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
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.
I’m still not sure if I prefer this or not, although it does seem to save time in some instances.
Daily Email Updates
You can get our how-to articles in your inbox each day for free. Just enter your name and email below:
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.
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.
Looks like it’s not working nice with Kubuntu ;/.
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?
Does anyone know how to DISABLE this on Safari? It’s constantly mis-completing my URLs!
Is there a way to manage which URLs show up in the autocomplete?
This did not work for me. Must be some conflict with an extension.
Good info. Thanks!
Excellent – something I’ve always missed from Safari.
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.
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
oh thank you. i’ve been spoiled by Safari’s doing this for years and Firefox’s apparent inability to do it been the single biggest reason my every attempt to adopt Firefox has ended in my going back to Safari. maybe now i’ll be able to pick a web browser and stick with it for a while.
now my question is: which about:config pref turns on Safari-like smart cut-and-paste? i’m sick of having to fix every cut and paste – adding and deleting erroneous spaces and punctuation marks and so on – after i do it. surely no one can speak in defense of *that*…
Like MitchMan, it didn’t work for me. And my copy of FF3 has no extensions. Arg!
setting maxRichResults to 0 still results in 1 result
awsome works great now firefox is definitely the best browser
AWESOME! firefox is now my permanent browser on mac (:
How could you not prefer this? You are the man for illuminating me. I only discovered how much I liked this feature when I switched to Safari briefly.