&liberator.appname;'s GUI

Although &liberator.appname; offers the most frequently used &liberator.host; functionality via Ex and Normal mode commands there may be times when directly accessing the GUI is required. There are commands for accessing the menu system, standard dialogs and the sidebar.

Menus

:emenu :emenu menu

Execute menu from the command line. This command provides command-line access to all menu items available from the main &liberator.host; menubar. menu is a hierarchical path to the menu item with each submenu separated by a period. E.g. :emenu File.Open File…

Dialogs

:addo :addons :addons

Show available &liberator.host; Extensions and Themes. You can add/remove/disable browser extensions from this dialog. Be aware that not all &liberator.host; extensions work, because &liberator.appname; overrides some key bindings and changes &liberator.host;'s GUI.

:dia :dialog :dialog &liberator.host;-dialog

Open a &liberator.host; dialog.

Available dialogs:

about: About Mozilla &liberator.host;;
addbookmark: Add bookmark for the current page
addons: Manage Add-ons
bookmarks: List your bookmarks
checkupdates: Check for updates
cleardata: Clear private data
cookies: List your cookies
console: JavaScript console
customizetoolbar: Customize the Toolbar
dominspector: DOM Inspector
downloads: Manage Downloads
history: List your history
import: Import Preferences, Bookmarks, History, etc. from other browsers
openfile: Open the file selector dialog
pageinfo: Show information about the current page
pagesource: View page source
places: Places Organizer: Manage your bookmarks and history
preferences: Show &liberator.host; preferences dialog
printpreview: Preview the page before printing
printsetup: Setup the page size and orientation before printing
print: Show print dialog
saveframe: Save frame to disk
savepage: Save page to disk
searchengines: Manage installed search engines
selectionsource: View selection source

:dl :downl :downloads :downloads

Show progress of current downloads. Open the original &liberator.host; download dialog in a new tab. Here, downloads can be paused, canceled and resumed.

Add-ons

:exta :extadd :extadd file

Install an extension. file is an extension XPInstall file (*.xpi).

:extde :extdelete :extdelete extension :extdelete!

Uninstall an extension. extension is the extension's name. When ! is given all extensions are uninstalled.

:extd :extdisable :extdisable extension :extdisable!

Disable an extension. extension is the extension's name. When ! is given all extensions are disabled.

:exte :extenable :extenable extension :extenable!

Enable an extension. extension is the extension's name. When ! is given all extensions are enabled.

:extens :extensions :extensions

List all installed extensions.

:exto :extoptions :extp :extpreferences :extoptions! extension :extpreferences! extension

Open the preferences dialog for an extension. If ! is given, open a dialog, otherwise open a buffer. See also newtab.

Sidebar

:sbcl :sbclose :sbclose

Close the sidebar window.

:sbope :sbopen :sb :sbar :sideb :sidebar :sidebar name

Open the sidebar window. name is any of the menu items listed under the standard &liberator.host; View->Sidebar menu. Add-ons, Preferences and Downloads are also available in the sidebar.

Status line

The status line appears at the bottom of each window. The laststatus option can be used to specify when the status line appears.

The status line contains several fields that provide information about the state of the current buffer. These are, in order:

URL: The URL of the currently loaded page. While the page is loading progress messages are also output to this field.
History and bookmark status ([+-❤]): The position of the current page in the tab's session history; + and - indicate that it's possible to move backwards and forwards through the history respectively. ❤ indicates that the current page is bookmarked.
Tab index ([N/M]): N is the index of the currently selected tab and M is the total number of tabs in the current window.
Vertical scroll: The vertical scroll percentage of the current buffer. This is a percentage or Top for 0% and Bot for 100%.
Security: The security information button is displayed when appropriate as per &liberator.host;. The color of the status bar also changes to reflect the current security status of the loaded page.
- black – the site's identity is unverified and the connection is unencrypted
- blue – the site's domain has been verified and the connection is encrypted
- green – the site's domain and owner have been fully verified via an
Extended Validation certificate and the connection is encrypted
Extensions: Any extension buttons that would normally be installed to the &liberator.host; status bar are appended to the end of the status line.

Toolbars

:tbs :tbshow :toolbars :toolbarshow :toolbarshow name

Shows the named toolbar.

:tbh :tbhide :toolbarh :toolbarhide :toolbarhide name

Hides the named toolbar.

:tbt :tbtoggle :toolbart :toolbartoggle :toolbartoggle name

Toggles the named toolbar.