$author = "Harry Ohlsen" ; > > Does anyone know a key sequence to empty a text entry field in X applications? > In particular, I'm thinking of the URL entry field in Netscape/Opera/Mozilla. > > I realise I can highlight the text in the field by double clicking, then press > Delete, but the problem with that is that it changes what's in the clipboard > and the reason I'm trying to clear the field is to paste what's currently in > there (for example, a URL from an e-mail I've received).
i was hit by the same problem until i came across this little ditty... after highlighting the URL in your email, middle click in your browser (anywhere on the page) and it loads the page in the clipboard... hth marty -- So stay tonight. Quietly. Half awake. But half asleep. There's no one home. No one's here. So quietly. Stay with me. Stay tonight. Quietly. Stay with me. Quietly. Stay tonight. Stay tonight. "Something New" - Art of Fighting -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
