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