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change search engine using shortcuts

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Akronix
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Hello. I've recently updated firefox and I've noticed the search bar has changed. It looks good, but I used to change the search engine using cntrl + up / down to change between search engines within the search bar. As It's explained here: http://lifehacker.com/139495/hack-attack-mouse+less-firefox Now, I don't find the way to do so without using the mouse or moving with the arrow keys all the way down.

Isn't there any shorcuts for this anymore? Shorcuts are really handy for me :(

PD: I've noticed also that cntrl+E does not select the search bar anymore, now cntrl+K only does this. But this ok.

Hello. I've recently updated firefox and I've noticed the search bar has changed. It looks good, but I used to change the search engine using cntrl + up / down to change between search engines within the search bar. As It's explained here: http://lifehacker.com/139495/hack-attack-mouse+less-firefox Now, I don't find the way to do so without using the mouse or moving with the arrow keys all the way down. Isn't there any shorcuts for this anymore? Shorcuts are really handy for me :( PD: I've noticed also that cntrl+E does not select the search bar anymore, now cntrl+K only does this. But this ok.

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You can open the search bar (Ctrl+K) and type at least one letter to open the drop down. You can use the Tab key to cycle through the installed search engines at the bottom row.

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the-edmeister
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You can revert to the former Search Bar scheme like this.

Open up about:config (typed in the Location Bar) and toggle this preference to false browser.search.showOneOffButtons Then restart Firefox.

cor-el
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You can open the search bar (Ctrl+K) and type at least one letter to open the drop down. You can use the Tab key to cycle through the installed search engines at the bottom row.

Akronix
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cor-el said

You can open the search bar (Ctrl+K) and type at least one letter to open the drop down. You can use the Tab key to cycle through the installed search engines at the bottom row.

This quite close to what I'm looking for, and I'm using this for the time being. But I miss to be able to select through the four arrow keys now that the search engines are in a matrix fashion.