I want Firefox to stop suggesting a list of previous entries when I'm typing
something into an input field, and not just in a page, but also in the
location bar.  I find this behavior terribly irritating and distracting!
Can it be turned off?  I set "accessibility.typeaheadfind.autostart" to
false and it didn't help, and the rest of the settings with "typeaheadfind"
in them are already false or look like they're "on my side."

Please advise!

J.

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Janice P. <none@nowhere.domain> wrote in
 news:n80aq2t67u1rngrgg1s4v74n1th8nnkmmk@
4ax.com:

>
> I want Firefox to stop suggesting a list of previous entries when I'm
> typing something into an input field, and not just in a page, but also
> in the location bar.  I find this behavior terribly irritating and
> distracting! Can it be turned off?  I set
> "accessibility.typeaheadfind.autostart" to false and it didn't help,
> and the rest of the settings with "typeaheadfind" in them are already
> false or look like they're "on my side."
>

Tools>Options>Privacy>Saved Forms. Untick the box. Then, clear private
data.

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On 10 Jan 2007 15:41:51 GMT, elaich <a@b.c> posted:

>Janice P. <none@nowhere.domain> wrote in
> news:n80aq2t67u1rngrgg1s4v74n1th8nnkmmk@
4ax.com:
> 
>
>Tools>Options>Privacy>Saved Forms. Untick the box. Then, clear private
>data.

That worked beautifully for the data inside pages.  Thank you, elaich!

But it still does it in the address bar.  As soon as I type the letter G it
pops up a long list of everywhere I've ever been that starts with G.  I
can't stand it!  Can it be stopped?

J.

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On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:24:32 -0700, Janice P. wrote:

> But it still does it in the address bar.  As soon as I type the letter G i
t
> pops up a long list of everywhere I've ever been that starts with G.  I
> can't stand it!  Can it be stopped?

Two things to try:

1. Uncheck or change the days for keeping history:
Tools > Options > Privacy
[ ] Remember visited pages for the last [ n   ] days.

(about :config  browser.history_expire_days  set to 0)

2. (about :config  browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped  set to true)

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Rom

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On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:24:32 -0700, in message <td0cq2d9286amj5uq09dgho4ilae
krv9i5@4ax.com>,
Janice P. wrote:

> On 10 Jan 2007 15:41:51 GMT, elaich <a@b.c> posted:
> 
>
> That worked beautifully for the data inside pages.  Thank you, elaich!
>
> But it still does it in the address bar.  As soon as I type the letter G i
t
> pops up a long list of everywhere I've ever been that starts with G.  I
> can't stand it!  Can it be stopped?


1.  Go to  http://kb.mozillazine.org/Knowledge_Base
2.  In the Firefox column, click on the link "All Firefox articles".
3.  Under "Subcategories", click on the link "Location Bar"
4.  Scroll down to the heading "Autocomplete" and start reading.


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Cheers,
Ralph

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On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:09:44 +1100, Rom wrote:

> On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:24:32 -0700, Janice P. wrote:
> 
>
> Two things to try:
>
> 1. Uncheck or change the days for keeping history:
> Tools > Options > Privacy
> [ ] Remember visited pages for the last [ n   ] days.
>
> (about :config  browser.history_expire_days  set to 0)
>
> 2. (about :config  browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped  set to true)

Or perhaps:

<http://kb.mozillazine.org/Disabling...e_%28Firefox%29>
<http://kb.mozillazine.org/Inline_autocomplete>

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Rom

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