[Bug] Urlbar constantly expanding and shrinking on typing.

[LouShy]

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Describe the bug Urlbar is changing width while typing.

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System info

• OS: Windows 10
• Firefox version: 75

[Aire-One]

We briefly discussed this very issue in #207.

The workaround we find waiting for a proper fix is to disable flexible spacer next to the urlbar.

[SaucySauce]

https://lifehacker.com/how-to-disable-firefox-75s-new-address-bar-1842728031 this should do it.

[SaucySauce]

I only changed browser.urlbar.openViewOnFocus to false and it was enough.

[muckSponge]

Can confirm, the problem is only present with flexible spacers in the nav bar. If you're ok with it, remove these and the urlbar will stop expanding. If you really need those spacers, you'll need to wait for a fix. I tried the suggested browser.urlbar.openViewOnFocus = false workaround but the problem persists for me. This config setting only changes the behaviour of when the urlbar view pops up. On focus is the new default and disabling this still makes it pop up while typing.

To remove the spacers, do the following:

[muckSponge]

Dup #237 has some good videos so referencing it here.

[muckSponge]

Should be fixed. position: relative was causing some odd behaviour. Can't guarantee this will work properly with non-default about:config urlbar tweaks.