[FEATURE] Nickname/keyword for bookmarks

[donquixote]

In Opera, it used to be ( * ) possible to store a nickname/keyword for a bookmark.
You could enter the keyword in the address bar and hit enter, and the page would open.

( * ) I have not used Opera for a while so I don't know if it is still possible.

In Chromium, such a feature does not exist. Keywords can be added for searches, but not for bookmarks. A search needs an additional parameter to open it.
In Firefox, I am not sure, the doc page talks about search keywords mostly, http://kb.mozillazine.org/Using_keyword_searches#Creating_bookmarks_with_keywords

Could such a feature be added to Brave browser?

Bookmark keywords/nicknames are especially useful for js bookmarklets.

[tomlowenthal]

Searches don't need to have an additional parameter. If you create a new "search" operator without %s in the URI, it works just like a bookmark keyword.

[donquixote]

Searches don't need to have an additional parameter. If you create a new "search" operator without %s in the URI, it works just like a bookmark keyword.

Interesting, you are right!

One observation though:
The same keyword can only be mapped one search, which can either be parameterized or parameterless. E.g. I could map the gh keyword to either https://github.com/search?q=%s or to https://github.com/, but not both.

Why would I do this?

Search keyword “gh” mapped to	https://github.com/search?q=%s	https://github.com/
Result for “gh hello”	https://github.com/search?q=hello	search "gh hello" in default search engine
Result for “gh”	“This site can’t be reached”	https://github.com/

This is a wasted opportunity:

• Search keywords and bookmark keywords (= parameterless searches) don't need to share the same namespace. A search keyword "gh" can happily coexist with a bookmark nickname "gh".
• Using searches as keyworded bookmarks defeats their original purpose, and also clutters the list of search engines.

[juligreen]

I also miss this feature!

Coming from Vivaldi, there I can use the bookmark nickname in the "quick command" window and have the sites open immediately