Lifehacker has a great article on how to stop Firefox from greying out everything but the domain name in your address bar. While I personally don’t mind it and infact think it’s a great anti-phishing feature for the average user, one thing I don’t like is the removal of the protocol, i.e. http://
, from the beginning of the address bar. I know they’re trying to conserve space, but screen real estate is not something that I am lacking.
So here’s how to once again show the protocol in your Firefox address bar:
- Type
about:config
into your address bar to access a list of Firefox configuration options that are not exposed through a normal settings panel. - Paste
browser.urlbar.trimURLs
into the search box to find the parameter we’re going to change. - Right-click the row and select “Toggle” to change the value from
true
tofalse
. - Close the tab and go back to a normal tab, such as this blog post. You should now see the protocol in your address bar once again.