Browser Tips

This page points out some ways you can use your web browser to get then most out of P4Web.

Using bookmarks

You'll find that there are some P4Web pages you return to over and over. Use your browser's bookmark (or "favorites") feature to store quick access to those pages. Simply navigate to a P4Web page that you'll be returning to frequently, and bookmark it. (You may want use your browser's bookmark editor to give the bookmark a more meaningful title.)

Right-clicking on links

In most browsers, right-clicking on a link opens up the target page in a new window. In P4Web you can use this to look at two pages at once. For example:

• Right-click on "Help" whenever you want to be able to see both the Help page and the page it describes at the same time.

• Right-click on subdirectory links in the Path Browser to browse a subdirectory without losing the page showing its parent.

Using the "Back" button:

Your browser's "Back" button can be used in combination with P4Web "Preview" buttons to preview a command first, then run it. For example, if you want to preview an integrate command to make sure files will be opened correctly, and then run the command, do this:

• Click P4Web's Run->Integrate... menu option

• Fill out the form to indicate how you want files opened for integrate

• Click the "Preview Integration" button and confirm that the files will be opened as you expected

• Click your browser's "Back" button to return to the form -- it should still contain the input you provided for the preview

• Click the "Integrate" button