key combo to automatically put in www and .com?

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key combo to automatically put in www and .com?

Okay so with IE and Firefox there is a way to just type in the main part of the domain such as google then hit a key combo and it automatically puts in the www. and the .com is there a way to do that with Safari?

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Posted on Jan 16, 2007 1:31 PM

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Answer 1

Jan 16, 2007 1:56 PM in response to Spectre

Just type it in and press return. Safari automatically ought to add the http, www, etc. If you want to shut-off the autofill prompts in the Address bar, press the space bar once before entering the URL.

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Jan 16, 2007 2:06 PM in response to Hawaiian_Starman

I know I can type it in thats not what I am asking. I want to know if there is a shortcut key to autofill the the address for .com sites, and it would be nice to see if there is one for .net and .org as well like Firefox has.

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Jan 18, 2007 6:49 PM in response to Spectre

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Jan 19, 2007 5:57 AM in response to Spectre

Sorry...lost track of this thread.

There is no keyboard shortcut built-into Safari that resembles Firefox's for adding .com etc. You can possibly create your own keyboard shortcut via Keyboard & Mouse>Keyboard shortcuts in your System Preferences.

Here's guidance from Apple about how to go about creating the shortcut:

Choose Apple menu > System Preferences and click Keyboard & Mouse. Then click Keyboard Shortcuts.
Click the Add ➕ button.
Choose an application from the Application pop-up menu. If you want to set the same key combination for a menu command that appears in many applications, choose All Applications.
If the application you want to select does not appear in the list, choose Other and locate the application using the Open dialog. Some applications may not allow you to set keyboard shortcuts.
Type the menu command for which you want to set a keyboard shortcut in the Menu Title field.
You must type the command exactly as it appears in the application menu, including ellipses and any other punctuation. (An ellipsis is a special character that looks like three periods. To type an ellipsis, you can press Option-semicolon (;). Or use the Character Palette. It may be difficult to tell whether the command is written in the menu with a real ellipsis or with three periods, so if one does not work, try the other.)
Click in the Keyboard Shortcut field and press the key combination that you want to assign to the menu command, and then click Add.
You cannot use each type of key (for example, a letter key) more than once in a key combination.
Quit the application for which you added or changed a keyboard shortcut.
Restart the application to see the keyboard shortcut in the application's menu.

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