Hello dj razor, With these steps you got your older address bar The following configuration changes to get the old address bar back:

Load about:config in the browser's address bar. Confirm that you will be careful. Search for the following preferences and set them all to FALSE browser.urlbar.openViewOnFocus browser.urlbar.update1 browser.urlbar.update1.interventions browser.urlbar.update1.searchTips Restart the Firefox web browser.

Hope this will help you.

Just start typing in the address bar and the autocomplete drop-down will display matching results for:

Page titles and web addresses from your history. Page titles, web addresses and tags from your bookmarks. Pages you currently have open in other tabs (see below under Switch to tab). Sync'ed tabs from other devices. Note: If you click on the address bar (instead of typing into it), a drop-down of your Top Sites will be displayed. Icons will indicate whether a matching result is an open tab or a bookmark. When you see the page you want, just click on it or use the up and down arrows on your keyboard to highlight it and then press Enter.

Firefox will also suggest popular search suggestions from the default search engine. See Search suggestions in Firefox for more information.

The address bar suggestions adjust based on your browsing behavior, such as how frequently and recently you visited a web page and what result you chose based on what was typed. This way pages you visit all the time will show up at the top of the list, often after typing only one character.

URL autocomplete In addition to the autocomplete drop-down list for pages you've been to before, Firefox will also complete the URL in the address bar. For example, if you type "aw", Firefox may fill in "esomefoundation.org/" to complete the address "awesomefoundation.org" if you've visited that site before. Pressing Enter in this case would take you directly to that address.

URLAutocomplete75 Switch to tab The address bar also searches through your open tabs, displaying results with a tab icon and the text "Switch to tab". Selecting these results will switch you to the already open tab instead of creating a duplicate.

SwitchToTab75 To turn off the "Switch to tab" option temporarily, press the ALT key while clicking on the page in the autocomplete list that appears below your address bar. This will open your page in a new tab instead of switching to an existing one. Search the Web Beyond searching your history, bookmarks or tags, you can also search the Web right from the address bar.

To learn more, see Search with the Firefox address bar.

Change search settings You can change the way Web search works in the address bar.

Visit Change your default search settings in Firefox to learn more.

What can I do to get the best results? When you want to go to a web page you've visited before, type a few letters from its web address or page title. Scroll through the autocomplete entries and find the page in the list (type in another letter if you don't see it listed). Press Enter to go to the selected web address. Firefox will give this entry/result combination higher weight in the future. Do not clear the browsing history - usually the richest source of autocomplete entries is from the title/web address combination. Clearing browsing history will remove these entries from the results. Bookmark and tag frequently used pages. The address bar will match on the name you give the bookmark and also tags associated with the bookmark. See the Bookmarks in Firefox article for more information on how to use bookmarks in Firefox. You can improve your autocomplete results by tagging pages with easily-typed tag names.

hello, dj_razor,

First, Type about:preferences#advanced<enter> in the address bar. Under Advanced, Select Update.

[v57+] Type about:preferences#general<enter> in the address bar. Select Update.

Check the settings.

Also turn off Use a background service to install updates

Install Older Version Of Firefox {web link} Be sure to read everything here.

If you still want to downgrade, look under; I still want to downgrade. Click the Directory of other versions and languages link. Look for the directory of the version that you want. But, remember that old versions may have security issues.

You should also check out Firefox; Extended Support Release {web link} ESR Notes System Requirements

 I hope resolve your problem then reply back to me.

Thank you!

Hello...

You can set the browser.urlbar.formatting.enabled pref to false on the about:config page to disable the highlighting of the domain and see the full URL more clearly. You can set the browser.urlbar.trimURLs pref to false on the about:config page to see the http: protocol on the location bar and in the pop-up if you hover a link.

https://developer.mozilla.org/Mozilla/Preferences/Preference_reference/browser.urlbar.formatting.enabled https://developer.mozilla.org/Mozilla/Preferences/Preference_reference/browser.urlbar.trimURLs

You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I'll be careful" to continue.

   http://kb.mozillazine.org/about:config 

thank you...

You can set the browser.urlbar.formatting.enabled pref to false on the about:config page to disable the highlighting of the domain and see the full URL more clearly. You can set the browser.urlbar.trimURLs pref to false on the about:config page to see the http: protocol on the location bar and in the pop-up if you hover a link.

   https://developer.mozilla.org/Mozilla/Preferences/Preference_reference/browser.urlbar.formatting.enabled
   https://developer.mozilla.org/Mozilla/Preferences/Preference_reference/browser.urlbar.trimURLs 

You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I'll be careful" to continue.

   http://kb.mozillazine.org/about:config

Does it make a difference if you use another theme in Firefox via the customize window ?

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions ("3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

• switch to the DEFAULT theme: "3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Themes
• do NOT click the "Refresh Firefox" button on the Safe Mode start window

• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode
• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-extensions-themes-to-fix-problems