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A tour of the window
The parts of Luma’s window: the three layouts, the address bar, the privacy shield, workspaces, the ⋯ menu and Settings.
Three layouts
Luma can arrange its window in three ways. You pick one in the first-run setup and can change it at any time from the ⋯ menu (Layout) or in Settings › Appearance › Layout.
| Layout | Where things are |
|---|---|
| Sidebar | Tabs in a list on the left, with full titles. A bar across the top of the window holds Back, Forward, Reload and the address bar, with the window buttons at its right end. Downloads and extensions have a row at the top of the sidebar; Settings and the ⋯ menu are at its foot. The address bar can go at the top of the sidebar instead. |
| On top | Tabs in a row along the top, with the window buttons at its right end; the toolbar with the address bar under them. Workspaces are in the ⋯ menu. |
| Dock | The page fills the window. Tabs (as icons), workspaces, the address bar and the tools are in one bar on an edge of the window, like the Windows taskbar. |
In every layout the window buttons are Windows’ own: minimize, maximize and close. More in Tab layouts and The dock.
The address bar
Type an address or a search and press Enter. Ctrl+L (or Alt+D, or F6) puts the cursor in the address bar.
Ctrl+T opens a floating search over the page: type and press Enter, and the result opens in a new tab. Ctrl+Alt+T opens a new tab with the start page instead.
At the right end of the address bar are buttons for the page you’re on: Reader View, Translate when the page is in another language, and the star to bookmark it (Ctrl+D). See The address bar.
The privacy shield
At the left end of the address bar, the shield stands for Luma’s protections on this site. It changes when something has been blocked, and shows a warning sign on a page that isn’t secure. Click it to open the privacy panel: what was blocked on the page, the connection, and the switch that turns protections off for this site only.
In the dock layout, the shield sits at the start of the dock, with the number of trackers and ads it stopped on the page. It turns into a warning sign on a page that isn’t secure and is crossed out where blocking is off. Click it for the same panel.
When a site asks for a permission (the camera, say), the shield opens that request instead. See The privacy panel.
Workspaces
Workspaces keep separate sets of tabs: one for work, one for home, one for a trip. Luma starts with one, and while there is only one, nothing about workspaces shows except a + to create another, at the foot of the sidebar or in the dock (with tabs on top, ⋯ › New workspace).
From the second workspace on, their buttons appear in the same place (with tabs on top they’re listed at the top of the ⋯ menu), and the colour of the workspace you’re in marks the window: a thin line over the page, a mark on the current tab and the tint of the dock. Ctrl+Alt+→ and Ctrl+Alt+← move between them. See Workspaces.
The ⋯ menu
The ⋯ button opens Luma’s menu (Alt+F from the keyboard). It has, from top to bottom:
- New tab, New window, New private window, New workspace, Profiles and Passwords.
- Command palette, Search tabs and Keyboard shortcuts.
- Bookmarks, Read later, History, Downloads, Privacy dashboard, Extensions and Task manager.
- Layout, to switch between the sidebar, tabs on top and the dock; Compact mode (in the sidebar layout) and Show bookmarks bar.
- Zoom, Translate, Find in page…, Reader View, Read later, Print…, Save page as… and Install this site as an app….
- Clear browsing data…, Settings, Developer tools, What’s new in Luma, About Luma and Exit.
Settings
Open Settings with the gear button (at the foot of the sidebar, in the dock, or in the toolbar with tabs on top), from ⋯ › Settings, or with Ctrl+,. They open over the page; press Ctrl+, or Esc to put them away.
Settings come in four groups: Browser (General, Appearance, Tabs), Browsing (Search, Downloads, Links & mouse, Keyboard shortcuts), Privacy (Privacy & security, Passwords, My filters, Containers) and You and Luma (Profiles, Sync, Performance, Advanced). They’re listed on the left, as in Windows’ own Settings, under the Search settings field, which finds any setting by name. See Settings.