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Bug 723139 - Address field should be focused on startup
Address field should be focused on startup
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: epiphany
Classification: Core
Component: Controls
3.10.x (obsolete)
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Epiphany Maintainers
Epiphany Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks: 755518
 
 
Reported: 2014-01-28 01:57 UTC by Rafael Luik
Modified: 2017-10-26 20:01 UTC
See Also:
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Description Rafael Luik 2014-01-28 01:57:37 UTC 
When you start Epiphany and the tab opened is that blank one with the site thumbnails the focus (text cursor) should be in the address field for quickly navigating to any page.

Currently it requires a click or Ctrl + L before you can start typing.
Comment 1 Reinout van Schouwen 2014-01-29 16:21:34 UTC 
Confirming that a click or Ctrl+L is needed to focus the address entry if the overview is loaded at startup. (You can emulate this by entering about:overview in the address entry.)
However you're actually also seeing bug 697318 (keyboard accessibility of the overview). There's an argument to be made that the overview should have the focus so that most frequently visited sites can be easily accessed by keyboard navigation (example: if planet.gnome.org is the most frequently visited site, just pressing Enter would load it).
Comment 2 Iulian Radu 2016-03-09 20:54:48 UTC 
Currently on master, the address bar is focused when you start Epiphany. This can be marked as Resolved.
Comment 3 Iulian Radu 2016-03-09 21:18:43 UTC 
(In reply to Iulian Radu from comment #2)
> Currently on master, the address bar is focused when you start Epiphany.
> This can be marked as Resolved.

Scratch that, not sure what I was actually doing but it wasn't the right thing. Still no focus on master on the address bar on master.
Comment 4 Michael Catanzaro 2017-10-26 20:01:29 UTC 
It's there now except in incognito mode, bug #781151.