Bug 60298 - mozilla editing key bindings really rot
Summary: mozilla editing key bindings really rot
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Raw Hide
Classification: Retired
Component: mozilla
Version: 1.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Christopher Blizzard
QA Contact: Ben Levenson
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-02-24 23:36 UTC by Jonathan Kamens
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:40 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2002-02-24 23:36:35 UTC
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Description Jonathan Kamens 2002-02-24 23:36:31 UTC
When editing text in Netscape 4.79, a huge percentage of the standard Emacs
text-editing bindings are available.  Alas, most of these bindings are missing
completely or do the wrong thing in Mozilla.  This is simply a terrible change
in UI.

I should be able to hit Meta-Backspace to delete a word backward.  I should be
able to hit Meta-b to move backward.  I should be able to hit Meta-f to move
forward a word.  Etc.  If there was a binding for it in text-editing areas in
Netscape 4.79, there should be a binding for it in Mozilla.  I consider this a
*serious* regression in functionality, one that's threatening to force me back
to Netscape 4.79 even though there are numerous Web sites which Netscape 4.79
can't view properly.

Comment 1 Christopher Blizzard 2002-08-29 21:32:58 UTC
If this gets fixed upstream I'll take the fixes, but I'm probably not going to
take the time to fix them here. (you can use ctrl-right arrow and ctrl-left
arrow to move forward and backwards a word at a time.)


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