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I want to turn of the search in the address bar

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DogPack
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I have the new firefox 43, when i type things in to the addressee bar, my most used web sites pop up at the top and i press the down arrow key once and i get the web site i want, but now the 1st item is always the search option, i dont need or want it to be there, i have a search bar for searching.

How do i completely 100% remove the search icon from the address bar so that the 1st item in the list goes back to being web addresses?

Ps I also find it very disconcerting that during this upgrade i was asked if i wanted search option/suggestions in the address bar and i said no, but when i was looking in the options to get rid of this new "feature" that option was turned on.

What other of my preferences during setup are you just ignoring?

I have the new firefox 43, when i type things in to the addressee bar, my most used web sites pop up at the top and i press the down arrow key once and i get the web site i want, but now the 1st item is always the search option, i dont need or want it to be there, i have a search bar for searching. How do i completely 100% remove the search icon from the address bar so that the 1st item in the list goes back to being web addresses? Ps I also find it very disconcerting that during this upgrade i was asked if i wanted search option/suggestions in the address bar and i said no, but when i was looking in the options to get rid of this new "feature" that option was turned on. What other of my preferences during setup are you just ignoring?

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That's a new feature in Firefox 43. To turn it off do this:

  1. Go to about:config in Firefox
  2. Click the I'll be careful button
  3. Locate the browser.urlbar.unifiedcomplete boolean
  4. Change the value to false

Note: You may need to restart Firefox for the changes to take effect.

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the-edmeister
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That's a new feature in Firefox 43. To turn it off do this:

  1. Go to about:config in Firefox
  2. Click the I'll be careful button
  3. Locate the browser.urlbar.unifiedcomplete boolean
  4. Change the value to false

Note: You may need to restart Firefox for the changes to take effect.

DogPack
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Thanks that worked fine :)