I am trying to find the preferences tab so I can see the File tab on the top left of the screen. I also would like to manage/customize the icons placed on the desktop screen which I assume also must be in preferences. How do I activate the preferences screen. It is not in settings??

@Littlemac , Thanks for reaching out to us. The top menu bar is no longer available (with the exception of macOS) and nether is the Preferences Menu. Preferences now = Settings. Other than access the top menu, what else are you trying to do in “preferences”?

Thank you for responding. I am a little confused. Without the top menu bar, where do I do find things like File/print or email link etc. I do not find these in “Settings”. Also, Brave has put some of my bookmarks as icons on the desktop. I like this feature but I don’t know how they got there nor ho…

Thank you for your reply. I have 2 other questions regarding this: I still can’t find where to email a link. Before if I was on a website that I wanted to share I would press File>Share>email page link. I cannot find this anywhere on the menu or settings menu. I am attaching a screenshot of my…

I actually, surprisingly, don’t see the option to “email” as you’d expect. I’m not entirely sure why the option isn’t present but I don’t see it. There are several extensions that will do this for you, however, available in the web store. You can remove tiles from the new tab page by clicking the X …

@Mattches prev. Brave (muon) have “Share” menu under File > Share… Not available/implemented for the new version.

I cannot find the preferences tab anyplace

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Mattches February 25, 2019, 9:39pm 4

Any option you’d want to use in the menu bar should be present in either the main menu or in the settings themselves.

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I cannot find the preferences tab anyplace

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