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Chris Carter
Asked: 2012-12-07 09:02:44 +0800 CST

Automatically 'select all' in browser address/search bars

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Is it possible to automatically 'select all' when I left click in a browser address/search bar.

I know it's only one more click by right clicking and then choosing 'select all' and I probably sound a bit fussy but it's feature I like.

I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 64bit, Chrome and Firefox

Thanks in advance.

As an update, Chrome now does this automatically

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3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    For anyone interested I have found an answer for this, if only in Firefox.

    In Firefox url bar type

    about:config

    After heeding the "Here be Dragons" warning either search for or scroll to

    browser.urlbar.doubleClickSelectsAll

    and

    browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll

    Double click to toggle.

    Set browser.urlbar.doubleClickSelectsAll to false and set browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll to true

    enter image description here

    This will work in the url bar but not the search bar, I tend to use the url bar for search also so it wont overly bother me.

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  2. An alternative option is to double click anywhere in the address bar, which will automatically seleect the entire closest word. In the case of a URL that is the entire line. Concerning the search bar, you can also double click to select a word and triple click to select the entire content.

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  3. Actually there is a Automatic key for this . I have tried this in Firefox . Press F6 Functional key one time . then it will select the address bar automatically .

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