Re: How to enable on-the-spot URL editing

["Hongzheng Wang" <wanghz gmail com>]

Hi,

Thank you for your reply.

Hope this bug can be fixed as soon as possible.  It's really a nice feature :-)

On 2/26/06, Christian Persch <chpe gnome org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Le dimanche 26 février 2006 à 00:44 +0800, Hongzheng Wang a écrit :
> > I know the title of this post may be obscure at first, but I don't
> > know how to express such a feature in English simply.  Sorry for that.
> >
> > When we input a URL into the address field of epiphany, a list of
> > URL's which satisfy the partial URL we are inputting will appear in
> > the drop-down menu below the address field.  This is a common feature
> > available not only in epiphany, but also in all most every modern web
> > browsers nowadays.  When we navigate the items in that URL list by up
> > and down direction keys, the URL highlighted will be selected one by
> > one.  If we press Enter key, then that selected key will by regarded
> > as the URL we want to go.
> >
> > But, how can I get the selected URL appear in the address field
> > without really beginning to go to that URL?  That is, is it possible
> > for the user to let the selected URL in address field and then edit it
> > before linking to it?
> >
> > For example, suppose I have browsed a web page:
> > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=gaim
> > If I want to go to the bug report page of totem, I can just input
> > something like 'bugs.debian', then the similar URL I have accessed
> > will appear in the drop-down menu below the address field.  If I can
> > let it appeared in address field, I can just delete the last word
> > 'gaim' and replace it with 'totem'.  The new URL I want to go is in
> > address field now.  Just a simply Enter key will begin to link to it.
> > Obviously, it is very desirable.  In fact, many other modern browsers,
> > such firefox and even IE have this feature.  As we browse the
> > candidate URLs in the drop-down menu by direction keys, the
> > highlighted URL will appear in the address field.  For epiphany,
> > however, this is impossible now.
> >
> > I wonder if this feature can be turned on easily?  Or, can it be added
> > in the new release of epiphany?
>
> It's dependent on a gtk+ bug,
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=318459 which has to be fixed
> before this can be done in Epiphany.
>
> Regards,
>         Christian
>
>
>


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Hongzheng Wang