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Have URL show as default in toolbar

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When I start Firefox, the address bar is blank. How can I revert back to having the URL show by default for all pages in the address bar?

Regards, Chuck Billow

When I start Firefox, the address bar is blank. How can I revert back to having the URL show by default for all pages in the address bar? Regards, Chuck Billow

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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).


You may have to close and restore the tab (History > Recently Closed Tabs; Ctrl+Shift+T).

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I tried reverting to the default theme etc. in the attached, the "mozilla.org" is all that shows I the address bar -- until I click it, and then the actual URL shows.

Is this adjustable somewhere that I am, just not seeing?

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Your screenshot shows the full URL in the location bar for me.

You can set the pref browser.urlbar.formatting.enabled to false on the about:config page to disable the highlighting of the domain and see the full URL more clearly.

You can set the pref browser.urlbar.trimURLs to false on the about:config page to see the http: protocol.


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I had clicked the button to show the URL my mistake before the clip. Sorry...

Your solution did the trick.

Thanks, Chuck

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You're welcome