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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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syko | Dec 20, 2006 at 23:13 / 11:13 PM | Links to this comments | Reply

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.
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Reaper-X | Dec 20, 2006 at 23:17 / 11:17 PM | Links to this comments | Reply

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
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Benjamin | Jan 11, 2007 at 11:03 / 11:03 AM | Links to this comments | Reply

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???
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vladimir | May 9, 2007 at 5:01 / 5:01 AM | Links to this comments | Reply

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"
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Reaper-X | May 9, 2007 at 15:17 / 3:17 PM | Links to this comments | Reply

i believe that's the most useful tips i've ever seen Vladimir :)

thank you very much for sharing the tips

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syko | Dec 20, 2006 at 23:13 / 11:13 PM | Links to this comments | Reply

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.

Reaper-X | Dec 20, 2006 at 23:17 / 11:17 PM | Links to this comments | Reply

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

Benjamin | Jan 11, 2007 at 11:03 / 11:03 AM | Links to this comments | Reply

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???

vladimir | May 9, 2007 at 5:01 / 5:01 AM | Links to this comments | Reply

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"

Reaper-X | May 9, 2007 at 15:17 / 3:17 PM | Links to this comments | Reply

i believe that's the most useful tips i've ever seen Vladimir :)

thank you very much for sharing the tips