[Bug 118914] Firefox: Please default browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll to true

[Scott Severance]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox

Firefox is more usable with the browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll
preference in about:config set to true. Most of the time, when I click
on the URL bar, I intend to type a new URL, rather than edit the
existing one.

In every Windows and Mac browser, clicking the address bar selects the
URL. Presumably, the reason that Linux browsers usually don't is due to
X's odd habit of copying selected text to the clipboard, replacing
whatever was there previously. Since Ubuntu takes a more enlightened
approach to clipboard management, why not restore a useful feature and
make it the default?

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed


** Tags: firefox

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: firefox
  
  Firefox is more usable with the browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll
  preference in about:config set to true. Most of the time, when I click
  on the URL bar, I intend to type a new URL, rather than edit the
  existing one.
  
  In every Windows and Mac browser, clicking the address bar selects the
  URL. Presumably, the reason that Linux browsers usually don't is due to
  X's odd habit of copying selected text to the clipboard, replacing
  whatever was there previously. Since Ubuntu takes a more enlightened
- approach, why not restore a useful feature and make it the default?
+ approach to clipboard management, why not restore a useful feature and
+ make it the default?

** Tags added: firefox

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Firefox: Please default browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll to true
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/118914
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