If Firefox is "moving away" from this kind of thing, they need to reverse course, in my opinion. If you can think of any way to bring back the triangle feature or remove the latest upgrade so that all of the features that were in the previous versions can be restored (and simply so that users like me can easily understand the process!!!) Customize items on your Firefox New Tab page. Click the button accepting the risk.
I thank you for that information and I will give it a try, but it is definitely not as convenient as the way it used to be up until today. Put me down for hating this change to the way the address bar functions now. So this is an improvement how???
This does not change in currently open windows, but you'll notice the change in new windows (Ctrl+n) and of course in future sessions.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/address-bar-autocomplete-firefox, Customize your New Tab page to hide or display content, Curate the Top Sites list on the Firefox Home / new tab page by removing unwanted items, and Firefox should fill it from your history -- you also can add/pin pages you want in specific positions in the top 8. For the drop-down, there's currently no way to increase beyond eight Top Sites.
Portions of this content are 19982023 by individual mozilla.org contributors. It seems to me that the "top sites" are looking at a different time frame of history that what was used for the old drop-down menu. :). Now with the latest update the drop down has gone. You can initiate a history search by typing a caret '^' in the location bar. As an alternative, I created an extension that adds a button to the main toolbar (it can't integrate into the old location). @jscher2000
On 2 profiles I changed something in about:config and got the arrow back. Changing How Your Files and Folders are Displayed * Top Sites disabled: the automatic list is the classic "Show History" frequently visited URLs list. typing a caret does solve the problem but compared to having the down arrow it's an extra step to reach the same goal. If the url isn't highlighted when you click in the address bar, try double-clicking or triple-clicking. In addition to performing general web searches using your default search engine, you can also easily search specific websites directly from the Visit Mozilla Corporations not-for-profit parent, the Mozilla Foundation. To learn more, see Remove websites from the address bar suggestions. A blue star icon will indicate that a matching result is a bookmark; the text Switch to Tab will indicate an open tab. I am not aware of a purely mouse-able way to have both of those things. When you start typing a search term in the address bar, you'll see icons to search instead with: other search engines, Bookmarks, Tabs, or History. Get support from our contributors or staff members. Or you can type ^ which triggers a history search. : Customize items on your Firefox New Tab page. In Firefox 83+ you can click the History search button on the bottom of the address bar drop-down to show your frequently visited URLs. Linux (Arch); FF 66.0.2 It seems random.
New features are nice, but if it ain't broke, don't fix it! There is no way to increase the number from 8 at the moment. Having this functionality removed is a serious PITA for my everyday browser workflow. If your search term autocompletes to a web address that you don't want to visit, press Del, Backspacedelete or Space before pressing EnterReturn. Opera's method of deleting URLs is very similar to Internet Explorer's. Highlight the URL in the address bar and look for an 'x' to the far right. To make this change, go to the Options page, click Home in the left column, then uncheck the Top Sites box: "hi, firefox 75 introduced a change where a dropdown with lists of your top site will now appear when you just click somewhere into the address bar (so the need for a dedicated button for this is no longer present).". Open the Firefox browser. To learn more, see Change your default search settings in Firefox. How do I get it back?Address bar autocomplete suggestions in Firefox, Remove websites from the address bar suggestions, Control whether Firefox automatically fills in forms. I will have to type in url's that I cannot remember without going to history. (Edit: Updated first screenshot). You can also get to the extensions menu by pasted this into the address bar: edge://extensions/ . I don't like this change, either. Firefox is moving away from having a separate button for this. https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/show-history-top-sites-button/ this last post is the one that fixed it for me thanks for coming back and responding about it. You can customize the Top Sites section of the Firefox Home / new tab page by pinning your own pages, dismissing those you don't want, etc. Was either of those what you were looking for? Get support from our contributors or staff members. Click "OK" when done. If you want to disable Top Sites, that setting is on the Options/Preferences page. But why arent they exact? Firefox comes with a number of available search engines by default. Not sure if Id miss the Top Sites section, Im just used to looking at it. Open Firefox. There must some new, updated instructions on how to delete unwanted web addresses from the drop-down list. When the user focuses the browser's address bar and starts typing, the browser displays a drop-down list containing suggested pages based on what they typed. That helped some; I was able to pin a specific site to the home page. On the old drop-down menu, it took a very long time for a site to drop off the list once I stopped visiting it very often. Did people actually ask for this change? Translation for: 'nom d'un projet / projet' in French->English dictionary. Selecting these results will switch you to the already open tab instead of creating a duplicate. If you enable or don't configure this setting, employees can see the Address bar drop-down functionality in Microsoft Edge. (A) Matches as you type from history, bookmarks, and open tabs. (B) "Show History" list previously accessed with the wide "v"-like button. ''Even if I don't have the url highlighted, when I click on one of the items in the drop-down menu, it still goes to the new site. To turn off the address bar autocomplete feature or restrict it to exclude certain results: Change preferences for search engine suggestions: Click this link to open to the Search settings panel, where you can change your settings for search engine suggestions, including suggestions from your Search history. Sometimes dynamically generated search engine suggestions crowd out history. (3) Double-click the '''browser.urlbar.openViewOnFocus''' preference to switch the value from true to false [[Customize the New Tab page]] or if you want to see search suggestions although the setting "Show search suggestions in address bar results" is disabled (but the setting "Provide search suggestions" has to be enabled).
toniwalker10 [[#answer-1311471|said]]
'' The list I used to get when I clicked the arrow is a different list than what shows when I click directly in the address bar. (3) Double-click the '''browser.urlbar.update1''' preference to switch the value from true to false Hi, If your problem is deleting the website history. Here are some examples of search suggestions. Thank You! Seriously, WTF? You will notice that Firefox changes the list of suggestions from "top sites" to "most visited". You should be able to click and get the entire thing highlighted and with no need to backspace. That was one of the features that brought me back to firefox from chrome. @jscher2000 When you start typing a task, Firefox will suggest a solution so you can fix the problem and get back to the things that are important to you. You can inspect and modify the Top Sites setting via "Options/Preferences -> Home". The Firefox address bar displays the URL (web address) for the page that you are visiting. It seems to me that the "top sites" are looking at a different time frame of history that what was used for the old drop-down menu. Changing Location Bar autocomplete behaviorThen, press the "Delete" key. When I updated to FF 75 the down arrow in the address bar disappeared. This is still true in Firefox 77 so that is another option. - - - - AWKjrh32r1 This is exactly the first thing I noticed when the update appeared on my system. I thank you for that information and I will give it a try, but it is definitely not as convenient as the way it used to be up until today. Translation for: '' in Arabic->English dictionary. Seemingly minor changes like this are annoying. Now I have to visit the page to check.). '''*** UPDATED FOR FIREFOX 78 ***''' toniwalker10 is right, what is the motivation for reducing usability? If it ain't broke, don't fix it! Then suddenly one day when I opened Firefox Youtube was no longer listed in the dropdown menu and the other options had been moved around. If you clicked on this triangle it brought up a drop down list of your most visited sites which in my case are/were (hotmail, Google, ebay, my business URL, local weather bureau, MSN news, etc), then all that you had to do was to mouse click the site you wanted to visit and it appeared in the URL bar and you were straight to it, then once in that site if you wanted to visit another frequently visited site you repeated the process again by clicking on the triangle and then from the drop down list mouse click the new site. If Firefox is "moving away" from this kind of thing, they need to reverse course, in my opinion. If you do that, Firefox will switch to dropping down the "Show History" list. (B) Use the spacebar trick discussed earlier. When you type @ into the address bar, a list of all search engine shortcuts that begin with @ is shown. You'll need to type the url or copy and paste. How can I control what results the address bar shows me? On the 2 previously modified profiles the arrow is gone along with the drop down list. (B) '''"Show History" list''' previously accessed with the wide "v"-like button You can inspect and modify the Top Sites setting via "Options/Preferences -> Home". In the address bar, use the up and down arrow keys on your keyboard to highlight the entry. Select "Bing" from the search engine list, and then click the "Remove" button. (Arrow Down), Remove websites from the address bar suggestions, Address bar autocomplete suggestions in Firefox, Block websites from storing cookies and site data in Firefox. Portions of this content are 19982023 by individual mozilla.org contributors. Please report suspicious activity using the Report Abuse option. In the address bar of Firefox type about:config, and click/tap on the I'll be careful, I promise button. Modified June 5, 2020 at 3:46:30 PM PST by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer, Modified June 5, 2020 at 3:46:58 PM PST by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer. Expanded.How do they become a Top Site if not frequently visited? You can initiate a history search by typing a caret '^' in the location bar. Please ask a new question if you need help. I find it strange that the profiles that were previously modified to display the drop down no longer do. You need to expand this drop-down list and choose the . If you can think of any way to bring back the triangle feature or remove the latest upgrade so that all of the features that were in the previous versions can be restored (and simply so that users like me can easily understand the process !!!) Mail App: Removing drop down email address suggestions in Browsers and Email I want it back. When you type an address or search query into the address bar in Google Chrome, the drop-down list of history and search suggestions that appears is slightly transparent. Hi ajpeavler, the "frequent sites" list should not be limited to recent sites unless a bunch of old history got cleared. One of the things that it used to have before it had been updated was a simple arrow-down button that, when clicked, showed the most visited sites. Hi casale, you might not have noticed this last suggestion here: If you don't curate your Top Sites list on the Firefox Home / New Tab page in a way that makes it useful on a regular basis, you can turn off that list to prevent Firefox from using it in the address bar drop-down. This is probably not the final implementation, but I haven't been reading the details of the full plan. To disable the drop-down from opening automatically when the cursor enters the address bar: Finally -- a new solution that actually works! Youtube was my first listed site when I clicked the arrow at the end of the address bar. Well, nothing in particular. By default, when you type search terms in the address bar, the list under it shows search suggestions from the default search engine, and pages (bookmarks, history, open tabs) where every search term is part of the title, part of a tag or part of the web address (URL). Was there some performance or functional reason for taking away the little arrow in the address bar for most visited sites??? This article describes the steps to pin, unpin, etc. Do not clear the browsing history usually the richest source of autocomplete entries is from the title/web address combination. How to show the classic list of frequently visited URLs. Firefox devs absolutely must return the option to at least toggle this behaviour on or off. (If you have changed the new tab setting to a specific site, you'll need to temporarily change it back to the "Firefox Home Default" in your Options under the "Home" section.) Bookmark and tag frequently used pages. Thanks. Hi toniwalker10, the preference mentioned earlier in this thread is for Firefox 75-76. I find it strange that the profiles that were previously modified to display the drop down no longer do. This article describes how to clear single items or all items from the address bar history. It was easy, convenient, made sense, and only needed the mouse. Modified July 9, 2020 at 7:43:09 AM PDT by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer casale Question owner Either way, if you want to change the default list from Top Sites to Show History, please see "(B)" in my previous reply. I don't know whether you would consider an add-on but I posted one that shows a list that should be more similar to the old list of frequently visited sites. For instance every time i want to go to my Hotmail account, I have to type in the URL in the address bar where as I used to be able to hit the drop down arrow in the address bar, a menu would drop down and i could click on Hotmail or Bank of America, etc and be taken to the site. I really do not understand why they would have removed a facility that was so effective and so easy to use, actually I do not understand why program developers have to continually change excellently working programs unless it is simply to keep themselves in a job at the expense of the end users -- as I stated previously "if it aint broke don't fix it", or should that be --- "if it aint broke don't break it"!!!!! To make this change, go to the Options page, click Home in the left column, then uncheck the Top Sites box: <center> </center> Is that a workable option for you? (3) Double-click the browser.urlbar.openViewOnFocus preference to switch the value from true to false. Translation for: '(Anthropology) member of the family Hominidae (family of man), member of a primate family including humans, of hominids' in English->English dictionary. This does not change in currently open windows, but you'll notice the change in new windows (Ctrl+n) and of course in future sessions. What are the benefits of it? It is designed for Windows 10 to be faster, safer, and compatible with the modern Web. Years ago, I used the Yahoo Toolbar until it was no longer supported. Highlight an entry in the drop down list Press the Delete key (on Mac: Shift+Delete) to remove it. Not sure if Id miss the Top Sites section, Im just used to looking at it. I visit a particular site about twice a day, and it rarely shows up on this drop down list. ~pmt~. You can also begin your search with a ? In the Data Validation dialog window, select List from the Allow drop-down menu. If you don't curate your Top Sites list on the Firefox Home / New Tab page in a way that makes it useful on a regular basis, you can turn off that list to prevent Firefox from using it in the address bar drop-down. This thread was archived. Reach your favorite features. this last post is the one that fixed it for me thanks for coming back and responding about it. To try and explain in the words of a non IT person (simply a long time Firefox user). Is that a workable option for you?
Firefox 3.6 Address Bar Sorting in Drop-Down [ 16 Answers ] Regarding the drop down list of address bar history, I thought that Firefox sorts this list by most often visited sites. Switching '''browser.urlbar.update1''' (as well as every other key under "update1") to false had no effect on the issue iself (it only reverted the bar appearance to the pre-update but no dropdown arrow). Please ask a new question if you need help. You can also update Firefox or fix performance issues right from the search results. Seriously, WTF?That helped some; I was able to pin a specific site to the home page. Anybody??? I don't understand why they changed it. If you keep the Top Sites on the new tab page, you can drop the classic "Show History" list of frequently visited URLs by typing a space in the address bar. (3) Double-click the preference to switch the value from true to false. When you see the page you want, just click on it or use the up and down arrows on your keyboard to highlight it and then press EnterReturn. Once you add the new Top Site, it is pinned to the page. Now even if the arrow is missing, the dropdown works fine for me. You can follow these simple steps to remove unwanted items from Windows Explorer addressbar history: 1. Share this article: https://mzl.la/3vWKZoB. To do this, open Edge > go to the menu in the top-right > select Extensions > turn off each extension > close Edge > Restart. Then, you control the list using the Top Sites setting on the Options/Preferences page (see Customize your New Tab page to hide or display content): Visit Mozilla Corporations not-for-profit parent, the Mozilla Foundation. If you want to remove an entry from the autocomplete list: If you want to remove all the history results from the autocomplete list, clear Firefox's browsing history. Smart keywords do not make keyword suggestions. Since the upgrade today this triangle is missing and the only way to get to the drop down menu is to highlight what ever URL is in the URL bar and use the "Backspace" key to clear the URL bar, then place the mouse in the now empty URL bar and the menu box appears and then you have to mouse click the one you want. Share this article: https://mzl.la/3p7EYBw. firefox userchrome css location. This feature is currently only available in English. Weren't we also able to scroll down and see more sites when we had the drop-down? Press. The big change is a redesign of the address bar, which comes with some tweaks to how searches work . (If a site you want to pin is already listed on the page, just drag it to the top row and it will be automatically pinned.) My browser experience is completely broke without it. I tried changing the options and unchecking "top sites," but that only brings up sites I've already visited today. These fine people helped write this article: Grow and share your expertise with others. Its a guessing game where Im going when I click on one. If you have been ignoring this section, it's probably confusing to see this list. Get support from our contributors or staff members. If you would like to delete bookmarks fallow the instructions [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Deleting%20Bookmarks?s=how+to+delete+firefox+history&r=6&e=es&as=s Delete Bookmarks]. How do I get it back? Now it's gone. 2. There is a preference for that: (1) In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter/Return. I'm not sure what happens further with that issue (and the bug that @cor-el posted a link to), but at least I'm grateful to have the arrow back. ''ajpeavler [[#answer-1312991|said]]
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