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It’s clickable. You can click any bread crumb to open the

corresponding folder. For example, if you’re viewing the Casey
Pictures Halloween folder, then you can click the word Pictures
to backtrack to the Pictures folder.

You can still edit it. The address bar of old was still a powerful
tool, because you could type in a folder address directly (using the
slash notation).

Actually, you still can. You can “open” the address bar for editing
in any of four different ways: (1) Press Alt+D. (2) Click the tiny
icon to the left of the address. (3) Click any blank spot. (4) Right-

click (or hold your finger down) anywhere in the address; from the
shortcut menu, choose Edit Address.

In each case, the address bar changes to reveal the old-style slash

notation, ready for editing (Figure 2-6, bottom).

Tip

After you’ve had a good look, press Esc to restore the notation.

Components of the Address Bar

On top of all that, the address bar houses a few additional doodads that
make it easy for you to jump around on your hard drive (Figure 2-7):

Back ( ), Forward ( ). Just as in a web browser, the Back
button opens whatever window you opened just before this one.
Once you’ve used the Back button, you can then use the Forward

button to return to the window where you started. Keyboard
shortcuts: Alt+ , Alt+ .

Recent pages list. Click the to the left of the address bar to see

a list of folders you’ve had open recently; it’s like a multilevel
Back button.