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drop down arrow restored in address bar

BOBSCHRO
BOBSCHRO
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How do I restore the drop down arrow in the address bar? I have tried the solutions suggested here with no success: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1284173 including: 3. Search for the following preferences and set them all to FALSE 

          1. browser.urlbar.openViewOnFocus
          2. browser.urlbar.update1
          3. browser.urlbar.update1.interventions
          4. browser.urlbar.update1.searchTips
          5. browser.urlbar.update1.view.stripHttps
How do I restore the drop down arrow in the address bar? I have tried the solutions suggested here with no success: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1284173 including: 3. Search for the following preferences and set them all to FALSE 1. browser.urlbar.openViewOnFocus 2. browser.urlbar.update1 3. browser.urlbar.update1.interventions 4. browser.urlbar.update1.searchTips 5. browser.urlbar.update1.view.stripHttps

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McCoy
McCoy
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Please ignore   foxhelp1's   post   -   it's a scam !

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
  • Top 25 Contributor
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Hi BOBSCHRO, there isn't any built-in way to restore the old "Show History" button in the address bar.

If you set browser.urlbar.openViewOnFocus to false, then you can drop down the list using one of these methods:

  • Type the ^ character (starts a history search) or press spacebar
  • If the bar is empty, press the down arrow key
  • If there is a URL in the bar, delete it

If you really, really want a button, I created an add-on with a toolbar button, but it opens its own drop-down. You can find more info here:

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/show-history-top-sites-button/