Getting Started

Try online

• If you want to try SwitchHoster quickly, you can try our Playground directly.

Import Test Collection

In this section, we will introduce how to use the core functions of SwitchHoster.

Prerequisites

• Make sure the SwitchHoster Chrome extension is installed, click here to learn how to install.
• Pin the SwitchHoster Chrome extension to the toolbar
• No collection has been created yet

Open popup page

After you pin SwitchHoster to the toolbar, click the SwitchHoster extension icon to open the popup page. You will see three core menus, Matches, Collections, and Settings, through which you can quickly access and manage different functions and easily switch or adjust the settings of a collection.

• Matches: Displays all matches in the set of successful matches.
• Collections: Manage collections that have been created, you can configure 'URI rules' in collections and add or edit matches.
• Settings: Personalized adjustment of SwitchHoster related functions

Toggle Match

Go to the Match Items menu, click Import Test Collection, and you will be directed to the Playground. After completion, open the SwitchHoster extension icon in the browser toolbar again, enter the Matchings menu, and you will see 5 matches that were successfully matched.

At this point, you can click on any of the matching items, or focus the cursor on the web page, and use the shortcut key Ctrl / Option ⌥ + Tab to complete the switching action.

TIP

MacOS users can switch through the shortcut key Option ⌥ + Tab.

Windows and other operating system users will use the Ctrl + Tab key to complete the switch.

Learning Collection

In the Collections menu, you will see the Test Collections you just imported. After clicking to enter the collection editing page, you can view and edit the detailed configuration of the collection.

The collection editing page is divided into four main parts:

• Basic information: Name the collection and describe its role or usage scenario.
• URI rules: Define the URI rules that apply to the collection, of course you can create multiple URI rules to suit different usage scenarios.
• Matches: Manages the available matches under the current collection.
• Operation button: Save, deactivate or delete the collection.

These configurations allow you to manage and adjust collection-related configurations to ensure that they work correctly in different situations.

Next Steps

• To learn more about creating collections, continue reading Collection