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How can I grab the .webloc?

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GilDawson
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I'm on Firefox 26.0. Back around seven or so, or maybe seventeen, it had this feature: you could grab the little icon right left of the URL and drag it to a Finder container, and... a teensy file would appear, named something intelligent, with the extension ".webloc".

Now it won't do that. The same gesture opens a new window with the present window's URL preset -- A very useful feature, keep it, by all means. I know just when to use it.

But I lost my Grab to a Finder window. I could put all the web references on a topic in a folder. Of course, I'd rename them. But then when I decided to study a topic -- there they'd be!

No more. Sniff.

Or. maybe... Did y'all put it somewhere's else?

--Gil

I'm on Firefox 26.0. Back around seven or so, or maybe seventeen, it had this feature: you could grab the little icon right left of the URL and drag it to a Finder container, and... a teensy file would appear, named something intelligent, with the extension ".webloc". Now it won't do that. The same gesture opens a new window with the present window's URL preset -- A very useful feature, keep it, by all means. I know just when to use it. But I lost my Grab to a Finder window. I could put all the web references on a topic in a folder. Of course, I'd rename them. But then when I decided to study a topic -- there they'd be! No more. Sniff. Or. maybe... Did y'all put it somewhere's else? --Gil

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You're welcome.

Thanks for confirming that holding the Command key works. I'm on Linux and tested it by holding down the Ctrl key.

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cor-el
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Any luck with holding down the Command key or Option key when dragging the globe/padlock on the location bar?

GilDawson
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Command does it! (Option doesn't.)

Thanks for the suggestion, cor-el. That works.

Both of the references you provided describe the feature but neither mentions having to use the Command key.

Well, no matter; you figured it out. Thanks for the help.

--Gil

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You're welcome.

Thanks for confirming that holding the Command key works. I'm on Linux and tested it by holding down the Ctrl key.