Firefox extension for long URLs?

February 4, 2008 8:29 AM

Is there a Firefox extension that will let me edit long URLs on multiple lines, or do I have to keep editing them in text editors and copying them over?

I work with some web services that have huge URLs. Scrolling horizontally in the URL field is a nightmare, especially when everything looks the same. I currently compose my testing URLs in a text editor and copy them over, but it would be nice if I could do it in the browser. I'm looking for something that expands the URL field to multiple lines and then it'll parse out tabs and newlines when I finish the request.

posted by neustile to computers & internet (7 comments total)

Are you talking about in the address field on the browser or when you are putting something in page form, like MeFi for example.
posted by slavlin at 8:35 AM on February 4, 2008

I used to use Open Long URL. Don't know if it still works.
posted by grouse at 8:40 AM on February 4, 2008

Address field, not forms.

While close, the Open Long Urls extension isn't what I want -- that opens a new (annoying modal) window and also strips whitespace instead of replacing it with %20s. I want something that can actually modify the URL bar to make it bigger.
posted by neustile at 8:41 AM on February 4, 2008

You might find the Poster add-on useful
posted by todd at 9:45 AM on February 4, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]

I believe TinyURL is the most widely used. There's a handy Firefox extension that is a breeze to use.
posted by kdern at 10:25 AM on February 4, 2008

todd, thanks for poster, which I didn't know about and will be useful for other stuff, but still not what I'm looking for.

kdern: thank you but you're misunderstanding the question. I'm looking for something that will let me edit very long URLs, not compress them.
posted by neustile at 10:30 AM on February 4, 2008

I'm assuming you know about the

editor.singleLine.pasteNewlines

setting in about:config

So you could copy a long url, paste to text editor, put on multiple lines, fix and copy back without having to make a single line again. I know it's not exactly what you're looking for, but it does help with this kind of thing.
posted by idb at 10:42 AM on February 4, 2008