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remove the hint in the address bar

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Giuseppe replied
Giuseppe
Giuseppe

Hi, is there a way to remove the hint in the address bar - "search with ... or enter the address", leave only the blinking cursor? thanks.

Hi, is there a way to remove the hint in the address bar - "search with ... or enter the address", leave only the blinking cursor? thanks.
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Giuseppe
Giuseppe Question owner

thank you for your answer, I have userContent.css to improve the design of firefox, can you suggest a solution?

cor-el
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That is the placeholder text that shows the action for the default search engine. Note that CSS code for the user interface goes in userChrome.css, userContent.css is for styling webpages including built-in about pages.

Add CSS code to the userChrome.css file in the chrome folder in the Firefox profile folder. Either of the two codes should work to hide this text. 

#urlbar *|input::placeholder {
 color: transparent !important;
 opacity: 0 !important;
}
#urlbar *|input::placeholder:hover {/* add code to override this on hover */}
Giuseppe
Giuseppe Question owner

Thank you, cor-el !