the menu items not available in IE and special to SlimBrowser will be explained below. For items not listed here, you can hover mouse over the menu item and see the help information shown on the browser status bar. For menu items the same to those in IE, please refer to IE manual for details. 

File Menu

  • New
    • Blank Site
      Open a blank site in a new window
    • Home Page
      Open home page in a new window
    • Duplicate Current Site
      Open the address of the active site in a new window
    • From Address in Clipboard
      Open the address in clipboard in a new window
  • New Browser
    Open a new browser main window
  • Recently Close Sites
    Show the list of recently closed sites. You can select any one of them to re-open it. Select "Clear this list" to clear this history list. 
  • Restore Sites Open In Last Session
    Restore the sites that were open when SlimBrowser was closed in last session. 
  • Save As
    Save the current page including pictures
  • Save Without Picture
    Save the current page excluding pictures
  • Close All
    Close all sites including hidden sites. 
  • Close All But Current
    Close all sites except the active one
  • Close All Blank & Failed Sites
    Close all sites which are blank or in error like page not found. 

Edit Menu

  • Paste & Go
    Directly open the address in clipboard.
  • Select All
    When the current site is an http site, this menu item will highlight the entire web page. When it's an ftp site or a local directory, this menu item will highlight all the files and directories displayed.
  • Undo Last Close
    Re-open last closed site
  • Undo Last Close All
    Re-open all sites before your last close-all operation. 
  • Check Spell
    Check the spell of the text inside the text boxes or text areas within the active web page.

View Menu

  • View 
    • Toolbars
      • Internet Explorer Toolbars:  List all the available toolbars for Internet Explorer.
      • XML Toolbars
        List all the installed XML Toolbars.
        • Rebuild All Bars: Rebuild all XML toolbars to reflect changes in the XML files or image files. 
      • Menu Bar
      • System Bar
      • Logo Animation
      • Standard Toolbar
      • AI RoboForm Toolbar: Show AI RoboForm toolbar.
      • Address Bar
      • Quick-Search Bar
      • Links 
      • Favorites: Show favorite shortcuts on a horizontal toolbar.
      • Plugins: Show plugins and addons.
      • Utilities: Show the shortcut under this folder: Application Data\utilities. 
      • Site Tab
      • Rebuild Links Bar: Rebuild links bar in case of undetected external changes.
      • Site Tab Style
        • Place On Top: Place the tab bar on the top
        • Place On Bottom: Place the tab bar on the bottom
        • Button Style: Display the site tab in button style
        • Tab Style: Display the site tab in tab style
        • Multiline Mode: Allow the site tabs to be displayed on multiple lines
        • Show Icon: Display icon on the site tab
      • Organize Quick-Search Engine: Organize Quick-Search entries in the Favorite left pane by using drag and drop.
      • Clean Quick-Search History: Clean the history on the quick-search bar. 
      • Lock Toolbars: Lock the toolbars so that they can't be moved. 
      • Custom Standard Toolbar...: add/remove buttons on the standard toolbar or custom its style
    • Explorer Bars
      • ScriptPad: Toggle the visibility of the script pad
      • Rebuild Favorites Bar: Rebuild favorites bar in case of undetected external changes
  • Hide Site
    Hide the current open site. You are able to recover it in Hidden Sites dialogue.
  • Block Popup Windows
    Enable the built-in popup killer to automatically block popup windows. 
  • Restore Last Popup Window
    Restore the last popup window blocked by popup killer.
  • Hidden Sites
    Activate a dialog to view and manage all hidden sites. These sites may be manually hidden by user or automatically hidden by the popup killer.
  • Suppress Script Errors
    Disable script error message dialogs. It will also disable script debugging. 
  • Stop All
    Stop the connection of all sites
  • Refresh All
    Refresh all the sites
  • Auto Refresh
    • Every xxx seconds: auto-refresh the current page every xxx seconds.
    • Set Period...: auto-refresh the current page with specified period
    • Auto Refresh All Pages: auto-refresh all open pages with the same period
    • Stop All: stops all pages from being auto-refreshed
  • Lock Tab
    Lock a tab so that it won't be closed when you carry out a "Close All" operation
  • Zoom
    • Zoom In: Increase the zooming scale of the current page.
    • Zoom Out: Decrease the zooming scale of the current page.
    • Actual Size: Show  the current page in the original size
    • Set As Default Zoom Level: Set the zoom level of the current page as the default zoom level for all web pages. To restore the default zoom level to 100%, select "Actual Size" to set the zoom level of the current page to 100% and then select "Set As Default Zoom Level". 
    • Use IE7 Page Zoom: Use the page zoom method introduced in IE7 instead of the conventional zooming method to zoom the web pages. At this moment, the page zoom introduced IE7 has a significant amount of issues rendering web pages properly. Users are advised to use this option only for those pages that can't be zoomed properly with the conventional method.
  • Skins
    • Disable Skin
      Restore SlimBrowser to the plain appearance with no skin.
    • Select Skins...
      Apply the selected skin to SlimBrowser. Refer to the section [Skins]. 
    • Online Skin List
      Visit the online skin collection on FlashPeak website. 
  • View Source
    View source of the current page

Favorites Menu

  • Import Favorites
    Import Favorites from a bookmark file.
  • Export Favorites
    Export Favorites to a bookmark file.
  • Search Favorites
    Search for favorites item in favorites folder. 

Language Menu

Online translation using free translation engines. It supports translation directions between the following languages: German, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Russian. 

  • Translate Current Page Into English 
    Translate current page into English. This service is provided by google translation engine. The translation can only be done if the source language can be automatically detected AND Google provides the translation service for the current language of the current page. 
  • Translation Web Page
    • Google Translation
      Translate the active web page using Google's translation engine
    • Babelfish Translation
      Translate the active web page using Babelfish's translation engine
  • Translation Text
    • Google Translation
      Translate selected text in the active window using Google's translation engine
    • Babel fish Translation
      Translate selected text in the active window using Babelfish's translation engine
  • Look Up In Dictionaries
    • Custom Dictionary Definitions...
      Open the dictionary definition file (dictionary.ini) to view and edit dictionary definition entries. The syntax of dictionary definition entries are the same as search engine definitions
    • Predefined Dictionaries
      Select a word in the current web page and choose a predefined online dictionary. SlimBrowser will automatically retrieve the interpretation of that word using the online dictionary. 
  • Interface Language
    Select the interface language of SlimBrowser. The effect is immediate. No need to restart SlimBrowser. Interested in providing a translation in your own language? Click here
  • Language File Manager

Groups Menu

Please refer to the section Site Group

AutoLogin Menu

Please refer to the section AutoLogin

Tools Menu

  • Shortcuts
    Shortcuts to frequently used shell folders. For information regarding application data folder and its subfolders, please click here.
  • Set As Default Browser
    Set SlimBrowser as the default browser.
  • External
    • Open With Internet Explorer
      Open the current page with IE.
    • Windows Media Player
    • Windows Messenger
    • Telnet
    • Command Console
    • Notepad
    • Paint Brush
  • Mail and News
    All the registered email clients are listed at the bottom of this sub-menu. 
  • Internet Explorer Tools
    Shows all the extended menu items available under the tools menu of Internet Explorer.
  • Privacy
    • Clean Trace
      • Clean Address Bar History
        Clean the URL ever typed into the address box
      • Clean Quick-Search History
        Clean the keyword history on the quick-search bar.
      • Clean History
        Clean browser history
      • Clean Cookies
        Clean all cached cookies.
      • Clean Cached Files
        Clean all pages, images and other files in cache.
      • Clean Preselected Items
        Clean items preselected in the privacy page of the options dialog.
      • Clean All Trace
        Clean everything including history, cookies and cached files. 
    • Auto Lock Browser
      When this option is enabled, SlimBrowser will be automatically locked if there is no user activity on the computer for a certain length of time. You need enter the master password to unlock the browser.
    • Set Master Password...
      Set the master password. The master password is used to protect your privacy regarding SlimBrowser usage. You need enter your master password for authentication when you want to unlock the browser after it's auto-locked due to long-time idleness, or if you want to use the autologin entries when autologin password protection is enabled.
  • Clean Trace
  • Site Filter
    • Enable Site Filter
      This option will enable SlimBrowser to block sites in the black list but not in the white list.
    • White List...
      View and edit the white list filter
    • Add Into White List...
      Add the current site into the white list
    • Black List...
      View and edit the black list filter
    • Add Into Black List...
      Add the current site into the black list
  • Universal URL Filter
    • Enable Universal URL Filter
    • Black List...
    • White List...
  • Download Control
    By default, all the options below are turned on. You can turn off some of them for higher speed or tighter security. Please note that the following download control options only apply to the active site. For default download control options which apply to all sites, change them in the options dialog. In the following menu items, (Global) means that the option applies to IE and any IE-based browsers. (Apply to All) means the option applies to all the site windows currently open in SlimBrowser.
    • Show Pictures
    • Play Videos
    • Play Sounds
    • Execute Scripts
    • Execute Java Applet
    • Enable ActiveX Control (Global)
    • Enable Flash Animation (Global)

    The following menu items are related to the In-page Ad Filter.

    • Enable In-Page Ad-Filter  (Apply to All)
      Enabling this option will automatically filter the Ads in the current page. 
    • Filter Flash Animations
    • Filter Floating Images
    • Filter Banner
  • Proxies
    • Organize Proxies
      Organize the list of pre-defined proxies
    • Disable Proxy
      Disable the use of proxy without clearing information about proxy server address and port. 
    • The Following List of Proxies
      Select any of the pre-defined proxy to set it as the current proxy
  • Alias Definitions
  • Assigned Site Names
  • Extract Search Engine Data...
    Extract the search engine definition data from the current web page automatically. Refer to help on quick-search bar
  • Internet Options
    Options for Internet Explorer. This menu item has the same function as the tools->internet options in IE.
  • Options
    Options special to SlimBrowser.
  • My Personal Information
  • Auto Fill Forms
  • Weather
  • Local Map
  • Misc
    • Repair
      • Repair File Types
        Re-associate pre-defined file types with SlimBrowser including autologin files, site group files, etc.
    • ActiveX Filter (Deprecated due to enhanced ActiveX handling since IE6 sp2)
      • Load ActiveX Filter
      • ActiveX Filter Black List...
      • Unload ActiveX Filter
      • Auto-detect ActiveX Controls
    • Web Robots
      • Link Extractor
        Help you extract all links matching a pattern from a web page. 
    • Execute Scripts
    • Upload File...

 

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