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A bit beside the point but why don't you just use alt+d ? It will perhaps feel a bit weird at first if you're used to go to the address-bar with the mouse but

by tjoff 14y ago

A bit beside the point but why don't you just use alt+d ? It will perhaps feel a bit weird at first if you're used to go to the address-bar with the mouse but really, since you are going to type an address you are still going to use the keyboard anyway.

ajross 14y ago
Keybindings are weird animals. I've always used Ctrl-L for that, which focuses the URL bar and selects it. I note that Alt-D will not remove focus from an existing text widget, so it doesn't work as reliably. Where does Alt-D come from? I guess it's a vestige of an earlier browser? Also, as the OP is using a mouse action, it's worth pointing out that triple-clicking the URL does a select-all (by analogy to selecting the whole "line" in other apps).
- gman99 14y ago
  >>Where does Alt-D come from? Internet Explorer. If I remember correctly, Phoenix (firefox) was the first browser to support that keybinding. The lack of support for this shortcut in Netscape/Mozilla was one of the reasons I struggled to switch away from IE back in the day. Really hated Ctrl+L as it required two hands (OK, you need two hands to type out the URL, but I was used to Alt+D dammit! :)
  - biot 14y ago
    It is the shortcut on the first 'd' in "Address", or "A&ddress" for any WIN32 developers out there.
    - ajross 14y ago
      Bingo, that's the archaeology I was looking for. Thanks!
freehunter 14y ago
In the bug tracker discussion, they mentioned keyboard shortcuts. In my post, I mentioned I didn't want to use them. My hand is on the mouse to navigate the page, it's on the mouse to get to the URL bar, and it's on the mouse to click it. Often times I can type the URL with three fingers and three keys via muscle memory, then click the result when it pops up. That takes one hand on the keyboard, and no concentration. Chrome on Linux is the only browser that breaks this. Instead of me having to change how I browse in every browser, why doesn't Google simply add the option to change like Firefox does?
- tjoff 14y ago
  I often do the same. I type the beginning of a URL and use the mouse to finish it off, that's why I love ald+d because I can hit it with my left hand alone (and don't need to bother the right hand that's on the mouse). There is a balance of having everything customizable and forcing the users to adapt. In this case both Mozilla and Google have made the same call, they feel that this is how it is supposed to be on Linux - I don't think we can blame them for that. Firefox has always been about customizability while chrome has always been about simplicity, you just don't have that level of detail of customizability in Chrome - for good or worse, that's why. If anything I'd be surprised if they did present this as an option (for every option they do get wrong that sucks but they have been doing a remarkably good job overall (in my opinion), but I'm with you on this one).

by tjoff 14y ago

ajross 14y ago

Keybindings are weird animals. I've always used Ctrl-L for that, which focuses the URL bar and selects it. I note that Alt-D will not remove focus from an existing text widget, so it doesn't work as reliably. Where does Alt-D come from? I guess it's a vestige of an earlier browser? Also, as the OP is using a mouse action, it's worth pointing out that triple-clicking the URL does a select-all (by analogy to selecting the whole "line" in other apps).

gman99 14y ago
>>Where does Alt-D come from? Internet Explorer. If I remember correctly, Phoenix (firefox) was the first browser to support that keybinding. The lack of support for this shortcut in Netscape/Mozilla was one of the reasons I struggled to switch away from IE back in the day. Really hated Ctrl+L as it required two hands (OK, you need two hands to type out the URL, but I was used to Alt+D dammit! :)
- biot 14y ago
  It is the shortcut on the first 'd' in "Address", or "A&ddress" for any WIN32 developers out there.
  - ajross 14y ago
    Bingo, that's the archaeology I was looking for. Thanks!

freehunter 14y ago

In the bug tracker discussion, they mentioned keyboard shortcuts. In my post, I mentioned I didn't want to use them. My hand is on the mouse to navigate the page, it's on the mouse to get to the URL bar, and it's on the mouse to click it. Often times I can type the URL with three fingers and three keys via muscle memory, then click the result when it pops up. That takes one hand on the keyboard, and no concentration. Chrome on Linux is the only browser that breaks this. Instead of me having to change how I browse in every browser, why doesn't Google simply add the option to change like Firefox does?

tjoff 14y ago
I often do the same. I type the beginning of a URL and use the mouse to finish it off, that's why I love ald+d because I can hit it with my left hand alone (and don't need to bother the right hand that's on the mouse). There is a balance of having everything customizable and forcing the users to adapt. In this case both Mozilla and Google have made the same call, they feel that this is how it is supposed to be on Linux - I don't think we can blame them for that. Firefox has always been about customizability while chrome has always been about simplicity, you just don't have that level of detail of customizability in Chrome - for good or worse, that's why. If anything I'd be surprised if they did present this as an option (for every option they do get wrong that sucks but they have been doing a remarkably good job overall (in my opinion), but I'm with you on this one).