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Choosy Help: Web address rules
You can create advanced behaviour rules that are triggered by clicking on a link to a web
address that matches certain criteria.
The following types of web address matching are availble:
- is
-
Matches the whole URL exactly. Note that this includes the protocol at the start of the URL (e.g.
http://
or https://
)
- is not
-
Matches any URL that is not exactly the same as the URL defined in the rule. Note that this includes the
protocol at the start of the URL (e.g.
http://
or https://
)
- contains
-
Matches any URL that contains the string defined in the rule. For example, if the rule was “contains
facebook
” matching addresses would include https://www.facebook.com/
and
http://example.com/facebook
- begins with
-
Matches any URL that begins with the string defined in the rule. Note that this includes the protocol at
the start of the URL (e.g.
http://
or https://
). For example, if the rule was
“begins with http://www.google.
” matching addresses would include
http://www.google.com/
, http://www.google.co.uk/
and
http://www.google.com/search?q=choosy
- ends with
-
Matches any URL that begins with the string defined in the rule. For example, if the rule was “ends
with
.pdf
” it would match any direct links to PDF files.
- is like
-
This type of address matching allows you to define simple patterns using wildcard characters.
Character |
Matches |
Example |
? |
Any single character |
The pattern a?c
would match abc
but not ac or abbc
|
* |
Zero or more characters |
The pattern a*c
would match ac , abc and abbc
|
- matches regular expression
-
This type of address matching allows you to define complex patterns using regular expressions. If you are
not already familiar with regular expressions there are various web sites with indepth tutorials, several of
which are linked from the Wikipedia article on
regular expressions. Choosy uses the ICU version of regular expressions, you can find documentation on the
ICU
project web site.