On Wed, 1 Dec 2010 15:45:11 -0800 (PST), Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote: > My desktop has been running firefox for years and I've upgraded whenever > Pat puts out a new version. The current version is 3.6.12. When I want to > clear the address box to enter a new URL I place the cursor in the box, > left-click, and press ^u. This has always worked. If I have the cursor in > the display window and press ^u I see the page source code. > > My new laptop is also running firefox-3.6.12 (well, actually, > swiftfox-3.6.12 since this morning), but when I place the cursor in the > address box and press ^u I see the page source code rather than a cleared > widget. > > Looking at about:config and the prefs.js files I cannot find the > difference. My Google searches have been equally unproductive. If anyone has > a clue how to get ^u to clear the address box on the laptop, please let me > know. I'm so used to doing this for years it's a hassle to have to backspace > over each character on that one host. > > Rich > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
not a direct answer to the question, but a suggestion for maybe a better way of doing it. F6 will select the address bar, and then you just type desired destination to replace the current value. regards, nathan _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
