[PLUG] Firefox, I want my ctrl-u back

[Galen Seitz]

Jason Van Cleve <jason at vancleve.com> wrote:

> Another trick that may do as a workaround is to use ctrl-l to focus the
> location box and then backspace to clear it.  That way you don't even
> need the mouse.
> 
> But I wonder why Moz/Firefox hasn't implemented customizable keys.
> 
> --Jason
> 
> 
> Quoth Matt Alexander, on Thu, 30 Sep 2004 20:29:49 -0700:
> 
> > With the latest version of Firefox, 1.0PR, ctrl-u now gives you the
> > HTML source instead of clearing the line.  So now it's time-consuming
> > to hold down the backspace key to delete whatever is in a URL or form
> > field so I can then middle-click what I want to paste in.  Does anyone
> > know how to get the previous functionality of ctrl-u back?
> > Thanks,
> > ~M

Ctrl-U still works here AFAICS.  I can click anywhere in the URL, and 
when I hit Ctrl-U, it erases to the end of the line.  Did I misunderstand
what Matt is doing?

galen