How to use bookmarks as shorthand for URLs?

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Suppose there's an URL which I've bookmarked. I can access it as a bookmark but I'd like to be able to simply type in the name of the bookmark on the URL like (you know, Altd) and have FF take me there.

I've tried doing that in my FF (latest version) but I don't get it to work. Instead, it googles for the word I'm specifying (which is a great feature too but as a secondary choice of action, i.e. when there's no bookmarks with to be found).

How can I do that? Can I do that?

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It's possible that I'm going about it in a totally wrong way. When I press the shortcut above, I get the following appearance from my foxy. That differs from the image in the answer by @screener...

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Konrad Viltersten

Posted 2015-05-07T11:07:41.427

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@Ramhound what are you talking about? That's a default feature of Firefox, as you can see in my answer. – None – 2015-05-07T11:55:51.500

@screener - I assume a certain level of research the author has done before asking a question. So my comment was based on the fact, they found no such feature, and thus was asking what their options were. – Ramhound – 2015-05-07T13:00:44.583

@Ramhound It seems that some part of the conversation is removed. I only see screener's comments. What's been said? Also, as you can see the edition, perhaps that'll shed some more clarity on my issue? – Konrad Viltersten – 2015-05-08T09:01:05.313

@KonradViltersten he had told you to write an extension to solve your simple problem, as if Firefox didn't include that option by default. Also, I've told you to open the Firefox Library, not to click on the bookmark star. I've changed the order of my screenshots to make it clearer. – None – 2015-05-08T09:58:42.367

Answers

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If the bookmark already exists, open the Firefox Library (a way to do that is to type chrome://browser/content/places/places.xul in your address bar), click on your bookmark and then use these fields to edit it:

Editing a Firefox bookmark

Once in the Firefox Library, you can create more bookmarks with keywords:

Firefox bookmark keyword

You can also use this feature to create keyword searches with a %s parameter. For example, if you create a bookmark pointing to https://example.org/%s with the keyword showme, and then type showme Tokyo in your address bar, it will take you to https://example.org/Tokyo. This can be used to create custom searches and quick shorcuts for many useful things, like dictionaries, maps, price comparison tools etc.

Firefox will create such a custom search for you automatically if you right-click on a search bar and pick the "Add a Keyword for this Search" option: How to search IMDB, Wikipedia and more from the address bar.

user33758

Posted 2015-05-07T11:07:41.427

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Please see the edit in my question. I have no such moreish-thingy on my foxy. Or am I going blind/retarded?! I quadruple-chekced that I've got the latest version... – Konrad Viltersten – 2015-05-08T08:59:53.880

@KonradViltersten The thing in your edit is the bookmark star/quick bookmark popup. You must open the Firefox Library (chrome://browser/content/places/places.xul). – None – 2015-05-08T09:57:57.587

Is it only me who finds it weird that it says chrome in your URL for accessing settings in FireFox?! – Konrad Viltersten – 2015-05-08T13:47:08.023

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@KonradViltersten It was the terminology used by Mozilla that actually inspired Google to use that name. See https://www.quora.com/How-did-Google-come-up-with-the-Chrome-brand/answer/Glen-Murphy

– None – 2015-05-08T14:42:20.937

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