Feature Request: Configurable Omnibox Suggestion Count per Category

Brave Feature Requests
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Description:

Brave currently limits autocomplete suggestions in the address bar to 2–4 entries per category (Bookmarks, History, Search). This limit is fixed and not user-configurable.

Problem: Power users with large, structured bookmark sets – e.g. service-based naming conventions like SRV-* or 192.168.* – are severely limited by this cap. Typing a known prefix returns only a fraction of relevant results, forcing additional keystrokes or manual navigation.

Firefox addresses this via browser.urlbar.maxRichResults. Chromium exposes no equivalent setting, but Brave – as a privacy-focused browser targeting professional users – is well-positioned to lead here.

Requested:

  • Configurable maximum suggestion count (global)
  • Optionally: per-category limits (Bookmarks, History, Search Suggestions)
  • Optionally: sorting preference (frequency, recency, alphabetical)

A single integer setting in brave://settings would suffice and would not affect default behavior for standard users.

Impact: For professionals using the address bar as primary navigation, this is a meaningful productivity gap and a barrier to replacing Firefox in enterprise environments.

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To follow up on this request with a concrete update:

The limitation has proven to be a real-world blocker, not a theoretical concern. As a result, I have developed a custom browser extension specifically to work around the missing configurability of omnibox suggestions.

The extension is functional – but the fact that a workaround like this is necessary for such a fundamental navigation feature speaks for itself.

The core ask remains simple: a single configurable parameter for maximum suggestion count. No UI overhaul, no breaking changes, no impact on default users.

This is a low-effort, high-impact improvement that would meaningfully close the gap to Firefox for power users and professional environments.

I strongly encourage reconsidering the priority of this request.