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Currently, all bookmark access is geared towards mousing. The fastest keyboard-only access to launching a specific bookmark I have found so far, is ⌘⌥B, ⌘F, [type search], ↹, ↹, ↓, ↵. Thats... not great. Using the URL/Search bar, Firefox has a clever prefix (*) for searching bookmarks, among other things. Orion already shows bookmarks from the URL bar:

With the * idea, typing * welc would have only showed the bookmark, like performing a search in the Edit Bookmarks window.

Although mentioned in this post, the OP actual meant bookmark keywords, which Orion already has, so I thought it worth opening a separate suggestion.

Other current solution I could find (but havent tried yet) is a Raycast Extension. Not a fan of this but maybe some would find this useful in the meantime.

  • Vlad replied to this.

    phy What is the actual ask? Is finding bookmarks through address bar not working for you?

    • phy replied to this.

        Vlad prefixes typed in the URL bar to show only scoped results:

        • * something shows only Bookmarks searched by "something"
        • ^ something shows only History searched by "something"
        • ? something shows only Suggestions for "something"
        • % something shows only Tabs searched by "something"
        • ?g something switches to suggestions driven by a different search engines (g = Google, n = Neeva, r = Reddit, etc) and launches search iin that engine with returnKey. Just discovered Quick Searches. ⭐️

            phy How would a user discover this? Why is this necessary when search already searches through these?

            • phy replied to this.

                Vlad As a keyboard power feature (there's no UI) discovery would primarily come from good documentation.

                The reason for this feature is getting where I want is too slow. If I know I want a certain bookmark why do I have to ↓KEY 13 times or reach for mouse to get to them in this example:

                Upon pressing the space key after a prefix, Firefox changes the bar UI to show you are searching a scope:

                    discovery would primarily come from good documentation

                    Little worried about that as almost nobody reads the documentation. HIG generally says if you need documentation to discover something, it is not implemented intuitevely. There should be a way to make this obvious.

                    • phy replied to this.

                      Vlad Hmmm, what about in the right-click of the URL bar:

                      Add options with learning hints like Search bookmarks (*). Selecting this would configure the URL bar and move cursor into it ready to type:

                      • Vlad replied to this.

                          phy Wouldn't that make that popup menu huge?

                          • phy replied to this.

                              Vlad +4 lines to it. Considering it is being accessed by a mouse, its far less movement than what is currently being asked searching the URL bar for bookmarks (13 lines in example above). If height is a concern, it could be a submenu (named "Search by..." perhaps) to keep it to just +1 line.

                                  4 months later

                                  Brief Summary
                                  Firefox have this bar in the bottom of the "address window" that lets you choose where the search will happen, if you want to search a different place then the default search engine

                                  Details:

                                  To some extend its very similar to "Bangs" but not all search engines support that. and this is way more intuative for people who dont know about bangs

                                  I think this could be super usefull, especially if you could configure what sites you have as options. example.. github, youtube, wiki. whatever fits your work/freetime needs

                                  My only problem with Firefoxs implementation is that when you actually click the icon of where you want to search, it inserts kinda like a bang instead of taking you directly there, so you still have to press enter after.
                                  I dont see a need for that extra step.

                                    Longely changed the title to Firefox style search options bar .
                                      Merged 2 posts from Firefox style search options bar.

                                        Vlad

                                        Perfect! this looks very close to Firefox

                                        Only thing is this is not only relevant for actual Search engines. But also for other stuff like YouTube, Wiki, Github etc..
                                        So maybe calling it Search engines is a bit missleading or gives the impression it can only be used for that

                                        Not sure what would be a better term tho. Firefox calls it Search Shortcuts

                                            a month later

                                            Brief Summary
                                            In firefox, you can enable what orion calls "bookmark invocation keywords" but instead of searching stuff up, you can search bookmarks, tabs, history, and "actions"

                                            Details:
                                            i realize that orion already can search bookmarks, tabs, and history already, but these allow you to filter the results to only search that type

                                            orion probably can implement:

                                            • bookmarks
                                            • tabs
                                            • history
                                            • actions
                                            • saved windows
                                            • devices

                                            Image/Video:

                                            actions:
                                            basically shortcuts that manage the browser. see the image below

                                            • Vlad replied to this.
                                              Merged 2 posts from Search shortcuts for bookmarks, tabs, history, actions, etc.