Re: Ctrl-U in location bar

On Sun, 2003-02-16 at 15:10, Tommi Komulainen wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-02-16 at 21:46, Mark Howard wrote:
> > Hi,
> >   Sorry for raising this issue again when it's been discussed in the
> > past.
> > 
> > I've been getting a few bug reports on the Debian bts recently
> > requesting the Ctrl-U shortcut for clearing the location bar. People are
> > particularly annoyed because mozilla does support control-u.
> > 
> > Is there any way to enable it? (or does it require changes to gnome
> > library code?)
> 
> Well, you can always hit Ctrl-L and simply start typing, though it
> doesn't play nice you intent to paste by middle-clicking a new URL.
> 
> Another way is to add the following in one's .gtkrc-2.0:
> 
> ----------8<--------------------8<----------
> binding "bash-text-entry"
> {
>   bind "<ctrl>u" { "move-cursor"        (display-line-ends, 1, 0)
>                    "delete-from-cursor" (paragraph-ends, -1)      }
> }
>                        
> class "GtkEntry" binding "bash-text-entry"
> ----------8<--------------------8<----------

Actually if you are using gtk 2.2 Owen DTRT and made the emacs key
bindings include ctl+u. You can select that in applications->desktop
preferences->keyboard shortcuts.

Luis



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