Select the entire URL on a single click in Firefox’s address bar under linux

For those using Windows and Linux everyday, and who prefer the behavior of Firefox under Windows….

In Firefox, go the the page:
about:config

Filter the settings on “urlbar” and right-click/toggle on :
browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll
to change the value to “true”

For applying this to all users, you can change the firefox.js file :

/usr/lib/firefox-3.0.1/defaults/preferences/firefox.js on RHEL / CentOS/usr/share/firefox/defaults/pref/firefox.js on ubuntu

Change
user_pref(”browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll”, false);
to ‘true’.

Here are some useful Firefox shortcuts:

Ctrl + L - select the URL
Ctrl + I - show page information
Ctrl + K - select text in search bar
Esc when the pointer is in the address bar to select the url

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