Firefox plans to remove large URL bar

Re:Firefox plans to remove large URL bar by pkamb on Monday March 15, 2021 @09:25PM (#26471780)

How about a big, multi-line URL text field on mobile browsers?

Can't stand horizontal scrolling to the beginning or end of the line to change a domain or parameter. Let me edit in multi-line mode when I tap on the URL.

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Re:Firefox plans to remove large URL bar by GekkePrutser on Monday March 15, 2021 @10:59PM (#26472421)

This is indeed a problem. Especially the last character is really hard to target because it coincides with the end of the field. Or always takes me several frustrated tries.

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Re:Firefox plans to remove large URL bar by marakv2 on Monday March 15, 2021 @11:52PM (#26472830)

Most phones you can use your space bar to scroll left and right. Drag your finger across.

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Re:Firefox plans to remove large URL bar by Pet_Ant on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @09:32AM (#26476431)

Didn’t know that. On my iPhone it seems to scroll through the suggested words completions only.

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Re:Firefox plans to remove large URL bar by marakv2 on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @12:52AM (#26486693)

Ahh, apologies, I thought I'd tested on my wife's iPhone, I hadn't yet :-)

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Re:Firefox plans to remove large URL bar by frombody on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @01:44AM (#26473432)

Press and hold the space key and you can navigate text with your finger.

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Re:Firefox plans to remove large URL bar by elastolin on Monday March 15, 2021 @09:50PM (#26471948)

This is actually a great idea, and it shouldn't be too hard to implement.

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