Webbrowsing with Konqueror
Konqueror is KDE's open source, standards compliant webbrowser. It's home page is http://www.konqueror.org where a Konqueror specific FAQ can be found.
| 9.1. | Where does the name Konqueror come from? |
It's a word play on the other browsers' names. After the Navigator and the Explorer comes the Conqueror; it's spelled with a K to show that it's part of KDE. The name change also moves away from “kfm” (the KDE file manager, Konqueror's predecessor) which represented only file management. | |
| 9.2. | Can I run Konqueror without running KDE? |
Yes. Just install Qt™, kdelibs and kdebase, and from your favorite window manager just launch Konqueror. It should work just fine, but if it doesn't (KDE developers don't test that case often), report it to http://bugs.kde.org and try running "kdeinit" before running Konqueror, it usually helps. This is of course the same for any other KDE application. | |
| 9.3. | Why doesn't Konqueror show the contents of an image's |
There is no standard that states the | |
| 9.4. | How do I use Konqueror as a web browser with a proxy? |
Konqueror can be used with HTTP and FTP proxies. To set up the proxy server in Konqueror, just select -> from the Konqueror menu and go to the Proxy tab. | |
| 9.5. | How do I import bookmarks from another browser into Konqueror ? |
To import bookmarks from another browser into Konqueror select and then in the Bookmark Editor select . Then select the browser you would like to import bookmarks from. In the Open dialog, navigate to the location of the folder or file your bookmarks are contained in and click Open | |
| 9.6. | How can I make Konqueror only show certain bookmarks in the bookmarks toolbar? |
In Konqueror go to ->. Then select Web Behaviour from the icon list. Under the Bookmarks heading, place a check in the box next to Show only marked bookmarks in bookmark toolbar. Now in the Bookmark Editor an option to Show in Toolbar appears on clicking with the mouse button on any bookmark entry or in the menu when the entry is highlighted. Folders can also be shown in the bookmarks toolbar in much the same way. | |
| 9.7. | How do I fool a site into believing Konqueror is Netscape® or some other browser? |
In Konqueror, select -> and in the configuration dialog, select Browser Identification. Default and site-specific browser identifications can be set from here. | |
| 9.8. | Konqueror is taking a really long time to load webpages, what could cause this? |
Quite often Konqueror loading webpages slowly is caused by
DNS servers with broken IPV6
support. Adding the following to export KDE_NO_IPV6=true for bourne compatible shells, and for C-style shells: setenv KDE_NO_IPV6 true
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| 9.9. | How do I configure Konqueror to run Java™ applets? |
Choose -> from Konqueror's menubar and then select Java & Javascript. Set the Path to Java executable correctly. If it doesn't work, please check the Konqueror + Java HOWTO. | |
| 9.10. | How do I block unrequested popup windows in Konqueror? |
Konqueror has a new 'smart' policy for JavaScript popups. From the Konqueror main window, select -> and then Java & JavaScript. On the JavaScript tab, under Global JavaScript Policies set the radio button beside Open new windows: to Smart. | |
| 9.11. | Why doesn't my banking site work with Konqueror? It pops up a new window with the login screen in other browsers, but not in Konqueror. |
Make sure you have Javascript enabled, and the default JavaScript web popups policy set to Ask or Allow. The Smart policy is not always sufficient for some banks. Many banks also require Java™ support. You can find more help on enabling this at http://www.konqueror.org/. | |
| 9.12. | Can Konqueror use user-specified stylesheets, like those in the Firefox adblock extention? |
Yes, you can set Konqueror to use any kind of valid css stylesheet to filter webcontent or improve accessibility. From the Konqueror main window simply click -> and select Stylesheets. Set the radio button to Use user-defined stylesheet and browse to where the stylesheet you want to use is located. Alternatively, you can select Use accessibility stylesheet defined in "Customize" tab and then set your own options. An example of css rules that implement ad blocking can be found at: http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/adblock. | |
| 9.13. | Why does Konqueror display a plain grey square when I try to view flash animations, even though the flash plugin is installed? |
Under the latest versions of X.org, having the composite extension loaded can cause problems with the flash plugin. Try disabling the composite extension and see if normal flash operation is restored. | |
| 9.14. | Why can't Konqueror render GIF images? |
It is because you did not enable GIF support in Qt™. Please see Q: 4.20 for more details. | |
| 9.15. | When I try to open a web page with Konqueror, I get the message: “There appears to be a configuration error. You have associated Konqueror with text/html, but it cannot handle this file type.” |
You need to make sure that the embedding settings for the text/html MIME type are correct:
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