Automatic address highlighting

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Automatic address highlighting

Unread post by Palermoon » 2015-05-27, 17:10

Using 25.4.1, when I left or right click anywhere in the address bar, the whole URL becomes highlighted and is consequently copied into an X copy buffer, overwriting whatever was already there. Is there a way to prevent this behaviour? The latest Firefox doesn't do this, and I can't remember the last time it did.
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Re: Automatic address highlighting

Unread post by Moonchild » 2015-05-27, 17:48

You may want to set browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll in about:config to "false"
Similarly, you may want to set browser.urlbar.doubleClickSelectsAll to "true" if you want the behavior for double-click, instead.

This was changed in Pale Moon 24.7.0:
  • Linux: the click behavior on the address bar has been unified with that on Windows, aiming for current-day desktop-clipboard use (select-when-clicked). This is configurable with a preference.
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Re: Automatic address highlighting

Unread post by Palermoon » 2015-05-27, 18:35

That did the trick, thanks. I'm a new Pale Moon user, so haven't been checking changelogs.
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