Quickly jump to your address bar

I have a short, but very useful, tip for Mac, Linux and even Windows users today. It’s a keystroke that will save you a bit of time when browsing using Safari, Chromium, FireFox or most other Mac and/or Linux browsers. When you are ready to enter a new URL in the address bar of your browser and find that that it is not active or already has a URL in place, before you move your hands off the keyboard and grab for the mouse hit:

Mac | ⌘ – L
Linux/Windows | CTRL –L

This keystroke combo will activate the address bar (as shown in the image below) and allow you to immediately begin typing a new URL. For newbies...no need to delete the content that is highlighted. As soon as you type your first character, all the old excess URL baggage will be deleted. If only life’s baggage was as easy to delete!

That’s it. Short and sweet. Consider it a nice little Doc’s Tech Notes stocking stuffer. Give it a shot and let me know if you find this keystroke as useful as I have. If you have other simple keystrokes that enhance your productivity, drop a comment and add to the note.