Losing the Tool Bar

Sometimes it’s just nicer to have nothing in your browser but the page. In Safari/WebKit, this can be completed using either the Menu Bar or using Command + Shift + \.

This hides the Tool Bar. However, you’re obviously going to still need to access the Address Bar and you may need to access the Search Bar. This can be done using the keyboard shortcuts Command + L and Command + Alt + F respectively.

These shortcuts make the Tool Bar appear but only until the page changes. Another nice feature.

The Back and Forward functions can be completed with Command followed by either the left arrow or the right arrow.

Overall, a nice touch which should help those of you with smaller screens to see more of the web page.

Haegin said,

September 24, 2008 @ 12:13 pm

This can be done nicely on the fox by customising the toolbars. I have found the best arrangement for me is to hide the bookmarks toolbar (and any other toolbars that you might have installed to increase loading times) and drag the location box and the search box up into the menu bar. I also have the back/forward buttons in there between the help menu and the location bar. Then remove the location bar (where the location box used to sit).

This gives you a single toolbar at the top and (optionally) a status bar at the bottom.

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