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Chrome (v61 now) displays the full URL in the address bar if it is https, but fails to display the full URL if it is http.

How do I fix this?

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  • If you mean not displaying http:// before the URL, then there is likely no fix. If you are having another issue, you may wish to link to a screenshot or describe the issue in more detail.
    – Anaksunaman
    Commented Oct 4, 2017 at 19:36
  • Yes, cutting off the front of the URL. Any idea if there is a configuration option to reinstate the correct behaviour?
    – IanH
    Commented Oct 6, 2017 at 7:04
  • I won't say there isn't definitively, but to the best of my knowledge, the previous fixes for this behavior no longer work. As I understand it, Chrome intends to eventually mark all http pages as "non-secure" and this presentation decision seems to be intended to help highlight https over non-https pages.
    – Anaksunaman
    Commented Oct 7, 2017 at 6:42
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    Flagging as not secure makes sense, but displaying an incorrect URL has no logic at all. Other browsers have options to suppress such presentation choices.
    – IanH
    Commented Oct 7, 2017 at 8:01

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This is now possible for Chrome 69+:

chrome://flags > Omnibox UI Hide Steady-State URL Scheme and Trivial Subdomains > Disabled

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    This is split into 3 settings now. For flags-search a "Omnibox UI Hide Steady-State URL" will match all three of them.
    – Jari Turkia
    Commented Apr 5, 2019 at 9:30
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    This doesn't work anymore in Chrome 79, all the "Omnibox UI Hide Steady-State URL" flags have been removed
    – Nicolas
    Commented Dec 16, 2019 at 9:35
  • Upvote for @Nicolas, downvote for Chrome.
    – Colin 't Hart
    Commented Jan 28, 2020 at 10:11
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    @Nicolas a fix is now in the pipeline at last.
    – meuh
    Commented Mar 19, 2020 at 12:37
  • @meuh almost 4 years later, never went in
    – Josh Hibschman
    Commented Jan 10 at 2:07
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As of Chrome 83, there is a flag for enabling a new context menu option "Show full URLs". chrome://flags/#omnibox-context-menu-show-full-urls

Edit: and as of v85, it seems to be enabled for all, so just use the context menu option.

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EDIT: The right answer is now Madis Otenurm's.

-> right-click the menu bar and select "Always show full URL"

I believe the fastest way now to show the complete URL of a website is using a keyboard shortcut to give focus to the "omnibar" :

  • Ctrl + L
  • Alt + D
  • F6

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/157179?hl=en

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  • There are indeed workarounds using copy / paste or highlighting the URL, but it would be so much better if Chrome displayed the URL correctly in the first place. Other browsers get it right ...
    – IanH
    Commented Feb 5, 2020 at 22:50
  • Yes it is highly unfortunate, I agree.
    – Moitah
    Commented Feb 7, 2020 at 9:13
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    Finally the Chrome product managers have listened - just go in the menu to View and toggle Always show full URL 🥳 🥳 🥳
    – Daniel W.
    Commented Jan 10, 2021 at 16:00
  • Back here in 2024, ctrl+L or cmd+L seems to be the only option left, all right-clicks and flags are gone
    – Josh Hibschman
    Commented Jan 10 at 2:09
  • @DanielW. there it is! submit as an answer so we can upvote ya
    – Josh Hibschman
    Commented Jan 10 at 16:52

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