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Firefox doesn't autofill all bookmarks in URL bar

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czejar
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My Firefox 56.0 (64bit) has problem with autofill in urlbar. Only few bookmarks are autocompleting. In Firefox's privacy options there are bookmarks suggestions option checked of course. In about:config there is 2 entries named: browser.urlbar.autofill and browser.urlbar.autoFill. Both set as true. PLS help

My Firefox 56.0 (64bit) has problem with autofill in urlbar. Only few bookmarks are autocompleting. In Firefox's privacy options there are bookmarks suggestions option checked of course. In about:config there is 2 entries named: browser.urlbar.autofill and browser.urlbar.autoFill. Both set as true. PLS help

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I deleted a user.js file and change browser.urlbar.autofill.typed to false. Looks like it works. Thanks so much.

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Tonnes
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Does the same happen when you right-click and Reset the browser.urlbar.autofill preference, and then restart Firefox? That one is not default, only browser.urlbar.autoFill is and hence should not display in bold / as "modified".

czejar
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1. reset settings to not modified 2. restart firefox 3. browser.urlbar.autofill still bold

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cor-el
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There should be:

  • browser.urlbar.autoFill
  • browser.urlbar.autoFill.typed

Note that pref names are case sensitive and if you reset a non existing pref then you should see an empty string pref and the pref should be removed on the next start. If that isn't happening then you probably have a user.js file in the profile folder that sets this pref.

Tonnes
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This may indicate the browser.urlbar.autofill preference is added by an Add-on or configured in an external file in your profile path, such as user.js or, prefs.js.moztmp. If you are not aware of it, an add-on can put it there and may keep doing so after removing it.

Try to find a file named user.js or prefs.js.moztmp: open Help (press Alt when needed or use the menu button) > Troubleshooting Information and click Open Folder - this is the profile folder. If you see such a file there, close Firefox, then move the file elsewhere, restart Firefox and check its behavior and whether the file gets restored or not (possibly after closing Firefox).

However if you reset the preference like you did and run Firefox in its Safe Mode (hold down Shift for a few seconds or choose Restart with add-ons disabled in the (Alt + ) Tools menu), any preference should not be added because add-ons are disabled and URL bar behavior should be fine. Can you verify?

Also see: How to fix preferences that won't save Reset Firefox preferences to troubleshoot and fix problems

(...) Actually, and specific to behavior: by default, Firefox only searches bookmarks for the URL bar that you typed once and leaves out others by design. In order to avoid that, set browser.urlbar.autoFill.typed to false. Also see this question.

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Chosen Solution

I deleted a user.js file and change browser.urlbar.autofill.typed to false. Looks like it works. Thanks so much.