How can I make linux firefox let me click in the url address bar and have the whole url highlighted so that I can delete it with one press of the delete button, in preparation for typing in a new url?

It's clear no human has read my question yet, but some computer somewhere has asked for more details.
I don't know what kind of details could make my question clearer - I thought it was verbose to begin with.

The question is clear. <br/>
Type <b>about:config</b> and change (double click) either or both of
<pre>browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll
browser.urlbar.doubleClickSelectsAll</pre><br/>
But as a user of Firefox on Linux I wouldn't want it to do that. If I already have a URL in there I often want to modify it and that's easy as it is. If I want to type a completely new URL I can double-click it to select the whole thing then just start typing - no need to hit delete. <br/>

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