That it didn’t select everything was only the default on Linux, to accomodate the folks using the middle-click clipboard (primary selection).
But yeah, I don’t remember, if there was a good reason why they removed it. I think, they replaced the URL bar implementation and just have this feature in the new one. So, maybe they’d accept a PR?
to accomodate the folks using the middle-click clipboard (primary selection).
That rather understates the insult that the current behaviour is to Linux users. There was not a good reason for removing the option to have it work properly, which was available for many years. The reason given was entirely nonsensical. But no, they will not accept a PR. It was a contentious issue and opinions were hardened in the flame wars that followed.
My understanding was, addons (the new versions we use now) were not allowed to clear the address bar. At least that was the excuse they kept pushing, so they removed the setting.
It used to be the default that it would not select it all. There was a setting browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll but they removed it. There is a suggestion to reenable it here. https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/browser-urlbar-clickselectsall-browser-urlbar/idi-p/58433
That it didn’t select everything was only the default on Linux, to accomodate the folks using the middle-click clipboard (primary selection).
But yeah, I don’t remember, if there was a good reason why they removed it. I think, they replaced the URL bar implementation and just have this feature in the new one. So, maybe they’d accept a PR?
That rather understates the insult that the current behaviour is to Linux users. There was not a good reason for removing the option to have it work properly, which was available for many years. The reason given was entirely nonsensical. But no, they will not accept a PR. It was a contentious issue and opinions were hardened in the flame wars that followed.
My understanding was, addons (the new versions we use now) were not allowed to clear the address bar. At least that was the excuse they kept pushing, so they removed the setting.