Toolbar and menu
The toolbar holds navigation, the address field and a few buttons you choose. The Acira menu holds everything else. You decide which buttons show and in what order, and you can rearrange the menu.
What is on the toolbar
These parts are always there, apart from the ones with a switch.
- Back, Forward and Reload page. While a page loads, Reload becomes Stop loading.
- Home, which opens the new tab page. Switch it with Show Home button (default on).
- The address field. The button at its start opens Page information. See Site permissions and data.
- The All open tabs button beside the tab strip (Alt+T). Switch it with Show tab viewer (default on).
- Your pinned extensions. See Extensions.
- The optional buttons below.
- A pill that offers to restart when an update is ready. See Updates.
- The Acira menu button. It always stays, so Settings is one click away.
To reach the toolbar with the keyboard, press F10. On Windows, Alt+Shift+T does the same.
When the window is too narrow for every button, a More toolbar buttons button gathers the hidden ones in a menu, so nothing is out of reach.
Optional buttons
Twelve buttons can show on the toolbar. Three show by default.
| Button | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Shown | Opens your extensions. |
| Downloads | Hidden | Opens the downloads list. See Downloads. |
| History | Hidden | Opens the History page. See History. |
| All bookmarks | Hidden | Opens your bookmarks. See Bookmarks and Favorites. |
| Split view | Hidden | Opens the split view picker. See Split view. |
| Appearance | Hidden | Opens the Appearance panel. See Appearance. |
| Tab sets | Hidden | Opens the Tab sets page. |
| AI-free mode | Hidden | Turns AI-free mode on or off. The shield shows a check when it is on. |
| VPN | Hidden | Opens the VPN app controls. See DNS, proxy and VPN. |
| Ads and trackers | Hidden | Opens the blocking panel for the current site. See Ads and trackers. |
| Focus mode | Shown | Switches the window to the Focus view and back. |
| Profiles | Shown | Opens the profile list. See Profiles. |
The default order is the order in the table. A private window also shows a Private chip on the toolbar.
Customize the toolbar
Open the customizer in either way:
- Right-click an empty part of the toolbar and choose Customize toolbar.
- Open Settings › Appearance › Toolbar and choose Customize….
The list of Toolbar buttons has a checkbox, a grip and two arrows for each button. Tick a box to show the button. Drag the grip to reorder, or move focus to a row and press Alt+Up or Alt+Down. The arrows read Move left · Alt+Up and Move right · Alt+Down. Changes apply at once.
Under Also in the toolbar are three more checkboxes: the bookmarks bar, the Home button and the tab viewer button. A reset button at the bottom restores the default buttons.
The button choices belong to the profile. A private window keeps its own layout too.
Settings › Appearance › Toolbar
| Control | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Show Home button | On | Shows or hides Home. |
| Show tab viewer | On | Shows or hides the tab viewer button. |
| Bookmarks bar | Never | Choose On new tabs, Always or Never. Ctrl+Shift+B shows or hides it. |
| Customize toolbar | The Customize… button opens the customizer. | |
| Reset toolbar controls | Shown after you change something. Reset restores the default toolbar buttons. |
The bookmarks bar shows the bookmarks in your Bookmarks bar folder. See Bookmarks and Favorites.
The toolbar menu
Right-click an empty part of the toolbar for these rows:
- Bookmark this page or Remove bookmark (Ctrl+D), when the page can be bookmarked.
- Switches for Show bookmarks bar, Show Home button and Show tab viewer.
- All bookmarks.
- The four window views: Full, Compact, Focus and Seamless. See Window views.
- Customize toolbar and Customize appearance.
Right-clicking a button, a tab or the address field does not open this menu.
The Acira menu
Click the Acira menu button. On Windows you can also press Alt+F or Alt+E. Esc closes it. Submenus have a back row; Left, Backspace and Esc also go back.
When an update is waiting, a Restart to update row tops the menu.
Main menu, in default order
| Row | Key (Windows) |
|---|---|
| New tab | Ctrl+T |
| New private tab | Ctrl+Shift+P |
| New Tor tab | None |
| New window | Ctrl+N |
| New private window | Ctrl+Shift+N |
| New Tor window | Alt+Shift+N |
| Find in page | Ctrl+F |
| Zoom | A row with minus, the value, plus and reset |
| Split view | Ctrl+Shift+S |
| Ads and trackers | Opens a submenu |
| AI-free mode | Ctrl+Shift+X. A switch. |
| Bookmarks | Ctrl+Shift+O. Opens a submenu. |
| History | Ctrl+H |
| Recently closed | Ctrl+Shift+T reopens the latest. Opens a submenu. |
| Rewind | Ctrl+Shift+H |
| Downloads | Ctrl+J. Opens a submenu. |
| More tools | Opens a submenu. Fixed. |
| Settings | Ctrl+,. Fixed. |
Two short rows named View and Tabs sit after Split view. View switches between Full, Compact and Seamless (only Full and Seamless with Sidebar + address). Tabs has three small buttons with pictures instead of words: Along the top, In a sidebar and Sidebar + address. Point at one to read its name. The menu stays open when you change View, and closes when you pick a layout.
In a Tor tab or window the menu also shows New Tor identity (Ctrl+Shift+U), which asks before it acts, and on a website New Tor circuit for this site. See Tor tabs and windows. Where Tor is not available, the Tor rows do not show.
More tools, in default order
| Row | Key (Windows) |
|---|---|
| All open tabs | Alt+T |
| Search and commands | Ctrl+Shift+K |
| Print… | Ctrl+P |
| Save page as… | Ctrl+S |
| Copy page address | Ctrl+Shift+C |
| Developer tools | F12 |
| Clear browsing data… | Ctrl+Shift+Delete |
| Focus | Ctrl+Shift+F. A switch. |
| Seamless | Ctrl+Shift+L. A switch. |
| Extensions | None |
| VPN | None |
The page rows (Print…, Save page as…, Copy page address and Developer tools) work on website pages and local files, and are dimmed on Acira's own pages. With tabs in a sidebar, Ctrl+S shows or hides the sidebar instead of saving the page, unless you turn that off. See Keyboard shortcuts.
Clear browsing data… in this menu asks Clear website data for {profile name}? and offers Clear website data. It removes website sign-ins, cookies, cached files and saved site permissions in that profile and keeps your history. For history and other choices use Settings › Privacy › Clear browsing data. See Privacy settings.
Keys on a Mac
On a Mac, Ctrl becomes Cmd and Alt becomes Option, with these exceptions.
| Row | Key on a Mac |
|---|---|
| History | Cmd+Y. Cmd+H hides the app. |
| Bookmarks | Cmd+Shift+O. Cmd+Option+B also works. |
| Downloads | Cmd+J. Cmd+Shift+J also works. |
| Rewind | No working key by default. Record one in Settings › Shortcuts. |
| New Tor window | No working key by default. Record one in Settings › Shortcuts. |
| Acira menu | No working key by default. Option+F and Option+E do nothing. |
The full list of keys, and how to change them, is on Keyboard shortcuts.
Customize the menu
Open Settings › Appearance › Menu and choose the Customize menu row. It has three lists: Main menu, More tools and Hidden.
- Drag a row's grip to reorder it, or press Alt+Up and Alt+Down.
- Use a row's arrow to move it between the Main menu and More tools.
- Untick a row's box to hide it. It moves to Hidden, where you can tick it again.
- A Preview shows how each list will look.
- More tools and Settings always stay at the foot of the main menu. More tools hides itself while its list is empty.
Each profile keeps its own menu layout. Reset at the bottom restores the default layout. It is dimmed while the layout is the default.
Limits
- You cannot remove the Acira menu button or the Settings row. They are the way back to every other setting.
- Extension buttons are pinned from the extensions panel, not from the customizer.
- Toolbar and menu layouts are per profile. They do not copy between profiles.
Last updated November 8, 2026