And now I'm thinking... what exactly is the point of forcing the single word selections in a URL anyway? I could see it if say it snagged sections of the address (like the domain or a sub folder path) but it just highlights one word. I can't think of any time where I've wanted to copy just one word out of a URL and if I did I'd just swipe.
 
Windows, man. Bizzarro stuff.
 

Beepster
Triple click works without fail on this system. You just gotta click really fast. Of course you also have to do it when NOTHING is highlighted so if one word is highlighted click once more to unhighlight it THEN triple click really fast.
 
If you do it too slow it'll just select one word instead of the whole thing.
 
I'm also on Firefox so not sure if that makes a difference.

It works for me too - sometimes. That's what bugs me. It's like you have to get the speed exactly right to within 0.00000000000001mm/s or else it doesn't work.

bitflipper
Have you forgotten CTL-A? It works in SONAR, too.

Yeah I use CTRL-A a lot in all my apps, I'm just being grouchy because this "triple click" method doesn't work consistently when it should.

Beepster
Yup, but he's talking about while the cursor is still in the URL/address bar. By clicking outside the URL bar you start from scratch so the first click will snag it again. Totally works and totally easy but it could be construed as more awkward because you have to move the cursor to do it. With the triple click it can be done without navigating away from the address bar.
 
It really isn't any huge deal (or even a small deal) but I think sharke and I share some of the same curiosity/compulsions about silly stuff like this.

You're right there Beepster - I think you and I are the sort to get frustrated when going through manuals when one method of doing something doesn't work as described. There may be other perfectly good ways of doing it - that are even more convenient - but that doesn't stop the frustration you feel when one method doesn't work properly.
 
I experience inconsistency in other apps too and I hate it. For example when I'm copy-dragging appointments in my Outlook calendar by CTRL-dragging, sometimes it will just drag a copy of the appointment out and place it where I drop it as expected. Every now and then though, when I release the button a menu appears asking me if I want to "copy" or "move" the appointment. I could swear the programmers are just having a laugh.

sharke

Beepster
Triple click works without fail on this system. You just gotta click really fast. Of course you also have to do it when NOTHING is highlighted so if one word is highlighted click once more to unhighlight it THEN triple click really fast.
 
If you do it too slow it'll just select one word instead of the whole thing.
 
I'm also on Firefox so not sure if that makes a difference.

It works for me too - sometimes. That's what bugs me. It's like you have to get the speed exactly right to within 0.00000000000001mm/s or else it doesn't work.

Are you using a mouse? I think I'd probably have a harder time nailing it with a mouse because I find clicking with a flat forefinger more unnatural than on my trackpad (laptop) and trackball buttons (DAW). Then again I think mice are just awkward in general.
 
But yeah... you gotta get it juuust right or it flops. The faster you go the more reliable it becomes. Also you have to make sure all selections are cleared so if anything is highlighted the triple click won't work.
 

sharke

Beepster
Yup, but he's talking about while the cursor is still in the URL/address bar. By clicking outside the URL bar you start from scratch so the first click will snag it again. Totally works and totally easy but it could be construed as more awkward because you have to move the cursor to do it. With the triple click it can be done without navigating away from the address bar.
 
It really isn't any huge deal (or even a small deal) but I think sharke and I share some of the same curiosity/compulsions about silly stuff like this.

You're right there Beepster - I think you and I are the sort to get frustrated when going through manuals when one method of doing something doesn't work as described. There may be other perfectly good ways of doing it - that are even more convenient - but that doesn't stop the frustration you feel when one method doesn't work properly.
 
I experience inconsistency in other apps too and I hate it. For example when I'm copy-dragging appointments in my Outlook calendar by CTRL-dragging, sometimes it will just drag a copy of the appointment out and place it where I drop it as expected. Every now and then though, when I release the button a menu appears asking me if I want to "copy" or "move" the appointment. I could swear the programmers are just having a laugh.

I've outright stopped using certain programs and websites over "improvements" they've made. A good example, and one that has actually lost the site owner's my money, is a website for the grocery store I used to go to ALL the time. They have their specials flyer on the website. I like to know what's on sale before heading down. Before it was really simple to just get to the info. One or two clicks and I was there. Then they did this massive redesign with an INSANE amount of scripts, it requires you to navigate through a crapton of search pages, lists and whatever and once you finally get to the fliers it's a total mess that requires even more frustrating and unnecessary clicks, scripts and navigation.
 
I still go down there occasionally but more and more I'm going to other stores specifically because I can't get at the flier easily any more. Whoever did the redesign should be fired.

Beepster
Are you using a mouse? I think I'd probably have a harder time nailing it with a mouse because I find clicking with a flat forefinger more unnatural than on my trackpad (laptop) and trackball buttons (DAW). Then again I think mice are just awkward in general.
 
But yeah... you gotta get it juuust right or it flops. The faster you go the more reliable it becomes. Also you have to make sure all selections are cleared so if anything is highlighted the triple click won't work.

 
I use a trackpad on my laptop and a mouse on my rig. Same problem in both cases. I've tried making sure the cursor is in the field with nothing selected, but it still rarely works. What usually happens is that a single word will highlight after the first 2 clicks, then unhighlight after the 3rd. Occasionally the whole field will highlight for a split second before becoming unhighlighted again. And if I'm super lucky, like maybe one time out of ten, the whole thing will remain highlighted.
 

Beepster
I've outright stopped using certain programs and websites over "improvements" they've made. A good example, and one that has actually lost the site owner's my money, is a website for the grocery store I used to go to ALL the time. They have their specials flyer on the website. I like to know what's on sale before heading down. Before it was really simple to just get to the info. One or two clicks and I was there. Then they did this massive redesign with an INSANE amount of scripts, it requires you to navigate through a crapton of search pages, lists and whatever and once you finally get to the fliers it's a total mess that requires even more frustrating and unnecessary clicks, scripts and navigation.
 
I still go down there occasionally but more and more I'm going to other stores specifically because I can't get at the flier easily any more. Whoever did the redesign should be fired.

I've noticed a lot of websites go severely downhill after a "modern" redesign. The New York Daily News used to have a fairly good mobile website which although basic looking, was well organized and easy to use. Then they spent a fortune on a modern facelift and it's a complete mess. There's no rhyme nor reason to the way stories are categorized - national news stories and sports news appear in the "local news" section, while obviously local stories appear in the national news section. It's like they've paid a fortune to a developer to design it, and instead of giving that developer feedback in order to improve it before going live, they've just taken their word that it was finished and left it at that. There's another local New York news site which got redesigned about a year ago and ever since then, the main headline has been obscured by a floating menu bar at the top in every browser except IE. You'd think at least one person who works there would have actually looked at the thing and organized a fix but noooo....bugs and layout problems are par for the course on the web these days.

On my system doing the fast triple click with nothing highlighted will do the following...
 
1st click) Nothing
2nd click) Word where cursor is highlighted
3rd click) Entire URL highlighted
 
As I keep playing with it it almost feels like trying to do a performance on my padKontrol. If I don't "perform" it as I've practiced it it borks out. I think we could even define a minimum tempo for it... which of course I am not nearly insane enough to figure out... yet. lol
 
Anyway I'm guessing different hardware may respond differently as well so maybe that's what's. I'm surprised how well the trackpad on this old Acer has stood the test of time (touch wood).

sharke

Does anyone know how to highlight an ENTIRE directory path or URL?

Yes.