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Firefox address bar question

Discussion in 'Firefox, Thunderbird & SeaMonkey' started by Swedeman, 2009/12/18.

  1. 2009/12/18
    Swedeman

    Swedeman Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    I'm running firefox 3.0.16 and in the address bar where you type in the URL's, when I click the down arrow at the far right and a list of URL's comes up. How do I clear that? I've looked in all the taps in the option menu (I have all the boxes in the clear private data window checked, but I still have URL's in the drop down menu of the address bar). I hit the delete button and they delete, but when I look at the drop down arrow again they're all back again.
     
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    Go to 'Tools' > 'Options' > 'Privacy' > and change the 'Location Bar' setting to Nothing.

    Roger
     
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    It is ok if you want nothing in the dropdown. And the contents of a partly written post disappeared. Selecting Bookmarks cuts down to a more reasonable number of addresses. It seems to be a poor feature, but I can get everything back if I change to the previous settings. So, nothing has gone away, except to the eye (no return of the partly written message).
     
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    What is OK Westside? Your answer doesn't make sense.
    Swedeman just wanted the address bar cleared, who mentioned partly written posts?

    Roger
     
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    Swedeman

    Swedeman Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Roger, went to "Tools- privacy" but there isn't any mention of "location bar" there. Is that in the 3.5 version of Firefox?
     
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    Correct, it's only in versions 3.5.x.

    To disable the "smart locations" in earlier versions of Firefox do:

    In the address field of Firefox 3.0.x, type about:config, then press Enter.
    In the filter field, type browser.urlbar.
    Click on the line with browser.urlbar.matchBehavior, change the value to 0 (zero).
    Click on the line with browser.urlbar.maxRichResults, change the value to 0 (zero).
    Quit Firefox and open it again.

    If you want it to behave like Firefox 2.0 then do:

    In the address field of Firefox 3.0, type about:config, then press Enter.
    In the filter field, type browser.urlbar.
    Double click on the line with browser.urlbar.matchOnlytyped, the value will automatically change to true.
    Quit Firefox and open it again.
     
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    Sorry about that Swedeman, I tend to forget that not everybody updates FF as soon as possible.

    Roger
     
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    Swedeman

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    Thanks TonyT, that worked. Also thank you Roger, you meant well and wanted to help me, I appreciate the effort. I tried 3.5.x, but prefer 3.0.16 instead.
     
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    Westside

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    What I said applies to clearing the address bar. I mentioned partly written posts. It was an observation on my part, no more nor less.
    As for the ok part, I meant if you want to remove to remove everything from the dropdown.
    I was observing as I was testing, and, apparently, I did not know that I had to spell out every part of my reply..
     
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