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Address bar in Firefox 140 doesn't let me select search engines using up and down arrows

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askandanswer
askandanswer

Before upgrading to Firefox 140, I would always quickly switch between my default DuckDuckGo and alternative search options, like Wikipedia, using the up and down arrows. I would just type the search term in the address bar and then tap the down key a couple of times before pressing enter if I wanted to use a different search engine.

The new address bar no longer seems to offer this option. I see I can still select alternative search engines using the mouse, but pressing the down key no longer lets me select them.

Is it possible to re-enable this way of quickly switching between search engines using the keyboard?

Before upgrading to Firefox 140, I would always quickly switch between my default DuckDuckGo and alternative search options, like Wikipedia, using the up and down arrows. I would just type the search term in the address bar and then tap the down key a couple of times before pressing enter if I wanted to use a different search engine. The new address bar no longer seems to offer this option. I see I can still select alternative search engines using the mouse, but pressing the down key no longer lets me select them. Is it possible to re-enable this way of quickly switching between search engines using the keyboard?

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When the cursor is in the address bar, you can focus the new search engine selector by first using Shift+Tab before using the arrow keys. What do you think - can you get used to that workflow?

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Gekose oplossing

When the cursor is in the address bar, you can focus the new search engine selector by first using Shift+Tab before using the arrow keys. What do you think - can you get used to that workflow?

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Thank you! It's (for my use) not as good as the previous design, but at least it's still faster than using the mouse, so I can probably get used to it.

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1lama

Hey, I found a solution for the problem. Type about:config in the URL bar, search for browser.urlbar.scotchBonnet.enableOverride and set it to false.

https://support.mozilla.org/si/questions/1497631 https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/address-bar-updates-now-live-in-firefox-nightly/td-p/76176