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Opera URL alias/nickname

Wednesday, June 7, 2006 8:26:12 AM

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Bookmarks > Manage Bookmarks... > Right click on a bookmark > Properties... > Nickname

Opera bookmark properties nickname
Create nickname

Press keyboard shortcut, Shift+F2 and enter nickname, Opera will open that bookmark.

Opera go to page nickname

You can also enter nickname in address field or go to page (keyboard shortcut, F2) but you have to press ENTER.

Opera go to page

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Comments

Jadd Tuesday, February 13, 2007 4:16:15 PM

I really love this tip, I use it all the time!

Unregistered user Saturday, March 17, 2007 11:18:46 AM

caghan writes: Thanks alot :)

Nxqd3051990 Saturday, June 30, 2007 10:38:05 AM

I really love this tip smile
nXqd

Unregistered user Sunday, November 18, 2007 9:36:29 PM

Goran writes: Great tip, I work ten times faster with it!

nizamx Saturday, September 20, 2008 3:01:52 PM

I have 500+ bookmarks and I don't want edit each nickname one by one. Can we batch copy every bookmark name to nickname at once?

Tamil Saturday, September 20, 2008 3:19:00 PM

Why do you want to create nickname for all? Create nick name for frequently used sites with short nickname.

Originally posted by nizamx:

Can we batch copy every bookmark name to nickname at once?

You have to create a script.

nizamx Saturday, September 20, 2008 4:34:12 PM

For faster access a script (not user script but a excel macro or something else I don't know how) for filling empty nicknames from bookmark names, would be very helpful.

Tamil Saturday, September 20, 2008 4:48:34 PM

Open opera6.adr file in any text editor after closing Opera and add a new line under each bookmark with 
SHORT NAME=Nickname

nizamx Saturday, September 20, 2008 4:59:51 PM

To 500+ bookmarks manually? no

Tamil Saturday, September 20, 2008 5:23:17 PM

If you type few characters of bookmarks in address field, Opera will show bookmarks matching it.

nizamx Saturday, September 20, 2008 5:57:21 PM

If I add SHORT NAME=Nickname to each bookmark in text editor then if I type few characters of bookmarks in address field, Opera will show bookmarks matching it. But what I want is to automate adding nicknames from bookmark names. Sorry if I misunderstood your instructions.

Tamil Saturday, September 20, 2008 6:04:34 PM

Originally posted by nizamx:

But what I want is to automate adding nicknames from bookmark names.

Nicknames should be short, unique & should not contain spaces. What is the use of copying bookmark name to nickname? Opera will show the items from bookmarks if you enter few characters of bookmark.

nizamx Saturday, September 20, 2008 6:58:48 PM

"not contain spaces" Ooops you're right about nicks, then bookmark names should be accessible from adress bar. This would be a good solution.

Tamil Saturday, September 20, 2008 7:32:57 PM

Originally posted by nizamx:

then bookmark names should be accessible from adress bar.

It is already available.

Unregistered user Sunday, June 14, 2009 3:19:42 PM

Anonymous writes: How about Url Alias Option in Maxthon Browser(IE Engine). it seems easier than bookmark in Opera. maybe Opera want to add it in Opera ?

Vasyl ZuzyakZuBB Monday, June 15, 2009 8:47:39 AM

Hi!

Is possible to have bookmarks with "substitution"

address t2054 -> http://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/2054

without doing JS coding?

EDIT: got it with custom search

combomax Tuesday, September 8, 2009 5:07:34 PM

Opera bookmarks store created and visited dates but there's no columns. Any tweak for it?

Tamil Tuesday, September 8, 2009 11:47:19 PM

Nope.

Unregistered user Saturday, December 19, 2009 2:38:35 PM

YoungSwede writes: Thank you very much. I Have had this app in Avant Browser on my Windows machine, so it was nice to finally be able to use it on my Ubuntu computer in Opera as well. Gracias!

Unregistered user Friday, July 2, 2010 7:41:04 PM

London Bars writes: A great little tip

andrewzandrewz1986 Tuesday, September 14, 2010 7:40:20 AM

Hi, is there any way how to assign more than one alias to a single bookmark? I have already tried some special marks, but they do not work...

Tamil Tuesday, September 14, 2010 8:20:09 AM

Nope.

Unregistered user Wednesday, July 20, 2011 7:59:10 AM

sateesh kumar.p writes: i look like manly

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