How to resize the Address Bar focus in Firefox builds 75-77

Hi all -

In Firefox 75 additional "focus" was placed on the Address Bar, so when you click on it, the box expands.
I have found this very annoying and researched the problem, so that it can be reversed.

Just follow these steps:

1) Type about:config in the browser's address bar.
2) Confirm at the prompt that you will accept the risk and to view all.
3) Search for the following configuration preferences and set them all to FALSE (go slow):

browser.urlbar.openViewOnFocus
browser.urlbar.update1
browser.urlbar.update1.interventions
browser.urlbar.update1.searchTips
browser.urlbar.update1.view.stripHttps

4) Restart Firefox 75 and check.

The address bar should now stay the same size (as per previews releases) when you mouse click in it (focus).

Hope this helps!

treblefree said:

Just seen your post and followed instructions..it works ok. Firefox search bar is standard width now. Thanks.

Welcome. Works on FF 76.0.1 as well.

No worries. I already marked the thread as solved as I am the OP.

Update:

The previous solution breaks when you upgrade to Firefox 77.0.1.

First, follow all of the steps in Post #1 (above) -

Here is the updated fix for Firefox 77.0.1:

1) Type about:config in the browser's address bar.
2) Confirm at the prompt that you will accept the risk and to view all.
3) Paste browser.urlbar.disableExtendForTests and create a new Boolean Value and leave it True in the Search Preference Name Bar.
4) Paste browser.urlbar.maxRichResults and set the value to 0 (Zero) in the Search Preference Name Bar.
5) Restart Firefox and check.

The address bar should now stay the same size (as per previews releases) when you mouse click in it (focus).

Hope this helps!

Must have missed it:

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Edit:
Okay I see a couple of extras. Personally I prefer to keep full URL displayed.

@Callender -

There are different ways to do this.
Personally, I wish Mozilla would make this PITA an option.

FWIW.

Personally I didn't mind the expanding address bar but I agree it would be better if it was optional.