The Toolbar
The toolbar (Figure 52 ) offers navigation tools and view buttons within Finder windows:
- The Back button displays the previous window's contents.The Forward button displays the window that was showing before you clicked the Back button.View buttons enable you to change the window's view.The Action pop-up menu (Figure 53 ) offers commands for working with an open window or selected object(s) within the window.
Figure 53. The Action pop-up menu offers commands for working with selected items in a window.
Figure 52. The toolbar.
Figure 54. When the window is narrow, some toolbar items may be hidden.
Figure 55. Click the double arrow to display a menu of hidden items.
To hide or display the toolbar
Click the toolbar control button (Figure 56 ).
Figure 56. The toolbar control button can hide the toolbar…
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- If the toolbar is displayed, it disappears (Figure 56 ).If the toolbar is not displayed, it appears (Figure 57 ).
Figure 57. …or display it.
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Tip
- As shown in Figure 56 , hiding the toolbar also hides the Sidebar (which is discussed on the next page) and window borders and moves the status bar so it appears right beneath the title bar. This makes the window smaller and more like the windows in Mac OS 9 and earlier.
To use a toolbar button
Click the button once.
To use the Action pop-up menu
1. | If necessary, select the icon(s) for the items you want to work with. |
2. | Click the Action pop-up menu to display a menu of commands (Figure 53 ). |
3. | Choose the command you want to use. |