Ctrl+Enter

[Reinout van Schouwen <reinouts gnome org>]

Hi all,

I'd like to revive this old topic:

On Sat, 3 Jan 2004, Marco Pesenti Gritti wrote:

> > > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117650
> > > Ctrl+Enter in location bar
> > Punt.
>
> I dont think mainteinance cost is worth the number of people will
> benefit of it. So I agree.

I'm thinking of reopening this bug. Supporting (Shift+)Ctrl+Enter really 
*does* make it a whole lot easier to open a URL in a new (background) 
tab.

There are two drawbacks I know of:
1. It breaks the direct spatial mapping between the location field and 
the active tab.
2. The feature is so undiscoverable, that it could go unnoticed when it 
stopped working.

ad 1: The mapping is already broken when you start typing in a new URL. 
The URL of the active page can be reinstated in the URL field of the 
(prviously) active tab.

ad 2: It might be possible to have a UI equivalent of Ctrl+Enter by 
overloading the Go To button with 'in new Tab' and 'in new Window'. GTK 
supports "button drop down menus" (somewhat similar to the Back/Forward 
menu). Then again, this might get too complicated.. :-/

Thoughts?

happy holidays,

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