How to set a key combination as a browser toolbar shortcut?

Question

For example, something like:

• CTRL+SHIFT+DEL
• CTRL+T
• CTRL+E

...or whatever else. I'd like to have an icon in my browser's toolbar that when clicked executes such a key combination.

Is this directly possible, or would it require creating a plugin? If it would require creating a plugin, how might that be done?

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p.s. — I'm using Firefox, but it would be awesome if there was a browser-independent solution.

EDIT: @crazypotato has a good solution for CTRL+SHIFT+DEL as being a link to chrome://browser/content/sanitize.xul in Firefox, but I'm thinking of something that might function more like a keyboard macro.

Answer 1

This can be done using URI scheme but this very not safe and not worth using it. Unless make white list and block everything else for executable files.

First you should register URI scheme for example with this app (windows executable). This app from Local Explorer - File Manager for Chrome, open files and folders on local directories or network shares. Then you can run any file from your drive using any browser.

For next step need create script with Autoit or AHK for send keys.

After install Autoit and Editor. Right click on desktop->New->Autoit Script. Right click on this created file->Edit. Now you should see ScITE window and after line "Add your code below here" add this code:

#NoTrayIcon
send("^+{DEL}")

This script send keys(ctrl+shift+delete) to active window(click on send and press F1 for help). Then in SciTE window press Tools->Build. Now you will get executable in same directory where was Autoit script.

For execute file in browser you should run in address bar or add to bookmark this url:

localexplorer:[full path to executable]

Example:

localexplorer:C:\sendkeys.exe

For each combination of hotkeys you should create own Autoit script.