75523 - Focussing the url-bar should select its contents

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 37587

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, defect)

Description

[Christian Mattar]

When you right-click on the URL-bar, only the context menu pops up. In NS4.x and
in IE, the content of the bar is automatically selected when the user clicks it
and it doesn't already have focus.

I'll try to fix this myself, but don't get your hopes up... :-)

Comment 1

[gabriel]

Isn't a context menu more useful - after all, you can still 'select all' simply
by holding the button down and moving to the bottom of the menu. You can also
double-click in the location bar to select all.

Seems to me there are enough ways already, and by limiting right click to
'select all' you would be removing functionality.

Comment 2

[Christian Mattar]

Actually, left-click also selects the contents in NS4.x.
Updating Summary.

Gabriel:
I'm sorry, apparently my report wasn't precise enough.
In NS4.x as well as in IE, BOTH the url-bar's content is selected and the 
context-menu is shown.
I think this is a better solution than the current one, because IMO the user 
mroe often copies/pastes/deletes whole URLs than editing them partly.

Comment 3

[Christian Mattar]

Dup. Sorry for the spam.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 37587 ***

Comment 4

[James Green]

Verified dup.