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The full website URL is never displayed on the address bar

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Nikolas Ts.
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Whatever the website I visit maybe be, the full website URL is never shown. For example when I visit Facebook it shows "m.facebook.com" instead of "https://m.facebook.com". This also happens for websites using "http://" instead of "https://". I know that in the PC version of Firefox this can be fixed by changing the "browser.urlbar.trimURLs" setting in the "about:config" page so that the URL will be completely shown whatever the website may be. I have tried this in Firefox for Android though, but it doesn't work. The "about:config" page just displays a blank white page instead of any settings. Is there any way for me to fix this? P.S.: I use Firefox for Android on my tablet. I don't know what is the case for phones.

Whatever the website I visit maybe be, the full website URL is never shown. For example when I visit Facebook it shows "m.facebook.com" instead of "https://m.facebook.com". This also happens for websites using "http://" instead of "https://". I know that in the PC version of Firefox this can be fixed by changing the "'''browser.urlbar.trimURLs'''" setting in the "'''about:config'''" page so that the URL will be completely shown whatever the website may be. I have tried this in Firefox for Android though, but it doesn't work. The "'''about:config'''" page just displays a blank white page instead of any settings. Is there any way for me to fix this? P.S.: I use Firefox for Android on my tablet. I don't know what is the case for phones.

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Paul
Paul
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Hi Nikolas

With mobile devices (typically mobile phones) having smaller screens and websites that are still http being flagged up, the website address is displayed in a slightly shortened form.

If you really need about:config, this can be found in the Beta and Nightly versions of Firefox for Android, but please appreciate that changes there may lead to a total loss of your bookmarks and passwords and that some preferences are baked into the GeckoView engine when the app is complied.