On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 08:32:03PM +0200, Sebastian Geerken wrote:
On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Joe Hill wrote:
Oh, but one little thing, it would be nice to be able to middle-click on the browser to load a URL, but I'll wait for that, hell I didn't even look for a TODO.
Currently, button 2 is bound to dragging, which some people find quite useful. Personally, I'm nearly satisfied with "Clear URL" button, pasting into the entry, and pressing enter. Perhaps these three actions could be shortcut to pressing button 2 in the "Clear URL" button (of course, the tooltip should then make this clear).
(BTW, I was not aware of this feature in Netscape, until there was a similar thread on this list, some time ago :-)
It's a bit of a misfeature, if you ask me. In Mozilla (as in Dillo), I often middle-click to open links in a new window or tab. If I miss the link by a pixel or two, suddenly the current Mozilla window is trying to load whatever happened to be in the clipboard. A great replacement feature (IMO) would be to replicate Mozilla's behavior only when the user middle-clicks directly on the location bar. It's intuitive, and it shouldn't get in the way of Dillo's nifty middle-button-drag panning. Paul Pelzl