The linked bug looks wrong.

I'm not sure I agree with this change. We save a click if we want to go from /home/foo to e.g. /usr, but we add an additional click if we just want to append something to /home/foo. I do this all the time (to go in the hidden folders in my home).

Also, only chrome selects the whole URL when clicking the urlbar. Firefox doesn't.

Opps, I've corrected the bug number.

You're right that this improves one workflow and impairs another, but the way I see it, the patch simply brings consistency with the behavior you get if you hit ctrl-L/Replace Location.

Though you're right that it also takes us out of sync with Firefox, in which ctrl-L selects the whole path, but clicking on the URL bar doesn't.

Hmm.

In D7944#148134, @ngraham wrote:

You're right that this improves one workflow and impairs another, but the way I see it, the patch simply brings consistency with the behavior you get if you hit ctrl-L/Replace Location.

I don't know, it looks already consistent to me:

• CTRL+L is the shortcut for the "Replace Location" action, so it makes sense to pre-select the URL in this case.
• The tooltip of KUrlNavigator says: "Click to Edit Location", and "Edit" does not necessarily imply "Replace"