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Bug 312958 - focus address bar on empty page/tab
focus address bar on empty page/tab
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 105153
Product: epiphany
Classification: Core
Component: Interface
1.6.x
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: Epiphany Maintainers
Marco Pesenti Gritti
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-08-09 02:13 UTC by sixth_brother
Modified: 2005-08-12 22:38 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.9/2.10


Description sixth_brother 2005-08-09 02:13:11 UTC 
Whenever an empty new page/tab is opened, the address bar should get the
keyboard focus. On an empty page, there are just 2 possible ways to proceed:
a) the keyboard-way: type in/paste url, or
b) the mouse-way: select menu-entry/bookmark/etc 
So, 'the keyboard-way' should be immediately accessible, and not depend on a
mouse click or on ctrl+l ...

Other information:
Comment 1 Reinout van Schouwen 2005-08-10 14:40:03 UTC 
Score another one for Epiphany's most reported bug! Good news is, this has been
fixed in Epiphany 1.7.4.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 105153 ***
Comment 2 sixth_brother 2005-08-12 22:38:35 UTC 
Yes! And sorry for the dublication ...