Hi All, Okay, a long way of doing it, but here are steps for creating desktop URL shortcuts. Note: If the shortcuts are made with Firefox, the shortcut will only work if Firefox is your default browser. I'll post steps for shortcuts that can be assigned to open with a particular browser at a later time. There may be an easier way, but here is what I do to create a desktop icon for a web page.
1. Open your browser to the desired website. 2. Press, Alt + D, to move to and highlight the address bar , or pressing, F6, works as well. 3. Press, Control + C, to copy the URL to the clipboard. 4. Move to the desktop and make sure that nothing is selected. Either press F5 when on the desktop or hold down the control key and press the spacebar to deselect anything that is already selected. 5. Press the, applications / context menu key, / right mouse click, to bring up the context menu items. 6. Choose new from the menu and then choose create shortcut from the sub menu. 7. A 2 stage dialogue opens. The default field is address. Paste the address from the desired web page into the address field and tab once to the next button and press space bar. 8. A second page opens and the default field says 'type a name for the shortcut.' Type in a recognizable name for the shortcut and tab to next and press space bar. 9. A finish button should appear. Press space bar or enter on it and you are done. This is a bit convoluted, but it seems to work quite well. Take care. Mike. Go Dodgers! Sennt from my iBarstool. Arguing with a woman is like reading a software license agreement. In the end you have to ignore everything, & click I agree. ----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Justice To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2018 11:33 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Desktop Shortcuts With Firefox Hi Mike, It appears that the only way to accomplish this is with drag and drop, at least in this version of Firefox. I found nothing in the program or a web search to show any provision for saving a website shortcut to the Desktop. You will have to use the method I described to you earlier. HTH, Rick Justice "Tomorrow's another day, another way!" "and if tomorrow never comes, problem solved!" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike B." <mb69ma...@charter.net> To: "Jaws-Users List" <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2018 9:14 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Desktop Shortcuts With Firefox Hi All, Running Windows 7, Firefox ESR 52.8, & J16 thru J2018. When you want to create a desktop shortcut from a website you visit regularly, how in the heck do you do it?! In IE11 you can get create desktop shortcut options in the context menu, or from the file menu, but with Firefox I can't find anywhere in the context or file menu that will allow me to create a desktop shortcut while on the website. So again, how is this done? All help will be a great hair saver, and immensely appreciated! LOL Thanks much. Take care. Mike. Go Dodgers! Sent from my iBarstool. Arguing with a woman is like reading a software license agreement. In the end you have to ignore everything, & click I agree. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
