Try out this sequence instead - you might find it more intuitive. You already know you can press Ctrl+T to open a new tab in Firefox, and then press Ctrl+L to change focus to the location bar, where you can start typing the URL and press Enter to go to the page. Steve points out that one could easily change this option to any variety of other interesting URLs.

Instead of just taking you to Google’s best guess of what you wanted to search for, you’ll now see a regular Google result page. (The existing default string is pretty close to that - you’re basically just removing &gfns=1 from near the end of the default string.)

Now, type in the following value for keyword.url:.

Then press Enter, and a dialog box labeled “Enter string value” appears.

Press Tab a couple of times until the option is highlighted.

Type “keyword.url” and after a second, just that option is listed.

By default, your cursor is in the “Filter” bar.

To press the “I’ll be careful, I promise!” button, hit the Space Bar.

A warning appears that this might void your warranty.

In Firefox, press Ctrl+L to go to the location bar.

However, you can change it to do a regular Google search instead. By default, Firefox performs a Google “I’m feeling lucky” search, which isn’t that useful. If you don’t type in a URL (such as “”) and instead type in a keyword (such as “tivo”), Firefox figures you want to do a keyword search. Today’s tip comes from Steve Lacy of, and helps you improve your Firefox keyword searches.įirst, what’s a keyword search? In Firefox, you can type stuff in the location bar and press Enter.

Firefox page down shortcut