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Turn on address autocomplete in Firefox - Today's Browser Tip
Here's yet another Firefox feature that's buried in about:config but which you won't be able to live without once you enable it: Address autocomplete. While by default Firefox will show you previously-visited sites that start with whatever you've entered in the address bar, when you enable this setting it will fill it right in where you're typing, so when the address you're looking for floats to the top you can just press enter.
In order to enable autocomplete in the address bar, first enter about:config in the address bar. Then right-click anywhere on the list and select New > Boolean and create a preference called browser.urlbar.autoFill. Finally, double-click on the item you've just created to set it to true. That's it!
Via Dougal Campbell.
Comments
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Subscribe to commentswesAug 26th 2005 4:43PM
Very cool, thanks for the tip
J.T. MillAug 26th 2005 4:57PM
Why does Mozilla keep so many features hidden in firefox? You think they'd put them all in the options menu. That actually give me a good idea, someone should make a options menu extention that turns all these cool features on.
TimmahAug 26th 2005 5:04PM
Saves me one click (sometimes more), good tip!
Gardiner WestboundAug 26th 2005 6:47PM
Terrific tip. I agree with No. 2 (above). Why does Mozilla keep these gems a secret????????
Dave M.Aug 26th 2005 7:44PM
It's really quite simple. They want to keep Firefox as easy to use as possible. They want as many IE users to switch and not feel like they need to read a 500 reference manual.
I have a question for the Firefox guru's out there. Is there a way to turn off that annoying scroll feature that appears when a user presses the center button (wheel button)? I can't even count the number of times I have accidently activated that when trying to center click on a link.
Thanks for all the browser tips!
ThomasAug 26th 2005 7:59PM
Keep the Firefox tips coming. You're doing great!
HiteshAug 26th 2005 8:33PM
Actually its turned on my deafult and it is in the options menu.
Under Privacy:
Saved form information: affects the search box
History: affects the location bar
Dave CaoloAug 27th 2005 2:22PM
I've been wanting for Firefox to do this for ages! Thanks so much.
Dave M.Aug 28th 2005 3:44PM
Nevermind, I found the "about:config" option that disables the "autoscroll".
General.autoScroll
Setting it to false disables the feature.