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> clicking inside the URL bar selects the whole contents This is one of the annoyances on Windows. On Linux/OSX you can click and drag on the URL to select a p
by jtreminio 10y ago
> clicking inside the URL bar selects the whole contents
This is one of the annoyances on Windows. On Linux/OSX you can click and drag on the URL to select a portion of the string, but on Windows it auto-highlights the full string completely, forcing one to reclick again (slowly!) to highlight a portion.
Also: right-clicking on a link in Linux/OSX auto-highlights the full link text so you can `Copy` or `Search on Google` the highlighted text. In Windows you must manually highlight the link, then right-click on it.
Small things add up to big annoyances.
- ygra 10y ago> On Linux/OSX you can click and drag on the URL to select a portion of the string Works fine on Windows. Just don't click into the address bar before dragging and everything works as you'd expect. With clicking first you have a selection, though, and dragging that will do drag & drop of text instead.
- diabeetusman 10y agoI'm running Chrome in Win10 and it does the exact behavior you describe only Linux/OSX doing.