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

[Christian Persch <chpe gnome org>]

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