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+Telemetry
+=========
+
+This section describes existing telemetry probes measuring interaction with the
+Address Bar.
+
+For telemetry specific to Firefox Suggest, see the
+:doc:`firefox-suggest-telemetry` document.
+
+.. toctree::
+ :caption: Table of Contents
+
+ telemetry
+
+Histograms
+----------
+
+PLACES_AUTOCOMPLETE_1ST_RESULT_TIME_MS
+ This probe tracks the amount of time it takes to get the first result.
+ It is an exponential histogram with values between 5 and 100.
+
+PLACES_AUTOCOMPLETE_6_FIRST_RESULTS_TIME_MS
+ This probe tracks the amount of time it takes to get the first six results.
+ It is an exponential histogram with values between 50 and 1000.
+
+FX_URLBAR_SELECTED_RESULT_METHOD
+ This probe tracks how a result was picked by the user from the list.
+ It is a categorical histogram with these values:
+
+ - ``enter``
+ The user pressed Enter without selecting a result first.
+ This most likely happens when the user confirms the default preselected
+ result (aka *heuristic result*), or when they select with the keyboard a
+ one-off search button and confirm with Enter.
+ - ``enterSelection``
+ The user selected a result, but not using Tab or the arrow keys, and then
+ pressed Enter. This is a rare and generally unexpected event, there may be
+ exotic ways to select a result we didn't consider, that are tracked here.
+ Look at arrowEnterSelection and tabEnterSelection for more common actions.
+ - ``click``
+ The user clicked on a result.
+ - ``arrowEnterSelection``
+ The user selected a result using the arrow keys, and then pressed Enter.
+ - ``tabEnterSelection``
+ The first key the user pressed to select a result was the Tab key, and then
+ they pressed Enter. Note that this means the user could have used the arrow
+ keys after first pressing the Tab key.
+ - ``rightClickEnter``
+ Before QuantumBar, it was possible to right-click a result to highlight but
+ not pick it. Then the user could press Enter. This is no more possible.
+
+FX_URLBAR_ZERO_PREFIX_DWELL_TIME_MS
+ This probe records the amount of time the zero-prefix view was shown; that is,
+ the time from when it was opened to the time it was closed. "Zero-prefix"
+ means the search string was empty, so the zero-prefix view is the view that's
+ shown when the user clicks in the urlbar before typing a search string. Often
+ it's also called the "top sites" view since normally it shows the user's top
+ sites. This is an exponential histogram whose values range from 0 to 60,000
+ with 50 buckets. Values are in milliseconds. This histogram was introduced in
+ Firefox 110.0 in bug 1806765.
+
+Scalars
+-------
+
+urlbar.abandonment
+ A uint recording the number of abandoned engagements in the urlbar. An
+ abandonment occurs when the user begins using the urlbar but stops before
+ completing the engagement. This can happen when the user clicks outside the
+ urlbar to focus a different part of the window. It can also happen when the
+ user switches to another window while the urlbar is focused.
+
+urlbar.engagement
+ A uint recording the number of engagements the user completes in the urlbar.
+ An engagement occurs when the user navigates to a page using the urlbar, for
+ example by picking a result in the urlbar panel or typing a search term or URL
+ in the urlbar and pressing the enter key.
+
+urlbar.impression.*
+ A uint recording the number of impression that was displaying when user picks
+ any result.
+
+ - ``autofill_about``
+ For about-page type autofill.
+ - ``autofill_adaptive``
+ For adaptive history type autofill.
+ - ``autofill_origin``
+ For origin type autofill.
+ - ``autofill_other``
+ Counts how many times some other type of autofill result that does not have
+ a specific scalar was shown. This is a fallback that is used when the code is
+ not properly setting a specific autofill type, and it should not normally be
+ used. If it appears in the data, it means we need to investigate and fix the
+ code that is not properly setting a specific autofill type.
+ - ``autofill_preloaded``
+ For preloaded site type autofill.
+ - ``autofill_url``
+ For url type autofill.
+
+urlbar.tips
+ This is a keyed scalar whose values are uints and are incremented each time a
+ tip result is shown, a tip is picked, and a tip's help button is picked. The
+ keys are:
+
+ - ``intervention_clear-help``
+ Incremented when the user picks the help button in the clear-history search
+ intervention.
+ - ``intervention_clear-picked``
+ Incremented when the user picks the clear-history search intervention.
+ - ``intervention_clear-shown``
+ Incremented when the clear-history search intervention is shown.
+ - ``intervention_refresh-help``
+ Incremented when the user picks the help button in the refresh-Firefox
+ search intervention.
+ - ``intervention_refresh-picked``
+ Incremented when the user picks the refresh-Firefox search intervention.
+ - ``intervention_refresh-shown``
+ Incremented when the refresh-Firefox search intervention is shown.
+ - ``intervention_update_ask-help``
+ Incremented when the user picks the help button in the update_ask search
+ intervention, which is shown when there's a Firefox update available but the
+ user's preference says we should ask them to download and apply it.
+ - ``intervention_update_ask-picked``
+ Incremented when the user picks the update_ask search intervention.
+ - ``intervention_update_ask-shown``
+ Incremented when the update_ask search intervention is shown.
+ - ``intervention_update_refresh-help``
+ Incremented when the user picks the help button in the update_refresh search
+ intervention, which is shown when the user's browser is up to date but they
+ triggered the update intervention. We show this special refresh intervention
+ instead.
+ - ``intervention_update_refresh-picked``
+ Incremented when the user picks the update_refresh search intervention.
+ - ``intervention_update_refresh-shown``
+ Incremented when the update_refresh search intervention is shown.
+ - ``intervention_update_restart-help``
+ Incremented when the user picks the help button in the update_restart search
+ intervention, which is shown when there's an update and it's been downloaded
+ and applied. The user needs to restart to finish.
+ - ``intervention_update_restart-picked``
+ Incremented when the user picks the update_restart search intervention.
+ - ``intervention_update_restart-shown``
+ Incremented when the update_restart search intervention is shown.
+ - ``intervention_update_web-help``
+ Incremented when the user picks the help button in the update_web search
+ intervention, which is shown when we can't update the browser or possibly
+ even check for updates for some reason, so the user should download the
+ latest version from the web.
+ - ``intervention_update_web-picked``
+ Incremented when the user picks the update_web search intervention.
+ - ``intervention_update_web-shown``
+ Incremented when the update_web search intervention is shown.
+ - ``tabtosearch-shown``
+ Increment when a non-onboarding tab-to-search result is shown, once per
+ engine per engagement. Please note that the number of times non-onboarding
+ tab-to-search results are picked is the sum of all keys in
+ ``urlbar.searchmode.tabtosearch``. Please also note that more detailed
+ telemetry is recorded about both onboarding and non-onboarding tab-to-search
+ results in urlbar.tabtosearch.*. These probes in ``urlbar.tips`` are still
+ recorded because ``urlbar.tabtosearch.*`` is not currently recorded
+ in Release.
+ - ``tabtosearch_onboard-shown``
+ Incremented when a tab-to-search onboarding result is shown, once per engine
+ per engagement. Please note that the number of times tab-to-search
+ onboarding results are picked is the sum of all keys in
+ ``urlbar.searchmode.tabtosearch_onboard``.
+ - ``searchTip_onboard-picked``
+ Incremented when the user picks the onboarding search tip.
+ - ``searchTip_onboard-shown``
+ Incremented when the onboarding search tip is shown.
+ - ``searchTip_persist-picked``
+ Incremented when the user picks the urlbar persisted search tip.
+ - ``searchTip_persist-shown``
+ Incremented when the url persisted search tip is shown.
+ - ``searchTip_redirect-picked``
+ Incremented when the user picks the redirect search tip.
+ - ``searchTip_redirect-shown``
+ Incremented when the redirect search tip is shown.
+
+urlbar.searchmode.*
+ This is a set of keyed scalars whose values are uints incremented each
+ time search mode is entered in the Urlbar. The suffix on the scalar name
+ describes how search mode was entered. Possibilities include:
+
+ - ``bookmarkmenu``
+ Used when the user selects the Search Bookmarks menu item in the Library
+ menu.
+ - ``handoff``
+ Used when the user uses the search box on the new tab page and is handed off
+ to the address bar. NOTE: This entry point was disabled from Firefox 88 to
+ 91. Starting with 91, it will appear but in low volume. Users must have
+ searching in the Urlbar disabled to enter search mode via handoff.
+ - ``keywordoffer``
+ Used when the user selects a keyword offer result.
+ - ``oneoff``
+ Used when the user selects a one-off engine in the Urlbar.
+ - ``shortcut``
+ Used when the user enters search mode with a keyboard shortcut or menu bar
+ item (e.g. ``Accel+K``).
+ - ``tabmenu``
+ Used when the user selects the Search Tabs menu item in the tab overflow
+ menu.
+ - ``tabtosearch``
+ Used when the user selects a tab-to-search result. These results suggest a
+ search engine when the search engine's domain is autofilled.
+ - ``tabtosearch_onboard``
+ Used when the user selects a tab-to-search onboarding result. These are
+ shown the first few times the user encounters a tab-to-search result.
+ - ``topsites_newtab``
+ Used when the user selects a search shortcut Top Site from the New Tab Page.
+ - ``topsites_urlbar``
+ Used when the user selects a search shortcut Top Site from the Urlbar.
+ - ``touchbar``
+ Used when the user taps a search shortct on the Touch Bar, available on some
+ Macs.
+ - ``typed``
+ Used when the user types an engine alias in the Urlbar.
+ - ``other``
+ Used as a catchall for other behaviour. We don't expect this scalar to hold
+ any values. If it does, we need to correct an issue with search mode entry
+ points.
+
+ The keys for the scalars above are engine and source names. If the user enters
+ a remote search mode with a built-in engine, we record the engine name. If the
+ user enters a remote search mode with an engine they installed (e.g. via
+ OpenSearch or a WebExtension), we record ``other`` (not to be confused with
+ the ``urlbar.searchmode.other`` scalar above). If they enter a local search
+ mode, we record the English name of the result source (e.g. "bookmarks",
+ "history", "tabs"). Note that we slightly modify the engine name for some
+ built-in engines: we flatten all localized Amazon sites (Amazon.com,
+ Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, etc.) to "Amazon" and we flatten all localized
+ Wikipedia sites (Wikipedia (en), Wikipedia (fr), etc.) to "Wikipedia". This
+ is done to reduce the number of keys used by these scalars.
+
+urlbar.picked.*
+ This is a set of keyed scalars whose values are uints incremented each
+ time a result is picked from the Urlbar. The suffix on the scalar name
+ is the result type. The keys for the scalars above are the 0-based index of
+ the result in the urlbar panel when it was picked.
+
+ .. note::
+ Available from Firefox 84 on. Use the *FX_URLBAR_SELECTED_** histograms in
+ earlier versions.
+
+ .. note::
+ Firefox 102 deprecated ``autofill`` and added ``autofill_about``,
+ ``autofill_adaptive``, ``autofill_origin``, ``autofill_other``,
+ ``autofill_preloaded``, and ``autofill_url``.
+
+ Valid result types are:
+
+ - ``autofill``
+ This scalar was deprecated in Firefox 102 and replaced with
+ ``autofill_about``, ``autofill_adaptive``, ``autofill_origin``,
+ ``autofill_other``, ``autofill_preloaded``, and ``autofill_url``. Previously
+ it was recorded in each of the cases that the other scalars now cover.
+ - ``autofill_about``
+ An autofilled "about:" page URI (e.g., about:config). The user must first
+ type "about:" to trigger this type of autofill.
+ - ``autofill_adaptive``
+ An autofilled URL from the user's adaptive history. This type of autofill
+ differs from ``autofill_url`` in two ways: (1) It's based on the user's
+ adaptive history, a particular type of history that associates the user's
+ search string with the URL they pick in the address bar. (2) It autofills
+ full URLs instead of "up to the next slash" partial URLs. For more
+ information on this type of autofill, see this `adaptive history autofill
+ document`_.
+ - ``autofill_origin``
+ An autofilled origin_ from the user's history. Typically "origin" means a
+ domain or host name like "mozilla.org". Technically it can also include a
+ URL scheme or protocol like "https" and a port number like ":8000". Firefox
+ can autofill domain names by themselves, domain names with schemes, domain
+ names with ports, and domain names with schemes and ports. All of these
+ cases count as origin autofill. For more information, see this `adaptive
+ history autofill document`_.
+ - ``autofill_other``
+ Counts how many times some other type of autofill result that does not have
+ a specific keyed scalar was picked at a given index. This is a fallback that
+ is used when the code is not properly setting a specific autofill type, and
+ it should not normally be used. If it appears in the data, it means we need
+ to investigate and fix the code that is not properly setting a specific
+ autofill type.
+ - ``autofill_preloaded``
+ An autofilled `preloaded site`_. The preloaded-sites feature (as it relates
+ to this telemetry scalar) has never been enabled in Firefox, so this scalar
+ should never be recorded. It can be enabled by flipping a hidden preference,
+ however. It's included here for consistency and correctness.
+ - ``autofill_url``
+ An autofilled URL or partial URL from the user's history. Firefox autofills
+ URLs "up to the next slash", so to trigger URL autofill, the user must first
+ type a domain name (or trigger origin autofill) and then begin typing the
+ rest of the URL (technically speaking, its path). As they continue typing,
+ the URL will only be partially autofilled up to the next slash, or if there
+ is no next slash, to the end of the URL. This allows the user to easily
+ visit different subpaths of a domain. For more information, see this
+ `adaptive history autofill document`_.
+ - ``bookmark``
+ A bookmarked URL.
+ - ``dynamic``
+ A specially crafted result, often used in experiments when basic types are
+ not flexible enough for a rich layout.
+ - ``extension``
+ Added by an add-on through the omnibox WebExtension API.
+ - ``formhistory``
+ A search suggestion from previous search history.
+ - ``history``
+ A URL from history.
+ - ``keyword``
+ A bookmark keyword.
+ - ``quickaction``
+ A QuickAction.
+ - ``quicksuggest``
+ A Firefox Suggest (a.k.a. quick suggest) suggestion.
+ - ``remotetab``
+ A tab synced from another device.
+ - ``searchengine``
+ A search result, but not a suggestion. May be the default search action
+ or a search alias.
+ - ``searchsuggestion``
+ A remote search suggestion.
+ - ``switchtab``
+ An open tab.
+ - ``tabtosearch``
+ A tab to search result.
+ - ``tip``
+ A tip result.
+ - ``topsite``
+ An entry from top sites.
+ - ``unknown``
+ An unknown result type, a bug should be filed to figure out what it is.
+ - ``visiturl``
+ The user typed string can be directly visited.
+
+ .. _adaptive history autofill document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRBLr_2dxus-aYhZRUkW9Q3B1K0uC-a0qQyE3kQDTU3pcNpDHb36-Pfo9fbETk89e7Jz4nkrqwRhi4j/pub
+ .. _origin: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/origin.html#origin
+ .. _preloaded site: https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/browser/components/urlbar/UrlbarProviderPreloadedSites.jsm
+
+urlbar.picked.searchmode.*
+ This is a set of keyed scalars whose values are uints incremented each time a
+ result is picked from the Urlbar while the Urlbar is in search mode. The
+ suffix on the scalar name is the search mode entry point. The keys for the
+ scalars are the 0-based index of the result in the urlbar panel when it was
+ picked.
+
+ .. note::
+ These scalars share elements of both ``urlbar.picked.*`` and
+ ``urlbar.searchmode.*``. Scalar name suffixes are search mode entry points,
+ like ``urlbar.searchmode.*``. The keys for these scalars are result indices,
+ like ``urlbar.picked.*``.
+
+ .. note::
+ These data are a subset of the data recorded by ``urlbar.picked.*``. For
+ example, if the user enters search mode by clicking a one-off then selects
+ a Google search suggestion at index 2, we would record in **both**
+ ``urlbar.picked.searchsuggestion`` and ``urlbar.picked.searchmode.oneoff``.
+
+urlbar.tabtosearch.*
+ This is a set of keyed scalars whose values are uints incremented when a
+ tab-to-search result is shown, once per engine per engagement. There are two
+ sub-probes: ``urlbar.tabtosearch.impressions`` and
+ ``urlbar.tabtosearch.impressions_onboarding``. The former records impressions
+ of regular tab-to-search results and the latter records impressions of
+ onboarding tab-to-search results. The key values are identical to those of the
+ ``urlbar.searchmode.*`` probes: they are the names of the engines shown in the
+ tab-to-search results. Engines that are not built in are grouped under the
+ key ``other``.
+
+ .. note::
+ Due to the potentially sensitive nature of these data, they are currently
+ collected only on pre-release version of Firefox. See bug 1686330.
+
+urlbar.zeroprefix.abandonment
+ A uint recording the number of abandonments of the zero-prefix view.
+ "Zero-prefix" means the search string was empty, so the zero-prefix view is
+ the view that's shown when the user clicks in the urlbar before typing a
+ search string. Often it's called the "top sites" view since normally it shows
+ the user's top sites. "Abandonment" means the user opened the zero-prefix view
+ but it was closed without the user picking a result inside it. This scalar was
+ introduced in Firefox 110.0 in bug 1806765.
+
+urlbar.zeroprefix.engagement
+ A uint recording the number of engagements in the zero-prefix view.
+ "Zero-prefix" means the search string was empty, so the zero-prefix view is
+ the view that's shown when the user clicks in the urlbar before typing a
+ search string. Often it's called the "top sites" view since normally it shows
+ the user's top sites. "Engagement" means the user picked a result inside the
+ view. This scalar was introduced in Firefox 110.0 in bug 1806765.
+
+urlbar.zeroprefix.exposure
+ A uint recording the number of times the user was exposed to the zero-prefix
+ view; that is, the number of times it was shown. "Zero-prefix" means the
+ search string was empty, so the zero-prefix view is the view that's shown when
+ the user clicks in the urlbar before typing a search string. Often it's called
+ the "top sites" view since normally it shows the user's top sites. This scalar
+ was introduced in Firefox 110.0 in bug 1806765.
+
+places.*
+ This is places related telemetry.
+
+ Valid result types are:
+
+ - ``sponsored_visit_no_triggering_url``
+ Number of sponsored visits that could not find their triggering URL in
+ history. We expect this to be a small number just due to the navigation layer
+ manipulating URLs. A large or growing value may be a concern.
+
+Search Engagement Telemetry
+---------------------------
+
+The search engagement telemetry provided since Firefox 110 is is recorded using
+Glean events. Because of the data size, these events are collected only for a
+subset of the population, using the Glean Sampling feature. Please see the
+following documents for the details.
+
+ - `Engagement`_ :
+ It is defined as a completed action in urlbar, where a user picked one of
+ the results.
+ - `Abandonment`_ :
+ It is defined as an action where the user open the results but does not
+ complete an engagement action, usually unfocusing the urlbar. This also
+ happens when the user switches to another window, if the results popup was
+ opening.
+ - `Impression`_ :
+ It is defined as an action where the results had been shown to the user for
+ a while. In default, it will be recorded when the same results have been
+ shown and 1 sec has elapsed. The interval value can be modified through the
+ `browser.urlbar.searchEngagementTelemetry.pauseImpressionIntervalMs`
+ preference.
+
+.. _Engagement: https://dictionary.telemetry.mozilla.org/apps/firefox_desktop/metrics/urlbar_engagement
+.. _Abandonment: https://dictionary.telemetry.mozilla.org/apps/firefox_desktop/metrics/urlbar_abandonment
+.. _Impression: https://dictionary.telemetry.mozilla.org/apps/firefox_desktop/metrics/urlbar_impression
+
+
+Custom pings for Contextual Services
+------------------------------------
+
+Contextual Services currently has two features involving the address bar, top
+sites and Firefox Suggest. Top sites telemetry is described below. For Firefox
+Suggest, see the :doc:`firefox-suggest-telemetry` document.
+
+Firefox sends the following `custom pings`_ to record impressions and clicks of
+the top sites feature.
+
+ .. _custom pings: https://docs.telemetry.mozilla.org/cookbooks/new_ping.html#sending-a-custom-ping
+
+Top Sites Impression
+ This records an impression when a sponsored top site is shown.
+
+ - ``context_id``
+ A UUID representing this user. Note that it's not client_id, nor can it be
+ used to link to a client_id.
+ - ``tile_id``
+ A unique identifier for the sponsored top site.
+ - ``source``
+ The browser location where the impression was displayed.
+ - ``position``
+ The placement of the top site (1-based).
+ - ``advertiser``
+ The Name of the advertiser.
+ - ``reporting_url``
+ The reporting URL of the sponsored top site, normally pointing to the ad
+ partner's reporting endpoint.
+ - ``version``
+ Firefox version.
+ - ``release_channel``
+ Firefox release channel.
+ - ``locale``
+ User's current locale.
+
+Changelog
+ Firefox 108.0
+ The impression ping is sent for Pocket sponsored tiles as well. Pocket sponsored tiles have different values for ``advertiser`` and ``reporting_url`` is null. [Bug 1794022_]
+
+ Firefox 87.0
+ Introduced. [Non_public_doc_]
+
+.. _Non_public_doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qLb4hUwR8YQj5QnjJtwxQIoDCPLQ6XuAmJPQ6_WmS4E/edit
+.. _1794022: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1794022
+
+Top Sites Click
+ This records a click ping when a sponsored top site is clicked by the user.
+
+ - ``context_id``
+ A UUID representing this user. Note that it's not client_id, nor can it be
+ used to link to a client_id.
+ - ``tile_id``
+ A unique identifier for the sponsored top site.
+ - ``source``
+ The browser location where the click was tirggered.
+ - ``position``
+ The placement of the top site (1-based).
+ - ``advertiser``
+ The Name of the advertiser.
+ - ``reporting_url``
+ The reporting URL of the sponsored top site, normally pointing to the ad
+ partner's reporting endpoint.
+ - ``version``
+ Firefox version.
+ - ``release_channel``
+ Firefox release channel.
+ - ``locale``
+ User's current locale.
+
+Changelog
+ Firefox 108.0
+ The click ping is sent for Pocket sponsored tiles as well. Pocket sponsored tiles have different values for ``advertiser`` and ``reporting_url`` is null. [Bug 1794022_]
+
+ Firefox 87.0
+ Introduced. [Non_public_doc_]
+
+
+Other telemetry relevant to the Address Bar
+-------------------------------------------
+
+Search Telemetry
+ Some of the `search telemetry`_ is also relevant to the address bar.
+
+contextual.services.topsites.*
+ These keyed scalars instrument the impressions and clicks for sponsored top
+ sites in the urlbar.
+ The key is a combination of the source and the placement of the top sites link
+ (1-based) such as 'urlbar_1'. For each key, it records the counter of the
+ impression or click.
+ Note that these scalars are shared with the top sites on the newtab page.
+
+Telemetry Environment
+ The following preferences relevant to the address bar are recorded in
+ :doc:`telemetry environment data </toolkit/components/telemetry/data/environment>`:
+
+ - ``browser.search.suggest.enabled``: The global toggle for search
+ suggestions everywhere in Firefox (search bar, urlbar, etc.). Defaults to
+ true.
+ - ``browser.urlbar.autoFill``: The global preference for whether autofill in
+ the urlbar is enabled. When false, all types of autofill are disabled.
+ - ``browser.urlbar.autoFill.adaptiveHistory.enabled``: True if adaptive
+ history autofill in the urlbar is enabled.
+ - ``browser.urlbar.suggest.searches``: True if search suggestions are
+ enabled in the urlbar. Defaults to false.
+
+Firefox Suggest
+ Telemetry specific to Firefox Suggest is described in the
+ :doc:`firefox-suggest-telemetry` document.
+
+.. _search telemetry: /browser/search/telemetry.html
+
+Event Telemetry
+---------------
+
+ .. note::
+ This is a legacy event telemetry. For the current telemetry, please see
+ `Search Engagement Telemetry`_. These legacy events were disabled by default
+ and required enabling through a preference or a Urlbar WebExtension
+ experimental API.
+
+.. _Search Engagement Telemetry: #search-engagement-telemetry
+
+The event telemetry is grouped under the ``urlbar`` category.
+
+Event Method
+ There are two methods to describe the interaction with the urlbar:
+
+ - ``engagement``
+ It is defined as a completed action in urlbar, where a user inserts text
+ and executes one of the actions described in the Event Object.
+ - ``abandonment``
+ It is defined as an action where the user inserts text but does not
+ complete an engagement action, usually unfocusing the urlbar. This also
+ happens when the user switches to another window, regardless of urlbar
+ focus.
+
+Event Value
+ This is how the user interaction started
+
+ - ``typed``: The text was typed into the urlbar.
+ - ``dropped``: The text was drag and dropped into the urlbar.
+ - ``pasted``: The text was pasted into the urlbar.
+ - ``topsites``: The user opened the urlbar view without typing, dropping,
+ or pasting.
+ In these cases, if the urlbar input is showing the URL of the loaded page
+ and the user has not modified the input’s content, the urlbar views shows
+ the user’s top sites. Otherwise, if the user had modified the input’s
+ content, the urlbar view shows results based on what the user has typed.
+ To tell whether top sites were shown, it's enough to check whether value is
+ ``topsites``. To know whether the user actually picked a top site, check
+ check that ``numChars`` == 0. If ``numChars`` > 0, the user initially opened
+ top sites, but then they started typing and confirmed a different result.
+ - ``returned``: The user abandoned a search, for example by switching to
+ another tab/window, or focusing something else, then came back to it
+ and continued. We consider a search continued if the user kept at least the
+ first char of the original search string.
+ - ``restarted``: The user abandoned a search, for example by switching to
+ another tab/window, or focusing something else, then came back to it,
+ cleared it and then typed a new string.
+
+Event Object
+ These describe actions in the urlbar:
+
+ - ``click``
+ The user clicked on a result.
+ - ``enter``
+ The user confirmed a result with Enter.
+ - ``drop_go``
+ The user dropped text on the input field.
+ - ``paste_go``
+ The user used Paste and Go feature. It is not the same as paste and Enter.
+ - ``blur``
+ The user unfocused the urlbar. This is only valid for ``abandonment``.
+
+Event Extra
+ This object contains additional information about the interaction.
+ Extra is a key-value store, where all the keys and values are strings.
+
+ - ``elapsed``
+ Time in milliseconds from the initial interaction to an action.
+ - ``numChars``
+ Number of input characters the user typed or pasted at the time of
+ submission.
+ - ``numWords``
+ Number of words in the input. The measurement is taken from a trimmed input
+ split up by its spaces. This is not a perfect measurement, since it will
+ return an incorrect value for languages that do not use spaces or URLs
+ containing spaces in its query parameters, for example.
+ - ``selType``
+ The type of the selected result at the time of submission.
+ This is only present for ``engagement`` events.
+ It can be one of: ``none``, ``autofill``, ``visiturl``, ``bookmark``,
+ ``history``, ``keyword``, ``searchengine``, ``searchsuggestion``,
+ ``switchtab``, ``remotetab``, ``extension``, ``oneoff``, ``keywordoffer``,
+ ``canonized``, ``tip``, ``tiphelp``, ``formhistory``, ``tabtosearch``,
+ ``help``, ``block``, ``quicksuggest``, ``unknown``
+ In practice, ``tabtosearch`` should not appear in real event telemetry.
+ Opening a tab-to-search result enters search mode and entering search mode
+ does not currently mark the end of an engagement. It is noted here for
+ completeness. Similarly, ``block`` indicates a result was blocked or deleted
+ but should not appear because blocking a result does not end the engagement.
+ - ``selIndex``
+ Index of the selected result in the urlbar panel, or -1 for no selection.
+ There won't be a selection when a one-off button is the only selection, and
+ for the ``paste_go`` or ``drop_go`` objects. There may also not be a
+ selection if the system was busy and results arrived too late, then we
+ directly decide whether to search or visit the given string without having
+ a fully built result.
+ This is only present for ``engagement`` events.
+ - ``provider``
+ The name of the result provider for the selected result. Existing values
+ are: ``HeuristicFallback``, ``Autofill``, ``Places``,
+ ``TokenAliasEngines``, ``SearchSuggestions``, ``UrlbarProviderTopSites``.
+ Data from before Firefox 91 will also list ``UnifiedComplete`` as a
+ provider. This is equivalent to ``Places``.
+ Values can also be defined by `URLBar provider experiments`_.
+
+ .. _URLBar provider experiments: experiments.html#developing-address-bar-extensions