Why is there No visible URL anymore in my firefox browser window?
Sorry if I am being an idiot but the look of my browser window has changed and there is no longer a visible URL for any website i click on when using google as a search engine.
This is what used to happen: 1.Open firefox, 2. a google searchbox would appear in middle of window, 3.type something there, search , 4.click on a chosen site...and it's URl would appear in the window at the top of the page. Then if I wanted to share this I could just copy and paste!
Now, when i do steps 1-4 above i don't get a visible URL at the top of the page. Instead in it's place is a bar with a google symbol to it's left and nothing in it ???? Why is the URL not visible any more ...is there another way I can find it/see it /display it?
Thsi is something that has changed only in the past couple of weeks ...and I don't think i have upgraded it recently ...is this why ?
thanks for your help
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If the menu bar is hidden then press the F10 key or hold down the Alt key, that should make the menu bar appear.
Make sure that toolbars like the "Navigation Toolbar" and the "Bookmarks Toolbar" are visible: "View > Toolbars"
- If items are missing then open the Customize window via "View > Toolbars > Customize" or via "Firefox > Options > Toolbar Layout" (Windows)
- If a missing item is in the toolbar palette then drag it back from the Customize window on the toolbar
- If you do not see an item on a toolbar and in the toolbar palette then click the "Restore Default Set" button to restore the default toolbar set up.
See also:
Hi Cor-el thanks for your hlelp! i omitted to say that i am a Mac use and so don't have an f10 key ;-( ...and so some of the other instructions don't work either!
I have tried some of the other suggestions( like looking in customize tool bars) ..and I don't think that something has gone missing. I think firefox may have changed the look of the window?!
I have attached a screen grab below...to help explain... See the long window at the top that has google written on left hand side ?! This is where the url used to be displayed. I have discovered that when you are on a page if you click on the icon on the left hand side of the little window/bar...that is to the left of the long one ...and then click more info you can see the page details in a pop up window ( as per the screen grab) . However only the site details can be copied ...and not the individual page URL ...although this appears at the top of the pop up!
I also noticed I do not have latest version of firefox running ...so will remedy that and maybe that will sort it ...what do you think?
If I do the same thing but use safari as a browser i don't get the same problem ...and the complete URL for the actual page is displayed !
thanks
ladylotusflower
I should have noticed that you are on a Mac, but in that case I would only have left out the first line about the Menu bar.
Everything else still applies to Mac apart from "Firefox > Options > Toolbar Layout" (Windows) that is for the Windows and Linux platform.
You can try to place the mouse between the third icon on the Navigation Toolbar and the Google search bar to see if that makes the mouse pointer change into a resize icon that allows to change the relative size of the location bar and the search bar if you press the left mouse button the drag it to the right.