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Re: Firefox address bar

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Post by baby » Tue, Jul 11, 2023, 3:55 AM UTC

eitland wrote: post #213

baby wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And then there’s tree style tabs. But actually I moved to Chrome due to how many issues I ran into with tree style tabs due to firefox not letting do its thing

So, if I understood you correct, you had issues with TST and instead of disabling TST, you went for Chrome?

It became slow and the only reason that was keeping me in Firefox (TST) started getting more and more broken so I switched. I used to be so vocal about TST back in the days that I’m probably the reason you use it btw.

Re: Firefox address bar

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Post by IG_Semmelweiss » Tue, Jul 11, 2023, 3:56 AM UTC

sfink wrote: post #196

It would be nice if the author could fix this page, since the examples are incorrect and do not work as written. You need a space after the magic character. Although I use it exactly as described (prefixing my search with the magic character followed by a space), it's not necessarily the best way to use it. If you can retrain your muscle memory, these shortcuts are better as suffixes. "% fish" will only show the open…

Thank you. You are correct.

I thought i was losing my mind there fore a second when these commands didn't work for me!

Re: Firefox address bar

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Post by megablast » Tue, Jul 11, 2023, 4:19 AM UTC

frankjr wrote: post #2

I don't think I've ever used these modifiers but Firefox's address bar, Awesomebar, is indeed awesome. Compared to the utter garbage that is Chromium's Omnibar, I can find any page I've visited within a few key strokes. Chromium, on the other hand, almost immediately forgets and you have to go to the actual History to find it. Even Safari is miles ahead of Chromium in this regard. I'm still convinced that crippling O…

It still has issues. It sucks when trying to find a previous page if there are 3 or more results for the same search term. Which happens when researching and clicking on multiple links.

Still awesome though.

Re: Firefox address bar

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Post by efreak » Tue, Jul 11, 2023, 4:37 AM UTC

guptarohit wrote: post #54

tonylemesmer wrote: post #52

My favourite find of the past 12 months is Ctrl+L which gives the address bar focus so you can begin typing.

Welcome to the club! The day I knew about it and till know I don’t think I ever clicked in search bar to search. This shortcut is very helpful! In similar context, Ctrl+w for closing tab.

Ctrl+F4, Ctrl+W close tab Alt+F4 close window Ctrl+(Shift+?)+Q close browser entirely Ctrl+Shift+T undo close tab Ctrl+Shift+N undo close window Ctrl+N new window Ctrl+Shift+P new private window Ctrl+B toggle bookmarks bar Ctrl+Shift+B open library (bookmarks window) Ctrl+H open history in side pane Ctrl+Shift+H open library (history window) Ctrl+G, F3 find again Ctrl+Shift+G, Shift+F3 find previous Ctrl+Shift+V paste as plain text Ctrl+Shift-Z redo Alt+Entry in address bar opens address in new tab

Re: Firefox address bar

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Post by efreak » Tue, Jul 11, 2023, 4:53 AM UTC

TheArcane wrote: post #209

As someone who loves Multi-Account Containers, as long as this bug[1] isn't fixed, the address bar is severely handicapped for me [1]: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1479858

Looks too me like it was fixed a few hours before you posted, and will be coming to Firefox soon.

Re: Firefox address bar

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Post by eitland » Tue, Jul 11, 2023, 6:19 AM UTC

baby wrote: post #301

eitland wrote: post #213

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So, if I understood you correct, you had issues with TST and instead of disabling TST, you went for Chrome?

It became slow and the only reason that was keeping me in Firefox (TST) started getting more and more broken so I switched. I used to be so vocal about TST back in the days that I’m probably the reason you use it btw.

I see.

I still manage to use TST, but part of my reason for using Firefox is just because I don't want to use anything Chromium based.

Oh, and also I don't really want to support Mozilla either so I am experimenting with LibreWolf as my secondary browser and so far it has been great.

Re: Firefox address bar

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Post by Zecc » Tue, Jul 11, 2023, 7:58 AM UTC

cpleppert wrote: post #199

gregsadetsky wrote: post #122

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The same is available in Chrome. I made a list of shortcuts I use here [0] -- copying a few favorites below: shortcut: "aw", lets you type: "aw s3", "aw iam", etc. https://console.aws.amazon.com/%s shortcut: "amzn", searches the retail side https://www.amazon.com/s/?field-keywords=%s shortcut: "gm", searches through gmail (change the 0 if you use multiple accounts) https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#search/%s shortcut…

You can also use a duckduckgo query like ! site:site.com query. That is more reliable when using something like wikipedia when you aren't sure of the exact title and don't have to type it all out.

Of course for Wikipedia specifically you'd use `!wiki query` instead.

Re: Firefox address bar

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Post by Zecc » Tue, Jul 11, 2023, 8:08 AM UTC

kenmacd wrote: post #124

baby wrote: post #104

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And then there’s tree style tabs. But actually I moved to Chrome due to how many issues I ran into with tree style tabs due to firefox not letting do its thing

Well, in case you decide to move back, give Sidebery a try. I switched a while back haven't had any issues.

I second this. I've had the very rare message saying the tab tree has gotten out of sync (always as a consequence of me moving tabs between incognito windows), but the first time it happened clicking the message refreshed the tab tree successfully; the second time it didn't but toggling the sidebar off and on fixed it. I've had no problems with stability.

And to me the context menu option to unload tabs is a killer feature.

Re: Firefox address bar

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Post by Zecc » Tue, Jul 11, 2023, 8:17 AM UTC

chimprich wrote: post #116

benplumley wrote: post #57

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F6 works too, and you can press it again to unfocus it (TIL)

> and you can press it again to unfocus it That is useful! Wonder why Ctrl-l and alt-d don't work like that?

In Windows' File Explorer, F6 cycles focus between window sub-regions, while Alt+D sends you unconditionally to the address bar independent of where the focus is. So maybe there is a parallel here.

Re: Firefox address bar

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Post by Zecc » Tue, Jul 11, 2023, 8:33 AM UTC

cobbaut wrote: post #190

adql wrote: post #119

All I want for this dumb thing is to * correct ttps:// to https:// * stop searching internet for local hostname I type into the bar

> stop searching internet for local hostname I type into the bar Yes, please. I have a separate address bar and search bar in Firefox, and it still insists on searching DDG for local hosts names when I type them in the address bar. Stop doing this. (The solution for now is to type http://localname/ )

The about:config dark magic you're looking for should be `browser.fixup.alternate.enabled = false`, `browser.fixup.dns_first_for_single_words = true` and `browser.fixup.domainsuffixwhitelist. = true`.

Hope it works for you.