Navigating the Web Using the HotJava Browser

## To Navigate Using the Buttons

The default buttons are Back, Forward, Home, Reload, Stop, Remember Place, Find in Document, and Print. In addition to these default buttons, you can optionally have a ninth button for displaying HTML Errors in the current page. (HTML is the language used to create Web pages.)

When these buttons appear dimmed, their functions are unavailable.

### Back

Return to the previous page. Click on the Back button to return to the previous page after:

- Following a link
- An error page is displayed
- Viewing the HTML source for a page
- Sending mail using the HotJavaTM Browser (click Back twice).

### Forward

Forward is available only after you have used the Back button. Click on Forward to display the previously viewed page.

### Home

Return to the browser's "home" page. The HotJava Browser's default home page is doc:/lib/hotjava/whats-hot.html.

You can designate a different home page. See Setting HotJava Browser Preferences.

### Reload

Reload a page after its HTML source has been edited or if you encounter an error page that advises you to reload.

If the page is not local, you may need to clear the cache before reloading in order to pick up changes made to the page. (The cache is a local storage for previously accessed pages.) Choose Clear Cached Images from the View menu. Note that this release of the HotJava Browser only clears cached images, not complete HTML pages.

### Stop

Stop loading a URL. If the HotJava Browser has already finished loading an applet, Stop does not stop the applet from running, it only stops the page from loading. Click Back to return to the previous page.

### Remember Place

Puts the current page on the New Places List, so you can easily revisit the page in the future.
To access the New Places List, choose Show Remembered Places or New Places from the Places menu. See Creating a Places List for more information.

### Find in Document

Displays the Find in Document dialog, which you use to find a particular text string in the currently displayed page.

### Print

Displays the Print dialog, which you use to print the currently displayed page.

### HTML Errors

This is an optional button for displaying HTML errors in the current page. If the button is active (as shown here), there are HTML errors in the currently displayed page, which you can view by clicking the button. If the button is dimmed, there are no HTML errors in the current page.

You can enable this button using the Display Preferences page, described in Setting HotJava Browser Preferences.

Other Getting Started topics:

- Opening a URL
- Creating a Places List (next topic)
- Setting HotJava Browser Preferences