I've found the trick to use the Chrome Address Bar normally:
Just type in the URL,then while your cursor is still sitting at the end of the address,press "Enter".
It works every time.
Everybody will say "Why would you move the cursor away, in the first place?"
Well,I guess it is a reflex action,as I was looking for the arrow that other browsers have,not finding it,& then trying something else.
It's still clunky as hell to "mouse click" oriented (brainwashed) people like me,but it is one answer--maybe there are others!