Sunday, September 27, 2015

Can I define Alt key menu keyboard shortcuts for bookmarks in Firefox 3.6?


Can I define Alt key menu keyboard shortcuts for bookmarks in Firefox 3.6?


Example:


Tropical Weather is in the Bookmarks menu. A keyboard-only way to use this bookmark is:


Alt + B + + Enter


I would like to be able to do it this way:


Alt + B + W


Where the association of the underlined letter in the bookmark menu, W, to Tropical Weather is user-defined.


Is it possible?


Answer



It is possible by prefixing the shortcut in question with "w" or "W": Tropical Weather -> wTropical Weather. Then Alt + B + T will work as it will immediately open if there is only one shortcut that begins with "w". This is a general Windows feature, but with bookmarks we have direct control over the content of a menu, the booksmarks menu.


HowTo:



  1. Open menu Booksmarks -> Show All Bookmarks.


  2. Click on "Booksmarks Menu" in the left panel (it is in the tree All Bookmarks).


  3. Select the bookmark in question on the right, Tropical Weather / http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/ in the example.


  4. Add the prefix in the field Name, "w" in the example - the result is wTropical Weather.



If there is more than one shortcut that begins with "w" then rename the other shortcut(s) to not start with "w".


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