Your first five minutes · Aetherium Help

The window at a glance

Aetherium has two rows at the top: your tabs, and below them the toolbar. From left to right the toolbar has:

Button	What it does
Back, Forward, Reload	Move through the pages you visited, or load the page again (`Ctrl`+`R` ).
Address bar	Search or type a web address. The icon on its left shows whether the connection is secure. See Address bar & search.
Plug	Your extensions (`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`X` ).
Key	Saved passwords (`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`K` ). A lock button replaces it when you use VaultPass.
Toolkit	The Tools panel: screenshots, QR codes and more (`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Y` ).
Update	Appears only when a new version is ready. See Updates.
Magic wand	The AI agent (`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`A` ).
Round picture	Your profile: sync, colours, dark mode and style (`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`O` ).
⋮	The main menu: new tabs and windows, bookmarks, history, Preferences, Tools, Help and more.

Open a tab with Ctrl+T or the + next to your tabs. The new tab page shows a search box, a box for the agent and your shortcut tiles.
Search or go to a site: click the search box, type, and press Enter.
Ask the agent to do something on a page, for example “find the cheapest option here”. The first time, it asks you to choose how it runs; see AI agent.
Pick your look: click your profile picture and choose a colour, Dark mode (System, Light, Dark or Night) and a Style such as Neon or Classic.
Bring your old browser over: ⋮ › Import from another browser... (see Import).
Turn on Sync to get your tabs and bookmarks on your other computers (see Aetherium Sync).

By default your previous tabs are moved to a background task and you start with a fresh one. Press Ctrl+Shift+E to see your tasks. You can change this in Preferences under When Aetherium starts.
A short piece of music, “Beyond the Map Edge”, plays once as Aetherium opens. Turn it off or change its volume in Preferences: Play music when Aetherium starts.

Tip

Most things have a keyboard shortcut. Keep the shortcut list handy for your first week.