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Quick Start Guide
Hotkey Defaults
| Windows Default | Mac Default | |
|---|---|---|
| Launcher Hotkey | Ctrl+Space | Ctrl+Alt |
| Direct To Site Hotkey | Shift+Alt | Shift+Ctrl |
Launcher Hotkey—launch URLs using the Launcher panel
Press the Launcher Hotkey (by default, Ctrl+Space in Windows, or Ctrl+Alt in Mac) to instantly bring forward the Launcher. The Launcher panel will present you with a list of your sites along with their associated keyboard keys, hit one of those keys to be transported to that site or hit Escape to cancel the Launcher.
Direct to Site Hotkey—launch URLs transparently (without the Launcher panel)
If you've already memorized the keyboard key associated with a given site, you can launch that site immediately without the aid of the Launcher panel with the single keyboard combination, [Direct to Site Hotkey]+[Key]. E.g. if you had your Direct to Site Hotkey set to shift+alt, and had the M key associated with GMail, shift+alt+m would immediately open Gmail.
There is no special reason why you should use the Direct to Hotkey method over the Launcher Hotkey, because the Launcher accepts input immediately when its hotkey is pressed, and because the Launcher accepts either the form [hotkey]+[site key] or [hotkey] (press but not hold down), [sitekey] there is no measurable response-time difference. You only heed to use the Direct to Site method if for some reason you prefer the Launcher not to pop-up.
How to add, edit and remove shortcuts to websites
Set the sites you wish to access via keyboard shortcuts by clicking Site Launcher -> Manage Shortcuts.
To add a site the click 'New' button, fill in the fields, then click 'Add shortcut'. The key you associate with a site can be just about any character you want including punctuation and international characters, you are not limited to just a-z and 0-9.
To edit a site's shortcut; click its entry in the Site Keys list, edit the newly populated input fields, then click "Add shortcut".
To delete a shortcut; click its entry in the Site Keys list and then click the red and white cross that appears to the right.
Changes are not actually saved until you click the OK button, if you click cancel any changes will not be applied. In line with convention Mac OSX is the exception to this rule.
How to quickly create a shortcut to the page you are on
You can quickly create a shortcut to whatever page you have open by pressing Ctrl+Shift+S or clicking SiteLauncher -> Shortcut This Page, you will then be prompted to enter the key and website title for your new shortcut.
Remember though, Site Launcher is not intended to completely replace bookmarks, bookmarks are still good for organizing large amounts of URLs you want to get back to someday, SiteLauncher is designed to give you a quick way to access a subset of sites you use more frequently.
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