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The new setting for selecting a search engine in the search box very inconvenient.

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The latest version of Firefox appears to have updated a setting: When selecting a custom search engine in the address bar or search box, you now need to click the mouse three times (click the dropdown button on the left side of the box - select search engine - search); previously, after entering search terms in the search box, you only needed to move the mouse icon below the box to automatically display all search engines, and then click the desired engine to search directly, thus completing the search with just one click.

The old setting was very convenient; while the new setting forces me to click several times every time I want to search for a term in the search bar.

I hope the support team will address and improve this issue.

The latest version of Firefox appears to have updated a setting: When selecting a custom search engine in the address bar or search box, you now need to click the mouse three times (click the dropdown button on the left side of the box - select search engine - search); previously, after entering search terms in the search box, you only needed to move the mouse icon below the box to automatically display all search engines, and then click the desired engine to search directly, thus completing the search with just one click. The old setting was very convenient; while the new setting forces me to click several times every time I want to search for a term in the search bar. I hope the support team will address and improve this issue.
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I agree with the question. The search has become very inconvenient to use. Please restore it to how it was before.

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Solved! Thank u so much!!

Сергей К

I agree with the question. The search has become very inconvenient to use. Please restore it to how it was before.

Pls refer to the solution in the comment below

A control pref to enable/disable a new feature is usually only meant to be present during development of a new feature and the control pref and the old code can be removed once this feature is considered finished, it isn't guaranteed for how long it will be available.

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