Closed Bug 62493 Opened 24 years ago Closed 23 years ago

clickSelectsAll should not trigger if url bar already has focus

Categories

(Core :: DOM: Editor, defect, P3)

Product:
Core
Component:
DOM: Editor
Platform:
x86
Windows 98
Type:
defect

Tracking

()

Status:
VERIFIED FIXED
Milestone:
mozilla1.0

People

(Reporter: jruderman, Assigned: bugzilla)

References

Details

(Keywords: helpwanted, platform-parity, Whiteboard: [selection][correctness]) 

Steps to reproduce:
1. Enable the browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll pref 
(close mozilla, add user_pref("browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll", true); to 
prefs.js, open mozilla again).
2. Click in the location bar
3. Press left to clear the selection (optional)
4. Click in the location bar again (in a different location? bug 47966)

Result: 
The entire url is selected again.

Expected result: 
There is no selection, and the insertion point is where you clicked the second 
time.
Blocks: 62496
assigning to anthonyd
Assignee: beppe → anthonyd
no, this is not a bug.  one click selects everything in the url bar, that is the 
whole point of the browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll pref.  one click, select all. 
second click, still select all.  marking invalid.

anthonyd

ps. sigh, its really too late for me to be making comments in bugsplat reports 
:-(
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
The point of the browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll pref is to make it easier to 
type/paste a new url into the location bar, and I believe it's possible to do 
that without making it impossible to edit the url already in the location bar.  
This bug makes leaves no way to use the mouse to focus the location bar without 
selecting some of its text.
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
Resolution: INVALID → ---
Nominating for nsbeta1: selecting location bar contents on click is a 
frequently requested feature, and fixing this bug would help make the feature 
more useful and less annoying.
Keywords: nsbeta1
there is no nsbeta1 anymore, but this is next on my list to work on.

anthonyd
Status: REOPENED → ASSIGNED
Keywords: nsbeta1
Target Milestone: --- → mozilla0.9
adding 4xp and nsbeta1 keywords, adding whiteboard data
Keywords: 4xp, nsbeta1
Whiteboard: [nsbeta1+]
moving to mozilla0.9.1
Keywords: correctness
Whiteboard: [nsbeta1+] → [nsbeta1-]
Target Milestone: mozilla0.9 → mozilla0.9.1
move to mozilla0.9.2
Keywords: helpwanted, pp
Target Milestone: mozilla0.9.1 → mozilla0.9.2
moving to 1.0
Keywords: nsbeta1
Whiteboard: [nsbeta1-] → [select]
Target Milestone: mozilla0.9.2 → mozilla1.0
Whiteboard: [select] → [selection][correctness]
--> me
Assignee: anthonyd → blake
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW
This is fixed.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago → 23 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Verified on 8-28 build
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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