The Navigation toolbar contains the tools used to navigate to websites, as well as the Location bar and Search bar.

• If you find that one of the items below is missing from your toolbar, see the Toolbar items missing article to restore them.

Default Navigation toolbar

When you first run Firefox, the Navigation toolbar contains the following items:

Windows 7 and Vista

Icon	Description
	Go back to the previous page, or forward to the next page in history
	Reload the current page
	Stop loading the current page
	Open your home page(s)

Windows XP

Icon	Description
	Go back to the previous page, or forward to the next page in history
	Reload the current page
	Stop loading the current page
	Open your home page(s)

Icon	Description
	Go back to the previous page, or forward to the next page in history
	Reload the current page
	Stop loading the current page
	Open your home page(s)

Icon	Description
	Go back to the previous page in history
	Go or forward to the next page in history
	Reload the current page
	Stop loading the current page
	Open your home page(s)

Location and Search tools

Display	Description
	In the Location bar, the location of the current Web page is displayed. To go to a new Web page, enter a URL and press EnterReturn.
	In the Search bar, you can search the Web using the search engine of your choice. To search for a new term, enter your text string in the Search bar and press EnterReturn.

Customizing the toolbar

You can customize the Navigation toolbar to add any of the following items:

• For more information, see How to customize the toolbar.

Windows 7 and Vista

Icon	Description
	A separator to add a visual separation between a group of icons
	Print the current page
	Display of the progress of current downloads through the Downloads Manager
	Display the pages you've viewed recently in the History sidebar
	Display your bookmarks in the Bookmarks sidebar
	Open a new browsing tab
	Open a new browsing window
	Cut
	Copy
	Paste
	(Fireofx 3.6) Make the Firefox window full-screen

Windows XP

Icon	Description
	A separator to add a visual separation between a group of icons
	Print the current page
	Display of the progress of current downloads through the Downloads Manager
	Display the pages you've viewed recently in the History sidebar
	Display your bookmarks in the Bookmarks sidebar
	Open a new browsing tab
	Open a new browsing window
	Cut
	Copy
	Paste
	(Fireofx 3.6) Make the Firefox window full-screen

Icon	Description
	A separator to add a visual separation between a group of icons
	Print the current page
	Display of the progress of current downloads through the Downloads Manager
	Display the pages you've viewed recently in the History sidebar
	Display your bookmarks in the Bookmarks sidebar
	Open a new browsing tab
	Open a new browsing window
	Cut
	Copy
	Paste
	(Fireofx 3.6) Make the Firefox window full-screen

Icon	Description
	A separator to add a visual separation between a group of icons
	Print the current page
	Display of the progress of current downloads through the Downloads Manager
	Display the pages you've viewed recently in the History sidebar
	Display your bookmarks in the Bookmarks sidebar
	Open a new browsing tab
	Open a new browsing window
	Cut
	Copy
	Paste
	(Fireofx 3.6) Make the Firefox window full-screen

Spacing the toolbar icons

You can also add spacing in the toolbar, if desired.

Icon	Description
	You can define flexible space of a predefined width.
	This spacing tool adapts its width depending on the items in your Navigation bar.