When you type into a pane’s address field, Flincth can suggest pages you’ve visited before, the way Firefox’s own address bar does. It’s off until you turn it on, and it needs one extra permission: read access to Firefox’s history.
Turn it on
- Click into any address field: Search or enter a website in an empty pane, or the address in a pane’s toolbar.
- A small menu offers Enable history suggestions. Click it.
- Confirm in Firefox’s own prompt.
From then on, matching pages appear under the field as you type: up to eight, each with its title and address. Use the arrow keys and Enter, or click one. Esc closes the list.
You can also turn it on in Settings → Browsing history suggestions.
Flincth never asks for history access on its own: not at install, and not just because you clicked into a field. If you decline, typing an address or searching works exactly as before.
What it reads, and what it doesn’t
- It searches your history for what you’re typing, and only inside the Flincth tab.
- It doesn’t add to your history, delete from it, copy it, keep it or send it anywhere.
- Only web addresses (http and https) are suggested, and never addresses with a user name or password in them.
- In a private window there are no suggestions, and private tabs never appear in Choose from open tabs either.
Turn it off
Turn off Settings → Browsing history suggestions. That also gives the history permission back to Firefox. You can check it any time on Add-ons and themes.