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add more items to history pulldown

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vandwedge1
vandwedge1
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When I click the history pulldown menu, it displays the most recent 15 pages.

Is there a way I can change this number to like 50? I know it was an option in an older version of Firefox.

When I click the history pulldown menu, it displays the most recent 15 pages. Is there a way I can change this number to like 50? I know it was an option in an older version of Firefox.

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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Type about:config in the Location Bar and hit Enter.

Type browser.urlbar.maxRichResults in the Search bar at the top.

Then right-click that pref and select Modify. Enter the number you want and hit OK. The restart Firefox to set that pref.

vandwedge1
vandwedge1 Mai mallakar tambaya
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I don't mean the URL bar's number of items. I'm talking about when you click the word "history" (or alt-s).

GAUTAM24
GAUTAM24
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When you go to history section you get a history option in bottom of that you get a link "show all history" click on that you get a popup which shows the full browsing history.

vandwedge1
vandwedge1 Mai mallakar tambaya
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That's true, but I'm asking if there's a way to change the number of results in the pulldown menu. There used to be in older versions -- did they remove it?

cor-el
cor-el
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That is not possible. That value of 15 is hard coded and can not be changed. AFAIK then this has always been this way (it has been 10 in Firefox 3 versions). You can open the history in the sidebar to see more history items.

  • You can toggle the Bookmarks sidebar on/off via "View > Sidebar > Bookmarks" or "Ctrl+B" (Command+B on Mac)
  • You can toggle the History sidebar on/off via "View > Sidebar > History" or "Ctrl+H" (Command+H on Mac)

Current Firefox releases have a "Show > Sidebars" button in the Customize palette.

  • "3-bar" Firefox menu button > Customize
  • View > Toolbars > Customize

There is a "View Bookmarks Sidebar" item in the "Show your bookmarks" drop-down list and a "View History Sidebar" in the "Show your history" drop-down list.