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Open URL in Firefox via Clipboard

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I usually surf with IE. But sometimes I need to view an URL in Firefox. Here's a fast way to open your current IE URL in Firefox:

UDC OpenWith
Caption: Firefox via Clipboard
Application: "C:\Programme\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" <clipboard>
KS: Ctrl+Alt+F

Now it's easy:
- Ctrl+C the URL from IE's address bar
- Ctrl+Alt+F will open it in Firefox

:)

PS: of course you should adjust the path to firefox to your system!!

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Re: Open URL in Firefox via Clipboard

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:oops: This tip is not as good as I thought. It only works as wanted if there are no selections in the List. Else Firefox will attempt to open all selected items as well. Damn, I should read the manual... :wink:

:idea: It might be an idea to add a source field to that UDC -- just as has been already done in the corresponding openwith scripting command!

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Re: Open URL in Firefox via Clipboard

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admin wrote::oops: This tip is not as good as I thought. It only works as wanted if there are no selections in the List. Else Firefox will attempt to open all selected items as well. Damn, I should read the manual... :wink:

:idea: It might be an idea to add a source field to that UDC -- just as has been already done in the corresponding openwith scripting command!
hmm, I think all you need to do to get this tip working the way you want is simply to use open and not openwith ! That way List selections or not doesn't matter, and of course you can still use parameters (<clipboard>) on that command as well ;)
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Re: Open URL in Firefox via Clipboard

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jacky wrote:
admin wrote::oops: This tip is not as good as I thought. It only works as wanted if there are no selections in the List. Else Firefox will attempt to open all selected items as well. Damn, I should read the manual... :wink:

:idea: It might be an idea to add a source field to that UDC -- just as has been already done in the corresponding openwith scripting command!
hmm, I think all you need to do to get this tip working the way you want is simply to use open and not openwith ! That way List selections or not doesn't matter, and of course you can still use parameters (<clipboard>) on that command as well ;)
Oh yes, master jacky. Thank you for the due punishment! :wink:

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