GoToIntranetSiteForSingleWordEntryInAddressBar

Whether to always go through the DNS server before sending a single word search string to a search engine.

Compatibility: Firefox 104, Firefox ESR 102.2
CCK2 Equivalent: N/A
Preferences Affected: browser.fixup.dns_first_for_single_words

Description

If the site exists, it will navigate to the website. If the intranet responds with a 404, the page will show a 404. If the intranet does not respond, the browser will attempt a search.

The second result in the URL bar will be a search result to allow users to conduct a web search exactly as it was entered.

If instead you would like to enable the ability to have your domain appear as a valid URL and to disallow the browser from ever searching that term using the first result that matches it, add the pref browser.fixup.domainwhitelist.YOUR_DOMAIN (where YOUR_DOMAIN is the name of the domain you'd like to add), and set the pref to true. The URL bar will then suggest YOUR_DOMAIN when the user fully types YOUR_DOMAIN. If the user attempts to load that domain and it fails to load, it will show an "Unable to connect" error page.

You can also whitelist a domain suffix that is not part of the Public Suffix List by adding the pref browser.fixup.domainsuffixwhitelist.YOUR_DOMAIN_SUFFIX with a value of true.

Additionally, if you want users to see a "Did you mean to go to 'YOUR_DOMAIN'" prompt below the URL bar if they land on a search results page instead of an intranet domain that provides a response, set the pref browser.urlbar.dnsResolveSingleWordsAfterSearch to 1. Enabling this will cause the browser to commit a DNS check after every single word search. If the browser receives a response from the intranet, a prompt will ask the user if they'd like to instead navigate to YOUR_DOMAIN. If the user presses the yes button, browser.fixup.domainwhitelist.YOUR_DOMAIN will be set to true.

Windows (GPO)

Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\GoToIntranetSiteForSingleWordEntryInAddressBar = 0x1 | 0x0

Windows (Intune)

OMA-URI:

./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/Firefox~Policy~firefox/GoToIntranetSiteForSingleWordEntryInAddressBar

Value (string):

<enabled/> or <disabled/>

macOS

<dict>
  <key>GoToIntranetSiteForSingleWordEntryInAddressBar</key>
  <true/> | <false/>
</dict>

policies.json

{
  "policies": {
    "GoToIntranetSiteForSingleWordEntryInAddressBar": true | false
  }
}