317689 - Cannot view filename in browser location bar (want address bar scrolled to the right right)

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(SeaMonkey :: General, enhancement)

Description

[jsd]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050921
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050921

This is a feature request for Moz 1.7.12 browser.

Please can you make it so that the filename is showing, and not the start of the URL. eg http://localhost/my/path/to/server/root/docs/test/ does not mean alot to me.
I would rather see the end of the URL with the specific file name in view.

Like  path/to/server/root/docs/test/file1.php

As I use progressive file naming conventions for testing purposes, it can get a bit confusing if I think file3.php is loaded, when in reality, I still have file2.php in the browser. Konquorer 3.3 uses this way of displaying the currently loaded file.

Regards - Keith Roberts




Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.N/A
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
N/A

Expected Results:  
Would like to see the last part of the currently loaded file in the location bar - not the first part of the URL, without the filename.

Comment 1

[Andrew Schultz]

do you mean when the URL bar is too narrow to show everything?

Comment 2

[jsd]

(In reply to comment #0)
> User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.12)
> Gecko/20050921
> Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.12)
> Gecko/20050921
> 
> This is a feature request for Moz 1.7.12 browser.
> 
> Please can you make it so that the filename is showing, and not the start of
> the URL. eg http://localhost/my/path/to/server/root/docs/test/ does not mean
> alot to me.
> I would rather see the end of the URL with the specific file name in view.
> 
> Like  path/to/server/root/docs/test/file1.php
> 
> As I use progressive file naming conventions for testing purposes, it can get a
> bit confusing if I think file3.php is loaded, when in reality, I still have
> file2.php in the browser. Konquorer 3.3 uses this way of displaying the
> currently loaded file.
> 
> Regards - Keith Roberts
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Reproducible: Always
> 
> Steps to Reproduce:
> 1.N/A
> 2.
> 3.
> 
> Actual Results:  
> N/A
> 
> Expected Results:  
> Would like to see the last part of the currently loaded file in the location
> bar - not the first part of the URL, without the filename.
> 

(In reply to comment #1)
> do you mean when the URL bar is too narrow to show everything?
> 


Well, yes. I need to see the filename of the URI, not the http://localhost/pathname, without the filename. It's quite obvious what the protocol and pathname are, as I have that showing already in my editor.

Regards - Keith Roberts

Comment 3

[Andrew Schultz]

please don't re-quote the whole bug

What about the rest of the world that doesn't have the editor up editing the page?  And if the hostname/protocol is not shown by default, we would be totally vulnerable to all sorts phishing scams.

WONTFIXing

Comment 4

[jsd]

(In reply to comment #3)

I'm new to Bugzilla, sorry about posting the whole feature request. Hope this works OK now!

Fair comment. Maybe this could be an option set in preferences, so the user can make their own choice?

Personally, I would prefer to see the filename-end of the URL. I find it helpful to know what file I have loaded in the browser.

Kind Regards 

Keith Roberts