{"id":729,"date":"2012-10-25T09:00:56","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T09:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/?p=729"},"modified":"2012-09-25T16:08:25","modified_gmt":"2012-09-25T16:08:25","slug":"create-a-desktop-shortcut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/2012\/10\/25\/create-a-desktop-shortcut\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox Tip &#8211; Create a Desktop Shortcut for Your Favorite Site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that you can use Firefox to create a shortcut on your computer&#8217;s desktop to a Web page you&#8217;ve visited? We\u2019re here to tell you that you can! Creating a desktop shortcut let\u2019s you open that page directly from your desktop &#8211; clicking the shortcut will allow your default browser (hopefully, that\u2019s Firefox!) to open the site immediately.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/files\/2012\/10\/dragbookmark.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-761\" title=\"dragbookmark\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/files\/2012\/10\/dragbookmark.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/files\/2012\/10\/dragbookmark.jpg 474w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/files\/2012\/10\/dragbookmark-252x144.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a>It\u2019s as simple as a drag and drop. Make sure you resize your browser window so you can also see your desktop behind it. Click on the icon in the Awesome Bar next to the site\u2019s url and hold it, until you\u2019ve moved the pointer to your desktop area and then let go, or \u201cdrop\u201d it.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a tip you&#8217;d like to share with other Firefox users, please post it on our <a title=\"Firefox Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/firefox\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page<\/a> with #FirefoxTips and tag us, or post on Twitter with #FirefoxTips. You can also <a title=\"Firefox Tips Archive\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/category\/firefox\/firefox-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\">view more tips in our archive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you found this tip useful, be sure to share it with the Facebook and Twitter buttons below, and help tell the world about Firefox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that you can use Firefox to create a shortcut on your computer&#8217;s desktop to a Web page you&#8217;ve visited? 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Creating a desktop shortcut let\u2019s you open that page directly &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/2012\/10\/25\/create-a-desktop-shortcut\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":378,"featured_media":325,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,21028,11377],"tags":[278480,278492,21040],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Firefox Tip - Create a Desktop Shortcut for Your Favorite Site - The Den<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/2012\/10\/25\/create-a-desktop-shortcut\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Carmen Collins\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/2012\/10\/25\/create-a-desktop-shortcut\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/2012\/10\/25\/create-a-desktop-shortcut\/\",\"name\":\"Firefox Tip - Create a Desktop Shortcut for Your Favorite Site - The Den\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/2012\/10\/25\/create-a-desktop-shortcut\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/2012\/10\/25\/create-a-desktop-shortcut\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/files\/2012\/04\/firefox_tip_Tip_small1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-10-25T09:00:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-09-25T16:08:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/#\/schema\/person\/f72e292cb1e656a930fa14cbf7406b5b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/2012\/10\/25\/create-a-desktop-shortcut\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/2012\/10\/25\/create-a-desktop-shortcut\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/2012\/10\/25\/create-a-desktop-shortcut\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/files\/2012\/04\/firefox_tip_Tip_small1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/files\/2012\/04\/firefox_tip_Tip_small1.png\",\"width\":\"130\",\"height\":\"119\",\"caption\":\"Firefox Tips\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/2012\/10\/25\/create-a-desktop-shortcut\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Firefox Tip &#8211; 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