On 2015-05-17, Andrew Lowe <a...@wht.com.au> wrote:
> I've been using Firefox for ages and something struck me recently as
> a bit odd. In the Windows version, if I click up into the address or
> search boxes, the existing contents are highlighted
Yeat, I _hate_ that.
> and if I begin typing, the existing text is deleted and what I'm
> typing becomes the contents. On the Linux version, under KDE, it
> doesn't. I have to click into the appropriate edit box, highlight
> the contents and start typing or hit either home/end and then start
> deleting before typing my new URL. If, for example, the existing
> text happens to be a google search string, this can be quite a bit
> of text to delete.
>
> So my question, I suppose, is multipart:
>
> 1) Is this by design? Is this the normal behaviour?
Yes. That's how text widgets always work on Unix.
> 2) Have I set a USE flag wrong somewhere that causes this behaviour?
Nope, that is the correct behavior.
> 3) How do people get around the problem I mentioned above regarding long
> URL's, such as a Google search results?
It's not a problem. The way Windows works is a problem. On Linux, if
I want to replace what's already there I either:
1) double-click on the URL to select it, then type the replacement.
or
2) click in the text field, then hit Ctrl-A Ctrl-K, then type the
replacement.
The second option requires you have emacs keybindings enabled. Which
you should. :)
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