Afew questions about Firefox...

Published on March 25, 2005 By kona0197 In Internet

Well of all people you wouldn't expect a Firefox post from me but I have to use Firefox while using Linux so I have some questions!

Problem number 1 - In IE I can click anywhere in the adress bar and the whole bar gets highlighted so that when you go to type in the bar all the old text disappears allowing you to input a new internet address. I have noticed in Firefox that it dosen't work this way. Can I get an extension that will do that for my? I really don't like having to click and highlight and backspace and delete everything to input a new internet address.

I know I have other questions - when I think of them I'll post them. At least I don't have to worry about spy/ad/malware while using FF.

Comments

Lantec

on Mar 25, 2005

My Firefox "does" work that way. The first click highlights the entire address and the second click picks an edit start point. I don't remember changing anything to make it work like that. Just checked it a few times to be sure.

kona0197

on Mar 25, 2005

Interesting...

paxx

on Mar 25, 2005

I don't think it's a Firefox issue but a Linux issue. Must check later when I reboot in Linux.

Island Dog

on Mar 25, 2005

Why don't you use a different browser?

kona0197

on Mar 25, 2005

Because Linux comes with Firefox - and thats it when your using GNOME...

kona0197

on Mar 25, 2005

I noticed my wheelmouse will not scroll websites either!! Is there a option I'm overlooking?

Double Zero

on Mar 25, 2005

Must be a linux thing..My scroll works just fine with FF and Thunderbird..I do not know a thing about Linux.might it require other drivers for things like scrolling to work?

Just an honest question Kona..::laughs::

Zero.

paxx

on Mar 26, 2005

OK, typing this from Linux, using Firefox.
To get the whole address selected, double-click on it. And Mouse Wheel works fine here.

Scarebear

on Mar 26, 2005

Or you should be able to click Alt-D to have your cursor go to the address bar with text highlighted ready to be typed over

Weaksid

on Mar 26, 2005

Did you make sure you set your mouse correctly in Linux? 3-Button Scroll mouse is usually the most common setting.

thomassen

on Mar 27, 2005

Does the scrolling work in other programs?

kona0197

on Mar 27, 2005

No worries guys - I'm back to using IE. Before I dictched Firefox I got the wheelmouse to scroll.

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