102448 - <ctrl>+<del> in URL should work like netscape 4.7x (like ctrl-backspace)

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(SeaMonkey :: Location Bar, enhancement)

Description

[noel]

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Hello,
when you have a very long URL in mozilla and you want to cut off
everything right behind the coursor this works with netscape 4.7x with
<ctrl>+<del>
With mozilla this isn't possible:( i have to hold the <del> Button very long.

Could this please be changed?

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
example:
1. goto http://www.mozilla.org/quality/help/bugzilla-helper.html
2. click the coursor between / and q
3. press <ctrl>+<del> -> only the q is removed. It should remove every-
thing after http://www.mozilla.org/

Actual Results:  q is removed

Expected Results:  work like netscpae 4.7x and should remove every-
thing after http://www.mozilla.org/

Comment 1

[Markus Gerstel]

Workaround : Hold Shift and press End then Del

Comment 2

[André Dahlqvist]

On UNIX you can just use the standard emacs keys: ctrl-k.

Comment 3

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Does ctrl-backspace work as expected?

Comment 4

[André Dahlqvist]

That works as expected here: it removes everthing left of the cursor.

Comment 5

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

url bar or editor: core?

Comment 6

[Kathleen :Brade]

My understanding is there is an expectation on Unix for a keybinding:
  Control-Delete where it'd delete everything to the right of the caret

cc Akkana since she best knows Unix keybinding issues.

Comment 7

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

See bug 25779.  Apparently, on Unix Ctrl-delete is a "copy" command.  We
currently do "copy_or_delete"; the delete should arguably be to end of line. 
reassigning to Akkana, who implemented this initially.

Comment 8

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Attachment: patch that would fix this (maybe rename the command too?)

Comment 9

[Akkana Peck]

This sounds like an excellent idea, and the patch looks fine.  It makes
ctrl-delete more consistent with ctrl-backspace, and also with what gtk key
bindings do.  (I just use ctrl-K for this, myself, which is why I didn't notice
the inconsistency.)  Boris, do you want to check it in, or do you want me to? 
You have my r=akkana if you want to take the bug back, otherwise I'll do it.

Comment 10

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

I'll take it.  Free r= is not something to pass up.  :)

Comment 11

[kinmoz]

Comment on attachment 51552 [details] [diff] [review]
patch that would fix this (maybe rename the command too?)

sr=[e-mail]

Comment 12

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Checked in.

Comment 13

[André Dahlqvist]

Verified fixed with 2002-03-20-21 on Linux.