Comment 27 for bug 508632

The problem with Ctrl+L is, that almost nobody knows it. I found it here. And I am almost angry, that some developers who think they know better remove such a every-day use feature. Sometimes i like to paste a url, and when i know where i want to go, your much faster in text mode than with searching the folder. And no, Ctrl+L is not an option, it's a shortcut for powerusers.

BTW you can leave the mode with Esc.