It's just not the same list of sites that I previously got when I clicked the arrow. You can inspect and modify the Top Sites setting via "Options/Preferences -> Home". Example: Entering Download Firefox when you already have Firefox installed. Now it does not change back to the arrow on the address bar. How can I add more than five URLs to the address bar drop down list? As you type a web address or search term in the address bar, the URL autocomplete feature automatically finishes what youre typing based on matching websites in your bookmarks, history, or popular websites. Plus most people don't like change once they get used to something and like it. More info in this article: [[Hide or display content in New Tab]]. When you type into this field to enter a URL or search term, Firefox remembers the pages that you have visited and shows page suggestions in the address bar drop-down, such as sites you've bookmarked, tagged, visited before or have open in tabs. Open Firefox. If the selected URL is very long so that it extends past the end of the URL line, you might have to highlight the showing part of the URL and "Backspace" it and once that part is cleared highlight the next part and clear it and so on until the URL bar is completely clear. Either way, if you want to change the default list from Top Sites to Show History, please see "(B)" in my previous reply. You need to expand this drop-down list and choose the . When you are using a search shortcut, the keyword suggestions come from the chosen search engine. 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. toniwalker10 is right, what is the motivation for reducing usability? Please ask a new question if you need help. Thanks for the tips. Removing the triangle button surely could not be considered by any sane IT person as a good and/or progressive move and I am sure that if it is not rectified very soon (preferably within the next 48hrs), me along with many other long time Firefox users will start looking for a more logical browser. Now type browser.urlbar.maxRichResults in the Filter box. How to Enable or Disable Microsoft Edge Address Bar Drop-down Suggestions in Windows 10 Microsoft Edge is a new web browser that is available across the Windows 10 device family. Step 3 The {Delete Browsing History" window pops up. This thread was archived. I tried changing the options and unchecking "top sites," but that only brings up sites I've already visited today. Hi casale, you might not have noticed this last suggestion here: How do I disable the "Visit website" addition to the address bar? This article describes the steps to pin, unpin, etc. 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). You'll need to type the url or copy and paste. What i did is point my mouse on anything on the list in drop down, and press delete. Hi toniwalker10, the preference mentioned earlier in this thread is for Firefox 75-76. Open firefox and type about:config in the addressbar and press Enter. Selecting these results will switch you to the already open tab instead of creating a duplicate. 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. * press the space bar (type a space) For example if (say) ''''' hotmail.com ''''' was showing it would take one highlight and Backspace operation but if (say) '''''.9news.com.au/national/four-children-killed-in-townsville-road-crash-one-injured-queensland-news/59bb839f-e0e9-437b-8c2b-6bdcf03dbe04 ''''' was in the URL bar it would take a number of highlight/Backspace operations to get to an empty URL bar. Was it really necessary to remove the button? How do I get it back? Scroll to the bottom and click. When done, click OK. Address box> Retain 25 recent site address entered~ How to Set? Click "data validation" drop-down from the Data tab of Excel. Seemingly minor changes like this are annoying. This is still true in Firefox 77 so that is another option. * type ^ to initiate a history search, See also: It's a different sequence and takes an extra action, so it's double the effort to get the same behavior. Meanwhile, if you click in the address bar and type a space (press the spacebar), Firefox will show the classic frequently visited URLs list. Finally -- a new solution that actually works! When you type into this field to enter a URL or search term, Firefox remembers the pages that you have visited and shows page suggestions in the address bar drop-down, such as sites you've bookmarked, tagged, visited before or have open in tabs. typing a caret does solve the problem but compared to having the down arrow it's an extra step to reach the same goal. 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. To change your default search engine, see Change your default search settings in Firefox. 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. In about:config, browser.urlbar.openViewOnFocus is set to True, but there is no browser.urlbar.update1. More info in this article: Customize items on your Firefox New Tab page, 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. Visit Mozilla Corporations not-for-profit parent, the Mozilla Foundation. Portions of this content are 19982023 by individual mozilla.org contributors. That arrow was probably the main reason why I was still using Firefox over other browsers. However if you are emailing from Gmail or Yahoo, or if Thunderbird is linked to a corporate email system like an Exchange server, those can add drop down suggestions from all previous saved email or from the entire corporate address book. Click that to get the Menu. You can pin multiple sites. Get support from our contributors or staff members. : Customize items on your Firefox New Tab page. "(B) "Show History" list previously accessed with the wide "v"-like button" It seems random. 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. Earlier in the thread I noted that if you turn off the Top Sites section of the new tab page, then the automatic list switches to the frequent URLs list. ''Or you can type a space. 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. Just enter your search term after the search shortcut to perform your search (example: @amazon adventure books). It is designed for Windows 10 to be faster, safer, and compatible with the modern Web. Get support from our contributors or staff members. 1. Having this functionality removed is a serious PITA for my everyday browser workflow. (B) Use the spacebar trick discussed earlier. You can narrow your results down to bookmarks only by making your search string mozilla* or *mozilla. To do so, head to the Preferences option on the Firefox menu (three bars, top right), then choose Restore previous session under Startup on the General tab. Strange that it cuts it off the top 2 instead of the bottom 2. I did now change the options for my "top sites" to be 2 rows instead of 1 row; that added more sites to my new tab page, but they still don't show up when I click the address bar. To disable the drop-down from opening automatically when the cursor enters the address bar: If you keep browser.urlbar.openViewOnFocus set to true, when you click in an empty address bar, the default list will open automatically. When you start typing in the address bar, Firefox suggests relevant popular searches as provided by search engines like Google, Bing, etc. Now it does not change back to the arrow on the address bar. Thank you. 2) Place your cursor over the URL you wish to manually delete. That helped some; I was able to pin a specific site to the home page. Is removal of this button an already-made design choice for Firefox that will stay with us for the next versions? If I go into about:config, browser.urlbar.openViewOnFocus and browser.urlbar.update1 are both set to False. For example, if you type "suppo", Firefox may fill in "rt.mozilla.org/" to complete the address "support.mozilla.org" if you've visited that site before. Click the three solid lines in the top right corner of the browser window, under the window's X button. 2. Access your top sites from the address bar, Change your default search settings in Firefox, Address bar autocomplete suggestions in Firefox, if you want to see only search suggestions. I wrote an extension for a button similar to the old one, in case anyone wants to test it: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/show-history-top-sites-button/, (The reason I didn't put the button inside the address bar with the "Page Actions" icons is that section is not displayed when the bar is empty and your cursor is inside it, for example, on a new tab.). Meanwhile, if you click in the address bar and type a space (press the spacebar), Firefox will show the classic frequently visited URLs list. Hi, If your problem is deleting the website history. Ill try it for a while & see. Strange that it cuts it off the top 2 instead of the bottom 2. when I click the url bar, the dropdown with mostly visited sites appears, which is really what I've been looking for. You should be able to click and get the entire thing highlighted and with no need to backspace. On the 2 previously modified profiles the arrow is gone along with the drop down list. * Top Sites disabled: the automatic list is the classic "Show History" frequently visited URLs list. But the list is too short & does not display all 10 items like it used to. How do they become a Top Site if not frequently visited? jscher2000, 2) Place your cursor over the URL you wish to manually delete. How can I go back to the way it was before the Firefox update screwed everything up? ''

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