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R Kimber rkimber at ntlworld.com
Sat Apr 21 22:45:10 UTC 2007


On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 21:45:02 +0200
Thilo Six wrote:

> R Kimber wrote the following on 21.04.2007 18:55:
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > That doesn't provide the functionality that I need.  I want to be
> > able to enter a URL efficiently from the clipboard by
> > middle-clicking. Diggler was a two click process: left click
> > cleared and middle click entered the new URL
> > 
> > - Richard
> 
> Maybe try this:
> 
> in FF enter about:config in urlbar ant hit enter.
> 
> now enter "urlbar" in the "Filter"-bar below it
> 
> i always found it usefull to activate (with doubleclick on it) the
> following:
> 
> browser.urlbar.autoFill
> browser.urlbar.autocomplete.enabled
> browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll
> browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped
> 
> after activating "browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll" click in urlbar
> right mouse delete, middlemouse voila :)

Thanks, but doesn't the 'select all' process overwrite what I'm about to
paste in with the middle mouse button? And it's also five clicks and
not two.  This may sound trivial, but when you're working at speed with
a lot of URLs, it matters.

- Richard
-- 
Richard Kimber
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/




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