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Kaspar

Hi Doug,

you probably meant Command-L, which highlights the entire address field for you. Any typing will replace its contents.

From the address field, use the Tab key to switch to the search field, Shift-Tab to switch back. I use this in Firefox as well as Safari.

Works the same, BTW, in Firefox for Windows (with Control instead of Command) - that's where I learned it.

Cheers & have fun

Kaspar

matt

Or maybe Windows (which came second remember) refuses to do it the right way ;)

The key to remember is that there isn't at "right way" but the nice thing about the mac is that it works the same in every application. In any text field anywhere, a single click places the cursor, a double click selects the word, and a triple click selects the entire paragraph. That way you don't have to remember that single clicking in an address bar selects the whole thing, while single clicking in Word only places the cursor. Consistency is key, and given some time you'll learn things quicker because they work the same everywhere.

Jeff Carlson

The Eject key on the MacBook Pro works the same way - there's just no tray to open. If a disc is in the drive, press and hold Eject for a few seconds to eject it. (Apple added the "and hold" behavior in a recent update because people were accidentally hitting the key instead of Delete and ejecting their discs.)

There are no "secret handshakes" that I'm aware of. I think you're confusing enthusiasm for "drinking the kool-aide".

Mike C.

"I thought it was the equivalent of the Print Screen key on a PC, a button that describes an unattainable desire, not an actual function."
Excellent! (or "LOL" as my daughter would say/write/txt)

Doug Plummer

Regarding consistency: Then there's Adobe, which has another set of conventions that obey neither OS.

The consistency thing is overhyped, I think. I want different things to happen in a word processing program than I would in a browser address bar, and I want the response to be different. I will adapt though, as I have no choice, but I reserve the right to grumble.

Eric Hancock

Yea - command-L switches focus to the address bar and selects its contents.

When I want to google something in Safari, I usually do command-L then tab. This switches focus to the search field and selects its contents.

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