How to display a full address (URL) in Safari

The Safari 8.0, which has been introduced in OS X Yosemite brought lots of changes and new features to the Apple’s web browser. Some of them are very useful but the other might be quite annoying for some users. One of them is that you no longer see the full address of a web site you’re currently visiting. Thankfully Apple made it as a part of the config and you can easily disable this option.

Here are the steps you need to do:

1. Go to the Safari’s Preferences…

   

2. Then Advanced -> and tick the box next to the Smart Search Field: (Show full website address)

   

There is no need to reboot your Mac or restart Safari. The change will take immediate effect and you’ll now see the full address of the visited website.

It’s worth to add that even if this option is un-ticked, you can still see the full address by clicking in the address field (or by pressing cmd ⌘ + L on the keyboard). This will highlight the URL (site address) and it will be fully displayed.

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Last modified on: 28th December 2014