Our coverage of productivity tips on Google Chrome continues. In this article, we shall see how to set a keyboard shortcut that will automate the steps of focusing the address bar, pasting the copied URL and hitting Go.

Keyboard shortcuts that the script provides:

• Win+v – Pastes the URL (should have been already copied) in the address bar and hits return
• Win+Alt+v – Opens a new tab, pastes the URL in the address bar and hits return

Instructions:

1. Download AutoHotKey and install it.
2. Save this small ChromePastenGo.ahk file (the contained code can be found at the bottom of this post) and place it anywhere in your computer. Double click this .ahk file.

That’s it! Next time you see a plain-text non-linked URL in Chrome or in any other program; simply copy it, switch to Chrome and press Win+v or Win+Alt+v.

The code:

; Relevant blog post: http://www.howtotuts.com/2008/09/07/how-to-paste-and-go-in-chrome-using-keyboard/
; Requested at: http://chromespot.com/index.php/topic,198.msg4744.html#msg4744
; Author: Sridhar Katakam
; ^ = Ctrl, ! = Alt, + = Shift, # = Win

#NoEnv  ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
#SingleInstance force

#IfWinActive ahk_class Chrome_XPFrame
 #v:: Send !d^v{Enter}
 !#v:: Send ^t!d^v{Enter}
#IfWinActive

Note: This code is a part of How to set keyboard shortcuts in Chrome script.

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1. How to set keyboard shortcuts in Chrome
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