keyboard shortcut to save item from web

joines · October 24, 2012

I currently get almost everything into my library by clicking on the page icon in the location bar of Firefox. I would love to be able to do this from the keyboard instead of having to use the mouse.

adamsmith · October 24, 2012

look at this:
https://github.com/willsALMANJ/Zutilo
in combination with keyconfig:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=72994
(you don't actually need Zutilo for that particular functionality, but it lists the function to put into keyconfig)

joines · October 24, 2012

Thanks, that worked great. Here's what it involved in case anyone else reads this:

Install the keyconfig extension from http://mozilla.dorando.at/keyconfig.xpi. Details of this extension are at http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=72994.

Configure the extension to map a key combination to the function Zotero_Browser.scrapeThisPage(). I mapped Alt+Z.

Now when on a journal article website all I have to do is press Alt+Z to save the item to my library instead of navigating to and clicking on the page item in the Address bar.