GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 344262
Control-Enter in url entry has bad behaviour
Last modified: 2017-01-24 15:05:12 UTC
If I enter a URL into the entry field and press control-enter the URL opens in a new tab. Very useful. However: 1) the popup doesn't disappear when I press C-Enter. This meant I didn't see the new tab appear as my search bookmarks were hiding it 2) The new tab isn't focused 3) The URL field in the current (old) tab remains as the new address I entered, although it isn't. It should revert to the correct URL, although I think this would be fixed magically by changing focus to the new tab.
I agree with you in 1) and 3), however I think 2) is useful because sometimes i tend to type 2 or 3 urls and ctrl+enter them so I can type a last one on the current tab and start seeing it. When you ctrl+click a link the same behavior is observed. I think it's for consistency that ctrl+enter does this. I guess it's a matter of tastes anyway.
(1) and (3) are fixed by the patches in bug 345934. As for (2), the Ctrl-Enter behaviour is the same as Ctrl-Enter on focused links in the web page, that is to open-in-background. We could maybe use another modifier for open-and-switch... but Ctrl-Shift is already open-new-window... Alt-Ctrl-Enter ?
Setting to enhancement. Ctrl+Alt+Enter sounds logical, but I'd like to hear what mpt thinks.
as per comment 3 setting to enhancement. is the bug still relevant in epiphany 3.0 webkit version?
(In reply to comment #4) > as per comment 3 setting to enhancement. > is the bug still relevant in epiphany 3.0 webkit version? In 3.0, there's no key combo that opens a new tab _and_ focuses it as far as I know.
(In reply to Ross Burton from comment #0) > If I enter a URL into the entry field and press control-enter the URL opens > in a new tab. Very useful. However: > > 1) the popup doesn't disappear when I press C-Enter. This meant I didn't > see the new tab appear as my search bookmarks were hiding it This is fixed. > 2) The new tab isn't focused This is consistent with Ctrl+click, so I don't want to change it. If we want to have another shortcut for focusing the new tab, that should be handled in bug #310814. > 3) The URL field in the current (old) tab remains as the new address I > entered, although it isn't. It should revert to the correct URL, although I > think this would be fixed magically by changing focus to the new tab. This is fixed.