Firefox Shortcut Key for URL Completion
By Reaper-X on Nov 18, 2006 in Browsers, Firefox, Guide, Internet Tools, Mozilla, Tutorials
Just in case someone didn't know about this (because i always saw someone typing the full domain name manually instead of using the automatic url completion), im going to post it. Actually it just a simple keyboard shortcut to provide automatic url completion so you don't have to type www and the domain extension such as .com, .net or .org in Firefox.
And here’s the shortcut key :
- SHIFT + ENTER : Will automatically complete a .net domain, for example type reaper-x and then press shift + enter it’ll become www.reaper-x.net automatically
- CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER : Will automatically complete domain name using .org extension
- CTRL + ENTER : Will automatically complete domain name using .com extension
That’s all .. simple isn't it ? if you want to know more about default firefox you should read the Firefox help page because if you didn't know about this simple keyboard shortcut that means you’re not the type of person that likes to read a readme file or such stuff eventhough the filename already told you to read it :P

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Simple? Sure. Easy to remember? No--not for me, anyway. Everyone loooooooves to blather on incessantly about how "easy" keyboard shortcuts are. "Just do Ctrl+Shift+F1, then Shift+F2, and Alt+X"... And remember 100 other keyboard combos for that application, and 100 other applications. It's crap.
hahaha sorry if my words offend you, but dont worry i'll learnt from your words and i'll not repeat the same mistake in the future :)
thanks for visiting :D
Simple, yes...but useless to most of the world's population most of the time. Is there a Firefox Extension that allows for domain completion instructions to be customized???
No need for an extension.
Type about:config and search for
browser.fixup.alternate.enabled - true/false, controlled by Prefs UI
browser.fixup.alternate.prefix - "www."
browser.fixup.alternate.suffix - ".com"
i believe that's the most useful tips i've ever seen Vladimir :)
thank you very much for sharing the tips