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Op zondag 17 mei 2015 13:52:21 schreef Andrew Lowe: |
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> Hi all, |
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> I've been using Firefox for ages and something struck me recently as a |
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> 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 and if I begin |
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> typing, the existing text is deleted and what I'm typing becomes the |
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> contents. On the Linux version, under KDE, it doesn't. I have to click |
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> into the appropriate edit box, highlight the contents and start typing |
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> or hit either home/end and then start deleting before typing my new URL. |
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> If, for example, the existing text happens to be a google search string, |
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> this can be quite a bit 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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> 2) Have I set a USE flag wrong somewhere that causes this behaviour? |
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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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> Any thoughts, greatly appreciated, |
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> Andrew |
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Hi Andrew, |
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You might be interested in these settings (from about:config): |
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browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll |
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browser.urlbar.doubleClickSelectsAll |
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You can configure what happens when you click in the address bar. |
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I have no idea why the defaults on win/linux are different, though, |
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Cheers, |
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Paul |