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Alt+Enter: Open selected address bar site in a new tab (or Ctrl+Alt+Enter to auto-complete in new tab)

Posted in Firefox by estephen on June 23rd, 2008

You already know you can press Ctrl+T to open a new tab in Firefox, and then press Ctrl+L to change focus to the location bar, where you can start typing the URL and press Enter to go to the page.

Try out this sequence instead — you might find it more intuitive.

  1. Press Ctrl+L (or Alt+D or F6) to move your focus to the address bar.
  2. Start typing the URL. At this point, Firefox’s address completion kicks in, and you can use the up and down arrow keys to select the site you want to visit.
  3. Instead of pressing Enter to open the site, or Ctrl+Enter to turn “tivo” into “http://www.tivo.com,” try pressing Alt+Enter. The site you have selected automatically opens in a new tab. Whatever page you were viewing stays in its own tab.

Even faster, you can also press Ctrl+Alt+Enter to automatically complete the URL in a new tab. So:

  1. Press Ctrl+L to move your focus to the address bar.
  2. Type a word for the domain name, such as google.
  3. Press Ctrl+Alt+Enter. The domain name is turned into a full URL (so “google” becomes “http://www.google.com/”) and a new tab is opened with that page.

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  1. нapминa said,

    on August 23rd, 2009 at 2:16 pm

    Я тоже иногда такое замечал, но как-то раньше не придавал этому значения.

  2. AlkogoliK said,

    on September 4th, 2009 at 1:36 pm

    Прикольный блог, по сравнению с моим на уровне. Умеют делать если захотят.

  3. Futurman said,

    on September 7th, 2009 at 1:06 pm

    Полностью поддерживаю лестные отзывы о работе авторов, действительно все на высоте.

  4. reariatulmipt said,

    on September 7th, 2009 at 11:04 pm

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  5. Meleni said,

    on September 9th, 2009 at 4:43 pm

    Мне интересно, сколько средств вложили в раскрутку этого блога. Кто как думает?

  6. Kinder said,

    on September 11th, 2009 at 11:48 pm

    А мне нравится этот блог, только авторам надо помнить , что посетители разные бывают. Короче учитывайте возростной ценс посетителей.

  7. Adler said,

    on September 18th, 2009 at 3:29 am

    Вроде все в порядке, только по ссылке почему то не могу перейти

  8. SeregaDertin said,

    on September 22nd, 2009 at 9:49 am

    Полностью все усироило меня в этом блоге, нашел все что хотел. Везде бы так делали.

  9. Trorneinfinty said,

    on November 9th, 2009 at 4:33 am

    Hi guys.
    My computer worked not correctly, too much errors. Help me, please to fix errors on my computer.
    My operation system is Windows XP.
    With best regards,
    Trorneinfinty

  10. Piemegrammodo said,

    on December 17th, 2009 at 11:18 am

    Hi guys,
    My PC worked slowly, too much mistakes and buggs. Help me, please to fix buggs on my PC.
    I used Windows7.
    Thx,
    Piemegrammodo

  11. Slava.Fitukopewich said,

    on March 9th, 2010 at 4:47 pm

    Всех пользователей женского рода поздравляю с 8 марта.

  12. Hristianin said,

    on March 11th, 2010 at 6:59 pm

    Почему нигде, было бы желание и все найдешь.

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