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Auto-complete does not work.

geminiguy90028
geminiguy90028
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I am having trouble getting the auto-complete function to work properly so I can just type the first few letters of a website I visited before.

I found the answer on the web. Here is what it said to do:

1) In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter/Return. Click the button promising to be careful.

(2) In the search box above the list, type or paste URLB and pause while the list is filtered

(3) If the browser.urlbar.autoFill preference is bolded and "modified" or "user set" to false, double-click it to restore the default value of true

I did this and noticed that "true" is already selected. The auto-complete function should be working but its not working. Do I need to discard the browser and re-install it again?

I even tried changing to false, and closing the browser, then opening it up again and changing it back to true but that didn't work.

I am having trouble getting the auto-complete function to work properly so I can just type the first few letters of a website I visited before. I found the answer on the web. Here is what it said to do: 1) In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter/Return. Click the button promising to be careful. (2) In the search box above the list, type or paste URLB and pause while the list is filtered (3) If the browser.urlbar.autoFill preference is bolded and "modified" or "user set" to false, double-click it to restore the default value of true I did this and noticed that "true" is already selected. The auto-complete function should be working but its not working. Do I need to discard the browser and re-install it again? I even tried changing to false, and closing the browser, then opening it up again and changing it back to true but that didn't work.

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Hi, the in-address-bar autofill generally suggests top level domains. For example, if you type fa you might get a suggestion for https://www.facebook.com/. Are you getting any suggestions at all in the bar? How about in the drop-down?