Save 15 Keystrokes ? Use Ctrl+Enter to Complete URL

[TinTin]

I know what you are thinking. You want to open http://www.howtogeek.com, but it?s such a hassle to type in the http:// and the www and the .com. Here?s your shortcut method.

On modern browsers, such as IE7 and Firefox, hitting Ctrl + Enter will automatically fill in the www. and the .com part of the URL. Let?s see an example:


Just type in howtogeek into the address bar in your browser:





Now hit Ctrl + Enter together:





You saved yourself 15 keystrokes!
More Keystroke combinations:

• Ctrl + Enter ? Auto-complete *.com address
• Shift + Enter ? Auto-complete *.net address
• Ctrl + Shift + Enter ? Auto-complete *.org address

If you add Alt to any of those key combinations, it will auto-complete and open the new address in a new tab as well. Alt+Ctrl+Enter will auto-complete a *.com address in a new tab, for instance.


Source:howtogeek.com

TinTin Reviewed by TinTin on 17th Jun 2009. Save 15 Keystrokes ? Use Ctrl+Enter to Complete URL I know what you are thinking. You want to open http://www.howtogeek.com, but it?s such a hassle to type in the http:// and the www and the .com. Here?s your shortcut method. On modern browsers, such as IE7 and Firefox, hitting Ctrl + Enter will automatically fill in the www. and the .com part of the URL. Let?s see an example: Just type in howtogeek into the address bar in your browser: http://www.besthostingforums.com/images/cdn/besthostingforums.com/2009/06/24.png Rating: 5

[pi0tr3k]

Wow, nice Thanks

[hhhgame]

Thanks, its a well known old trick. I use it all the times

[Hawk]

All I do is type the site name and voila you have the site you want to go to But nice tut, moved to correct section. Ty.

[Crucify]

you don't really need to type http://www.

[Dman]

Thanks a lot.

[litewarez]

just to let you know this works on Google chrome.. Tested on:

Google Chrome 2.0.172.31

[Storm]

kewl
didn't know about this

[amnesia623]

Here's one I didn't know about until a few months ago for firefox:

If you bookmarks a site you can assign key words to the book mark. When you type the keywords into the url it will go to that bookmarked site:

Ie...if I bookmarked besthostingforums.com I could just type in KWWH and it would go to besthostingforums.com

bookmarks -> organize -> find bookmarked site -> click more -> enter keyword.

[Plutost]

Wow I didnt knew about this
Thanks m8 !
If there would be a Reputation System here, I would Rep you