How do I get URL autocomplete (in the address bar) to work again?
I am not sure what I did (other than upgrade to the latest version of Firefox), but the autocomplete URLs doesn't work any more for new websites (autocomplete works for some older websites). I have reinstalled, refreshed settings and restarted my computer (and also ensured that the browser autofill (about:config urlb) is set to "true").
I am not sure what I may have done, or if it is associated with the upgrade... Any assistance would be greatly appreciated,
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If you use Sync then best is to disconnect Sync temporarily during troubleshooting.
You can check for problems with the places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite files in the Firefox profile folder.
- use "Verify Integrity" button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page
If errors are reported with "Verify Integrity", close and restart Firefox and retry.
If "Verify Integrity" cannot repair places.sqlite, rename/remove all places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite files in the Firefox profile folder. Firefox will rebuild places.sqlite and restore the bookmarks from a recent JSON backup in the bookmarkbackups folder.
- keep a backup copy of places.sqlite in case a new places.sqlite database has to be created
See also:
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Bookmarks+not+saved#w_fix-the-bookmarks-file
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fix-bookmarks-and-history-will-not-be-functional
You can use the button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page.
- Help -> Troubleshooting Information -> Profile Folder/Directory:
Windows: Open Folder; Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-firefox-stores-user-data
I removed the places. and favicons.sqlite and restarted.
The files were correctly rebuilt, but still no joy...
Any other recommendations?
I am thinking that I might have pushed a key combination by mistake or not set something correct in the preferences...
But I don't see where I may have mis-configured...
Hello brian.fischer,
In case you use bookmarks; would you please read this ghacks
article (especially the last part) and see if maybe this applies to you :
https://www.ghacks.net/2018/09/10/firefox-not-auto-completing-bookmarks-thats-a-bug/
Thank you, McCoy -- unfortunately, that is not the problem (though it is an interesting bug / feature).
The lack of autocompletion is mostly around recently visited (but not bookmarked) sites.
As I said, I think it stopped working when updating to 73.0.1 last week (or maybe a bit before that)
Quick update -- I downgraded to v72.0.2 and the URL autocomplete works.
I upgraded again and autocomplete is now working in 73.0.1.
I will try reloading my bookmarks, etc.
brian.fischer said
Quick update -- I downgraded to v72.0.2 and the URL autocomplete works.
I upgraded again and autocomplete is now working in 73.0.1.
So far so good .....
I will try reloading my bookmarks, etc.
Let us know how that went, will you please ?
Hi, all-
I decided NOT to reload my old information (applications, bookmarks, etc.), just in case there was something wrong with them.
I have added some new bookmarks and everything appears to be work as expected and as normal.
I wonder what happened!
In any event, thank you all for your help.
Kind regards,
Brian