Request: Compact Navigation Feature

[Tiziano Di Rauso]

Almost every browser has that option. At least make the Tabs and the omnibar autohide (and reappear) with mouse hover at fullscreen. It's really annoying to quit fullscreen just to switch tabs.

[Tas]

Strangely, that's on the browser, but not on the OS.

[krtulmay]

I totally agree! The lack of Omnibox and tab access in fullscreen
mode is a total problem and hindrance in Chrome. And the Chrome devs
are too stubborn and full-of-themselves and hypocritical to admit
their error to fix it! :(

In the meantime, the following workarounds are still available in
fullscreen mode:
- Ctrl+T to create new tabs
- Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab to change tabs in forwards and
backwards directions
- clicking Google Search App from the New Tab Page and googling for
the websites you want to go to

On May 27, 3:44 pm, Tiziano Di Rauso <tiziano.dira...@gmail.com>
wrote:

[Tiziano Di Rauso]

i'm using Chrome 19.0.1084.52 m and NO it's not on the browser. It got removed from the about:flags by version 13 i think.

[Tiziano Di Rauso]

It's obvious it's affecting us all. Thanks for the shortcuts by the way!

[Tas]

I meant on the Mac. I haven't used full screen on windows in a while.

[krtulmay]

Oops... and I almost forgot the most important workaround:

- Ctrl+Shift+O (that's the letter Oh) to start the Bookmarks Manager,
and then opening your preferred bookmarks from there

[Evans Turner (Work)]

Even with keyboard shortcuts (which I use proficiently), I still can't
be productive in full-screen. I use the omnibox for special shortcuts
and commands all the time and these do not work in full-screen because
there's no way to access the omnibox.

To explain how I use the omnibar...

Since a time before Chrome existed, Firefox had a "bookmark keywords"
feature. A lesser-known part of the feature allows you to specify a
parameter after a bookmark keyword and have the parameter included in
the URL. I noticed that Chrome/Chromium imports these bookmarks from
Firefox as custom "search engines." I configured many additional
shortcuts using the "manage search engines" feature of Chrome/
Chromium.

I enter something in the command box like so:
[command][space or tab][parameter]

Some examples...

"router" followed by a space and "0" to load http://192.168.0.1/
"router" followed by a space and "1" to load http://192.168.1.1/
"router" followed by a space and "2" to load http://192.168.2.1/
"ga" followed by a space and "numail.org" to load
https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/numail.org/
"ga" followed by a space and "summergrove.net" to load
https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/summergrove.net/
"mac" followed by a space and a full-or-partial MAC ID to determine a
manufacturer using coffer.com/mac_find/
"mx" followed by a space and a domain for mxtoolbox.com
"gmap" followed by a space and search term for Google Maps
"gis" followed by a space and search term for Google Image Search

...and I also use some plain keywords with no parameters because
they're very fast. When I'm in windowed mode, I can press Ctrl+T, then
"ppx" [Enter] to quickly access a page I use for work. I don't even
need to touch the mouse. Chrome/Chromium doesn't let me do that in
full-screen mode. :(

-Evans

[Capy]

I agree the omnibox should be more accessible while in fullscreen.  I suggest duplicating OS X's fullscreen behavior for all platforms: always-shown omnibox/tabs, fullscreen window, and no OS chrome.  I would not like an autohide feature (as in IE) as much because using the omnibox is slower (must wait for appearance), and usage problems could arise in OS X and Windows 8.

Note: The original post does not address the discontinued "compact navigation" flag.  That flag merged the omnibox and tabs and did not address fullscreen.  I did not like that feature because the omnibox was hidden.

On Sunday, May 27, 2012 6:44:32 PM UTC-4, Tiziano Di Rauso wrote:

[Tiziano Di Rauso]

I totally agree, OSX fullscreen behaviour should be default. I'm sorry about the post title, you are correct, they are different matters, but either the restoration of compact navigation or the tunning of fullscreen mode would do the trick for me.

[tk]

I want to access the Omnibox in fullscreen mode. I don't need it to be visible all the time.*

There are two behaviors that I sorely miss in fullscreen mode:

• Typing Ctrl+L accesses the Omnibox. I do this frequently to either copy the current URL or type a new one.
  
• When I create a new tab (Ctrl+T), the Omnibox has focus. I type a search term or URL (or a URL that auto-completes).
  

In fullscreen mode, both these features are useless. I'm forced to either drop out of fullscreen or use some workaround that involves my mouse or trackpad. In general, I prefer keyboard navigation to mousing and clicking -- especially on my Chromebook.

tk

* The big downside to an invisible Omnibox is that I can't verify at a glance that I'm at the purported site or that I'm communicating securely. This is a security vulnerability. If I could type Ctrl+L to view/edit the Omnibox (and SSL cert) it would satisfy my concerns.