Browser.urlbar.maxRichResults

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. This preference determines how many entries should appear (at most) in the dropdown.

Possible values and their effects

A non-negative integer corresponding to the maximum number of entries that can appear in the Location Bar auto-complete dropdown. Default is 12.

Caveats

• This preference is read when a browser window first opens, so the effects of changing its value won’t be seen until a new window opens or until the browser restarts.
• Setting the preference to 0 effectively disables the Location Bar dropdown entirely.

First checked in

2007-11-29 by Seth Spitzer

Has an effect in

• Mozilla Firefox (nightly builds after 2007-11-29)

Related bugs

• Bug 399281 - Transition location bar auto-complete results to a richlistbox widget
• Bug 399664 - In location bar auto-complete, indicate which part of the result matches the query
• Bug 403159 - Switch location bar auto-complete to a two-line view
• Bug 406257 - reduce the number of rows in url bar autocomplete from 10 to 6

Related preferences

• browser.urlbar.richResults

External links

• beltzner: Almighty bar