Toolkit.autocomplete.richBoundaryCutoff

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The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is toolkit.autocomplete.richBoundaryCutoff.

This article describes the preference toolkit.autocomplete.richBoundaryCutoff. To add, delete, or modify this preference, you will need to edit your configuration — do not edit this article.

1 Background
2 Possible values and their effects
3 Recommended settings
4 First checked in
5 Has an effect in
6 Related bugs

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Background

In Firefox 3, the Location Bar received a number of improvements. Among those improvements was the move to a XUL richlistbox widget for the auto-complete dropdown. This allowed styled URL/title information, favicons, and highlighted match information.

When highlighting matched text, only the first portion of the text is checked. This preference determines how many characters into the text will be searched for matches.

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Possible values and their effects

A non-negative integer determining how much of the text to search for matched text, specified as the number of characters from the beginning. Default is 200.

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