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How can I create an address bar macro?

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wfsaxton
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In Chrome, I'm able to create an address bar "macro" using the custom search engine function. In the example I'm showing in the image, if I type "r", then a space, then some TEXT, it replaces it with "http://reddit.com/r/TEXT".

Is this functionality available in Firefox? The search engine "keyword" functionality looks similar, but it doesn't allow for direct macro substitutions.

In Chrome, I'm able to create an address bar "macro" using the custom search engine function. In the example I'm showing in the image, if I type "r", then a space, then some TEXT, it replaces it with "http://reddit.com/r/TEXT". Is this functionality available in Firefox? The search engine "keyword" functionality looks similar, but it doesn't allow for direct macro substitutions.

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In Firefox you can use %s or %S to substitute a parameter.

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wfsaxton
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Here's the screenshot of the functionality in Chrome

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In Firefox you can use %s or %S to substitute a parameter.

wfsaxton
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That was it, thanks.