Menus

You will find the following permanent menus in Opera (menus that are always available).

TIP: If you have accidentally disabled your menu (made it invisible), CTRL+F11 will bring it back..

File menu for loading, saving and printing.

Edit menu for copying and free text search.

View menu for configuring windows, showing the docked hotlist, and display of source files.

Navigation menu for navigating and setting home pages.

Lists displays the hotlist (address list) folders and items.

Mail access to mail window functions.

News access to discussion group window functions.

Preferences menu for program setup, preferences and customization options.

Window menu for arranging windows, accessing the cache, history or plugin list, choosing the active window and for displaying new windows.

Help help menu.

In addition there are Popup menus and context-sensitive menus. These are available when you click on the right mouse button in a document window, on a graphic on a link or on a hotlist entry.

File

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New to display a new, empty window.

Open to read a file from disk. Opera can display htm files and text files that have been saved to disk.

Close to close the active window.

Save as to save the document in the active window to disk. Opera saves documents in htm format so that you can re-load them later.

Save Page and Images as... to save the document including the images in a directory of your choice. The images will be renamed in real and in the document to be able to retrieve them at a later stage.

Print to print out a document from the active window.

Print Setup to change the printer setup, choose a printer, etc.

Print Scale and Margins to change the scaling and margins when printing out. Opera can scale documents from 20-400% of the original print size.

Offline Browse Mode to prevent Opera from trying to access live addresses. Will access cached documents only.

Exit to exit Opera.

Edit

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Cut to clip out marked text from a text field. You cannot clip text from the document window. The text can be pasted into a word processor.

Copy to copy marked text. The text can be pasted in using a text editor. To be able to do this you must first mark text in the document window or in the address field at the bottom of the document window

Paste to paste in previously copied or cut text. The text can be pasted into a text field, not the document window.

Delete to delete marked text. Once text has been deleted it cannot be pasted in later. Text can only be deleted from a text field, not the document window.

Select All to select (mark) all text in the document. You can then copy the text and paste it into another application for further processing.

Find on page is used to search in the active window for text or words. You can search up and down, and the search will continue to the end of the document.

Load All Images to retrieve and display all the graphics in a document, useful if graphics loading has been turned off.

View

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Menu to turn off menus. Can be turned on again with CTRL+F11.

Docked Hotlist to show/hide the docked hotlist for managing your Opera bookmarks. The keyboard shortcut for this option is CTRL-F2.

Button Bar to choose the type of button bar you'd like to have displayed.

Status Bar to choose the position of the status line. This can be at the top or bottom of the window, or turned off. If the status line is at the bottom of the window Opera displays a clock in the right hand corner.

Scroll Bars To turn the scroll bar on or off for a document window. You can scroll the text without a scroll bar by using the keyboard.

Progress Bar to turn on/off progress information and history list for a document window. You can browse history even if you remove the history list. You do this by using the navigation menu, popup menus or by using the keyboard

Local Button Bar to turn on/off a local button bar (subject groups can have local button bars).

Source View the document in the active window in source format (htm). 'Write' is used by default to display the document, but you can specify your own editor if you so wish. This can be done in Advanced preferences. The shortcut for this action is Ctrl-F3.

Frame Source View the document in the active frame in source format (htm). Write is used to display the document if nothing else is specified in Advanced preferences The keyboard shortcut for this is ALT-F3.

Full Screen Removes the title bar. This is not a kiosk mode without any UI gadgetry. Your button, menu and other bars will still be displayed. The keyboard shortcut for this is F11.

Navigation

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Previous to browse backwards through the active document window's history.

Next to browse forwards in the active document window's history.

Reload to re-read the document in the active document window.

Reload Frame to re-read the active frame rather than the entire document.

Reload All to reload all currently open documents.

Stop to stop loading into the active document window.

Home to retrieve the document chosen as a homepage. If a homepage has been defined for the local window, this will be displayed, otherwise you will see the global homepage. You can set homepages by choosing 'Set homepage' in the Navigate menu, or in the default context sensitive menu.

Set Home to set the homepage for a window or globally.

Open Remote to type in the address of a document to be retrieved. You can also do this directly in the address field in a window. Whichever way you do it the document will be displayed in a new window, if you have chosen 'new window with direct addressing under 'General Preferences', otherwise it will be in the active window, or another window if the active window is occupied.

Add active to Hotlist to add the document in the active window to the address list for quick retrieval.

Lists

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The List menu has three top level items that are also displayed on each sub-level popup menu.

Add Current Document Here Adds the currently active document to the selected (sub)list.

Set as Active Folder The meaning of the 'Active Folder' is that it is accessible via the button bar icon. Also, CTRL-T adds bookmarks to the currently active folder (subfolder).
The currently 'Active Folder' is marked with a little red triangular pointer on the left side of the respective hotlist menu item or is in shown with an 'open' folder icon and in bold in the docked hotlist.

Open All Folder Items Loads all bookmarks (documents) of that particular (sub)folder in separate windows.

Mail

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New Opens a new mail window

Send to send a mail message. This supposes that the mail window is active and that you have specified an addressee for the message.

Include to include an article you reply to in a mail message. This is valid for replies to messages in subject groups (news groups).

News

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New s Opens a new "news window"

Previous Article Displays the previous article in a subject group. This function is available in the article and group window.

Next Article Display the next article in a subject group. This function is available in the article and group window.

Reply Reply to an article. The article text can be included using the mail window 'include' function. This function is available in the article and group window.

Follow-up Follow up an article in a subject group. The article text can be included using the mail window 'include' function. This function is available in the article and group window.

Forward Forward an article. This function is available in the article and group window.

Post Post a new message.

Catchup This function makes it quick to mark all articles in a subject group as read. It is then easier to spot new messages and faster to load the group next time. This function is available in the group and group list window.

Mark As Read Mark the active article or a number of marked articles as read. Articles can be marked by holding down CONTROL and clicking on them or by holding down SHIFT and clicking on an article. Then all articles between this article and the last one marked, are marked. This function is available in the article and group window.

Mark As Unread Mark the active article or a number of marked articles as unread. The articles can be marked by holding down CONTROL and clicking on them or by holding down SHIFT and clicking on an article. All the articles between this and the last marked will be marked. This function is available in the article and group window.

List Old Articles Choose either to list all articles in a group, even old ones, or only those which are unread.

List All Groups Choose either to show all groups or only those subscribed to.

Show Threads Choose to display or not the connections between messages, which messages are replies to which.

Preferences

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This menu has a separate section in this help file. Please click here.

Window

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New Window displays a new, empty document window for reading documents. The shortcut is Ctrl-N.

New Mail Window displays a new empty mail window, or -- depending on your settings -- switches over to your external mail program.

New News Window displays a new news window.

New Search Window Search the Net with various search engines

Special Window Opens a submenu for quick access to Opera's special windows, ie

Cache
History
Download
Installed plugins

Clone window to create a copy of the active window with the same document loaded and the same history.

Cascade places document windows so that they overlap each other.

Tile places document windows so that all are seen without overlap. It is possible to set this up so that it happens automatically when new windows are created. This is done in General Preferences.

Arrange Icons puts all icons (minimized document windows) at the bottom of the main window.

Close All closes all document, post and news windows, and present a clean Opera workspace.

Minimize All minimizes and arrange all windows at the bottom of the Opera window.

There can be a varying number of options after this, depending on whether you have any windows open at that moment. Each option activates the corresponding document window.

Help

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Contents to see a list of contents in Opera help.

Keyboard commands to see how you can use the keyboard efficiently with Opera.

Register Opera Opens a dialog box that allows you to enter your registration code.

Mail to Opera We are looking forward to hearing from you!

Opera on the Web opens a submenu to go to the home page, support page or registration page. The registration page option differs from the above 'Register Opera' option insofar as it's there to send in your registration details. The 'Register Opera' option is used once you have received your registration code from us.

About Opera for information on the version of Opera you are currently using, and some more information pertaining to your local PC and Opera installation.

Popup menus

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You can activate context-sensitive menus in Opera by clicking on the right mouse button in a document. You will see different menus depending where you click. For example you will have one menu in a graphic, another if you are on a link, and so on. If you click on a graphic that is also a link you will see a combined menu.

The options in the menu will depend on what type of element you have clicked on, e.g. in the graphic menu you can choose to save or copy the graphic.

The hotlist window has also got a right-click popup window with various options to add folders, delete bookmarks, open files and import other bookmarks, etc.

Normal menu
Graphic menu
Link menu
Hotlist menu

Popup normal menu

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This menu is displayed when you click with the right mouse button in an area of a document window that is neither a graphic nor a link.

Previous to browse backwards in the document window's history.

Next to browse forwards in the document window's history.

Reload to re-read the document in the document window.

Stop to stop loading into the document window.

Home to retrieve the document selected to be the homepage. If one has been defined for the local window, it will be displayed, otherwise you will see the global homepage. You can set homepages in the 'Navigate' menu.

Copy to copy the marked text to the clipboard.

Duplicate window to display a new document window with the same history and contents as the window you clicked in.

Close window (CTRL-W) to quickly close the currently active window.

Copy document address to copy the document's address. You can then paste it into another program for reference.

Add document to hot list to add the document to the address list for fast access.

Display... to redirect output (i.e when you click a link) from one window to another. This menu opens a submenu with two options:

Links from This Window
In This Window

If you want to redirect the links from one document window to another, you would first activate your base document and then select the first option. Then switch to your target window and select the second option.
In practice this means that you could redirect all links from a search engine listing to one unitary window without 'destroying' the search engine results. This option is suitable if you don't want to open new windows all the time when clicking on a number of links from the search engine window.

Frame View Source - enables you to inspect raw htm-codes for the current frame
Save As... - saves the current frame document to your local disk
Add to Hot List - adds the current frame to the Hot List
Copy Address - copy address to the clipboard
Reload - reloads the current frame
Load All Images - when the "automatic loading of images" button is off.
Maximize - opens the frame source as a standalone document.

Background A lot of documents has a tiled image beneath the text. This submenu gives you easy access to those images.
Reload - reloads the background
Copy - copy to clipboard
Save - save to file
Copy Address - Copy address to the clipboard

Popup link menu

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This menu is displayed when you click with the right mouse button on a link in the document window. If you click on a graphic that is also a link you will see a combination of this menu and the Graphics menu.

Get link document load document and display it

Get link document new window load document and display in a new window.

Add link document to the hot list add the associated document to the address list.

Copy Link Address copy the associated document's address

Save Link Document As... saves the document 'behind' the link onto your local disk

Link Presentation change the way links are displayed.

Popup graphics menu

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This menu is displayed when you click with the right mouse button on a graphic in the document window. If you click on a graphic that is also a link, you will see a combination of this menu and the link menu. There are 4 options in the menu:

Show Images to load the graphic and display it.

Copy Image to copy the graphic to a clipboard so that you can paste it into another program.

Save Image to save the graphic to disk in its current format.

Copy Image Address copy the graphic's address.

Popup hotlist menu

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This menu is displayed when you click with the right mouse button on the docked or floating hotlist window.

Get If you click on a folder in the top window and press on 'Get', it will open all folder items in that folder. If you press on it in the bottom window, only the currently selected item will be retrieved.

Add Current Adds the currently active document to the currently selected folder, not necessarily the currently active hotlist.

Add All Adds all open documents to the selected folder.

Cut Cuts a folder entry to the clipboard for pasting to another location

Copy Copies a folder entry to the clipboard for pasting to another location

Paste Pastes a cut or copied hotlist entry into the selected folder

Delete Deletes the selected folder entry or entries. You can select more than one entry by using the Shift or Ctrl-key on the keyboard.

Select All Selects either all folders if you are in the top window or all folder items if you are in the bottom window.

New

Folder
Creates a new (sub)folder in the currently selected hotlist. This folder will be inserted according to its alphabetical location.
Item
Creates a new item (bookmark) in the currently selected folder. A dialog box appears to enter details pertaining that entry.

File

New
Creates a new hotlist file. A dialog box opens, asking you to enter a name for the hotlist.
Open
Opens an Opera hotlist in .adr format. A dialog box opens, asking you to select the hotlist (.adr) file you would like to open.
Save Now
Allows you to instantaneously save your currently active hotlist file (usually opera3.adr)
Save As
Saves the currently open hotlist under a new name. A dialog box opens, asking you to enter a new name, ending with the extension .adr.
Save Selected Items as
Allows you to save only selected folders to a new file. A dialog box opens, asking you to enter a new name, ending with the extension .adr.
Insert File
Inserts another Opera hotlist file (.adr format) or any other HTML file into the currently open hotlist. This way you can merge various bookmark files into one and/or easily import Netscape Bookmark files.
Insert Internet Explorer Favourites
Searches for your 'Favourites' folder and imports the bookmarks it finds in it.
Properties
Accessed via the Hotlist Menu or by pressing ALT-ENTER while highlighting the hotlist item, a dialog box opens allowing you to modify the properties of this item (bookmark). You can change the description, the URL, give the bookmark a nickname for quick access and even enter a description for the item.
View
If you right-click anywhere on the border of the docked hotlist, a menu will open, giving you the following options:

Docking View
If you disable this option, the hotlist will change from 'docked' to 'floating' status, and can be freely moved around the workspace.
Note: as it is treated like any other window, it will also change shape if you have 'auto window tile' enabled, means the hotlist window will be tiled just like your other documents.
Enabling Docking View again will remove the floating hotlist and dock it to the left side of the screen again.
Stay on Top
Enabling this option will result in the hotlist staying permanently on top of open documents.
Close
Closes the docked hotlist. You can open it again with Shift-F7 or Ctrl-F2.

File	menu for loading, saving and printing.
Edit	menu for copying and free text search.
View	menu for configuring windows, showing the docked hotlist, and display of source files.
Navigation	menu for navigating and setting home pages.
Lists	displays the hotlist (address list) folders and items.
Mail	access to mail window functions.
News	access to discussion group window functions.
Preferences	menu for program setup, preferences and customization options.
Window	menu for arranging windows, accessing the cache, history or plugin list, choosing the active window and for displaying new windows.
Help	help menu.

New	to display a new, empty window.
Open	to read a file from disk. Opera can display htm files and text files that have been saved to disk.
Close	to close the active window.
Save as	to save the document in the active window to disk. Opera saves documents in htm format so that you can re-load them later.
Save Page and Images as...	to save the document including the images in a directory of your choice. The images will be renamed in real and in the document to be able to retrieve them at a later stage.
Print	to print out a document from the active window.
Print Setup	to change the printer setup, choose a printer, etc.
Print Scale and Margins	to change the scaling and margins when printing out. Opera can scale documents from 20-400% of the original print size.
Offline Browse Mode	to prevent Opera from trying to access live addresses. Will access cached documents only.
Exit	to exit Opera.

Cut	to clip out marked text from a text field. You cannot clip text from the document window. The text can be pasted into a word processor.
Copy	to copy marked text. The text can be pasted in using a text editor. To be able to do this you must first mark text in the document window or in the address field at the bottom of the document window
Paste	to paste in previously copied or cut text. The text can be pasted into a text field, not the document window.
Delete	to delete marked text. Once text has been deleted it cannot be pasted in later. Text can only be deleted from a text field, not the document window.
Select All	to select (mark) all text in the document. You can then copy the text and paste it into another application for further processing.
Find on page	is used to search in the active window for text or words. You can search up and down, and the search will continue to the end of the document.
Load All Images	to retrieve and display all the graphics in a document, useful if graphics loading has been turned off.

Menu	to turn off menus. Can be turned on again with CTRL+F11.
Docked Hotlist	to show/hide the docked hotlist for managing your Opera bookmarks. The keyboard shortcut for this option is CTRL-F2.
Button Bar	to choose the type of button bar you'd like to have displayed.
Status Bar	to choose the position of the status line. This can be at the top or bottom of the window, or turned off. If the status line is at the bottom of the window Opera displays a clock in the right hand corner.
Scroll Bars	To turn the scroll bar on or off for a document window. You can scroll the text without a scroll bar by using the keyboard.
Progress Bar	to turn on/off progress information and history list for a document window. You can browse history even if you remove the history list. You do this by using the navigation menu, popup menus or by using the keyboard
Local Button Bar	to turn on/off a local button bar (subject groups can have local button bars).
Source	View the document in the active window in source format (htm). 'Write' is used by default to display the document, but you can specify your own editor if you so wish. This can be done in Advanced preferences. The shortcut for this action is Ctrl-F3.
Frame Source	View the document in the active frame in source format (htm). Write is used to display the document if nothing else is specified in Advanced preferences The keyboard shortcut for this is ALT-F3.
Full Screen	Removes the title bar. This is not a kiosk mode without any UI gadgetry. Your button, menu and other bars will still be displayed. The keyboard shortcut for this is F11.

Previous	to browse backwards through the active document window's history.
Next	to browse forwards in the active document window's history.
Reload	to re-read the document in the active document window.
Reload Frame	to re-read the active frame rather than the entire document.
Reload All	to reload all currently open documents.
Stop	to stop loading into the active document window.
Home	to retrieve the document chosen as a homepage. If a homepage has been defined for the local window, this will be displayed, otherwise you will see the global homepage. You can set homepages by choosing 'Set homepage' in the Navigate menu, or in the default context sensitive menu.
Set Home	to set the homepage for a window or globally.
Open Remote	to type in the address of a document to be retrieved. You can also do this directly in the address field in a window. Whichever way you do it the document will be displayed in a new window, if you have chosen 'new window with direct addressing under 'General Preferences', otherwise it will be in the active window, or another window if the active window is occupied.
Add active to Hotlist	to add the document in the active window to the address list for quick retrieval.

Add Current Document Here	Adds the currently active document to the selected (sub)list.
Set as Active Folder	The meaning of the 'Active Folder' is that it is accessible via the button bar icon. Also, CTRL-T adds bookmarks to the currently active folder (subfolder). The currently 'Active Folder' is marked with a little red triangular pointer on the left side of the respective hotlist menu item or is in shown with an 'open' folder icon and in bold in the docked hotlist.
Open All Folder Items	Loads all bookmarks (documents) of that particular (sub)folder in separate windows.

New	Opens a new mail window
Send	to send a mail message. This supposes that the mail window is active and that you have specified an addressee for the message.
Include	to include an article you reply to in a mail message. This is valid for replies to messages in subject groups (news groups).

New	s Opens a new "news window"
Previous Article	Displays the previous article in a subject group. This function is available in the article and group window.
Next Article	Display the next article in a subject group. This function is available in the article and group window.
Reply	Reply to an article. The article text can be included using the mail window 'include' function. This function is available in the article and group window.
Follow-up	Follow up an article in a subject group. The article text can be included using the mail window 'include' function. This function is available in the article and group window.
Forward	Forward an article. This function is available in the article and group window.
Post	Post a new message.
Catchup	This function makes it quick to mark all articles in a subject group as read. It is then easier to spot new messages and faster to load the group next time. This function is available in the group and group list window.
Mark As Read	Mark the active article or a number of marked articles as read. Articles can be marked by holding down CONTROL and clicking on them or by holding down SHIFT and clicking on an article. Then all articles between this article and the last one marked, are marked. This function is available in the article and group window.
Mark As Unread	Mark the active article or a number of marked articles as unread. The articles can be marked by holding down CONTROL and clicking on them or by holding down SHIFT and clicking on an article. All the articles between this and the last marked will be marked. This function is available in the article and group window.
List Old Articles	Choose either to list all articles in a group, even old ones, or only those which are unread.
List All Groups	Choose either to show all groups or only those subscribed to.
Show Threads	Choose to display or not the connections between messages, which messages are replies to which.

New Window	displays a new, empty document window for reading documents. The shortcut is Ctrl-N.
New Mail Window	displays a new empty mail window, or -- depending on your settings -- switches over to your external mail program.
New News Window	displays a new news window.
New Search Window	Search the Net with various search engines
Special Window	Opens a submenu for quick access to Opera's special windows, ie Cache History Download Installed plugins
Clone window	to create a copy of the active window with the same document loaded and the same history.
Cascade	places document windows so that they overlap each other.
Tile	places document windows so that all are seen without overlap. It is possible to set this up so that it happens automatically when new windows are created. This is done in General Preferences.
Arrange Icons	puts all icons (minimized document windows) at the bottom of the main window.
Close All	closes all document, post and news windows, and present a clean Opera workspace.
Minimize All	minimizes and arrange all windows at the bottom of the Opera window.

Contents	to see a list of contents in Opera help.
Keyboard commands	to see how you can use the keyboard efficiently with Opera.
Register Opera	Opens a dialog box that allows you to enter your registration code.
Mail to Opera	We are looking forward to hearing from you!
Opera on the Web	opens a submenu to go to the home page, support page or registration page. The registration page option differs from the above 'Register Opera' option insofar as it's there to send in your registration details. The 'Register Opera' option is used once you have received your registration code from us.
About Opera	for information on the version of Opera you are currently using, and some more information pertaining to your local PC and Opera installation.

Previous	to browse backwards in the document window's history.
Next	to browse forwards in the document window's history.
Reload	to re-read the document in the document window.
Stop	to stop loading into the document window.
Home	to retrieve the document selected to be the homepage. If one has been defined for the local window, it will be displayed, otherwise you will see the global homepage. You can set homepages in the 'Navigate' menu.
Copy	to copy the marked text to the clipboard.
Duplicate window	to display a new document window with the same history and contents as the window you clicked in.
Close window (CTRL-W)	to quickly close the currently active window.
Copy document address	to copy the document's address. You can then paste it into another program for reference.
Add document to hot list	to add the document to the address list for fast access.
Display...	to redirect output (i.e when you click a link) from one window to another. This menu opens a submenu with two options: Links from This Window In This Window If you want to redirect the links from one document window to another, you would first activate your base document and then select the first option. Then switch to your target window and select the second option. In practice this means that you could redirect all links from a search engine listing to one unitary window without 'destroying' the search engine results. This option is suitable if you don't want to open new windows all the time when clicking on a number of links from the search engine window.
Frame	View Source - enables you to inspect raw htm-codes for the current frame Save As... - saves the current frame document to your local disk Add to Hot List - adds the current frame to the Hot List Copy Address - copy address to the clipboard Reload - reloads the current frame Load All Images - when the "automatic loading of images" button is off. Maximize - opens the frame source as a standalone document.
Background	A lot of documents has a tiled image beneath the text. This submenu gives you easy access to those images. Reload - reloads the background Copy - copy to clipboard Save - save to file Copy Address - Copy address to the clipboard

Get link document	load document and display it
Get link document new window	load document and display in a new window.
Add link document to the hot list	add the associated document to the address list.
Copy Link Address	copy the associated document's address
Save Link Document As...	saves the document 'behind' the link onto your local disk
Link Presentation	change the way links are displayed.

Show Images	to load the graphic and display it.
Copy Image	to copy the graphic to a clipboard so that you can paste it into another program.
Save Image	to save the graphic to disk in its current format.
Copy Image Address	copy the graphic's address.

Get	If you click on a folder in the top window and press on 'Get', it will open all folder items in that folder. If you press on it in the bottom window, only the currently selected item will be retrieved.
Add Current	Adds the currently active document to the currently selected folder, not necessarily the currently active hotlist.
Add All	Adds all open documents to the selected folder.
Cut	Cuts a folder entry to the clipboard for pasting to another location
Copy	Copies a folder entry to the clipboard for pasting to another location
Paste	Pastes a cut or copied hotlist entry into the selected folder
Delete	Deletes the selected folder entry or entries. You can select more than one entry by using the Shift or Ctrl-key on the keyboard.
Select All	Selects either all folders if you are in the top window or all folder items if you are in the bottom window.
New	Folder Creates a new (sub)folder in the currently selected hotlist. This folder will be inserted according to its alphabetical location. Item Creates a new item (bookmark) in the currently selected folder. A dialog box appears to enter details pertaining that entry.
File	New Creates a new hotlist file. A dialog box opens, asking you to enter a name for the hotlist. Open Opens an Opera hotlist in .adr format. A dialog box opens, asking you to select the hotlist (.adr) file you would like to open. Save Now Allows you to instantaneously save your currently active hotlist file (usually opera3.adr) Save As Saves the currently open hotlist under a new name. A dialog box opens, asking you to enter a new name, ending with the extension .adr. Save Selected Items as Allows you to save only selected folders to a new file. A dialog box opens, asking you to enter a new name, ending with the extension .adr. Insert File Inserts another Opera hotlist file (.adr format) or any other HTML file into the currently open hotlist. This way you can merge various bookmark files into one and/or easily import Netscape Bookmark files. Insert Internet Explorer Favourites Searches for your 'Favourites' folder and imports the bookmarks it finds in it. Properties Accessed via the Hotlist Menu or by pressing ALT-ENTER while highlighting the hotlist item, a dialog box opens allowing you to modify the properties of this item (bookmark). You can change the description, the URL, give the bookmark a nickname for quick access and even enter a description for the item. View If you right-click anywhere on the border of the docked hotlist, a menu will open, giving you the following options: Docking View If you disable this option, the hotlist will change from 'docked' to 'floating' status, and can be freely moved around the workspace. Note: as it is treated like any other window, it will also change shape if you have 'auto window tile' enabled, means the hotlist window will be tiled just like your other documents. Enabling Docking View again will remove the floating hotlist and dock it to the left side of the screen again. Stay on Top Enabling this option will result in the hotlist staying permanently on top of open documents. Close Closes the docked hotlist. You can open it again with Shift-F7 or Ctrl-F2.