Know how to use Xiaomi Stock Browser (Tools Tips & tutorials, )

a. Navigate webpages with the following keys:

• Enter a URL or search keyword.
• Popular, Useful and Bookmark tabs.
• Back
• Forward
• View thumbnails of all active browser tabs.
• Open a new tab.
• Menu button. Tap it for more options: Bookmark, Popular, Copy link and Share page.
• Reading mode.
• Refresh/reload

b. While browsing a webpage, use the following gestures:

• Place 2 fingers on the screen and spread them apart or pinch them together to zoom in or out. Double tap the screen to return to the original size.
• Double tap on a particular part of the screen that you would like to zoom in, and then double tap again to return to the original size.
• While scrolling up a webpage, the navigation bars at both top and bottom will hide automatically. To “unhide”, simply slide down on the screen.

c. How to set the homepage ?

• On the Browser, tap the Menu button and select Settings.
• Tap General.
• Tap Set homepage.
• Select either Default start page or Custom. The Custom option lets you enter your own URL.
   

d. How to access home page quickly ?

Unfortunately, the Browser doesn’t feature a Home button (which I don’t think it’s necessary anyway)that allows you to access your home page as quickly as you wish. The workarounds that I could think of are either opening a new tab or using bookmarks.

e. How to open a new tab/window ?

• On the Browser, tap  to open a new tab/window.

f. How to close the tabs ?

• On the Browser, do a slide up gesture on the Tab icon  .
• To close all tabs, tap the Tab icon   and follow by  . If you’re prompted for a confirmation, tapOK.

g. How to use incognito mode on the Browser ?

• On the Browser, tap the Menu button and select New incognito mode.
• The tab in incognito mode features grey toolbar with the  icon.
   

h. How to bookmark a website ?

• While viewing the site that you want to bookmark, tap the Menu button on the navigation bar, and select bookmark.
  
• To see all your bookmarks, tap the phone Menu button and select Bookmarks.

i. How to download an image on a website ?

• On the Browser, long tap the image and select Save image.
• The image will be downloaded to the default download folder on phone storage.
   

j. Where can I find the history list ?

• If you’re using the default start page as the homepage, then should see the following 3 tabs :Popular, Useful and Bookmark.
• Tap Bookmarks.
• Tap Browsing history.
   

Note: I’ve yet to figure a way to view Browsing history if you’ve a custom homepage. Anyone ?

k. How to find a string/text on a website ?

• On the Browser, tap the Menu button, and select Find on page.
• Enter the text in the search text box.
   

l. How do you get auto fill on the Browser ?

• On the Browser, tap the Menu button and select Settings.
• Tap General.
  
• Toggle the Form auto-fill switch to turn on and off.

m. How to save downloads to a custom folder or external SDcard ?

• On the Browser, tap the Menu button and select Settings.
• Tap Advanced.
• Select Put downloaded files in .. to change the path/folder.
   

n. How to change the default search engine on the Browser ?

• On the Browser, tap the Menu button, and then select Settings.
• Tap Advanced.
• Tap Set search engine to choose a search engine you want.
   

o. How to share a webpage ?

• On the Browser, access the site that you want to share.
• Tap the Menu button on the navigation bar, and then select Share page.
• Select a method to share.
   

p. How to search with voice on the Browser ?

• Tap the search bar.
• Open the notification panel at the top of the screen,and tap Choose input method.
  
• Select Google voice typing.
• Tap to speak the keyword and tap to pause.
   

q. How to turn on night mode ?

• On the Browser, tap the Menu button, and select Enable night mode.
• Now, the browser will change to a dark background with illuminated fonts which are good for reading in the dark.
   

r. How to add and remove useful links on the default start page ?

To delete a useful link thumbnail:

• Long tap any thumbnail on the Useful screen,
• Tap  for the thumbnails you want to remove.

To add a useful link thumbnail:

• On the Browser, browse the website you want to add to the Useful screen.
• Tap the Menu icon on navigation bar, and select Popular.
  
• On the Add to start page screen, tap OK.
   

Note: The steps here were written for Android 4.2.2 on a Redmi (HM1W). If you’re having a different model of Redmi or other version of MIUI, there’s a possibility that the steps and screenshots will be different

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