Tips

A collection of things I've learned that I think others might like to know, but aren't big enough to fill a whole page all their own.

General

You can double click to select a full word in most GUI applications — but it turns out if you keep the mouse held after the second click, and drag, you can make a larger selection that still only contains full words.

Firefox

Custom search engines

In Firefox, you can right click the URL bar for many websites to add their search page. This can then be set as the default, or given a custom shortcut under Settings > Search > Search Shortcuts, so that by typing @foobar<Tab> in the navigation bar you can search that website. For example, I have search shortcuts for the following:

• YouTube (@yt)
• Wiktionary (@k)
• Marginalia Search (@mg)

For sites this doesn't work on, there's an extension:

• Add custom search engine

Bookmark shortcuts

• CTRL-B - Open bookmarks side panel.
• CTRL-D - Bookmark current page.
• CTRL-D ALT-R - Delete bookmark (if current page is bookmarked).

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