Re: [gentoo-user] Question for users of the Firefox browser
On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 09:01:18AM -0500, Bruce Hill wrote: > On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 11:39:29AM +0200, Paul Klos wrote: > > > > > Hi Andrew, > > > > You might be interested in these settings (from about:config): > > > > browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll > > browser.urlbar.doubleClickSelectsAll > > > > You can configure what happens when you click in the address bar. > > > > I have no idea why the defaults on win/linux are different, though, > > > > Cheers, > > > > Paul > > Would be nice to have it for the Search bar, also. Maybe this bug: > > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=416037 Just found by eXPerience that Pale Moon does both, be default.
Re: [gentoo-user] Question for users of the Firefox browser
On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 11:39:29AM +0200, Paul Klos wrote: > Op zondag 17 mei 2015 13:52:21 schreef Andrew Lowe: > > Hi all, > > 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 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? > > > > 2) Have I set a USE flag wrong somewhere that causes this behaviour? > > > > 3) How do people get around the problem I mentioned above regarding long > > URL's, such as a Google search results? > > > > Any thoughts, greatly appreciated, > > > > Andrew > > > Hi Andrew, > > You might be interested in these settings (from about:config): > > browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll > browser.urlbar.doubleClickSelectsAll > > You can configure what happens when you click in the address bar. > > I have no idea why the defaults on win/linux are different, though, > > Cheers, > > Paul Would be nice to have it for the Search bar, also. Maybe this bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=416037
Re: [gentoo-user] Question for users of the Firefox browser
Am 17.05.2015 um 11:39 schrieb Paul Klos: > Op zondag 17 mei 2015 13:52:21 schreef Andrew Lowe: >> Hi all, >> 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 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? >> >> 2) Have I set a USE flag wrong somewhere that causes this behaviour? >> >> 3) How do people get around the problem I mentioned above regarding long >> URL's, such as a Google search results? >> >> Any thoughts, greatly appreciated, >> >> Andrew >> > Hi Andrew, > > You might be interested in these settings (from about:config): > > browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll > browser.urlbar.doubleClickSelectsAll > > You can configure what happens when you click in the address bar. > > I have no idea why the defaults on win/linux are different, though, > > Cheers, > > Paul > > > maybe because in linux selecting = copying. So if you select with a simple click you might overwrite the contents of the clipboard = highly annoying.
Re: [gentoo-user] Question for users of the Firefox browser
Op zondag 17 mei 2015 13:52:21 schreef Andrew Lowe: > Hi all, > 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 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? > > 2) Have I set a USE flag wrong somewhere that causes this behaviour? > > 3) How do people get around the problem I mentioned above regarding long > URL's, such as a Google search results? > > Any thoughts, greatly appreciated, > > Andrew > Hi Andrew, You might be interested in these settings (from about:config): browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll browser.urlbar.doubleClickSelectsAll You can configure what happens when you click in the address bar. I have no idea why the defaults on win/linux are different, though, Cheers, Paul
Re: [gentoo-user] Question for users of the Firefox browser
I use the Seamonkey variant on ICEWM, so I don't think it's specific
to your setup.
On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 01:52:21PM +0800, Andrew Lowe wrote
> So my question, I suppose, is multipart:
>
> 1) Is this by design? Is this the normal behaviour?
I get the same behaviour.
> 2) Have I set a USE flag wrong somewhere that causes this behaviour?
I don't think so.
> 3) How do people get around the problem I mentioned above regarding long
> URL's, such as a Google search results?
Tapping {F6} once or twice will highlight the entire URL. Typing even
one character will then delete the old URL.
--
Walter Dnes
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
RE: [gentoo-user] Question for users of the Firefox browser
Andrew Lowe wrote: > Hi all, > 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 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? > > 2) Have I set a USE flag wrong somewhere that causes this behaviour? > > 3) How do people get around the problem I mentioned above regarding long > URL's, such as a Google search results? > > Any thoughts, greatly appreciated, > > Andrew > You can try to double/triple click the text. Or use or . I am using vimperator with gui=None, so I don't see the url/search bar. I simply hit "o" or "t" and start typing ;) Concerning the other points: I can't tell you if it's intentional. I never cared ;) You can argue that canging the URL gets mor difficult with the way it works on WIN An I don't think this depends on USE-Flags.
