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Show History Frequent Sites Button

Missing the "Show History" (triangle) button from the address bar? This extension provides a very similar list through a toolbar button (you can use the Customize feature to move the button closer to the address bar). Before installing, please review the following information to make sure you need it.

== Firefox 78+ Address Bar Behavior ==

In Firefox 78+, when the cursor moves into the address bar, a list automatically opens showing the first 8-10 of your Top Sites from the Firefox Home / new tab page. Type a space in the address bar to show the classic frequently visited URLs list. In Firefox 83+ you can click the History search button on the bottom of the address bar drop-down to show your frequently visited URLs.

If your Top Sites list is not helpful you can make it better suit your needs:


If you don't want the drop-down to open automatically, you can disable that by clearing the checkbox on the Options/Preferences page, Privacy & Security panel, Address Bar settings (uncheck Top Sites). (Or in about:config, set browser.urlbar.suggest.topsites to false. See: Configuration Editor for Firefox.) You still can call up the classic frequently visited URLs list by typing a space in the address bar.

== About This Add-on ==

This button pulls your most frequently visited URLs in "frecent" order, meaning the list is weighted by the recency of your visit as well as the number of visits. It should mostly match the list the address bar shows if you type a ^ character in the bar.

Note: You can switch the list shown by this extension to your Top Sites from the new tab page and include way more than 8 if you like the idea of controlling what is on the list.

Please refer to the above screenshots for more information on layout and options.

Limitations:


Permissions (see manifest.json):


Why a separate list and not in the address bar drop-down?

Firefox doesn't allow add-ons to take over the address bar drop-down. Starting in version 1.4, you can show a button in the page actions area at the right end of the address bar to open the add-on drop-down. However, the button only appears when a regular page is loaded, and not for the new tab page (or some other internal pages), so it isn't as useful as you might hope.

Install
You can move the button closer to the address bar using the Customize feature You can show a When you turn on the Show History drop-down filter bar shows only the matching sites (version 1.1) Show History drop-down with grouping by host name selected in Options (version 1.1) Example of Show History drop-down with dark theme (select in Options) New in version 1.1: option to show open/close buttons for the header (title and controls) above the list Example of Show History drop-down (version 1.2) You can change the number of URLs, list content and layout, where sites open (same tab vs. new tab), whether new tabs become focused immediately or stay in the background (version 1.4) You can switch to a dark color scheme and tweak the colors, show/hide the header bar and various controls, and add a button to the address bar (version 1.4)