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Enable Inline Completion in the Firefox Address Bar

When you start typing into the address bar in Firefox you normally see a popup menu with all the URLs that your browser knows about. But what if you get tired of hitting the down arrow key every time, and would rather have it complete inline as well?

Type about:config into the address bar, and then filter by the following text:

browser.urlbar.autoFill

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Double-click on the value for "browser.urlbar.autoFill" to set it to true. The change should be immediate, no need to reboot Firefox… just start typing a previous URL into the address bar.

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I'm still not sure if I prefer this or not, although it does seem to save time in some instances.

The Geek is the founder of How-To Geek and a geek enthusiast. When he's not coming up with great how-to articles, he's probably writing at his personal blog. This article was written on 10/21/07 and tagged with: Firefox, Firefox & Internet

Comments (11)

  1. Jared Schwager

    Great tip. I didn't known this feature had been added to Firefox. I know in previous version of Firefox, you had to download an extension to gain this feature.

  2. Arash

    That's cool. Really it's useful. Firefox is really great browser. I like it.
    Thank you geek 4 introducing this fantastic feature.
    Good luck.

  3. Zamber

    Looks like it's not working nice with Kubuntu ;/.

  4. What is Firefox?

    Zambur, it works fine for me in KDE on Ubuntu. Not that this isn't Kubuntu per se, but it should be the same. What theme are you running?

  5. peter

    Does anyone know how to DISABLE this on Safari? It's constantly mis-completing my URLs!

  6. DJ SpE

    Is there a way to manage which URLs show up in the autocomplete?

  7. MitchMan

    This did not work for me. Must be some conflict with an extension.

  8. Geek

    Good info. Thanks!

  9. Peter

    Excellent - something I've always missed from Safari.

  10. Tom

    Thanks. Now I can turn this wretched nonsense off. I like the suggestions, but I don't want them to be chosen unless I choose them actively.

  11. Ayu

    This Will Not Disable, Even After Restart Of Firefox, Pc, Logging In And Out, Anything, IT Works Initially, But It Won't Stick… Any Help Would Be Appreciated… It's Annoying, Haha


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