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Address bar, "location bar" or "Omnibox" refers to the bar in web browsers which is used to navigate between pages using URLs.

The address bar, also known as "location bar" or "Omnibox" refers to the bar in web browsers which is used to navigate between pages using URLs.

The most important use of this bar, supported by all browsers, is navigation by entering a URL.
Many browsers support additional features, such as auto-completion and search plugins.

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Modify Address Bar URL in AJAX App to Match Current State

I'm writing an AJAX app, but as the user moves through the app, I'd like the URL in the address bar to update despite the lack of page reloads. Basically, I'd like for them to be able to bookmark at any point and thereby return to the current state.…
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Is there a way to change the browser's address bar without refreshing the page?

I'm developing a web app. In it I have a section called categories that every time a user clicks one of the categories an update panel loads the appropriate content. After the user clicked the category I want to change the browser's address bar url…
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100vh height when address bar is shown - Chrome Mobile

I came across this problem a few times and was wondering if there was a solution to this problem. My problem occurs on the Chrome mobile app. There, you can scroll down a bit and the adress bar disappears. So far, so good, let's make an example: …
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Open new popup window without address bars in firefox & IE

hope someone can help. just cannot get a new window to open in Firefox without address bars. IE works fine with below code window.open('/pageaddress.html', 'winname', directories=0,titlebar=0,toolbar=0,location=0,status=0, …
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Turn off URL manipulation in AngularJS

I'm trying to write my first web-app with Angular. In the normal mode (html5Mode off), Angular forces the address's hash part to look like a "path" (adding a leading "/"), and encodes special characters - for example, it allows a single "?" and "#"…
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How to hide a mobile browser's address bar?

Safari and Chrome on mobile devices both include a visible address bar when a page loads. As the body of the page scrolls, these browsers will scroll the address bar off screen to give more real estate to the website as shown in this image: I'm…
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How can I detect an address bar change with JavaScript?

I have a Ajax heavy application that may have a URL such as http://example.com/myApp/#page=1 When a user manipulates the site, the address bar can change to something like http://example.com/myApp/#page=5 without reloading the page. My problem is…
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why doesn't the favicon file show in the address bar of google chrome?

I have put favicon.ico file in the root directory.The favicon file is shown in the address bar and title bar of firefox and IE but is shown only in the title bar of google chrome. Why is that ?
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What algorithm does google use to make Chrome browser's address bar to act as a default search bar for many websites?

I am wondering what algorithm does google use to make chrome browser's address bar to act as a default search bar for many websites like SO, Quroa etc. but not for facebook, metastackoverflow etc.. For example if you want to search for a topic in…
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How to remove Address Bar in Safari in iOS?

Old trick with window.scrollTo(0,1); doesn't work. And even worse, the address bar moves only a bit and gets stuck halfway out sometimes.
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Keep URL unaffected when anchor link is clicked

I've checked other posts on here, no results of what I'm looking for. I want to click on About
Content of this..
and have it scroll to that element without putting www.domain.com/#about in the address…
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how to hide .php from address bar

I use php to build web applications, but i want my web pages without .php extension in the browser's address bar. For eample http://www.example.com/index.php shows like http://www.example.com/index in the browser's address bar. How can i do this?
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hide iPhone address bar with 100% height

Many posts on this, but not quite for my situation. My page has flexible dimensions set to 100% width and 100% height, so the typical on-load scroll function isn't working. Any thoughts or other solutions? Thanks! CSS: * { margin:0; …
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How to show address bar again after exiting fullscreen on Android

I use a HTML5 fullscreen plugin (https://github.com/kayahr/jquery-fullscreen-plugin) to view a website on request in fullscreen. This works great - however, when I exit the fullscreen via plugin, I only see the very top bar, but not the address…
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How to get text from Address Bar in Firefox extension

I am building a Firefox Extension. I am using XUL and Javascript to do this. I need to get the text from my Firefox browser's address bar. Please don't get confused with URL where the browser has navigated, its just the text that user enters before…
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