A tour of the window
This page walks through Acira's window from top to bottom, and says where to find each part. It uses the default setup. Many parts can be moved or hidden, and the page says how.
The parts of the window
| Part | Where it is | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Tab strip | Along the top | Your open tabs. A + button after the last tab opens a new one. Move it to a sidebar if you prefer. |
| Toolbar | Below the tabs | Back, forward and reload, the address bar, extension buttons and the Acira menu |
| Bookmarks bar | Below the toolbar | Your bookmarks. Off by default. Set it to On new tabs or Always in Settings › Appearance › Toolbar › Bookmarks bar, or show and hide it with Ctrl+Shift+B. |
| Page area | The middle | The website. A split view divides it into two to four panes. |
| Sidebar | The left (or the right, if you move it), when tabs are in a sidebar | Tabs, Favorites, bookmarks, a media card and a workspace switcher |
A private window has a teal look and a Private chip in the toolbar. A Tor window has a purple look. See Private tabs and windows and Tor tabs and windows.
Tabs
Each tab shows a site icon and a title. A tab that plays sound shows a small level meter. A private tab has a teal tint and a mask icon, and a Tor tab has a purple tint and an onion icon. Right-click a tab for its menu. See Tabs, Tab groups and Workspaces.
- New tab: Ctrl+T. Close: Ctrl+W. Reopen the last closed tab: Ctrl+Shift+T.
- All open tabs: Alt+T.
- Right-click an empty part of the tab strip for New tab, New private tab, New Tor tab, new windows and Reopen closed tab.
The toolbar
From left to right, the default toolbar has:
- Back and Forward, and Reload page (which becomes Stop loading while a page loads).
- A Home button. It is on by default. Turn it off in Settings › Appearance › Toolbar › Show Home button.
- The address bar (below).
- Extension buttons, then the toolbar buttons you chose. By default these are Extensions, Focus mode and Profiles.
- An Update button, only when an update is ready.
- The Acira menu. It is always there, so Settings is one click away.
With tabs in a sidebar, the sidebar button also appears in the toolbar.
Right-click the toolbar to turn buttons on or off, switch the window view, or choose Customize toolbar and Customize appearance. In Customize toolbar, drag a button to reorder it, or use Alt+Up and Alt+Down. You can add these buttons: Extensions, Downloads, History, All bookmarks, Split view, Appearance, Tab sets, AI-free mode, VPN, the protection panel (Ads and trackers), Focus mode and Profiles. See Toolbar and menu.
Press F10 to move keyboard focus to the toolbar. On Windows, Alt+Shift+T does the same.
The address bar
The address bar says Search or enter address. Press Ctrl+L to jump to it. Ctrl+K and F6 do the same, and on Windows so do Ctrl+E and Alt+D. Type an address to go there, or words to search with your default search engine.
- Suggestions come from this device: your tabs, bookmarks and history. A suggestion for a page that is already open reads Switch to tab. Press Shift+Enter to switch to it. Press Shift+Delete to remove a suggestion from your history.
- The icon at the left shows whether the connection is secure and opens Page information. In a Tor tab, it also shows the Tor circuit.
- The star saves or edits a bookmark. It is unavailable for Acira pages, in private tabs and in Tor windows. In a Tor tab inside a normal window it saves a Tor bookmark that is not encrypted. See Tor tabs and windows.
- A zoom indicator appears when a page is not at 100 percent. Click it for the zoom controls.
- In a Tor tab, a purple Tor pill shows the Tor connection.
See Search engines, Bookmarks and Favorites and Reader mode, find, zoom and print.
The Acira menu
Open it with the button at the right end of the toolbar. On Windows you can also press Alt+F or Alt+E. In the default menu:
| Group | Items |
|---|---|
| New tabs and windows | New tab, New private tab, New Tor tab, New window, New private window, New Tor window |
| This page | Find in page, zoom, Split view, the View and Tabs choosers, Ads and trackers, AI-free mode |
| Your library | Bookmarks, History, Recently closed, Rewind, Downloads |
| More tools | All open tabs, Search and commands, Print…, Save page as…, Copy page address, Developer tools, Clear browsing data…, Focus, Seamless, Extensions, VPN |
| Foot | More tools and Settings (Ctrl+,) |
In a Tor tab or window, the menu also has New Tor identity. When an update is ready, Restart to update tops the menu. You can reorder the menu and move rows between the main menu, More tools and hidden in Settings › Appearance › Menu (Customize menu). More tools and Settings always stay at the foot.
The sidebar
When tabs are in a sidebar, the sidebar (on the left unless you moved it) holds Favorites (at the top unless you moved them), the workspace switcher, your tabs and sections such as Bookmarks, a media card and a footer with your profile and four buttons: Bookmarks, Downloads, History and Settings. See Sidebar.
Right-click menus
| Right-click | You get |
|---|---|
| A tab | Reload, duplicate, rename, pin, mute, split, move to a group or workspace, close, reopen |
| A group header | Edit, new tab in group, copy links, put to sleep, move to another workspace, rename, collapse, ungroup, close the group |
| An empty part of the tab strip | New tab, private and Tor tabs and windows, reopen closed tab |
| The toolbar | Toolbar buttons, window views, customize |
| A link on a page | Open in a new tab, window, private tab or window or Tor tab, Preview link, copy address |
| A bookmark | Open in a new tab, private tab or Tor tab, edit, delete |
The keys to know
| Do this | Windows | Mac |
|---|---|---|
| Command search | Ctrl+Shift+K | Cmd+Shift+K |
| Settings | Ctrl+, | Cmd+, |
| Find in page | Ctrl+F | Cmd+F |
| History | Ctrl+H | Cmd+Y |
| Downloads | Ctrl+J | Cmd+J |
| Bookmarks manager | Ctrl+Shift+O | Cmd+Shift+O |
| Rewind | Ctrl+Shift+H | Cmd+Shift+H |
| Private window | Ctrl+Shift+N | Cmd+Shift+N |
| Tor window | Alt+Shift+N | No key on a Mac. Choose New Tor window in the Acira menu. |
| Split view | Ctrl+Shift+S | Cmd+Shift+S |
| Focus view | Ctrl+Shift+F | Cmd+Shift+F |
| Seamless view | Ctrl+Shift+L | Cmd+Shift+L |
| Toggle sidebar | Ctrl+Shift+E | Cmd+Shift+E |
| Developer tools | F12 | F12 |
| Full screen | F11 | F11 or Control+Cmd+F |
The full list is in Settings › Shortcuts and on Keyboard shortcuts. You can change any of them there.
Acira pages
Some pages are part of Acira, with addresses that begin acira://: Settings, History, Bookmarks, Downloads and Rewind. They open as ordinary tabs. A new tab opens on Acira's new tab page. See New tab page.
Last updated November 8, 2026