How to get the Ctrl+Shift+L command to open address window?

guest2 · Post by **guest2** » January 14th, 2004, 1:09 pm

On previous versions of Mozilla the Ctrl+Shift+L command would open a dialog box which you could type a URL into. This feature appears to be disable or hidden in Firebird. Is there a way to enable this feature?

ghola · Post by **ghola** » January 14th, 2004, 3:47 pm

Nope, the developers removed the dialog. However, Alt-D will direct you to the address bar (if visible).

laszlo · Post by **laszlo** » January 14th, 2004, 4:00 pm

...or CTRL+L, or F6. The "Open URL" dialog is redundant. Just type the address into the location bar.

ghola · Post by **ghola** » January 14th, 2004, 4:19 pm

It was nor is redundant for users who do not want to sacrifice the space that a permanent address bar allocates in UI/desktop real estate. As it is, functional requirements include mandatory display of an address bar, which is in disparity with competing products.

You touched a nerve here.

Pike · Post by **Pike** » January 14th, 2004, 4:26 pm

ghola wrote:It was nor is redundant for users who do not want to sacrifice the space that a permanent address bar allocates in UI/desktop real estate. As it is, functional requirements include mandatory display of an address bar, which is in disparity with competing products.

You touched a nerve here.

If you remove the URL bar then Ctrl-L will open a dialog box that lets you enter the URL (FB devs always thinking two moves ahead).

ghola · Post by **ghola** » January 14th, 2004, 4:37 pm

You're right (I didn't know!), it lets you enter a URL... However, have you actually tried it?

[No matter the URL, it will only open a blank window for me.

]

laszlo · Post by **laszlo** » January 14th, 2004, 4:40 pm

I'll rephrase: the "Open URL" dialog is redundant, as long as you have a location bar displayed somewhere in your UI. It isn't if you're browsing from a cellphone display

EDIT: You're unfortunately right. It just opens a blank window.

Pike · Post by **Pike** » January 14th, 2004, 4:52 pm

If you want to fix it, open MozillaFirebird\chrome\browser.jar\content\browser\openLocation.js and remove the orphaned "else {" and "}" from onChooseFile().

guest2 · Post by **guest2** » January 15th, 2004, 9:58 am

Thank you for the helpful information. It seems as though many people have strong feelings about this topic one way or another.