[opensuse] If you upgrade Firefox 68esr to 78esr - urlbar works like windows but doesn't fill select-buffer, can't downgrade
All, A couple of notes if you are updating from Firefox 68esr to 78esr. (1) the urlbar will select the entire url on single-click (like windows), but the X "select-buffer" (that you can middle-mouse paste) is not filled. Further, mozilla removed: browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll browser.urlbar.doubleClickSelectsAll So you cannot restore the normal Linux behavior. Links to bugs, discussions, etc.. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1285299 (the most frustrating part of this is you now have to try to triple-click which cancels the selection, then on double-click selects the *word* at the insertion point and then tries expand the selection to the paragraph -- as Gtk widgets go... which often fails depending on the triple-click timing) Note: this is still not a settled issue -- what to do about it is still under consideration, but falls under the category of -- if it wasn't broke to begin with -- don't fix it. The problem being that Linux doesn't select on single-click to prevent changing the select-buffer you have stored if you happen to click in the urlbar. The obvious non-Linux programmers though they would accommodate this by allowing the single-click without changing the select-buffer, but the result was to force an awkward triple-click if you do want to select the URL (which you do about 50% of the time) Progress... (2) your profile will be modified so you cannot downgrade back to 68esr. (this is frustrating, but you can force a downgrade by passing --allow-downgrade on the command line) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/dedicated-profiles-firefox-installation (neither openSUSE or Wolfgang don't have a dog in this fight -- this is all mozilla) Most of you have probably already made the upgrade and have seen the behavior. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 30/10/2020 02.46, David C. Rankin wrote:
All,
A couple of notes if you are updating from Firefox 68esr to 78esr.
(1) the urlbar will select the entire url on single-click (like windows), but the X "select-buffer" (that you can middle-mouse paste) is not filled. Further, mozilla removed:
browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll browser.urlbar.doubleClickSelectsAll
So you cannot restore the normal Linux behavior.
Links to bugs, discussions, etc..
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1285299
(the most frustrating part of this is you now have to try to triple-click which cancels the selection, then on double-click selects the *word* at the insertion point and then tries expand the selection to the paragraph -- as Gtk widgets go... which often fails depending on the triple-click timing)
You can click on the bar outside of the text at the right side instead, then it works "normally". Of course, only if the url is short enough.
Note: this is still not a settled issue -- what to do about it is still under consideration, but falls under the category of -- if it wasn't broke to begin with -- don't fix it. The problem being that Linux doesn't select on single-click to prevent changing the select-buffer you have stored if you happen to click in the urlbar. The obvious non-Linux programmers though they would accommodate this by allowing the single-click without changing the select-buffer, but the result was to force an awkward triple-click if you do want to select the URL (which you do about 50% of the time) Progress...
(2) your profile will be modified so you cannot downgrade back to 68esr. (this is frustrating, but you can force a downgrade by passing --allow-downgrade on the command line)
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/dedicated-profiles-firefox-installation
(neither openSUSE or Wolfgang don't have a dog in this fight -- this is all mozilla)
Most of you have probably already made the upgrade and have seen the behavior.
I had not explicitly noticed. Only that for some rare reason I could not always select what I wanted and had to quick click 3, 4 or 5 times. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.1 x86_64 at Telcontar)
Am Freitag, 30. Oktober 2020, 11:26:22 CET schrieb Carlos E. R.:
All,
A couple of notes if you are updating from Firefox 68esr to 78esr.
(1) the urlbar will select the entire url on single-click (like windows), but the X "select-buffer" (that you can middle-mouse paste) is not filled. Further, mozilla removed:
browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll browser.urlbar.doubleClickSelectsAll
So you cannot restore the normal Linux behavior.
Links to bugs, discussions, etc..
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1285299
(the most frustrating part of this is you now have to try to triple-click which cancels the selection, then on double-click selects the *word* at the insertion point and then tries expand the selection to the paragraph -- as Gtk widgets go... which often fails depending on the triple-click timing) You can click on the bar outside of the text at the right side instead,
On 30/10/2020 02.46, David C. Rankin wrote: then it works "normally". Of course, only if the url is short enough.
Note: this is still not a settled issue -- what to do about it is still under consideration, but falls under the category of -- if it wasn't broke to begin with -- don't fix it. The problem being that Linux doesn't select on single-click to prevent changing the select-buffer you have stored if you happen to click in the urlbar. The obvious non-Linux programmers though they would accommodate this by allowing the single-click without changing the select-buffer, but the result was to force an awkward triple-click if you do want to select the URL (which you do about 50% of the time) Progress...
(2) your profile will be modified so you cannot downgrade back to 68esr. (this is frustrating, but you can force a downgrade by passing --allow-downgrade on the command line)
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/dedicated-profiles-firefox-installati on
(neither openSUSE or Wolfgang don't have a dog in this fight -- this is all mozilla)
Most of you have probably already made the upgrade and have seen the behavior. I had not explicitly noticed. Only that for some rare reason I could not always select what I wanted and had to quick click 3, 4 or 5 times.
I've read the reddit thread on this, and it definitely explains how FF market share could have constantly declined from around 33% in '11 to UNDER 5% now. -- Mathias Homann Mathias.Homann@openSUSE.org OBS: lemmy04 Jabber (XMPP): lemmy@tuxonline.tech IRC: [Lemmy] on freenode and ircnet (bouncer active) telegram: https://telegram.me/lemmy98 keybase: https://keybase.io/lemmy gpg key fingerprint: 8029 2240 F4DD 7776 E7D2 C042 6B8E 029E 13F2 C102
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