Mundane questions about using firefox?

While not exactly a browser compatibility question...

Anyone know how to restore the URL bar keybindings in firefox
to the way mozilla / galeon did it? (using X11)

I'm used to having ^U (in the URL bar) kill the whole line.

BackSpace (In URL bar) actually delete text, NOT go to the last page(s)

It's driving me crazy that every time I hit backspace it attempts to load the
last 6-7 pages until I finally see what it's doing.

^U is the other one.. I like to clobber the whole line and paste
in a new URL (or type it) instead I get a view-source window.

Wouldn't mind if there appeared to be other keybindings, but selecting
everything and then hitting BackSpace inserts the URL bar into
the paste buffer, which of course, mucks things up when I paste
it in again..

Dumb questions I know, but hoped maybe these things drove others
crazy enough to find a quick way to fix it.

Jamie
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nospam@geniegate.com wrote:
> While not exactly a browser compatibility question...
>
> Anyone know how to restore the URL bar keybindings in firefox
> to the way mozilla / galeon did it? (using X11)
>
> I'm used to having ^U (in the URL bar) kill the whole line.
>
> BackSpace (In URL bar) actually delete text, NOT go to the last page(s)

That's what it does here -- deletes backwards. I've not reset any key
bindings.

> It's driving me crazy that every time I hit backspace it attempts to load the
> last 6-7 pages until I finally see what it's doing.

Never saw that.

> ^U is the other one.. I like to clobber the whole line and paste
> in a new URL (or type it) instead I get a view-source window.
>
> Wouldn't mind if there appeared to be other keybindings, but selecting
> everything and then hitting BackSpace inserts the URL bar into
> the paste buffer, which of course, mucks things up when I paste
> it in again..

Here, with cursor in address box:

Esc-Del

and

Esc-BS

Both delete the URL and it doesn't go to the clipboard.

But look at the Diggler extension. It adds a button next to the
address bar that clears it (and another nice little feature).


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In: <slrndj9id5.3gk.no.spam@thurston.blinkynet.net>, Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid> wrote:
>Here, with cursor in address box:
>
>Esc-Del
>
>and
>
>Esc-BS
>
>Both delete the URL and it doesn't go to the clipboard.

THANKS!

Wow, that'll really help. :-) I was almost ready to switch to mozilla.

Jamie
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http://www.geniegate.com Custom web programming
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