keyconfig 20110522

[bege]

@morat
Thank you very much! This is perfect once again.

This is my code now to toggle messages read and to mark folders read with space key when focused.

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"space": "(function () {var tabmail = window.document.getElementById('tabmail'); if (tabmail.currentTabInfo.mode.name == 'mail3PaneTab') { var win = tabmail.currentTabInfo.chromeBrowser.contentWindow; var doc = tabmail.currentTabInfo.chromeBrowser.contentDocument; if (win.folderTree && doc.getElementById('folderPane').contains(doc.activeElement)) { window.gTabmail.currentAbout3Pane.gFolder.markAllMessagesRead(window.msgWindow);} else {window.goDoCommand('cmd_toggleRead');}}})();"

[avada]

Hi!

Is there any way to make the urlbar results open in a new background tab without closing the results list? So I could conveniently open multiple urls from the urlbar without having to retype the search term.
Basically overriding how ctrl + enter/LMB works, I think. So the results wont close and urlbar content won't change when I press/click.

I've been searching for a solution since Stay-Open Menu broke, but so far it seems no-one made one. I'm surprised people don't miss a way to open multiple related urls.

[morat]

@avada

Maybe you can hover on a urlbar result using the mouse, then press F1 key to open the url in a new background tab without closing the menu, but I don't know how to get the hovered urlbar result url.

Stay-Open Menu
http://addons.thunderbird.net/seamonkey/addon/986414

That addon is complicated. AFAICT, there isn't a simple userChrome.js hack to override the default behavior.

P.S.

I can output the urlbar result urls using the browser toolbox console tab, but not the hovered urlbar result url.

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setTimeout(function () {
  document.querySelectorAll("span.urlbarView-url").forEach(function (span) {
    console.log(span.textContent);
  });
  document.querySelectorAll("span.urlbarView-url:hover").forEach(function (span) {
    console.log("test");
    console.log(span.textContent);
  });
}, 5000);

More info
http://stackoverflow.com/a/58922672

[avada]

@avada

Maybe you can hover on a urlbar result using the mouse, then press F1 key to open the url in a new background tab without closing the menu, but I don't know how to get the hovered urlbar result url.

Stay-Open Menu
http://addons.thunderbird.net/seamonkey/addon/986414

That addon is complicated. AFAICT, there isn't a simple userChrome.js hack to override the default behavior.

There was a 4.0b1 version that worked right until XUL addon removal. I don't know if it's simpler or not.

Whit is F1 supposed to do? With a clean profile it doesn't seem to do anything for me. (with my default profile it's used by Tree style tab)

That addon is complicated. AFAICT, there isn't a simple userChrome.js hack to override the default behavior.

I was thinking/hoping if it's possible to read the hovered or selected item's URL then the relevant shortcut click or keypress could be hijacked and the url used to open a tab in the background. And not actually modifying the urlbar behavior.

[morat]

The F1 keyboard shortcut is just an example. Another keyboard shortcut could be used to execute the key binding.

[avada]

The F1 keyboard shortcut is just an example. Another keyboard shortcut could be used to execute the key binding.

Ah, I misunderstood.

but I don't know how to get the hovered urlbar result url.

Is there no way to get the selected (via arrow keys) item's URL either?

[morat]

@avada

I noticed the div#urlbarView-row-3 element has the selected="" attribute in the browser toolbox when I select the 3rd row with the arrow keys in the popup, so I searched for "selected" in the /urlbar/ source code.

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console.log(gURLBar.view.selectedElement.parentElement); // div#urlbarView-row-3 element
console.log(gURLBar.view.selectedElement);               // span#urlbarView-row-3-inner element
console.log(gURLBar.view.selectedResult);                // object with payload.url string
console.log(gURLBar.view.selectedRowIndex);              // 2

Try this:

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(function () {
  var url = gURLBar.view.selectedResult && gURLBar.view.selectedResult.payload.url;
  if (url) {
    gBrowser.addTab(url, {
      triggeringPrincipal: Services.scriptSecurityManager.getSystemPrincipal(),
    });
  }
})();

Reference
http://searchfox.org/mozilla-release/se ... ath=urlbar
http://searchfox.org/mozilla-release/se ... ath=urlbar

[avada]

@avada

I noticed the div#urlbarView-row-3 element has the selected="" attribute in the browser toolbox when I select the 3rd row with the arrow keys in the popup, so I searched for "selected" in the /urlbar/ source code.

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console.log(gURLBar.view.selectedElement.parentElement); // div#urlbarView-row-3 element
console.log(gURLBar.view.selectedElement);               // span#urlbarView-row-3-inner element
console.log(gURLBar.view.selectedResult);                // object with payload.url string
console.log(gURLBar.view.selectedRowIndex);              // 2

Try this:

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(function () {
  var url = gURLBar.view.selectedResult && gURLBar.view.selectedResult.payload.url;
  if (url) {
    gBrowser.addTab(url, {
      triggeringPrincipal: Services.scriptSecurityManager.getSystemPrincipal(),
    });
  }
})();

Reference
http://searchfox.org/mozilla-release/se ... ath=urlbar
http://searchfox.org/mozilla-release/se ... ath=urlbar

Thanks! You meant in Keyconfig, right? It works.

Do you think it's possible to hijack the ctrl+enter (or alt enter) shortcut? Keyconfig seems to be unable to use any combination with 'enter' here, even if it's not used, such as ctrl+shift+alt+enter.

If not, I guess I'll need to figure out something that's convenient and somewhat logical.

[morat]

@avada

You could hack the _whereToOpen function.

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gURLBar.view.input._whereToOpen = function (event) {
  return "tabshifted";
};

Try running the code snippet in the browser console, then use the enter key to open a selected urlbar result url in a new background tab.

See KeyEvent.DOM_VK_RETURN in UrlbarController.sys.mjs file.

See handleCommand and handleNavigation and _whereToOpen functions in UrlbarInput.sys.mjs file.

About _whereToOpen function:

"current" means current tab
"tab" means new foreground tab
"tabshifted" means new background tab

Reference
http://searchfox.org/mozilla-release/so ... er.sys.mjs
http://searchfox.org/mozilla-release/so ... ut.sys.mjs

It is too much trouble to hijack the event directly.

More info
http://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/A ... entDefault
http://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/A ... ropagation
http://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/A ... ropagation

[avada]

@avada

You could hack the _whereToOpen function.

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gURLBar.view.input._whereToOpen = function (event) {
  return "tabshifted";
};

Try running the code snippet in the browser console, then use the enter key to open a selected urlbar result url in a new background tab.

See KeyEvent.DOM_VK_RETURN in UrlbarController.sys.mjs file.

See handleCommand and handleNavigation and _whereToOpen functions in UrlbarInput.sys.mjs file.

About _whereToOpen function:

"current" means current tab
"tab" means new foreground tab
"tabshifted" means new background tab

Reference
http://searchfox.org/mozilla-release/so ... er.sys.mjs
http://searchfox.org/mozilla-release/so ... ut.sys.mjs

Thanks. Though since the results close with this method, I'll stick with the custom hotkey via keyconfig.

It is too much trouble to hijack the event directly.

More info
http://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/A ... entDefault
http://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/A ... ropagation
http://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/A ... ropagation

Ah, okay. I was hoping that it's possible to override the hotkey so that the event doesn't even get registered.