Open Current Browser Tab WITH

A simple Autohotkey script that adds keyboard shortcuts for executing various actions on your active browser tab, including:

• Open with different browser (Chrome, Firefox, Brave, etc)
• Open on different device through KDE-Connect
• Save to Pocket
• Send to a Telegram channel using a bot
  • handy for saving a page for later without getting forgotten in bookmarks
• Quick copy URL to clipboard
• Open Archived version through Archive.org
• Download Video or Audio using yt-dlp

Default Keyboard Shortcuts

(Can be customized by editing the .ahk file)

• Alt + M: Send to Telegram Channel

• Alt + P: Save Page to Pocket

• Alt + X: Copy URL to Clipboard

• Open Tab in Another Browser

  • Alt + F: Firefox

  • Alt + Shift + F: Firefox Private

  • Alt + C: Chrome

  • Alt + Shift + C: Chrome Incognito

  • Alt + B: Brave

  • Alt + Shift + B: Brave Incognito

• Open Archived Version Through Archive.org

  • Alt + A: Open in same Same Tab

  • Alt + Shift + A: Open Page in New Tab

• Open on Different Device using KDE-Connect

  • Alt + O: Open with KDE-Connect Device One

  • Alt + Shift + O: Open with KDE-Connect Device One

• Download Video using yt-dlp

  • Alt + Y: Download Video

  • Alt + Shift + Y: Download Video's Audio

Installation

1. Make sure you have autohotkey installed

2. If you have git installed:

        git clone https://gitlab.com/yman84/open-with-browser.git

      Otherwise:

        Click Download and then select zip

Extended Functionality Configuration

Open Tab on Different Device(s) using KDE-Connect

• Install KDE-Connect: https://kdeconnect.kde.org/download.html
• Get device IDs by running the following in Comamnd Prompt: "C:\Program Files\KDE Connect\bin\kdeconnect-cli.exe" -l
• Set the KDEConnectDeviceOne\Two\Three in KDE Connect Settings section of the .ahk script to the device ID of each device you want to send to

Save Tab URL to Pocket

• Obtain an Access Token and Consumer Key by following the Pocket docs:
  • https://getpocket.com/developer/docs/authentication
• Input both the Token and Key into the Pocket Settings section of the .ahk script

Send Tab URL to a Telegram Channel

• Create a Telegram Bot by following the Telegram docs
  • https://core.telegram.org/bots#6-botfather
• Obtain your chatID by following the guide here
  • https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32423837/telegram-bot-how-to-get-a-group-chat-id
• Input both numbers into the Telegram Settings section of the .ahk script

Download Video with yt-dlp

• Install yt-dlp

  • Using Chocolatey: choco install yt-dlp

  • OR Manually

• Update the yt-dlp Settings section of the .ahk script to match your video/audio quality preferences

  • By default video is 720p and audio is "BEST"

Add Another Browser to Open Tabs With

• Add your browser's filepath to the Filepaths of Browsers section below the others
• Add your browser's ahk_exe info below the other browsers in Trigger Within Applications section by using Window Spy.ahk (comes installed with Autohotkey)
• Change the function call to reflect your new browser
  • eg: OpenWithBrowser(Firefox) >> OpenWithBrowser(YourCustomBrowser)