Re: iceweasal vs long urls. Long url wins, iceweasal doesn't
On Tuesday 10 March 2015 11:06:26 The Wanderer wrote:
> On 03/10/2015 at 10:31 AM, The Wanderer wrote:
> > On 03/10/2015 at 09:59 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >> Complicated by any attempt to pre-clear the address bar so you can
> >> try the paste again causes the paste buffer to be overwritten by
> >> the contents of said malformed address bar. So instead of fixing it
> >> so one can edit it and fix it, you have to start from scratch,
> >> redoing the whole copy/paste. Neither is exactly user friendly.
> >
> > This is only a problem if you're using the middle-click paste
> > buffer. Clicking into the address bar will highlight the existing
> > URL, and will therefore overwrite the contents of the middle-click
> > paste buffer - but it will not affect the contents of the Ctrl-V
> > paste buffer.
> >
> > I routinely right-click on a link from my mail client, click "Copy
> > Link Location", switch desktops to Iceweasel, open a new tab with
> > Ctrl-T, and hit Ctrl-V to paste the copied URL. It works flawlessly.
> ...but is irrelevant to the problem you're presenting, because in a
> new tab there is no address-bar text to be pulled into the paste
> buffer.
>
> However, I also sometimes right-click, "Copy Link Location", hit F6 to
> shift focus into the address bar (thereby highlighting the existing
> URL), and hit Ctrl-V to paste; it also works flawlessly.
And it over writes what's there? Another great clue, thank you.
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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