# Add URL link...from keyboard **URL:** \ **Category:** Wish List\ **Created:** [January 10, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/add-url-link-from-keyboard/6973 "2010-01-10T21:30:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tshanno](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@tshanno](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/tshanno)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 11:47am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/add-url-link-from-keyboard/6973/21 "2011-04-15T11:47:45Z")
> [@KB](#): > > Hi, > I’d be grateful if you could try downloading 2.5.5 from the Beta Testing section of the forum and deleting the shortcut for “Link…” from your system preferences - 2.5.5 should work with just the shortcut added to “Add Link…” and “Edit Link…” Hi, Keith. Ordinarily I would be game to do this but unfortunately I’m a Mac App Store customer (it just seemed more convenient). I note in the beta section that its not recommended that those like me download it. Tom S. ---
**Author:** ![KB](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KB](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/KB)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/add-url-link-from-keyboard/6973/22 "2011-04-15T12:33:49Z")
Hi Tom, Ah, okay. Actually as of 2.0.6 it won’t make any difference - Mac App Store customers will be able to download betas too, because 2.0.6 will store your receipt in a special folder that the regular version will be able to check, but until 2.0.6 hits the Mac App Store it would be awkward to get it working. Thanks, Keith ---
**Author:** ![dberreby](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@dberreby](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/dberreby)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/add-url-link-from-keyboard/6973/23 "2011-05-28T17:12:30Z")
> [@KB](#): > > “Add Link…” can become “Edit Link…” - it’s contextual (just when it changes title is handled by OS X, a change Apple made in Snow Leopard, and it can be pretty funky, saying “Edit Link…” when there is no link to edit). So, you’ll need to add cmd-L as a keyboard shortcut to “Edit Link…” as well as to “Add Link…”. > > Hope that helps, > Keith Thanks, Keith. I’ve had this same problem and was just living with it. Nice to have the answer. all best David ---
**Author:** ![michiel](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@michiel](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/michiel)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/add-url-link-from-keyboard/6973/24 "2011-06-27T12:34:24Z")
Would it be possible to set a sticky preference in the \ box to ? I am usually copy-pasting URLs from my browser into Scrivener, therefore having to change the default tick box to each time I add a URL is not really handy. ---
**Author:** ![KB](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KB](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/KB)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/add-url-link-from-keyboard/6973/25 "2011-06-27T12:43:48Z")
You don’t need to do that - if there is already an “http://” at the start of the pasted-in URL, Scrivener won’t add it again. ---
**Author:** ![dberreby](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@dberreby](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/dberreby)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/add-url-link-from-keyboard/6973/26 "2011-06-27T14:26:34Z")
> [@dberreby](#): > > > [@KB](#): > > > > “Add Link…” can become “Edit Link…” - it’s contextual (just when it changes title is handled by OS X, a change Apple made in Snow Leopard, and it can be pretty funky, saying “Edit Link…” when there is no link to edit). So, you’ll need to add cmd-L as a keyboard shortcut to “Edit Link…” as well as to “Add Link…”. > > > > Hope that helps, > > Keith Been meaning to come back to this thread to report that this doesn’t work, at least not for me. Though I have carefully made Command-K (in my case) into the shortcut for both Add Link… AND Edit Link… (while of course assigning the old command-K function to another shortcut), nonetheless when I start in a project, I must first “baptize” the function by clicking on the Edit menu, otherwise the shortcut will not do anything. After that first-time menu click, though, the shortcut works fine. As before. It’s not a big deal, of course. And maybe this weirdness will go away in Lion. So: Just FYI. Cheers David ---
**Author:** ![KB](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KB](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/KB)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/add-url-link-from-keyboard/6973/27 "2011-06-27T14:53:11Z")
And you’re using the [beta version](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/scrivener-2-x-update-betas-download-here/11262/1), not 2.0.5, as explained above? ---
**Author:** ![dberreby](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@dberreby](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/dberreby)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/add-url-link-from-keyboard/6973/28 "2011-06-27T15:13:30Z")
Oops, sorry. I didn’t grasp that that distinction was crucial. I’m on 2.5, will now switch and report back. Apologetically David ---
**Author:** ![dberreby](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@dberreby](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/dberreby)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/add-url-link-from-keyboard/6973/29 "2011-06-27T15:35:40Z")
> [@dberreby](#): > > Oops, sorry. I didn’t grasp that that distinction was crucial. I’m on 2.5, will now switch and report back. > > Apologetically > David Should have said I WAS on 2.0.5.0, of course. I am now, as instructed, on 2.0.5.5. And the problem is gone. Thanks Keith, as ever. David [Previous page](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/add-url-link-from-keyboard/6973.md?page=1)