Comment #97 on issue 26140 by sabayenda: Chrome Linux single click does not select all http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=26140
I vote for single click select all. Why? I've read all the other comments, and only one other person has pointed it out. The Omnibox is not a normal text box, quite frankly, it's the only reason I use Chrome/Chromium. The single click select all behavior is genius because of the Omnibar's genius behavior (Search, URL, etc. all in one). All you people who say that single click should not select all because you need to edit the URL (do you people also never search?) seem to have never heard of click and drag. I use Chrome in Windows exclusively and I do edit URL's, on the rare occasion that a link is busted or I know of another area of the webpage I want to get to and am too lazy to find the link on the page itself. Since I know that single click will select all because this is what I do 99% of the time to start a new search, I click and drag over the portion of the URL that I want to edit. It's that simple. With the current behavior, Chromium is totally broken and useless to me, since it seems to be anti-search and therefore anti-Google, which doesn't make ANY sense. Triple clicking is never acceptable, and though it is a normal behavior of linux, it doesn't apply to Chromium just like the other things the other poster mentioned that are not in convention with the way things are done in linux (tabs being in title bar, menu). I use Chrome in Windows because it is the fastest, both in general internet rendering speed and in usability. And don't tell me I should just open a new tab if I want to have a "clean" Omnibar. I regularly have 30+ tabs open, and the idea that I need to open more is unattractive to me. Oftentimes if I'm reading something and something sparks my interest, I'll move my mouse up to the Omnibar, click once, type my search query, hit enter and be at a lovely Google search page with relevant info right in front of me. Keyboard shortcuts don't cut it, I am (as are a lot of other computer users) using a laptop and keyboard shortcuts are oftentimes more clumsy than convenient, and they are usually never obvious. I do understand the convenience of keyboard shortcuts, but they aren't for everyone. TL;DR Single Click should select all As it stands right now, the Omnibar is not an Omnibar and Chromium is severely crippled. -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue. You may adjust your issue notification preferences at: http://code.google.com/hosting/settings -- Automated mail from issue updates at http://crbug.com/ Subscription options: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-bugs
