If you just upgraded to Firefox 6, you probably noticed the new “domain highlighting” feature. The address bar now greys-out the protocol and path in the URL, leaving the domain highlighted in the darker black text. The theory is that it will help less-savvy users easily spot phony phishing domains.
I find it annoying, though. It looks a bit weird, and it makes the path less visible, which is something I work with on a regular basis. If you’re like me and want to turn off the feature, here’s an easy way to do it:
- Open a new tab and type
about:configinto the location bar - Search for
browser.urlbar.formatting.enabledin the filter field. (It searches as you type.) - Double click on the
browser.urlbar.formatting.enabledline to change the value from true to false. - Close the tab and enjoy your lack of domain highlighting.
Thanks, didn’t know that was possible
URL Highlighting can be useful on long URLs
Thanks a lot. I already looked for ‘domain’ ‘highlight’ and ‘address’ but not urlbar. I’ll keep that in mind for the future. Lol, the Gravitar I made for a different site but was not working there seems to work here.
thanks
that is exactly what I want
Thank you buddy i was looking for the link finally you have given me that thanks a lot and lot
Is there anyway to do that using PHP / html so that anyone visit your webpage won’t see the domain name highlighted?
Thanks so much for this. I hate this feature, it’s what made me completely abandon IE (as far as personal use). In IE you can’t turn it off. I do a lot of database work with php. When I’m developing or debugging a new app I find it helpful to have the entire url clearly visible. It drives me nuts when it’s not.