remove combo button from URLbar

[Danielle Foré]

The combo button in the URLbar (IMHO) is not really helpful. Upon clicking, a large list of websites is shown that I'm not really sure what they are. Are those bookmarks? Are they sites I visited recently? Are they sites I visit often?

But it also takes up the space of almost a whole other toolbar item. So I think it should really just be removed.

Doing so would fix this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/midori/+bug/739321

[Cassidy James Blaede (cassidyjames)]

Agreed; in most cases the dropdown is even bigger than the window itself! I understand the thinking behind providing a place to show recent or common sites, but I think a new tab page really is a better place for that.

I too think it really would be best to just be removed.

[Cris Dywan (kalikiana)]

Frequently visited pages would have been the answer, albeit not at all optimised for being practically useful. And as Cassidy says, the speed dial is more suitable for this functionality.

I removed the arrow now, or more exactly, changed the entry to no longer be a combo box but a plain entry. This leaves arrow up/ down without function for now (same as the coopedition).