K-Meleon

QuickNick

Content

- Creating nicknames
- Using nicknames
- Quick Search
- Quick Search bookmarks

Nicknames are a quick and powerful way to use bookmarks in K-Meleon. You can type a custom nickname into the address bar to open a bookmark. You can even use nicknames to search directly from the address bar. The feature is modeled on Mozilla's keywords for Firefox.

Creating nicknames

There are 2 ways to create nicknames. When creating a new bookmark:

To create a bookmark press Ctrl+D or click Add Page from the right-click menu.
Type your custom nickname into the Nickname: field. It can be an easily remembered word or just a single letter.
Press OK

To give a nickname to your existing bookmark:

Press Ctrl+B or click '''Edit...;'" from the right-click menu.
Select a bookmark or bookmark folder.
Type your custom nickname into the Nick: field. It can be an easily remembered word or just a single letter.
Press OK

You can open entire bookmark folders using the second method. If you give a nickname to a folder, K-Meleon will open its bookmarks in separate tabs.

Using nicknames

To use a nickname:

Click in the address bar or press Ctrl+L.
Type your nickname. If you are using Quick Search (see below), type your search term.
Press enter.

Quick Search

Quick Search can map any search engine to a bookmark. You can launch Quick Searches from the bookmarks menu or toolbar. Combined with nicknames you can search many sites directly from the address bar.

To create the bookmark for a Quick Search you can use the examples listed below or create your own. To create a Quick Search bookmark:

Go to the website you would like to search.
Search for any term.
To bookmark the page press Ctrl+D or click Add Page from the right-click menu.
Press Ctrl+B or Edit... from the right-click menu.
Replace the search term with '%s in the address bar. You can also remove unnecessary characters from the search string here.
While editing the bookmark, you can create a nickname and appropriate title.

For example, Google's search results for Mozilla appear on the page http://www.google.com/search?q=mozilla. Replacing the search term creates the address http://www.google.com/search?q=%s. You can create a bookmark with that address and give it a nickname like google or even g. Then you could search for Mozilla on Google by typing g mozilla into the address bar and pressing enter.

Quick Search can also be used from the bookmarks menu or toolbar. If you want to use a Quick Search bookmark without a nickname:

Bookmark a Quick Search address (like http://www.google.com/search?q=%s)
Click your bookmark in the menu or toolbar. A dialog window will pop up.
Type your search term.
Press enter or click OK.

Many Quick Search bookmark links are listed below. You can add these to your bookmarks simply by right-clicking the address and choosing Add Link to Bookmarks. The list provides nickname examples, but you can use anything easy to remember or type.