[Hendrix] Tab behaviour loss
Jaron Willems
Email: unexpectedatgraphic-designerdotcom
Product: Firefox Release Candidate
Summary: Tab behaviour loss
Comments:
Hello
With the previous version of firefox (3) I was able to hit TAB and
immediately go to the address (URL) field at the top of the window. This
was nice when I opened my homepage (google) or was on any other website
and knew exactly where I wanted to go. I could just type it in and go -
the fewer clicks the better.
Now with Firefox 4RC (up-to-date 11/04/05) I have to hit TAB multiple
times (on any page) before it takes me to the address bar. Is there a
way to fix this in settings - or is this a developer issue. It is one of
the functions I greatly miss since moving up to FF4RC.
Other than that, keep up the good work. I LOVE the new look - much more
screen real estate. And the advances in tabs looks good too.
Jaron Willems
Browser Details: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; rv:2.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0
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David McRitchie
> With the previous version of firefox (3) I was able to hit TAB and
> immediately go to the address (URL) field at the top of the window. This
> was nice when I opened my homepage (google) or was on any other website
> and knew exactly where I wanted to go. I could just type it in and go -
> the fewer clicks the better.
>
> Now with Firefox 4RC (up-to-date 11/04/05) I have to hit TAB multiple
> times (on any page) before it takes me to the address bar. Is there a
> way to fix this in settings - or is this a developer issue. It is one of
> the functions I greatly miss since moving up to FF4RC.
>
> Other than that, keep up the good work. I LOVE the new look - much more
>
> Browser Details: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; rv:2.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0
Hi Jaron,
The TAB key is not for placing you on the Location Bar (Address Bar) and never was.
use Ctrl+L to take you to the Location Bar with the content selected.
Firefox and other Browser Keyboard Shortcuts (Comparison Table)
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/firefox/keyboard.htm
Use of the Tab key (and "Shift+Tab") to move mouse to a link or entry point
such as within a Form may save some mouse activity.
Netbooks - MozillaZine Knowledge Base
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Netbooks
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HTH,
David McRitchie, extensions I use are briefly documented on my site
Firefox Custom: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/firefox/firefox.htm
Fx4: Firefox 4.0 Problem Solutions and Orientation (#fx4) see
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/firefox/firefox-problems.htm#fx4