On 2018-06-02 19:54, Philip Webb wrote: > > I select some text in another program (maybe a valid URL, maybe > > not), copy it to the clipboard. In Firefox, I click in the urlbar > > or I press F6 enough times to get there and I type Control-V. And > > nothing happens. I just tested it with a fresh empty firefox > > profile and it still doesn't work. So at least it's not me doing > > something wrong in about:config. > > If I want to do this, I hilite the text eg in a console on another > desktop by dragging the mouse-pointer over it, then open a new tab via > the FF toolbar & middle-click in the empty URL bar.
> Does this work for you ? Yes, this has always worked, but is too mouse-intensive for me. But I have found the solution; I will post about it in the other subthread. -- Please don't Cc: me privately on mailing lists and Usenet, if you also post the followup to the list or newsgroup. To reply privately _only_ on Usenet and on broken lists which rewrite From, fetch the TXT record for no-use.mooo.com.
