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support.mozilla.org › en-US › kb › search-firefox-address-bar

Search with the Firefox address bar | Firefox Help

To learn more, see Address bar autocomplete suggestions in Firefox. As you type a web address or search term in the address bar, the URL autocomplete feature automatically finishes what you’re typing based on matching websites in your bookmarks, history or popular websites.

reddit.com › r/firefox › how do i bring back the full url in the address bar? i want to see https://www.example.com

r/firefox on Reddit: How do I bring back the full URL in the address bar? I want to see https://www.example.com

August 12, 2025 -

I want to see https://www.example.com instead of just www.example.com without having to click the address bar.

In about:config, toggle browser.urlbar.trimURLs to false. Does that work on yours?

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If you just want to ensure that the link is HTTPS encrypted, then what you said is not necessary. The lock icon already indicates that this URL is encrypted.

Firefox Source Docs

firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org › toolkit › internal-urls.html

Internal URLs — Firefox Source Docs documentation

Unfortunately more fine-grained restrictions are not available for resource URLs. ... The first (“host”) component after chrome:// is the package name. Common ones are browser (for front-end Desktop Firefox files) and global (for content used by Gecko/toolkit code), but different parts ...

Keyboard Maestro

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How to Get URL of FireFox Current Document? - Questions & Suggestions - Keyboard Maestro Discourse

March 31, 2015 - There is a specific KM Action to get the Chrome URL, but I don't see how to get the FireFox URL. Any suggestions?

support.mozilla.org › en-US › kb › firefox-options-preferences-and-settings

Change Firefox options, preferences and settings | Firefox Help

February 7, 2026 - Change Firefox connection settings and set a proxy to connect to the Internet. ... Homepage and new windows: Set a custom URL or use the default Firefox Home.

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Stack Overflow

stackoverflow.com › questions › 11594576 › getting-current-browser-url-in-firefox-addon

Getting current browser url in Firefox Addon

gist.github.com › cev2107 › 5597a61eb1296b871b682ad947845152

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getting the URL from a sidebar or popup

To retrieve the URL from a sidebar or popup requires tab permissions

"permissions": [
    "tabs"
  ]

then you need to find the tab you want. If you just want the active tab this would work fine, for anything more advanced I'd look here.

function getPage(){
  browser.tabs.query({currentWindow: true, active: true})
    .then((tabs) => {
      console.log(tabs[0].url);
  })
}

getting the URL from injected javascript

If you want the URL for a background task I suggest this method as you do not need permissions.

this will give you a background script and then inject a script onto almost any webpage on the internet.

"background": {
    "scripts": ["background.js"]
},

"content_scripts": [
    {
      "matches": ["https://www.*"],
      "js": ["modify-page/URL.js"]
    }
  ],

this will be injected into webpages through the URL js and will send a message to your background js to use.

var service= browser.runtime.connect({name:"port-from-cs"});

service.postMessage({location: document.URL});

This code is in your background js and will collect each new page's url as it changes.

var portFromCS;

function connected(p) {
  portFromCS = p;
  portFromCS.onMessage.addListener(function(m) {
    if(m.location !== undefined){
      console.log(m.location);
    }
  });
}

browser.runtime.onConnect.addListener(connected);

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// you need to use this service first
var windowsService = Components.classes['@mozilla.org/appshell/window-mediator;1'].getService(Components.interfaces.nsIWindowMediator);

// window object representing the most recent (active) instance of Firefox
var currentWindow = windowsService.getMostRecentWindow('navigator:browser');

// most recent (active) browser object - that's the document frame inside the chrome
var browser = currentWindow.getBrowser();

// object containing all the data about an address displayed in the browser
var uri = browser.currentURI;

// textual representation of the actual full URL displayed in the browser
var url = uri.spec;

GitHub

Mozilla Firefox Browser "ABOUT" URLs · GitHub

To access the Firefox URLs, type about:about into the address bar.

Firefox

free and open source web browser

firefox.com

Mozilla Firefox, or simply Firefox, is a free and open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation. It uses the Gecko rendering engine to display web … Wikipedia

Factsheet

Developers Mozilla Foundation and its contributors
Mozilla Corporation

Initial release November 9, 2004; 21 years ago (2004-11-09)

Written in C++, JavaScript, HTML, C, Rust, and others

Factsheet

Developers Mozilla Foundation and its contributors
Mozilla Corporation

Initial release November 9, 2004; 21 years ago (2004-11-09)

Written in C++, JavaScript, HTML, C, Rust, and others

Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Firefox

Firefox - Wikipedia

6 days ago - Modern day Firefox instead follows the standard same-origin policy permission model that is followed by most modern browsers which disallows scripts from accessing any privileged data including data about other websites. It uses TLS to protect communications with web servers using strong cryptography when using the HTTPS protocol. The freely available HTTPS Everywhere add-on enforces HTTPS, even if a regular HTTP URL ...

Features History Security Privacy Localizations Platform availability Channels and release schedule Licensing Logo and visual identity Trademark Promotion Performance Usage share Reception Further reading

Mozilla Add-ons

addons.mozilla.org › en-US › firefox › addon › url-link

URL Link – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)

June 17, 2022 - Download URL Link for Firefox. URL Link is a small Firefox and Thunderbird extension that allows you to select a non-URL in a mail/news message or web-page, and open it in a browser window.

Rating: 4.2 - 18 votes

support.mozilla.org › en-US › kb › how-to-set-the-home-page

How to set the home page | Firefox Help

In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click Firefox and select Settings (or Preferences, in some cases).Click the menu button and select Settings. Go to Home panel. Select Custom URLs… from the Homepage and new windows drop-down menu.

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I need the URL for the Firefox startpage so I can put it in my ...

October 1, 2015 - JavaScript is disabled in your browser · Please enable JavaScript to proceed · A required part of this site couldn’t load. This may be due to a browser extension, network issues, or browser settings. Please check your connection, disable any ad blockers, or try using a different browser

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what is a URL and where wouldI find it | Firefox Support Forum | Mozilla Support

April 15, 2015 - You can find the full version of the current current Firefox release (37.0.1) in all languages and all operating systems here: *https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/ ... Not entirely sure about your question but just in case, the URL(Uniform Resource Locator) is the short, fancy name for the web address e.g.

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Set up custom default search URL | Firefox Support Forum | Mozilla Support

I think it's hidden because it's not done yet, but I think it's safe to experiment with it. Here's how: (1) In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter/Return. Click the button accepting the risk. More info on about:config: Configuration Editor for Firefox.

reddit.com › r/firefox › what urls are used to update the browser

r/firefox on Reddit: What URLs are used to update the browser

October 17, 2023 -

So I have a couple of computers that shouldn't get 100% internet access but SOME things can be allowed that are essential, like browser updates.

Google Chrome currently works without any problems and they have their URLs listed.
However, FF only has, to my knowledge, one: aus5.mozilla.org
but updating fails, even with the use of wildcards.

Allowing www.mozilla.org and ftp.mozilla.org also doesn't work.
So far with those URLs it can detect that a new version is available and starts downloading with zero progress. ftp.mozilla.org at least allows me to manually download an installer but it would be nice to get auto updates working.

VeryLateUpdate:

I got this working by allowing the following FQDNs:
aus5.mozilla.org
download.mozilla.org
ftp.mozilla.org
www.mozilla.org

For some reason if I use FQDN objects it works but using CheckPoint's "Custom Application Site" object
it doesn't work (well it does but something is making it fail).
Haven't taken a deep look into why this was the case but at least it's been working for
several months.

The update check is done through aus5.mozilla.org and the update file is downloaded from archive.mozilla.org. If you need a more detailed pattern, set app.update.log to true in about:config and see logged messages in the browser console during an update check. You can open the xml file to get the pattern of the update-file location. The file will be empty if you have the current version; edit your version in the URL.

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Mozilla

blog.mozilla.org › home › latest › a smarter, simpler firefox address bar

A smarter, simpler Firefox address bar | The Mozilla Blog

August 8, 2025 - Cleaner URLs with smarter security cues We’ve simplified the address bar by trimming “https://” from secure sites, while clearly highlighting when a site isn’t secure. This small change improves clarity without sacrificing awareness. These updates are part of a larger direction we’re taking in Firefox — toward a browser that supports people in all parts of their online lives, from quick lookups to complex research.The new address bar is now available in Firefox version 138.

WebAIM

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WAVE Chrome, Firefox, and Edge Extensions

The WAVE Chrome, Firefox, and Edge extensions allows you to evaluate web content for accessibility issues directly within your browser. Because the extension runs entirely within your web browser, no information is sent to the WAVE server. This ensures 100% private and secure accessibility ...

reddit.com › r/firefox › add my own url as default search engine

r/firefox on Reddit: Add my own URL as default search engine

June 16, 2024 -

I want to set https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&udm=14 as my default search engine. How do I do that. Looks like FF gives me a few choices of search engines but I see no where that I can add my own custom URL.

(I want to use https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&udm=14 instead of https://www.google.com because that turns off AI and other crap. Per this article: https://spectrum.ieee.org/turn-off-ai-overview-google)