http://ask.metafilter.com/98139/Where-did-my-typed-in-URL-history-go/ Comments on Ask MetaFilter post Where did my typed in URL history go? Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:07:28 -0800 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:07:28 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/98139/Where-did-my-typed-in-URL-history-go Firefox 3.0 address bar drop down displays "Recently Bookmarked" list. How do I make it show URLs that I have typed in, as it used to with Firefox 2.0? post:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.98139 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:03:06 -0800 lee firefox addressbar list http://ask.metafilter.com/98139/Where-did-my-typed-in-URL-history-go#1429298 It should show a combination of recently typed and recently bookmarked.. like a smartbar. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.98139-1429298 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:07:28 -0800 judge.mentok.the.mindtaker http://ask.metafilter.com/98139/Where-did-my-typed-in-URL-history-go#1429300 Go to your address bar and type "about:config". Click OK on the warning. Enter "browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped" into the filter field. If you already have this value, right click on it and select "toggle" to set it to true. If you don't, right click anywhere in the lower pane and create a new boolean string of that name and set it to true. Both methods should return you to only typed addresses, rather than including bookmarks or links you have clicked. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.98139-1429300 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:08:42 -0800 Inspector.Gadget http://ask.metafilter.com/98139/Where-did-my-typed-in-URL-history-go#1429317 Yeah, one of the new features of FF3 is that the address bar includes everything in your history. It's been a little annoying to me at first, but it seems to settle down into FF2 style behavior with use. One thing you might also miss from FF2 is the inline completion in the address bar. Fix that by setting browser.urlbar.autoFill to true in about:config. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.98139-1429317 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:34:20 -0800 rhizome http://ask.metafilter.com/98139/Where-did-my-typed-in-URL-history-go#1429321 I changed the "browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped" to true, didn't work. I still have only a list of bookmarks. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.98139-1429321 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:38:26 -0800 lee http://ask.metafilter.com/98139/Where-did-my-typed-in-URL-history-go#1429323 I restarted it and now it is working, thanks Inspector Gadget. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.98139-1429323 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:41:44 -0800 lee