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Bug 721690 - URLs should open when clicked
URLs should open when clicked
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gnome-terminal
Classification: Core
Component: general
3.11.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: GNOME Terminal Maintainers
GNOME Terminal Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2014-01-07 11:29 UTC by Allan Day
Modified: 2021-06-10 20:39 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 3.11/3.12


Description Allan Day 2014-01-07 11:29:27 UTC 
Right now, clicking on an URL with the primary mouse button doesn't have any effect. This is counter-intuitive, and isn't very helpful. It would be great if left clicking opened the URL in the usual manner.

The right click context menu could still be retained if you want to copy the URL.
Comment 1 Christian Persch 2014-01-07 12:21:18 UTC 
The problem here is that if the application uses mouse tracking mode the click will go to the application not the terminal. So depending on which mode the terminal is in, the click either goes to the app or opens a URL...
Comment 2 Egmont Koblinger 2014-01-08 03:56:27 UTC 
Ctrl + left click also follows to link. Unfortunately it's hard to discover this feature.
Comment 3 Allan Day 2014-01-10 12:42:35 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> The problem here is that if the application uses mouse tracking mode the click
> will go to the application not the terminal. So depending on which mode the
> terminal is in, the click either goes to the app or opens a URL...

At the risk of sounding stupid - what is mouse tracking mode? :)
Comment 4 Egmont Koblinger 2014-01-10 17:10:00 UTC 
It's simply when the application handles mouse events itself - e.g. midnight commander. You click and drag, it's not the standard copy-paste that happens but rather mc does its own stuff.
Comment 5 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2021-06-10 20:39:51 UTC 
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