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How can I get the address bar to just display URLs?

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encharion
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With the newest update to Firefox when I type something in the address bar I get more search suggestions than URL suggestions. I only want URL suggestions and want to turn the search off completely. I've tried turning off the "keyword:enable" on the back end of Firefox and it still does not work. Is there a way to go back to just seeing URL's in the address bar?

With the newest update to Firefox when I type something in the address bar I get more search suggestions than URL suggestions. I only want URL suggestions and want to turn the search off completely. I've tried turning off the "keyword:enable" on the back end of Firefox and it still does not work. Is there a way to go back to just seeing URL's in the address bar?

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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I've seen a similar thing in another user's screen shot, but I can't seem to trigger it on my own Firefox.

Are you seeing search suggestions for possibly matching words/phrases pulled in real time from your preferred search engine (like the drop-down on the search bar), or history entries reflecting terms you previously searched for?

Do you use any extensions that modify how the address bar works?

encharion
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Hey jscher2000,

I'm seeing things I've searched for in the past but not the URL. I've added an image so you can see what I mean.

For instance, if I want to use Google Translate it will offer the URL all the way down, but the first thing to come up is a Bing search suggestion for "translate".

I've changed nothing about Firefox. I woke up one morning and that's how it was.