# App/UI/Main window/Overview

From XOWA: the free, open-source, offline wiki application

The XOWA Window is meant to be a minimalistic representation of a web browser.

## Back button

- This button is located in the top left hand corner of the screen. It is denoted by a green arrow pointing left.
- It has the same functionality as a web browser's back button. It navigates you back to a page you left.
- To move back, click the back button or press Alt+Left.

## Forward button

- This button is located in the top left hand corner of the screen. It is denoted by a green arrow pointing right.
- It has the same functionality as a web browser's forward button. It navigates you to a page you left with the back button.
- To move forward, click the forward button or press Alt+Right.

## Address bar

- The address bar is located at the top of the screen.
- It can be used to navigate to other pages in the wiki.
  - For example, type "Help/Contents" into the bar and press Enter. It will take you to the main Help page.
  - You can also use it to navigate to other wikis. If you type simple.wikipedia.org into the address bar, it will take you to the "Main Page" for Simple Wikipedia
- Note that you can also press the Go button instead of Enter to select the address.
- There are other formats that can be entered into the address bar. For more information, see App/UI/Address_bar/Shortcuts
- To select the address bar, press Alt+D.
- The address bar also has auto-completion. Try typing in "a", "b" in the address bar

## Address bar go button

- The go button is located right of the address bar. It is denoted by the downward pointing green arrow.
- It can be pressed to activate the address in the address bar. Note that you can also press Enter in the address bar.

## Search box

- The search box allows you to find all pages in a wiki starting with the term. This is the same as the Special:AllPages search feature
  - For example, typing in "Earth" will find all pages in the wiki that start with the word "Earth".
- Note that you can also press the magnifying glass button instead of Enter to activate the search.

## Search activate button

- The search button is located right of the search box. It is denoted by the magnifying glass icon.
- It can be pressed to navigate to activate the search in the search bar.

## Browser box

- The browser box takes up most of the screen.
- Its main purpose is to render all content, such as the text you're reading now.

## Find box

- The find box is located in the bottom left hand corner of the screen.
- It can be used to search for text on the page. If you type a word in the box, it will automatically find and highlight it in the browser box.
- The find box defaults to a hidden state. To activate it, do one of the following:
  - Press Ctrl+F
  - Choose the following from the Main Menu: Edit -> Find
  - Right click in the browser box. Select Find from the popup menu.
- To use it, do the following:
  - Type the word "box" in the find box. It will highlight the "box" in Browser box.
  - Press Enter. It will now highlight the next "box" word
- For more information, see App/UI/Find_box.

## Progress box

- The progress box is located at the bottom of the screen.
- It displays transient messages from the application.
- To view the info box, do one of the following
  - Press Ctrl+Alt+P
  - Choose the following from the Main Menu: View -> Show Progress Messages
  - Middle-click the progress box

## Note box

- The info box is located in the bottom-right hand corner of the screen.
- It displays warnings from the application. It is disabled by default, but can be enabled through Options/Dev
- To select the info box, press Ctrl+Alt+N.
- To clear messages, press Ctrl+Alt+C.

## Common behavior

- The "Address bar", "Find box", "Progress box", and "Note box" are standard text boxes. As such, the following behavior will work:
  - Right clicking in the box will bring up the standard context menu of Cut, Copy, Paste, Undo, Select All
  - The standard keyboard shortcuts will work
    - Ctrl+X: Cut
    - Ctrl+C: Copy
    - Ctrl+V: Paste
    - Ctrl+A: Select All
    - Ctrl+Z: Undo
    - Ctrl+Shift+Z: Redo
- The "Browser box" has a right-click context menu. It also responds to the same keyboard shortcuts listed above.

### XOWA

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