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I've searched around, there don't seem to be any built in shortcuts. Is there a way to customize shortcuts with an extension or an extension that is built specifically for accessing bookmarks?

EDIT: I want to be able to press a configuration of buttons on my keyboard, not my mouse, to select bookmarks. Is this possible?

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Ctrl+Shift+B

Opens the Bookmark manager. Use Tab or the arrow keys to move around and Enter to open the bookmark

Chrome has moved on to in-tab based bookmark manager, so the above step no longer works. To open Bookmarks, hit Ctrl-T to open a new tab, Ctrl-L to move focus to the Omnibox, type in chrome://bookmarks to access the bookmarks page. From there you can use Tab or the arrow keys to move around and Enter to open the bookmark

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this is close, but shift+alt+t doesn't put the focus on the bookmarks toolbar, only the browser toolbar. and navigation from the browser toolbar to the bookmarks is impossible with the arrow keys – nrhine1 Nov 3 '09 at 6:16
@nrhine - yes. Opening the Bookmark manager should be fine right? – Sathya♦ Nov 3 '09 at 13:55
I edited the question - I want to be able to open the bookmarks with solely my keyboard. None of these options allow that. – nrhine1 Nov 4 '09 at 19:04
nrhine - You can still use solely your Keyboard. Ctrl+Shift+B opens the bookmarks manager. Use Tab/arrow keys to move around and Enter to open the bookmark – Sathya♦ Nov 6 '09 at 10:29
ah yes. Hit tab twice after ctrl+shift+b and then use arrow keys. Thanks – nrhine1 Nov 8 '09 at 18:06
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On a Mac:

  1. System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts
  2. Plus button
  3. Application = Google Chrome, Menu Title = [bookmark title as it appears in the Bookmarks menu], Keyboard Shortcut = [shortcut]

Or on any OS:

  1. Chrome > Preferences > Manage Search Engines
  2. Add a new "search engine" with the URL to bookmark and a keyword.
  3. To open the bookmark type Command-L, keyword, Enter.
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I've been wondering this myself. I haven't found anything which actually solves this, but you can hack it a bit with this extension: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/mgjjeipcdnnjhgodgjpfkffcejoljijf

It unfortunately seems to have some trouble with command-key shortcuts. But that could just be on my system.

Essentially, it lets you create static events for keystrokes. Among others, it can open a webpage (== bookmark) or run javascript (== bookmarklet). Maybe they'll add in bookmark-launching by number eventually, but it's not in there now.

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