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Remove auto url complete

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How I I turn off this new feature in firefox 14? It trys to autocomplete a url, and i hate it.

Also, how can I get back the old back foward and home buttons?

How I I turn off this new feature in firefox 14? It trys to autocomplete a url, and i hate it. Also, how can I get back the old back foward and home buttons?

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  1. In the Location bar, type about:config and press Enter. The about:config "This might void your warranty!" warning page may appear.
  2. Click I'll be careful, I promise!, to continue to the about:config page.

change browser.urlbar.autocomplete.enabled to false 2 right click menu and select customize

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Actually what you want to do is follow the same procedure but set

browser.urlbar.autoFill to false

That stops the url bar filling bit keeps the dropdown menu.

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See also "Prevent Firefox from automatically completing URLs":

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Actually, I can't use about.config because the auto complete adds "www," making it "www.about.config" !!

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It is about:config with a colon (':') (it is a protocol like http) and not a dot ('.')