If set, and text is copied to the clipboard twice in rapid succession, URLMenu will scan it for a valid URL. If found, the URL is passed to your browser (which will be started if not running).

An example: say someone mails you the address of interesting web site, if you highlight the text containing the address and copy it to the clipboard twice (Ctrl+C Ctrl+C normally), your browser is automatically invoked to display the page.


If set, URLMenu scans all text copied to the clipboard. If copied text begins with a URL, then that URL is passed to your browser (which will be started if not running).


If you do not want URLMenu to monitor the clipboard, select this option.


Check this box to have URLMenu automatically start whenever Windows starts.


Uncheck this box to prevent the automatic launching of detected URLs in your browser.


Check this box to add URLs detected on the clipboard to the list of recently copied URLs.


This sets the number of clipboard URLs that URLMenu will keep in its 'Recent Clipboard URLs' submenu.


Check this box to use your Netscape bookmarks in URLMenu.


Check this box to use your Internet Explorer favorites in URLMenu.


Enter the path to your bookmark file or folder


Browse for the bookmark file or folder.


Click this to use the default setting.


Enter the search page to be used by URLMenu. Clicking the 'default' button will retrieve the default URL used by the select browser..


Enter the home page to be used by URLMenu. Clicking the 'default' button will retrieve the default URL used by the select browser..


Retrieves the search URL used by the selected browser.


Retrieves the home URL used by the selected browser.


Type the hotkey you would like to use to popup the URLMenu menu instantly (for instance Ctrl + Alt + F)


Lists all favorites containing the required text in their titles. Double click an item to launch it, or right click for other options.


Check this box to have URLMenu sound a beep when it recognizes and processes a URL copied to the clipboard.


Type text in this box to display all favorites containing that text in their titles.


This controls how URLMenu breaks long menus of favorites into columns. If the popup menu is too long for your display, try lowering this number.


Welcome to URLMenu!

URLMenu is a handy taskbar application that provides quick access to your Internet Explorer or Netscape bookmarks, and also enables you to quickly invoke URLs displayed in textual documents and email messages.

Installing and running URLMenu

Features

Frequently Asked Questions

Uninstalling URLMenu

Version History

URLMenu was written and designed by Paul Dixon for ITM - publishers of the innovative 'Internet Odyssey' software. See http://odyssey.thomson.com for details. If you have any suggestions for improving URLMenu, email the author at pauld@ilp.com.

URLMenu is free for personal use. If you wish to distribute URLMenu in any form whatsoever, please contact Paul Dixon (pauld@ilp.com)


Installing and Running URLMenu

To install URLMenu follow the following steps

•	Double click the URLMenu installer program icon (normally called urlmenus.exe or urlmenud.exe).

•	The URLMenu self-extracting installer will start. This will guide you through the installation, copying the application files to your hard disc. The installer will automatically start URLMenu for you, which completes the rest of the installation process.

The installer will set up URLMenu to run every time Windows is started, and will add other icons to a ‘URLMenu’ folder in the Windows 95 Start Menu.

See Also

Features

Frequently Asked Questions

Uninstalling URLMenu


Frequently Asked Questions

Q: 	The popup menu fills the screen - what is going on?

A: 	When you have a lot of top level bookmarks, URLMenu breaks its menu up into columns. You can increase the number of items in each column via the ‘popup menu’ settings in the properties dialog. Alternatively, you can use your browser software to group your bookmarks into folders.

Q: 	How does URLMenu decide what browser to use?

A: 	The Browser tab of the properties dialog allows you to set your ‘preferred browser’. When URLMenu launches a URL, it locates a browser in the following order:

1. a currently running instance of the preferred browser.

2. a currently running instance of any compatible browser.

3. start a new instance of the preferred browser.

Q:	How can I open a URL in a new window?

A:	Hold down Ctrl whilst clicking the required URL


Uninstalling URLMenu

To remove URLMenu from your computer, follow these steps :

•	Open the Windows 95 Control Panel and open the 'Add/Remove Programs' applet (or click here [image]).

•	In the list of uninstallable software, locate and highlight the ‘URLMenu’ entry.

•	Click the 'Add/remove' button.

The software will now be removed from your computer.

See Also

Installing and running URLMenu


Features

Instant Access to Internet Shortcuts

URLMenu gives you access to your Internet Explorer or Netscape shortcuts - simply left click the URLMenu taskbar icon. This menu also allows you to jump to your home and search pages (as defined in Internet Explorer). You can also reorganise your shortcuts.

Note that you can use the shortcuts even when your browser isn't running - it will be automatically started for you.

Find Favorites Quickly

The Find Favorite dialog allows you to quickly dig up favorites buried deep in long forgotten hierarchy! This dialog also allows you to copy the favorite to the clipboard in a variety of forms, useful for mail messages and HTML documents.

Hyperlink From Anywhere!

Whilst URLMenu is running, it is watching your clipboard for Internet URLs pasted to it. If you copy some text to the clipboard twice in rapid succession, URLMenu will get your browser to jump to that URL.

What this means in practice is that if you have some text that contains a URL (an email message for instance) simply highlight the text and press Ctrl+C twice. URLMenu will beep when it recognizes and invokes the URL.

This feature will work with any text-based application that supports the Windows Clipboard.

Altering URLMenu settings

To alter URLMenu settings, right click on the URLMenu taskbar icon, and select Properties. A dialog will appear allowing you to adjust various aspects of URLMenu's operation.

Closing URLMenu

If you want to close URLMenu, right click the URLMenu taskbar icon, and select Close.

See Also

Frequently Asked Questions


Find Favorite Dialog

The Find Favorite dialog allows you to quickly locate favorites buried deep in your hierarchy. As well as invoking the favorites, you can also copy them to the clipboard in formats suitable for email messages or HTML documents. To open the dialog, click the URLMenu icon and select ‘Find Favorite’ from the menu.

Finding Favorites

As you type text into the box at the top of the dialog, the list shows you all favorites containing that text in their titles. Note that the title doesn’t need to begin with the typed text - it can occur anywhere within the title.

Launching Favorites

To launch a link from the list, simply double click it.

Copying Favorites to the clipboard

Right click the item for a popup menu. As well as launching the link, you can also copy the link to clipboard as text suitable for mail message, or in a form suitable for pasting into an HTML document.


History

Do you have the latest release? Check http://www.thomson.com/odyssey/urlmenu/ for details...

12th June 1997 - version 1.30

Added the following features:

- Support for recognizing file:// URLs and email addresses pasted to the clipboard

- Configurable choice of browser used when invoking URLs

- Hold down Ctrl to open a URL in a new window

- Internet Explorer Quick Links added to menu

- Added facility for clearing ‘recent clipboard URLs’ menu

- Tray icon changes to indicate when menu is being rebuilt.

- Popup menu looks a little snazzier.

Bug fixes:

- Netscape 4.0 bookmarks can now be auto-located.

- URLMenu handles screen resolution changes better.

9th April 1997 - version 1.20

Added the following features:

- Added Find Favorite dialog.

- Added shortcut key for popup menu.

- Made the beep on recognizing a clipboard URL optional.

- Long menus of favorites can now be broken up into columns.

- Added uninstaller.

Bug fixes:

- Corrected bug that prevented some options being saved at shutdown.

26th March 1997 - version 1.12

Bug fix regarding adding and removing the Startup shortcut

24th March 1997 - version 1.11

Added the following features:

- Can now specify home and search pages via properties dialog

Bug fixes:

- Corrected bug that caused home and search pages to be incorrectly invoked.

- Corrected bug that caused property dialog to crash on some systems.

13th March 1997 - version 1.10

Added the following features:

- Netscape bookmark support

- Clipboard URL list size made user-configurable

- Launching of detected URL's made optional

Bug fixes:

- Correctly locates MSIE favorites folder from registry settings

6th March 1997 - version 1.00

First Internet release