Jump to non-hyperlinked URLs in Safari

Feb 27, '03 10:15:00AM

Contributed by: godfatherK

In Sarafi, highlight an URL, NOT a hyperlink but a URL in plain text. Control-click or right-click on the highlighted URL. The contextual menu lists three commands: "Go to Address," "Copy," and "Google Search."

"Go to Address" is the cool one. It saves a couple of steps (copying the URL, pasting the URL, and pressing Enter/Return) to go to another page/site. My testing has been limited, but to help Safari figure it out, highlight a plain text URL that contains the "http://" protocol prefix.

Highlight the following URL/plain-text (in Safari) and see for yourself: http://www.apple.com

[robg adds: Now that's handy!]

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