Want location bar to remember only addresses typed

I am using the latest version of Firefox, and I want to be able to configure Firefox's location bar to only drop down addresses that I type in. I had been delaying upgrading Firefox on my laptop because I had this issue with my PC. Unfortunately, the software upgrade window popped up while I was typing, so thanks to bad luck I am upgraded with this problem. Thanks for any help.

You can set the pref browser.urlbar.default.behavior to 33 (visited+typed) or 49 (match url+visited+typed) on the about:config page.
See:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Location_Bar_search
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.urlbar.default.behavior
See also http://kb.mozillazine.org/about%3Aconfig

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When I am NOT private browsing Firefox will not allow me to delete or change the website address in the location bar. My only remedy is to open a new window and search in google then click the link to that site through google. How can I resolve this?

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When I am NOT private browsing Firefox will not allow me to delete or change the website address in the location bar. My only remedy is to open a new window and search in google then click the link to that site through google. When I swap to private browsing firefox allows me to anter the website address directly into the location bar - but this is a slow [prcess to swap back and forth - also by dint of using private browsing I loose my website information.

Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
*Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

My location bar autocompletes, replacing the already-typed text with the first few letters of the "switch to tab" URL; is there any way to change this?

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This is really annoying... since if I continue typing the word "mouse" it replaces it with "htuse". Which is useless to me, trying to search for mice.
Any way to fix this?

There is a way that you can do this, but it does mean abandoning CNAME forwarding that you have already set up and just using ordinary masked web forwarding. In this way you can go to the web forwarding section at your domain name registrar and forward your domain name to web.me.com/username/sitename. This will re-direct your site in the way that you want, but because it is masked web forwarding, just your domain name will show as the url for every single page, so you cannot bookmark single pages of a site, just the whole site.
If you use an iWeb blog and you mess around with moving the pages around in your iDisk, then you will loose MobileMe features such as the ability to post comments and also as you have already found, when you publish from within iWeb, it automatically publishes to the same place on your iDisk and not where you have moved your site to.
If I were you I would set up an individual blog with WordPress or Blogger or something similar - if you have an ordinary web host you can upload WordPress there and this then has the advantage of you being able to use your domain name followed by blog or whatever. It is a lot simpler than fiddling around with the iWeb blogging system - I have a blog on my own site and I use WordPress. My site was designed using iWeb and I just create a link from my site to my blog at WordPress - couldn't be simpler really.

Clicking on the downward arrow at the right end of the location bar no longer displays the drop-down list of sites visited, bookmarks and addresses typed in location bar

Since I upgraded to Firefox version 3.6.10, clicking on the downward arrow at the right end of the location bar no longer displays the drop-down list of sites visited, bookmarks and addresses typed in location bar. My Tools > Options > privacy setting is to save history, and if I start typing a previously accessed website's address in the location bar, then the full address appears as a drop-down item. But not when I just click at the right end of the bar.

You can try "Reset all user preferences to Firefox defaults" on the [[Safe mode]] start window.
Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of your add-ons is causing your problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes).
See [[Troubleshooting extensions and themes]] and [[Troubleshooting plugins]]

Firefox only allows 4 websites to be saved in the location bar. How do I change this?

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Do you have the FastestFox extension?
* FastestFox Options > General, uncheck "Enhance Awesomebar"
See image 10 in the image gallery: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/9825
*https://addons.mozilla.org/img/uploads/previews/full/37/37975.png
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*Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode

Location bar under privacy tab not remembering settings

Ever since Firefox 16 and 17 versions came out I've always had this issue with the location bar not remembering my option. "When using the location bar, suggest: Nothing." Is what I prefer but if I ever reboot my computer or simply restart firefox over all, it always goes back to the option "History and Bookmarks." I find this very annoying. The reason I waited so long to report this is because I had hoped the next version of Firefox would take care of it. Is there anything I can do to fix this problem or will I have to simply wait till it's fixed by Firefox itself?

Unfortunately, that didn't help me. I went ahead and uninstalled Firefox completely without saving any customizations and reinstalled it. Seems to work fine now.

Why does the location bar only perform searches, even typing about:config just returns a google search for "about:config"

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''You might want to disable or remove that Yahoo! activeX Plug-in Bridge that shows in your Installed Plugins. Firefox doesn't do ActiveX and a plugin like that might leave you open to being exploited.''
First you need to figure out if an extension you have installed is causing that.
Do you have that problem when running in the Firefox SafeMode? 
[http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode] 
''Don't select anything right now, just use "Continue in SafeMode."''
If not, see this: 
[http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes]
Or, it could be caused by Malware.
Install, update, and run these programs in this order. '''''(Not all programs detect the same Malware.)''''' They are all free for personal use, but some have limited functionality in the "free mode" - but those are features you really don't need to find and remove the problem that you have. 
''Note: If your Malware infection is bad enough and you are mis-directed to URL's other than what is posted, you may have to use a different PC to download these programs and use a USB stick to transfer them to the afflicted PC.''
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware - [http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php] 
SuperAntispyware - [http://www.superantispyware.com/] 
AdAware - [http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/] 
Spybot Search & Destroy - [http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html]
Or maybe your ISP is doing the redirect, but that is doubtful since you're getting two different redirect addresses (unless you are using two different ISP's).
There are two extensions that can prevent redirects: 
NoRedirect: 
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11787/
Redirect Remover: 
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/537/

When typing an address in the location bar and pressing enter, nothing happens and the site does not load. How can I fix this?

When I type a new URL in the address bar (or location bar), and I either type the complete URL or select from the drop down list, nothing happens. I hit enter, and the website does not load in the current tab, new tab nor in a new window. Exactly the same when I hit the green arrow to the right of the address bar. I am using Firefox 8, and all my add-ins are up to date.
It has been working before. The setting to get Firefox to open new pages in a new tab from the address bar is there, so it should open a new tab. But I get nothing at all!
Please help, how can I fix this?
Thanks,
James.

That issue can be caused by an extension that isn't working properly.
Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
*Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode

When typing in the location bar i get a bunch of garbage and can't figure out how to get ONLY the history.

just want to get a simple url when i type in the location bar, not the rest of the garbage.
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== always

Hello Carl.
See this article:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Location+bar+autocomplete
I hope it helps. If it doesn't, you may be having a problem with some Firefox add-on that is hindering your Firefox's normal behavior. Have you tried disabling all add-ons (just to check), to see if Firefox goes back to normal?
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Predictive typing/ history is not coming up in location bar

I used to type a few letters in the location bar and history and suggestions would appear. Now I have to type in every web address I want to go to -- I don't know why the predictive typing and suggestions suddenly stopped working -- I haven't changed any settings. I've checked on Preferences/Privacy and it is set to Remember History and to suggest History and Bookmarks. I saw a similar question on here that suggested looking at the AVG add-on, but I don't have that. The predictive typing was very helpful -- I wish it hadn't disappeared!!! Can you please help?

please tell me how to turn predictive text back on

I can no longer access websites through the location bar (address bar).

A few days ago, my location bar (address bar) suddenly stopped working. When I typed in an address and clicked on Enter, nothing happened - and I mean nothing. The cursor at the end of what I had just typed into the location bar just sat there, blinking at me. Clicking on the arrow at the right end of the location bar didn’t work either. On the other hand, if I clicked on a link in a website or e-mail, I would be taken right to the website at the other end of the link. And when I clicked on a bookmark, I was taken to the bookmarked site. It is only when I type or paste something into the location bar that I am unable to reach the sought after website. Exiting and then re-entering Firefox did not help, nor did rebooting my computer. I was using version 6.0.2 at the time. I upgraded to version 7.0.1; that didn’t help either. Help!!!

That is a signature symptom of the "AVG Safe" extension in the Link Scanner component of AVG Free, but you don't have that extension on the computer you posted from, see http://kb.mozillazine.org/Problematic_extensions
There is also these which you don't have either
Top of Firefox window non-responsive, toolbars non responsive -- also see [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Problematic_extensions Problematic extensions]
*caused by Yahoo Toolbar -- https://support.mozilla.com/questions/890908
*caused by Babylon Toolbar -- https://support.mozilla.com/questions/890670
Try disabling the Foxit PDF creator as it has an ask.com authorship signature.
If that doesn't work see if Firefox works in Safe Mode. If it does it is probably an extension problem.
# Restart in (Firefox) Safe Mode with Help ("Alt+H") > "Restart with Add-ons disabled" to restart immediately (one-time) in safe mode. Do not check-mark any of the items (they are certainly not safe as they make those changes permanent).

Every single website, or link within a website page is being added to my location bar/address bar drop down menu. How can I stop this? This just started happening.

Every single website url address, or url address within a website page is being added to my location bar/address bar drop down menu.
I don't want everything added or saved in the location bar. Only urls that I used a lot used to be saved there but now every single url (and url within a url)I visit is being added to it.
How can I stop this? This just started happening.
I'm sure it's a simple browser setting but I've checked and nothing gives an option to control this.
Firefox 3.0.17
Windows XP
== User Agent ==
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.17) Gecko/2009122116 Firefox/3.0.17

A possibility is to open the links via the right-click context menu or a middle-click in a new tab to make sure that Firefox sees them as regular links.

All of my bookmarks appear in the location bar when all i want is the history

So lets just jump through everything I have done already. I basically figured out that all of the sites listed in my location bar are my bookmarks. All want is history. Before my Location bar settings were set to history and bookmarks, but then I decided to delete all my history and that just left the bookmarks. So figured out the location bar settings thing and I switched it to History but its still showing my bookmarks in the location bar. Some sites I have bookmarked but haven't visited in awhile. I would also like to note that there is no star next these links in the location bar but when I click on any of the links in it they are bookmarked sites. I am guessing the missing star may have something to do with why its being tagged history. I have no clue but I only want history in my location bar not bookmarks. I tried customizing it and still all my bookmarks are in it.

Are those sites redirected to another location?
If the URL stays the same then an URL that is bookmarked should have a star next to it.
You can also restrict the drop down list to websites that you've typed in the location bar.
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Location_Bar_search
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.urlbar.default.behavior

Using Firefox 4.0 Beta 4. When I open a link in a new window, the web address does not show in the location bar. Why?

When I open a web page link in "a new window" the link opens, but the web page information does not appear in the location bar. It is blank. If I open the link in a new tab, there is ho problem.
Further, if a open a link from the tab without a location in a new tab on the same window and then go back to the original tab, the location bar fills with the web address.
Have done this starting in several locations, so it not location dependent.

That behaviour is likely top be caused by an add-on, and in your case the likely culprit is IE Tab 2, the various versions of IE Tab have caused problems with Firefox 4 beta including issues with the location bar not being updated.
You can test to see if IE Tab 2 is causing your problem by disabling it and then seeing if the location bar in a new window shows the address. If it is not that add-on causing the problem, see [[troubleshooting extensions and themes]].
For info, the IE Tab Plus add-on has been updated recently to improve compatibility with Firefox 4 beta, you may want to try that one instead. The latest version is available from http://coralietab.mozdev.org/installation.html

How do I get rid of the list of URLs I've typed into the Location Bar so any recently visited pages never appear?

<blockquote>Locking duplicate thread. 
Please continue here: [/questions/777244]</blockquote> 
I do not want recently typed pages in the URL Location Bar to remain there.

See:
* [[Clearing Location bar history]]
* [[Cannot clear Location bar history]]

Want location bar to remember only addresses typed

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