[Tip] Enable Weather Information Display in Firefox Address bar Drop-Down Suggestions

Mozilla team is testing a new feature in Firefox web browser which has been named as “Zero-Prefix Weather Suggestions“. This new feature displays the current weather information in Firefox address bar suggestions list. This article will help you in adding and enabling this new feature in Firefox web browser.

Zero-prefix weather suggestions feature adds a new widget or section to Firefox address bar drop-down box. When you click inside Firefox address bar (or URL bar), you’ll see the current weather information for your locale or city in the drop-down list.

Following screenshot shows the weather information widget showing inside Firefox address bar drop-down list:

This new feature is not enabled by default. Mozilla team has disabled the feature but interested users can manually activate and enable the feature. Mozilla team has provided a hidden secret preference/flag to turn on or off the new weather information feature in Firefox address bar.

If you also want to enable and test weather information display feature in your Firefox web browser right now, following steps will help you:

1. Open Mozilla Firefox and type about:config in the address bar and press Enter. It’ll show you a warning message, click on “Accept the Risk and Continue” button. It’ll open Firefox’s hidden secret advanced configuration page i.e. about:config page.

2. Now type quicksuggest.enabled in Search filter box and look for following preference in the window:

The weather information feature can be used only when Firefox Suggest feature is enabled. Make sure the above mentioned preference value is set to True which means Firefox Suggest feature is enabled. If it’s set to false, double-click on the preference and it’ll toggle the preference value to True.

3. Now type weather in Search filter box and look for following preferences in the window:

4. To activate and enable the new weather information display feature, set both the above mentioned preferences to True. To change the preference value, double-click on the preference and it’ll toggle the preference value.

That’s it. It’ll immediately add and enable weather information display feature in Firefox address bar drop-down list. Just left-click in the address bar and Firefox should now show current weather suggestion for your city.

PS: If the weather information widget doesn’t appear at first, restart the browser and wait for some minutes. Firefox might take some time in fetching the weather information for your locale.

If you decide to remove weather information from Firefox address bar drop-down list, set the above mentioned preferences to False again.

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