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Suggestions in address bar are too large/wide

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It seems that ever since Firefox updated (I have version 48.0.1) the suggestions that pop up when I click in the address bar are much too wide. Before the update the suggestions (like previous websites that I had visited) took up only a small space, less than half the width of my screen. Now since the update the suggestions that pop up take up the entire width of the screen. It's really annoying. Does this in fact have to do with the most recent Firefox update and is there any way I can change the size of the suggestions popup smaller, like it was before?

It seems that ever since Firefox updated (I have version 48.0.1) the suggestions that pop up when I click in the address bar are much too wide. Before the update the suggestions (like previous websites that I had visited) took up only a small space, less than half the width of my screen. Now since the update the suggestions that pop up take up the entire width of the screen. It's really annoying. Does this in fact have to do with the most recent Firefox update and is there any way I can change the size of the suggestions popup smaller, like it was before?
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I finally got some help at the Mozillazine forums. Someone there suggested I use CTR (Classic Theme Restorer) and then helped me with fixing the problem with the too-wide autocorrect drop down window.

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There is no built-in setting for the width. You can use a custom style rule to modify the autocomplete drop-down. Custom style rules can be applied to Firefox's user interface using either:

One option would be to use my user style here: https://userstyles.org/styles/122394/url-bar-tweaks-remove-visit-search-limit-width -- Option (1A) lets you limit the width of the new style drop down (title and url on the same line).

Alternately, you could paste this rule to a blank new Stylish style or your userChrome.css file, and then edit the width as desired:

#PopupAutoCompleteRichResult {
  max-width: 1000px !important;
}

Note: 1000 pixels is adjusted by your Windows Text Size percentage, often 125%, so on screen it would be 1250 pixels in that case.

Edit: Added screen shot of the option.

Modified by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer

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jscher2000 said

There is no built-in setting for the width. You can use a custom style rule to modify the autocomplete drop-down. Custom style rules can be applied to Firefox's user interface using either: One option would be to use my user style here: https://userstyles.org/styles/122394/url-bar-tweaks-remove-visit-search-limit-width -- Option (1A) lets you limit the width of the new style drop down (title and url on the same line). Alternately, you could paste this rule to a blank new Stylish style or your userChrome.css file, and then edit the width as desired:
#PopupAutoCompleteRichResult {
  max-width: 1000px !important;
}

Note: 1000 pixels is adjusted by your Windows Text Size percentage, often 125%, so on screen it would be 1250 pixels in that case.

Edit: Added screen shot of the option.

I'm sorry but the Stylish extension and that other thing, the userChrome.css file looks too complicated for me, at least. I don't want to download anything either. I just want the drop down menu for suggestions to go back to the way it was before the latest Firefox update. Does anyone have a simple way to do this, please? Like step by step instructions? I can't figure out how to do this and like I mentioned I don't want to use any more add-ons. I don't understand why the autocomplete drop down changed anyway. It was great the way it was before, now it's extremely annoying.

Modified by Bookworm111

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Chosen Solution

I finally got some help at the Mozillazine forums. Someone there suggested I use CTR (Classic Theme Restorer) and then helped me with fixing the problem with the too-wide autocorrect drop down window.

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For convenience, here a link to the other thread: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=3020177