ARCHIVED: In Internet Explorer for Mac OS or Mac OS X, how do I hide or show the toolbars?

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Note: Microsoft is no longer developing or distributing Internet Explorer for the Macintosh. UITS strongly recommends that you use a different browser, such as Safari or Firefox.

In Internet Explorer 5 for Mac OS or Mac OS X, you can use the Collapse Toolbars function, Cmd-b, to hide or view the Address Bar, Button Bar, Favorites Bar, and Status Bar. In Internet Explorer 4 and later, you can press Cmd-t to hide or view the Explorer Bar.

Note: In Internet Explorer 5, when you collapse the toolbars, the Forward, Back, Stop, and Refresh buttons and the status indicator move to the Explorer Bar unless the Explorer Bar is hidden.

You may also determine individually which toolbars you want to display or hide. The default items that are checked when Internet Explorer is installed are:

Button Bar: This toolbar has the basic buttons used to navigate on the Internet. In Internet Explorer 5, to customize this toolbar, from the View menu, select Customize Toolbars....
Address Bar: This toolbar displays the address of the web page you are viewing, for example:
```
  http://www.indiana.edu/
```
Favorites Bar: You can use this toolbar for shortcuts to pages you frequently visit.
Status Bar: This toolbar, which appears at the bottom of the window, displays which security zone you are in and the status of the web page while loading.
Explorer Bar: This toolbar, which appears on the left side of the window, is used for Favorites, History, Search, Scrapbook, and Page Holder functions.

You can turn each of these toolbars on or off from the View menu. If there is a check next to the toolbar option, then it is displayed.