Bug 110548 – Web Inspector: Console view should allow to clear the prompt in a quicker way

• Status: RESOLVED
• Resolution: WONTFIX
• Component: Web Inspector (Deprecated)

[Vivek Galatage]

When using the console view prompt, many a times developers end up entering some code snippet and then decide to erase it to something else. 

This shortcut provides a way to quickly clear the prompt. Patch follows.

[Vivek Galatage]

Created attachment 189669 [details]
Patch

[Eugene Klyuchnikov]

Comment on attachment 189669 [details]
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View in context: https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=189669&action=review

> Source/WebCore/inspector/front-end/ConsoleView.js:592
> +        var shortcutC = shortcut.makeDescriptor("c", WebInspector.KeyboardShortcut.Modifiers.Ctrl);

Ctrl-C is already bound to copy selected text.
Redefining common shortcut doesn't sound good.

BTM, cleaning prompt with Ctrl-A then Delete or Backspace seems to be rather convenient.

[Vsevolod Vlasov]

Comment on attachment 189669 [details]
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I think "Ctrl/Cmd + A, then Delete" and "Enter" are two shortcuts that already exist for that.
Overriding Ctrl+C's default behavior is also weird.

[Vivek Galatage]

(In reply to comment #3)
> (From update of attachment 189669 [details])
> I think "Ctrl/Cmd + A, then Delete" and "Enter" are two shortcuts that already exist for that.
> Overriding Ctrl+C's default behavior is also weird.

Ah I missed to notice that "C" is used for copy. 

The reason I added the shortcut for clearing the prompt is to make the console view in sync with the most of the terminals(bash etc.) as they provide "Ctrl+C" to clear the prompt.