On Mon, 9 Jan 2012 19:05:00 -0500
Calvin Morrison <mutantturkey@...> wrote:

> On 9 January 2012 19:03, Calvin Morrison <mutantturkey@...> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > On 9 January 2012 19:05, E. Liddell <ejlddll@...> wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 9 Jan 2012 18:17:08 -0500
> >> Calvin Morrison <mutantturkey@...> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hi All,
> >> >
> >> > I was wondering if I can stop entry boxes ( like the URL bar in
> >> konqueror
> >> > to not automatically clear when I hit CTRL+L ). This also happens in
> >> File
> >> > Dialogs.
> >> >
> >> > The default for browsers and GTK+ as well as Mac, is to Highlight the
> >> bars
> >> > contents, not delete it.
> >> >
> >> > Surely there is an option somewhere?
> >>
> >> Try Konqueror -> Settings -> Configure Shortcuts.  You probably want to
> >> unbind
> >> CTRL-L from Konqueror -> Clear Location Bar, and possibly rebind it as an
> >> alternate
> >> to Shortcuts -> Select All to get the GTK+ behaviour.  I'm not sure if
> >> that will carry
> >> over to file dialogues, but it might.
> >>
> >> (I'm basing the above on KDE 3.5, but it doesn't seem to me like
> >> something that
> >> Trinity would change . . .)
> >>
> >>
> > thanks!
> >
> >
> I spoke too quickly, I need to select the location bar's contents. It
> doesnt seem to exist as a shortcut possiblity.

Selecting the location bar doesn't appear as a seperate shortcut, no (the
workaround I suggested above sort-of works, but requires an extra mouse
click).  I would suggest filing a bug report asking for the additional shortcut 
setting.