Clearing the URL line in Firefox

[Kam Leo]

On 4/22/05, vizion at ixpres.com <vizion at ixpres.com> wrote:
> 
> > In previous versions of Mozilla, you could clear the URL
> > by moving the cursor to the URL in the Navigation line,
> > and they typing <ctl>U .  Anywhere else the <ctl>U brought
> > up the source for the window it was in.
> >
> > With Firefox, this no longer works.
> > Is there a way to configure FireFox so it works again
> > (hint, it would be a REAL NICE feature to have back in the code)
> >
> > Its a real pain in the ass, with LONNNNG URLs to have to backup
> > move the cursor to the end, backup again, and again, and again.
> > A simple ^U could do it all at once...
> Try highlighting and using Backspace bar - that works 4me
> 
> David
> 

Try using Alt+D to select (highlight) the Location Bar.  

A list of Firefox hotkeys are available here:
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/s2s/latest/jaws1/src/hotkeys.html