Sunday, December 18, 2005

Firefox Keyword Searches

Using LEO on a daily base, I tried to find a way to optimize looking up a translation through Firefox. I already knew that I can use a URL like 'g java' to do a Google search on 'Java', and I wanted to achieve the same functionality for LEO using 'l haus' since these keyword searches are super convenient.

Surprisingly, it only took two minutes to google the web and find and apply a solution:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Using_keyword_searches

Bookmark Name: LEO
Location: http://dict.leo.org/?search=%s
Keyword: l

This makes Ctrl-T Ctrl-L my favorite keyboard shortcut.

2 comments:

rahel luethy said...

keyword searches are really cool!

there's actually an even easier way to configure a new keyword: right-click on the search textfield and invoke "Add a Keyword for this Search..." from the context menu.

Etienne Studer said...

Thanks for the hint - it could't be any easier!