Tips and Tricks

Table of Contents

• How to Search Bookmarks from the Browser's Address Bar?
• Share Links from Other Apps on a Mobile Device
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Pin the Browser Extension

How to Search Bookmarks from the Browser's Address Bar

You can search your bookmarks directly from your browser's address bar. There are two ways to do this:

1. Using the Browser Extension
2. Configuring the Bookmark Manager as a search engine in your browser's settings

1. Using the Browser Extension

After you installed the extension, you can start searching your bookmarks by typing b followed by a space and your search query into the address bar.

2. Configuring the Bookmark Manager as a Search Engine

You can configure the Bookmark Manager as a search engine in your browser's settings. This way you can search your bookmarks directly from the address bar without the need to install the extension.

Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge

1. Open the settings by clicking the three dots in the top right corner and selecting Settings.
2. Scroll down to the Search engine section and click Manage search engines.
3. Scroll down to the Other search engines section and click Add.
4. Enter the following details:
   • Search engine: Bookmark Manager
   • Keyword: b
   • URL: https://bookmarkmanager.com/search?q=%s
5. Click Add.

Now you can search your bookmarks by typing @b followed by a space and your search query into the address bar.

Safari and Firefox

Unfortunately, Safari and Firefox do not support custom search engines.

For Firefox there's an open discussion for this functionality on Mozilla Connect.

However, we are working on a browser extension update that will allow you to search your bookmarks from the address bar in these browsers as well.

Share Links from Other Apps on a Mobile Device

You can share links from other apps directly to the Bookmark Manager app on your mobile device. This is a very convenient way to add new bookmarks to your collection - for example, when a friend sends you a link on WhatsApp or you find an interesting article in your favorite news app.

1. To share a link from another app to the Bookmark Manager app, you need to install the Bookmark Manager app on your mobile device first.
2. Open the app or website where you found the link you want to share and click share or copy the URL.
3. The default share menu of your mobile device will show up. Select the Bookmark Manager app.

   

4. The link will be saved and you can choose to edit the bookmark or close the app.

Keyboard Shortcuts

The web application supports a number of keyboard shortcuts to make your workflow more efficient:

On Windows

• Ctrl + K - Focus the search bar
• Ctrl + click on a bookmark - Select the bookmark
• Shift + click on a bookmark - Select multiple bookmarks
• Ctrl + A - Select all bookmarks
• Esc - close dialog/close page/deselect all bookmarks/clear filters

On macOS

• Cmd + K - Focus the search bar
• Cmd + click on a bookmark - Select the bookmark
• Shift + click on a bookmark - Select multiple bookmarks
• Cmd + A - Select all bookmarks
• Esc - close dialog/close page/deselect all bookmarks/clear filters

Pin the Browser Extension

You can pin the browser extension to your browser's toolbar for quick access. This is especially useful to quickly add new bookmarks.

In most browsers you can pin the extension by right-clicking the extension icon and selecting Pin. If not, you can usually find the option in the extension's details.