How to quickly find the page from your browser’s history, bookmarks, and tabs.

Hi, I’ve created an web extension that can find the page you want from your browser’s history, bookmarks and tabs.

In this article, I will explain how to use this web extension.

Features

An extension with the following features

Increment…


This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by ryo

Hi, I've created an web extension that can find the page you want from your browser's history, bookmarks and tabs.

In this article, I will explain how to use this web extension.

Features

An extension with the following features

  • Incremental search across history, bookmarks, and currently open tabs
  • Click and enter to move to the target.
  • Smooth operation with keyboard shortcuts

The name of this extension is cikamichi.
The Japanese meaning of chikamichi is a shorter way.

All processing is done within the browser. No history data will be sent to the any server.

How to use

You can install it from Chrome web store or FireFox AMO.

After downloading the extension, press the alt(option) + k key to launch the search dialog.

Use useful shortcuts and search prefixes.
You can get to the page you want with just a few keyboard strokes.

Shortcuts

shortcut action
Alt + k Open search dialog
or (Ctrl + n or Ctrl + p) Select history
Enter Open the selected url
Ctrl + Enter Open the selected url in new tab

Search commands

commands action
/h Search only histories
/b Search only bookmarks
/t Search only tabs

Technology used

All extension code is available on GitHub.

https://github.com/kawamataryo/chikamichi

That's it!

Then finish!

Thanks for reading.
This is my first post on devto and I'm happy to introduce my web extensions :)

Please send me a message if you need.

https://twitter.com/KawamataRyo

https://github.com/kawamataryo/chikamichi


This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by ryo


Print Share Comment Cite Upload Translate Updates
APA

ryo | Sciencx (2022-02-11T23:39:10+00:00) How to quickly find the page from your browser’s history, bookmarks, and tabs.. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2022/02/11/how-to-quickly-find-the-page-from-your-browsers-history-bookmarks-and-tabs/

MLA
" » How to quickly find the page from your browser’s history, bookmarks, and tabs.." ryo | Sciencx - Friday February 11, 2022, https://www.scien.cx/2022/02/11/how-to-quickly-find-the-page-from-your-browsers-history-bookmarks-and-tabs/
HARVARD
ryo | Sciencx Friday February 11, 2022 » How to quickly find the page from your browser’s history, bookmarks, and tabs.., viewed ,<https://www.scien.cx/2022/02/11/how-to-quickly-find-the-page-from-your-browsers-history-bookmarks-and-tabs/>
VANCOUVER
ryo | Sciencx - » How to quickly find the page from your browser’s history, bookmarks, and tabs.. [Internet]. [Accessed ]. Available from: https://www.scien.cx/2022/02/11/how-to-quickly-find-the-page-from-your-browsers-history-bookmarks-and-tabs/
CHICAGO
" » How to quickly find the page from your browser’s history, bookmarks, and tabs.." ryo | Sciencx - Accessed . https://www.scien.cx/2022/02/11/how-to-quickly-find-the-page-from-your-browsers-history-bookmarks-and-tabs/
IEEE
" » How to quickly find the page from your browser’s history, bookmarks, and tabs.." ryo | Sciencx [Online]. Available: https://www.scien.cx/2022/02/11/how-to-quickly-find-the-page-from-your-browsers-history-bookmarks-and-tabs/. [Accessed: ]
rf:citation
» How to quickly find the page from your browser’s history, bookmarks, and tabs. | ryo | Sciencx | https://www.scien.cx/2022/02/11/how-to-quickly-find-the-page-from-your-browsers-history-bookmarks-and-tabs/ |

Please log in to upload a file.




There are no updates yet.
Click the Upload button above to add an update.

You must be logged in to translate posts. Please log in or register.