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ff4 homepage. My form hisory has disappeared within the middle search bar. WHY

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jonesy50
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I use to be able to type the first letter and the search bar would drop down with all my history. this has disappeared.

I use to be able to type the first letter and the search bar would drop down with all my history. this has disappeared.

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cor-el
cor-el
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Make sure that the Location Bar is not set to "Nothing":

  • Tools > Options > Privacy > Location Bar: When using the location bar, suggest: History, Bookmarks, History and Bookmarks

This can also be caused by a problem with the file places.sqlite that stores the bookmarks and the history.

jonesy50
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Thanks cor-el it was not the problem. i found the answer here - Right click the search engine (Google) icon in the search box and uncheck "Show Suggestions. Problem fixed.