 Add Bookmark, Ctrl+D, extended by OpenBook with Options. Description filled in from META data. Keyword filled in manually [heavily annotated picture] Dropdown on left latest bookmark folders added to Dropdown on right ability to select any bookmark folder. Dialog box widened due to userChrome.css change. Also see Bookmarks Extensions (on bookmarks page), and Bookmark properties (also on bookmarks page). |
You can include a keyword when you create a bookmark as in the dialog at the right.
You can create a keyword shortcut from a simple site Search form (or any single line form) by right clicking within the form and choosing "Add a Keyword for this Search" which will bring up a form similar as at the right. If you don't have the "OpenBook" extension you will only see name, Keyword, and Create in. [picture] The actual location code (url) generated will include fields that you would not normally be aware of within the search form.
I have mine set up for a web search, get to the profile and the chrome directories, search a few selected sites, dictionary, wiki, stock quotes -- things that can use the substitutions for the %s (with substitution) or %S (without substitution), usually placed at the end. Using the small %s will result in additional substitutions of # replaced by %23, % by %25, and / by %2F. No additional substitution will occur with capital %S (see Bug: 270703)
Difference between (small s) %s and (Capital S) %S
- (small s): %s will have additional substitution replacements: # by %23, % by %25, and / by %2F, @ by %40.
- (Capital S): %S will not have substitutions and allow use of C++ in a Google search, allow use of @ in an email substitution, allow use of a fragment-id in a url substitution index.html#example2, and use of a directory as in code/example2.txt.
Where do keyword shortcuts exist: They are regular bookmarks that have been given a keyword name (see picture at right).
How are keyword shortcuts created: The easiest way is to Create a Bookmark (Ctrl+D), or drag the favicon symbol to the left of the location bar to your bookmarks menu or better perhaps to a folder on your personal bookmarks toolbar. The personal toobar is a “folder” within your <profile>bookmark.html in your profile folder. See Bookmark Properties picture
Assigning a keyword shortcut to a bookmark: Bring up the Bookmark Manager (Ctrl+B), Right click on the bookmarklet to bring up properties and assign a shortcut to it. Suggest including a colon as shown on mine to reduce errors. See Bookmark Properties picture
Colon within or at end of a keyword is a very good solution that distinguishes from location bar searching and from use of tags. Tags is a newly added Fx3 feature. \ Opera users may have aproblem as colon is not allowed in a nickname. The beauty of Firefox keywords is that there are no restrictions on use of any character and is based on how used.
Besides the shortcut is anything else special: Use of %s (percent-sign lowercase s) will be substituted when invoked by whatever you specify whether it be a filename, words for a search, whatever you include will be included in the invoked url.
Difference between %s and captialized %S for substitutions.
Originally %s (lowercase) was the only substitution available in
keyword shortcuts, but since substitutions occurred it made inclusions
of commercial pound sign (#) as used in fragment=id, slash (/) as used in
including a directory, and at sign (@) as used in email impractical as
they were substituted respectively by %23 for #, %47 for /, and %40 for @.
[references:
bug 270703,
bug 272359]
The %s (lowercase s) was what was intended by developers, but I'm hard pressed to find anything where that (lowercas s) should even ever be used.
The %S (uppercase S) without additional substitutions appears to be what I need most, if not, all of the time.
Usage: I would be hard pressed to find anything where that (lowercase s) should even ever be used as much of my usage may involve substitutions like
ffp: . (directory or default index)
ffp: kws.htm
ffp: firefox.htm
ffp: firefox.htm#ext (use of fragment id)
ffp: code/ (to show the code directory)
g: link:www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/firefox/kws.htm
gg: www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/firefox/kws.htm
Null Argument If we assign google: to http://www.google.com/%s (lowercase s), some examples
google: followed by no spaces generates http://www.google.com/%s
google: followed by one space generates http://www.google.com/%s same as before since there is still no operand
google: followed by two spaces generates http://www.google.com/ since the operand is considered empty
google: followed by a period generates http://www.google.com/ which is the directory appears same a null
google: followed by "maps" generates http://www.google.com/maps
images, video, news, maps, gmail, etc.; some will be like http://images.google.com
Quick Demonstration (#quickdemo)
Using the keyword shortcut "w:") bookmarked to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%s for a quick demonstation of how keyword shortcuts work:
(It takes two spaces to enter with a null argument)
- w: what is wikipedia (notice there is a redirection comment)
- w: who is John
- w: goo
- w: (followed by single space, same as no space meaning no arguments, you will see %s, or %25, in url and in document)
- w: (followed by two spaces, the second replaces the %s)
Character Arguments (#chr): It is possible to search on "C++" which Google would normally just treat as the letter "C". Here is a shortcut (source: Hao2lian), I created this with a shortcut of ("g:chr").
javascript:document.location = "http://www.google.com/search?q=" + encodeURIComponent('%s');
Example:
g:chr pl/i c++ "John W Kennedy"
Folder for shortcuts: Suggest putting your keyword shortcuts in their own folder. Anything after the keyword in the location bar will replace %s in the shortcut bookmark. My folder is named K within my Bookmarks Toolbar. The folder doesn't have to be readily accessible for use but you want to have fairly quick access to add items to it, and to help you “remember” the shortcuts you created. I choose to put a colon at the end of the word. The following may be customized for my own use but give you an idea of what you can use.
Example: Enter http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=%s on the location bar,
bookmark the resulting url by dragging the favicon picture on the left of the url within the location bar to within your toolbars or preferably to within the K folder on your personal bookmarks bar (if you created one), right click on properties to give it a keyword of "dict:" (with the colon) and a title of "dict: Dictionary Search". Then you can type "dict: spelling" on the location bar and get a definition for "spelling".
User keyword shortcuts:
chrome: userChrome, userContent, launchy
[-- file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/default.NOP/chrome --]
use about:cache to help you set up this shortcut keyword (keyword use has a space after colon)
config: about:config [-- about:config --]
documentation can be found at About:config entries - MozillaZine Knowledge Base
g: Google [-- http://www.google.com/search?q=%s --]
gg: Google Groups Advanced Search (*excel*)
[-- http://groups.google.com/groups?as_ugroup=*excel*&num=100&as_q=%s --]
ggff: Google Groups Advanced Search (*firefox*)
[-- http://groups.google.com/groups?as_ugroup=mozilla.support.firefox&num=100&as_q=%s --]
gga: Google Groups Advanced Search Panel (*excel*)
[-- http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search?q=group:*Excel*&num=100 --]
l: Librarians' Index to the Internet [-- http://lii.org/search?query=%s --]
profile: profile directory (like chrome: must be customized to user's own profile)
[file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/default.NOP/]
w: Wikipedia [-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%s --]
xl: Excel on local HD [-- file:///c:/localsite/dmcritchie/excel/%s --]
z: search dmoz.org Open Directory of webpages [-- http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Admoz.org+%s --]
There are some special considerations for Google Advanced Search regarding the keyword shortcuts of gg: and gga: seen above that are covered on an additional page (google.htm) in more detail, and also Remediation for disatrous Google Beta Groups.
about: « builtin keywords for about:, about:config, about:cache, about:buildconfig, about:plugins, about:credits, about:blank More informaton on about:config preference entries documentation in the MozillaZine Knowledge Base. This documentation has progressively degenerated since some decision was made to move things into categories, for instance accessibility is no longer in the document (moved 2006-01-03 06:10:10.
bookmarklets which have been also implemented as keyword shortcuts — highlight:(highlight links), href:, id:, int:(int/ext links), titles:(paren tips), reset:(PF5)
bugzilla
272359,
270703 use of a fragment id with %s replacement; (messes up with /, #, @ characters)
Appears to be fixed in Firefox 1.5 -- xlp: join.htm#trimall works as does
archive: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/join.htm#trimall
Directory in a shortcut: if you have a shortcut such as xx: pointing to http://example.com/directory1/directory2/%s -- you can invoke it as xx: . with the period to bring up the directory instead of a specific file, xx: .. to go back one additional directory, probably more useful on your local site than on most websites.
problem: since slashes cannot customize a search for — g: site:mozilla.org inurl:support inurl:firefox %s
JavaScript
javascript:open("http://mail.google.com/","menubar=yes,toolbar=no,location=yes,directories=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes");
Chrome URLs, Jesse Ruderman, to bring up portions of the options menu — i.e. chrome://browser/content/pref/pref.xul
See Keyboard shortcuts in HELP. Useful shortcuts include completing a domain name node to enter it as .com use Ctrl+Enter, to enter as .net use Shift+Enter, to enter as .org use Ctrl+Shift+Enter — you do not want to waste effort creating keyword shortcuts for such sites that you know so well. Such sites addressed by a single word do not need keyword shortcuts.
Also see Sorting Bookmarks in Firefox, and an Extension above to sort permanently in your bookmarks.html
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