HOWTO: Disable "Smarter" Address Bar in Firefox 3

[RATM_Owns]

The "smarter" address bar might be help for some people.
But for me, I really hate it.

The first step, in the address bar, enter in
about:config

It should give you some warning. Just disregard it.

In the search bar, enter:
browser.urlbar

Change the browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped boolean to True.
(Double click it)

Next, change the browser.urlbar.maxRichResults integer to 0.
(Double click and enter in 0 instead of current number)

Finally, restart the browser. No more "smarter" address bar!

[binarymutant]

I tried the instructions but to no avail. When I changed the variable browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped it was still giving me weird matches. And when I changed browser.urlbar.maxRichResults to 0 it gave no results :( . Is there a way to get it back to the way firefox 2 did the address bar? Where if I was typing say lugradio it would show all the pages I've visted that start with the letter l.

[PinkFloyd102489]

It worked for me but doesnt show anything anymore. Doesnt bother me that much, I only visit like 2 or 3 websites outside of my bookmarks toolbar.


Thanks for fixing that damn bar! Sped my Firefox up like you wouldnt believe. :-)

[RATM_Owns]

I tried the instructions but to no avail. When I changed the variable browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped it was still giving me weird matches. And when I changed browser.urlbar.maxRichResults to 0 it gave no results :( . Is there a way to get it back to the way firefox 2 did the address bar? Where if I was typing say lugradio it would show all the pages I've visted that start with the letter l.

Did you restart the browser?

[binarymutant]

yeah a few times now :(
Still getting weird suggestions instead of alphabetical order

[DirtDawg]

Actually, I love the new address bar. But I navigate with it instead of bookmarks so it annoyed me that I could only see 12 at a time. But fixing the browser.urlbar.maxRichResults to a higher number solved my annoyance! Thanks :)

[gywst]

From: http://webware.com
There are, in fact, several ways to disable this feature entirely. One way is to follow the instructions on this page (http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.urlbar.maxRichResults), which involves a small tweak to your about:config file. Doing so will disable the drop-down of links completely, but not your auto fill. There's also an add-on extension (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6227) that mimics the behavior of the address bar found in Firefox 2 with slightly smaller favicons, link text, and sorting.

Instructions
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.urlbar.maxRichResults

add-on extension
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6227

[jb21206]

I stumbled onto Ubuntu through a search while trying to disable smarter address bar in firefox. I read the solution by RATM_Owns (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=552216) and bingo, no more issues. The instruction was exact and my computer is still running. Now I am a registered member here and I will recommend Ubuntu.com to anyone that needs help.
Thank you RATM :D