To locate keys quickly, Configuration Editor allows you
to search the key names in GConf. Additionally,
you can use bookmarks to find directories of keys that you need to access
frequently.
To access a directory location in your bookmarks, choose the location
from the menu. You can add and remove directory
locations to your menu.
To add a bookmark, select the location that you want to bookmark in the
tree pane. Choose .
To delete a bookmark, perform the following steps:
Choose .
Select the bookmark in the
Edit bookmarks dialog, then click
Delete.
Click Close.
To search for keys, perform the following steps:
Choose .
Enter the keyword you want to search for in the
Search for field. You can also select the
optional check boxes Search also in key names
and Search also in key values. If these check boxes
are not selected, the search will only be performed on folder names.
Selecting these boxes will expand the search parameters.
Click Find.
The results from the search will appear in the results pane. To move
through the results list, first select that pane. Then you can move through
the results with the scroll bar or the arrow keys. The information for the
selected key or folder will appear in the rest of the window.
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