# Main button bar

The main button bar lets you do essential web navigation.

Several of the buttons have a click and hold mode, meaning that if you just click the button, it will perform the most relevant action, while if you click and hold you will open up a subdialog that allows you to perform a more complex action.

| This is the security indicator, it shows the current security level. You may click the button for details. The button image on the left indicates unencrypted communication, the higher security levels are indicated by these button images:
| Open up the main menu . From this menu you may access all functions of Opera.
| Go to page viewed before current page (click and hold for history).
| Get newest version of page.
| Stop loading page (appears only while loading).
| Go to page viewed after current page (click and hold for history).
| Go to a specific Internet address, or perform web search.
| Access and manage your bookmarks.
| Change window. Click to switch to the next open window. Click and hold to open the window list and window management dialog.
| Layout mode. Click to toggle the layout mode between content column layout and traditional web page layout. The button image indicates the current layout mode: The square page icon shown left indicates traditional layout, the column icon indicates content column mode.
| Find a word or a phrase on the current page . Click to repeat last search. Click and hold to open the find dialog.
| Scale page up or down. Click to toggle between 100% and the latest used scale factor. Click and hold to open the page scale dialog.
| Display context sensitive help.