Best Practices for Using the Browser ------------------------------------ Pop-up Blockers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Before using the web client, be sure to disable pop-up blockers for your Evergreen system's domain. - In Chrome, select _Settings_ from the Chrome menu and click on _Content settings_ in the advanced section. Select _Popups_ and then add your domain to the _Allowed_ list. - In Firefox, select _Preferences_ from the Firefox menu and then select the _Content_ panel. Click the _Exceptions_ button and add your domain to the _Allowed Sites_ list. Setting Browser Defaults for Web Client ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To ensure that staff can easily get to the web client portal page on login without additional steps, you can set the browser's home page to default to the web client. Setting the Web Client as the Home Page in Chrome ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ . In the top-right corner of your browser, click the Chrome menu. . Select *Settings*. . In the _On startup_ section, select _Open a specific page or set of pages._ . Click the *Set Pages* link. . Add _https://localhost/eg/staff/_ to the _Enter URL_ box and click *OK*. Setting the Web Client as the Home Page in Firefox ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ . In the top-right corner of your browser, click the menu button. . Click *Options*. . In the _When Firefox starts:_ dropdown menu, select _Show my home page_. . In the _Home Page_ box, add _https://localhost/eg/staff/_ and click *OK*. Tab Buttons and Keyboard Shortcuts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Now that the client will be loaded in a web browser, users can use browser-based tab controls and keyboard shortcuts to help with navigation. Below are some tips for browser navigation that can be used in Chrome and Firefox on Windows PCs. - Use CTRL-T or click the browser's new tab button to open a new tab. - Use CTRL-W or click the x in the tab to close the tab. - Undo closing a tab by hitting CTRL-Shift-T. - To open a link from the web client in a new tab, CTRL-click the link or right-click the link and select *Open Link in New Tab*. Using this method, you can also open options from the web client's dropdown menus in a new tab - Navigate to the next tab using CTRL-Tab. Go to the previous tab with CTRL-Shift-Tab. Setting New Tab Behavior ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Some users may want to automatically open the web client's portal page in a new tab. Neither Chrome nor Firefox will open your home page by default when you open a new tab. However, both browsers have optional add-ons that will allow you to set the browsers to automatically open the home page whenever open opening a new tab. These add-ons may be useful for those libraries that want the new tab to open to the web client portal page.