1228874 - Set browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll=true by default on linux builds

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect)

Description

[[:Towkir] Ahmed]

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Visit any URL/Website
2. Click on the location bar (I mean on the url text)

Actual Results:
The url on the location bar should be selected/marked (like it is ready to be copied with just ctrl+C)
I have seen this being selected on Windows, but on Linux, I see this text on location bar is not selected on a single click.
I need to click and then manually select the full url in order to copy it, which is irritating. 

Expected Results:
Texts/url on the location bar should be selected with a single click.

Comment 1

[[:Towkir] Ahmed]

There is a 10 year old bug which I think are almost same bug 286971 (I might be wrong too, which is why I reported a new one)

Comment 2

[Marco Bonardo [:mak]]

Is what you see a recent regression or did it always happen?
If it's recent, in which version did it start?

Comment 3

[[:Towkir] Ahmed]

I think it is possible to control by setting browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll=true from about:config, which I learned from bug 1228859
but I think linux builds have this set to false by default, which created this confusion.

Can I request to set this to true by default on linux builds ??

Comment 4

[:Gijs (he/him)]

On Linux this would destroy clipboard content because selecting will normally cause a copy to the X clipboard immediately. I don't think we should fix this.