This filter allows you to define shortcuts for frequently visited URLs. You can enter a shortcut in your browser's address bar, and this filter will redirect the browser to a substitute URL. This filter will work only if proxying is enabled for local addresses in your browser. E.g. see Setting Proxy for Internet Explorer.
One or more shortcut elements define a set of shortcuts.
Format:
shortcut = short: subst_url
short – Shortcut.
subst_url – Substitute URL. Must be a valid URL
address starting with http:// or https://.
Typically a shortcut should contain only a few letters, e.g.
shortcut = g: http://www.google.ca.
When you enter g in your browser's address bar, it will be redirected to with http://www.google.ca/. If you enter a full URL with a valid shortcut instead of domain name and a path other than “/”, the specified path will override the path from substitute URL. E.g. if you enter, http://g/groups, your browser will be redirected to http://www.google.ca/groups.
You may also specify domain names or even full URLs as shortcuts, e.g.
shortcut = www.google.ca: http://www.yahoo.com
In this case, whenever you try to access http://www.google.ca (no path), it will be replaced with http://www.yahoo.com
See also Common Filter Parameters.
Please note that include and exclude parameters do not make sense for this filter; it should be configured for all URLs by definition (include = *).
type = Shortcut Filter name = My Shortcuts enabled = true include = * shortcut = g: http://www.google.ca shortcut = gn: http://news.google.ca/nwshp?topic=t shortcut = m: http://ca.maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?csz=n2j4n2&country=ca
Foxy Web UI will show the filter above like this: