The Omnibox widget code is already very involved, and I don't think it is a good idea to add any more complexity or additional modes.
Chromium of course is open source, which is a very hidden form of configuration. Good luck, -- dean On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 8:57 AM, JT Olds <[email protected]> wrote: > Can we please make it configurable? I hate the click once select all > thing. It really drives me nuts. Chromium is so nice otherwise. > > I don't care how hidden of a configuration parameter it is, just so > long as I can change it. > > On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Dean McNamee<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> A bug tracker is the right place to have this discussion, and I see >> you've filed 19508 which was closed WontFix. I appreciate your >> opinion and dedication to Linux. We have plenty of Linux users who >> have gotten adjusted to this behavior and prefer it. There is no >> clear answer, which is why there has been so much discussion. I am >> not going to try to repeat all of that here. You can also read bug >> 13561, which was a previous round of something similar. >> >> Basically you have to stop thinking of the Omnibox as an already >> existing GTK widget, and think of it as a new widget designed >> specifically for optimizing input of URLs. That means there is no >> conventions for this new type of widget. GtkEntry / etc were >> optimized for clicking a text box and editing / inserting text. The >> Omnibox widget is optimized for clicking and replacing text. We >> believe this behavior makes sense for how people input URLs. >> >> On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 11:38 PM, alenpeacock <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Aug 20, 5:40 pm, Dean McNamee <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> This thread is massive. Having been the one who wrote the majority of >>>> the Omnibox code on Linux, I can promise you that this debate has >>>> already happened about 15 times previously. I'm not sure there is any >>>> more information here, we've already decided how we want things to >>>> work. >>> >>> Doesn't the fact that this debate has happened 15 times already raise >>> a red flag for everyone? I mean, to me, that smells like - as they say >>> on the internets - "you're doing it wrong." >>> >>> I hate that we're distracting you guys once again on an issue that you >>> all thought was settled, but I can also guarantee that you'll see it >>> another 115 times, until it starts to conform with conventions. And >>> I'd really hate for us boneheaded non-windows users to keep wasting >>> your attention and deflecting your energy when you could be using it >>> instead to take care of all those other things that I'm sure are on >>> your plates. We're on your side, we really are! I don't want to go >>> back to Firefox. >>> >>> Please reconsider. >>> > >>> >> >> >> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Developers mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
