[rekonq] Re: Clear Button in URL bar

[Andrea Diamantini]

On Wednesday 17 November 2010 22:02:59 Emmanuel Surleau wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 20:34, Emmanuel Surleau
> > 
> > <emmanuel.surleau at gmail.com>wrote:
> > > > 2010/11/16 Rohan Garg <rohangarg at ubuntu.com>
> > > > 
> > > > > Oh forgot to mention my idea :
> > > > > Display clear button when URL is still loading, but hide it once
> > > > > the
> > > 
> > > url
> > > 
> > > > > was loaded and show the RSS feed & bookmark buttons.
> > > > > Regards
> > > > > Rohan Garg
> > > > 
> > > > I don't think adding that button is a good idea. We already have a
> > > > lot of widgets in the url bar and if we add more it'll look too
> > > > bloated. Lets
> > > 
> > > keep
> > > 
> > > > only the essential ones.
> > > > 
> > > > Showing the button only when loading isn't useful either. It's a
> > > > small period of time, it might get confusing and it's very likely to
> > > > produce
> > > 
> > > the
> > > 
> > > > annoying situation when you want to press a button and by the time
> > > > you
> > > 
> > > move
> > > 
> > > > the mouse the button has disappeared.
> > > 
> > > The current system (no clear button) is a goddamn pain with X's
> > > (admittedly retarded) handling of copy-paste. I understand the drive
> > > for simplicity, but
> > > it should not be an end in itself.
> > > 
> > > If anything, you can always make it a button outside the URL bar (like
> > > the reload button), people who do not want it can remove it via the
> > > "Configure toolbars" window.
> > > 
> > > Cheers,
> > > 
> > > Emm
> > 
> > As we discussed on #rekonq earlier today I'm personally fine with 
> > "Ctrl+L, backspace".
> 
> The drawback to only having the shortcut is that you can't do mouse-only or
> touch-based browsing.

Double-click + right click + copy
or
click + right click + clear + copy
or 
click + right click + select + copy

Are not these mouse-only actions?
-- 
Andrea Diamantini
http://www.adjam.org
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