How to disable autocomplete drop down

Browser.urlbar.maxRichResults

Disable autocomplete drop-down in firefox: To disable autocomplete drop-down in firefox follow the below steps, Open about:config page. Set the value of browser.urlbar.maxRichResults as -1. Restart Firefox.   ..

Firefox with in firefox window

Browser content

If want to open Firefox browser within Firefox browser type this code in browser’s address bar chrome://browser/content/browser.xul   ..

Select url in single click

Browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll Property

Select all text when click on the URL bar In Windows and Mac, Firefox highlights all text when you click on the URL bar. In Linux, it does not select all the text. Instead, it places the cursor at the insertion point. Regardless which platform you are using, you can now  ..

Autofill address in url bar

Browser.urlbar.autofill property

Other than the smart location feature, you can also get your URL bar to autofill the address as you type the URL. Config name: browser.urlbar.autofill Default: False Modified value: True (auto fill URL) Firefox autofill the address as you type in the URL bar   ..

Open google search result in new tab

Open Search Box Result in new window

Most of us use the firefox google search box for google search, but the firefox browser will display the search results in the same window or tab. If you don’t want the search to interfere with your current tab, you can tweak the browser.search.openintab to make it open in a  ..

How to configure backspace button

How to set backspace button

In Firefox, you can set your backspace to better use by getting it to either go back to the previous page or act as page up function. browser.backspace_action 2 Config name: browser.backspace_action Default: 2 (does nothing) Modified value: 0 – go back previous page   ..

Open web page in new tab window

Config firefox link to open in new window

The firefox browser can be configured to open the web page links in new tab or in new window. Follow the steps given below to config firefox links to open in new window. 1. Go to "Tools -> Options". 2. Click "Tabs". 3. There you can see the option "New pages should be  ..

Adjust the smart location bar for suggestions

Browser maxRichResults

In Firefox 3, when you start typing in the location bar, a drop-down list of suggestion URLs will be shown. If you want it to show more than 12 suggestions (12 is the default), you can adjust the browser.urlbar.maxRichResults keys from about:cofig and get it to show the number you  ..

How to enable spell check for all text boxes

Set spell check option

The default spell checking function only checks for multi-line text boxes. The spell check option can be enabled for single line text box as well. Config name: layout.spellcheckDefault Default: 1 (spell checker for multi-lines text boxes only) Modified values: 0 - disable the spell checker 2 - enable the spell checker for all  ..

How to enable private browsing temporarily

Stop storing your browser history

Firefox 3.5 comes with lots of new features and improvements and one such feature is private browsing. Many times if your friend or family member shares your computer, you would prefer for them not to be able to see what websites you’ve visited or what files you’ve downloaded. Firefox 3.5  ..

Stop storing browser history

Start firefox in private browsing session

If you like your firefox browser to stop storing your internet browsing history then follow the steps given below to start your browser in private browsing session. 1. Select Tools menu, and select options. 2. Select the Privacy tab. 3. Set Firefox will option - to Use custom settings for history. 4. Enable the  ..

How to disable browser session restore

Stop storing function in browser

Firefox 3 automatically saves your session every 10 secs so that whenever it crashes, it can restore all your tabs. While this is a useful feature, some of you might find it irritating. To disable this function, toggle the value of browser.sessionstore.enabled to False Type about:config in address bar browser.sessionstore.enabled   ..

Enable or disable close button

Display close button on active tab

Some people love to see the Close (the red X) button on every tabs, but some hate it. Whatever is it, you can configure it to your preferences via browser.tabs.closeButtons setting. 1) Type about:config on address bar 2) search for browser.tabs.closeButtons 3) Change the value as given below. The default value is 1  ..

Enable auto complete url

Change browser setting

Type about:config in address bar to tweak browser setting. browser.urlbar.autoFill = True Enable auto-complete for URLs when typing into the location bar. browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undo = 15 Increase the number of closed tabs that firefox has stored in its cache to 15. browser.tabs.tabMinWidth = 75 Show more tabs in a single window by narrowing the minimum width of  ..

Where can i find profile folder in vista

Locate the profile folder

The profile folder is where all of your unique user settings and addons for Firefox are stored. Here is where you can find your Firefox Profile Folder in windows vista operating system. Path to profile folder: C:\Users\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ Make sure that you have enabled hidden files and folders option. To enable "Show hidden files and  ..