Keyboard shortcut to Address Bar on Windows Taskbar

[Brian]

Does anybody know of a keyboard shortcut to the Address Bar when its placed as a toolbar on the Windows Taskbar?

I'm looking for a shortcut, just like you can key Winkey+G to access the new Google Deskbar (which I highly recommend btw).

Brian.

[Sharon F]

On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 18:30:48 +1000, Brian wrote:

> Does anybody know of a keyboard shortcut to the Address Bar when its
> placed as a toolbar on the Windows Taskbar?
>
> I'm looking for a shortcut, just like you can key Winkey+G to access the
> new Google Deskbar (which I highly recommend btw).
>
> Brian.

-Ctrl+Esc to bring up start menu (or just the Win key)
-Esc to dismiss the start menu and move focus to taskbar
-Tab to move from toolbars, to taskbar button area to start menu and around
again
-Arrow keys to move within one of the "tab" locations
-This may be one of those times that a single click is more economical ;)

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User

[Brian]

"Sharon F" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 18:30:48 +1000, Brian wrote:
>
> > Does anybody know of a keyboard shortcut to the Address Bar when its
> > placed as a toolbar on the Windows Taskbar?
> >
> > I'm looking for a shortcut, just like you can key Winkey+G to access the
> > new Google Deskbar (which I highly recommend btw).
> >
> > Brian.
>
> -Ctrl+Esc to bring up start menu (or just the Win key)
> -Esc to dismiss the start menu and move focus to taskbar
> -Tab to move from toolbars, to taskbar button area to start menu and
around
> again
> -Arrow keys to move within one of the "tab" locations
> -This may be one of those times that a single click is more economical ;)
>
> --
> Sharon F
> MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User

Thanks for the input - single click it is.

Seems like a situation where MS had a good idea and went three quarters to
completion but couldn't quite finish the job. And yes, I know that Winkey-R
for the Run dialogue box does much the same thing, but then why offer the
Address Bar?

Brian.

[Sharon F]

On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 11:33:16 +1000, Brian wrote:

> "Sharon F" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 18:30:48 +1000, Brian wrote:
>>
>>> Does anybody know of a keyboard shortcut to the Address Bar when its
>>> placed as a toolbar on the Windows Taskbar?
>>>
>>> I'm looking for a shortcut, just like you can key Winkey+G to access the
>>> new Google Deskbar (which I highly recommend btw).
>>>
>>> Brian.
>>
>> -Ctrl+Esc to bring up start menu (or just the Win key)
>> -Esc to dismiss the start menu and move focus to taskbar
>> -Tab to move from toolbars, to taskbar button area to start menu and
> around
>> again
>> -Arrow keys to move within one of the "tab" locations
>> -This may be one of those times that a single click is more economical ;)
>>
>> --
>> Sharon F
>> MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User
>
> Thanks for the input - single click it is.
>
> Seems like a situation where MS had a good idea and went three quarters to
> completion but couldn't quite finish the job. And yes, I know that Winkey-R
> for the Run dialogue box does much the same thing, but then why offer the
> Address Bar?
>
> Brian.

It was a big deal in its hay day; made its debut in the first Active
Desktop release. Adding any web content to the desktop at that time
(including a redundant address bar) was "in vogue."

Personally, I use Winkey+R.

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User