Simple yet powerful – Ctrl+Enter
Save 15 Keystrokes
- Use Ctrl+Enter to Complete URL
You want to
open http://www.google.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 google
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 (As shown above)
- 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.