After using Chrome for a decade and switching back to Firefox, one feature I missed was the ability to right-click and Go to [url] directly, for any selected text that vaguely resembles a URL.

I made Goto foo to approximately replicate Chromeโ€™s behavior in Firefox, but it would be nice if no extension were necessary.

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I highlight the URL text, then drag it to my tab bar to open it. That could be an option if the workflow is not too annoying to use.

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I do the same

Another option iโ€™m aware of is CTRL+C, T, V and enter (Keyboard combo to Copy, open new tab, paste, go)

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Interesting, that does appear to solve the same problem.

In my decades of using web browsers, I canโ€™t say that Iโ€™ve ever tried dragging text to the address bar. Thatโ€™s not very discoverable, and the drag action messes with the pageโ€™s scroll position.

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You can also drag it to the tab bar to add it as a new tab.

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