178886 - Address Bar should allow instant highlighting after click to select URL

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 87410

(SeaMonkey :: Location Bar, enhancement)

Description

[Ken]

Description:
When you single click on the URL Bar, Mozilla highlights the entire url. You
should be able to highlight any portion of that URL without having to first
deselect the address.

Example:
You browse to "http://www.mysite.com/dir/subdir/page.php?topic=value" and after
reading the content on that page, you want to jump back to the subdir, but there
is no direct link on the page. After a single click in the URL Bar to highlight
it, you have to click again to deselect, before you can select via a drag of the
mouse.

This behavior is not optimal. In Internet Explorer, you can drag at any time in
the address bar. For users switching from IE to Mozilla, this behavior is
annoying and confusing, and is a step backwards in usability.

Comment 1

[R.K.Aa.]

the problem is that "click + move to select" starts a drag instead of starting a
new selection. Dup of bug 87410.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 87410 ***