Center-screen search bar defaults to address bar

Hello, I have a situation - which I had previously researched and resolved - that has come back to haunt me. I use an ultra-widescreen monitor and searching/browsing obvi… (read more)

Hello,

I have a situation - which I had previously researched and resolved - that has come back to haunt me.

I use an ultra-widescreen monitor and searching/browsing obviously necessitates a center-screen search box which, up until now, Firefox has provided cleanly and with simplicity. However, I see that (once again) despite cursor placement in the center-screen box the search text is being entered in the address bar which is wholly impractical for me since I have to look about 60 degrees left and upwards to see what I am typing.

I say "again" because when this happened previously I was able to make a config change and resolve it but despite that still being in effect - the ".handoffToAwesomebar" is still set to FALSE - search text now has moved back to the address bar.

A brief search of this community yielded no answers. Is there any other known fix or has this now be thrust upon us permanently and thou shalt adapt?

Thanks in advance....

Asked by dan.felton 3 weeks ago

Last reply by AliceWyman 13 minutes ago

Download ESR for Windows 7

You say to go to the download page and my version of Windows will be detected & you'll give me the correct version. However, IE 8 in Windows 7 won't go to your downlo… (read more)

You say to go to the download page and my version of Windows will be detected & you'll give me the correct version. However, IE 8 in Windows 7 won't go to your download page. So, I need to download from another computer and copy the file to the Windows 7 computer. This doesn't work when you detect that the computer doing the download is a newer computer. How do I tell your system to give me the Windows 7 installer?

Asked by Wayne 3 days ago

Last reply by TyDraniu 42 minutes ago

Thunderbird import not allowing to "match names" on import from a CSV file.

Thunderbird import not allowing to "match names" on import from a CSV file. Yes this is the problem when working with Thunderbird’s import of a CSV file, the Match field… (read more)

Thunderbird import not allowing to "match names" on import from a CSV file.

Yes this is the problem when working with Thunderbird’s import of a CSV file, the Match field names option only is allowed on the first attempt. That told me that the source fields and first Record columns did not have useful fields to even try to Match field names. So I went and edited the CSV file to try to get at the Match Field names option but it was not available no matter what I fix or tried. So to me the problem is with Thunderbird’s “ surmising that since I was given the Match field Names screen that I Thunderbird never gives the Match Field names on subsequent attempt. Thunderbird needs to give the Match field Names screen as an option on every attempt not just the 1st attempt.

The below screen was given to me by one of the consultant’s attempt. And you can see that he had a CSV file with the THUNDERBIRD’s preferred CSV options!!! And it did use the Match Fields Option.

Attached screenshots is not possible at this time.

Asked by ghbgiest 4 hours ago

Last reply by david 1 hour ago

How can I increase the size of the slider on the right side edge of the window, they are too tiny to hardly see, let alone manipulate.

The size of the slider is so tiny, it is extremely difficult to see let alone manipulate. Is there a setting which would allow a user to make them much wider, thereby ea… (read more)

The size of the slider is so tiny, it is extremely difficult to see let alone manipulate. Is there a setting which would allow a user to make them much wider, thereby easier to see and manipulate? Thanks

Asked by lachanced99 5 hours ago

Last reply by TyDraniu 1 hour ago

Firefox relay question.

The five Firefox relay have not been used by me; can I create new ones. I don't use shopify or pinterest. It looks like they were set up in 2024. Can I receive 5 more to … (read more)

The five Firefox relay have not been used by me; can I create new ones. I don't use shopify or pinterest. It looks like they were set up in 2024. Can I receive 5 more to clean these out. Thanks.

Asked by vgnewhoff 2 hours ago

Last reply by TyDraniu 2 hours ago

I want to turn off the search in adress bar

"You can turn it off by entering about:config in the URL bar and switching browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.improvesearch.handoffToAwesomebar to false." That doesn't wo… (read more)

"You can turn it off by entering about:config in the URL bar and switching browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.improvesearch.handoffToAwesomebar to false."

That doesn't work anymore. Since the last update, the search went back to the adress bar, doesn't matter if that option is mark as true or false.

Please stop making that the searches go to the adress bar. Nobody likes it.

Asked by Angel García 2 hours ago

Last reply by TyDraniu 2 hours ago

Access denied to Lowe's search

I am now getting this message when I try to search for things at Lowes. " Access Denied You don't have permission to access "http://www.lowes.com/Search=bathroom%20vanity… (read more)

I am now getting this message when I try to search for things at Lowes.

" Access Denied You don't have permission to access "http://www.lowes.com/Search=bathroom%20vanity%20with%20sink" on this server. Reference #18.110ed217.1773095861.c4830d80 https://errors.edgesuite.net/18.110ed217.1773095861.c4830d80 "

This has just started recently. I do not have this problem using Google Chrome. All other searches (Amazon, Ebay, Safeway, Walmart, et.al. are ok. Just who exactly is edgesuite? I am running Firefox on Windows 7.

Asked by joe ceri 23 hours ago

Last reply by James 2 hours ago

I am having Password problems with mail.com. Just started this morning

Starting this morning, I have been unable to access my email because no matter what i do or changes I try and make.....it does not recognize my password....even when I ha… (read more)

Starting this morning, I have been unable to access my email because no matter what i do or changes I try and make.....it does not recognize my password....even when I have changed it....even when I ask mail.com to refer to the saved passwords. NOTHING WORKS. I need to use this email....help. I notice that there is a request for you to email me when someone answers the thred.....funny considering I cannot get my email

Asked by ronstorm 2 hours ago

Last reply by david 2 hours ago

Unable to select or edit bookmark folders

I'm using firefox mobile version 148.01 on Samsung A55 running Android 16. When i create a new bookmark, i can't select which folder to put it into, i can only put it int… (read more)

I'm using firefox mobile version 148.01 on Samsung A55 running Android 16. When i create a new bookmark, i can't select which folder to put it into, i can only put it into 'bookmarks' folder, not any subfolders inside of it. Editing the saved bookmark doesn't help either

Asked by Wumbofox 3 days ago

Last reply by geometrydashes11 2 hours ago

Firefox sponsored shortcuts

I have left Shortcuts toggled on, since I want to see the 18 shortcuts that I have manually pinned. Fine so far. I have unchecked Sponsored Shortcuts, but I still am see… (read more)

I have left Shortcuts toggled on, since I want to see the 18 shortcuts that I have manually pinned. Fine so far.

I have unchecked Sponsored Shortcuts, but I still am seeing sponsored shortcuts added to my dashboard whenever I open a new article. What am I doing wrong?

Asked by David Crocker 19 hours ago

Last reply by Denys 2 hours ago

Transferring messages to EWS from local storage stops after a while with no error message

In our organization we have moved from an on-premise mail server to M365. We've also added our new EWS-based accounts to Thunderbird. Since there are a large number of us… (read more)

In our organization we have moved from an on-premise mail server to M365. We've also added our new EWS-based accounts to Thunderbird. Since there are a large number of users with a significant amount of older mails they want to have access to, they have been asking how they could upload them to EWS now.

We've noticed that either copying or moving messages from local folders to an EWS folder fails after some time. Has anyone encountered this?

From the TB diagnostics console:

08:32:44.651 Warning: Invalid absolute docBaseUrl: "x-moz-ews://outlook.office365.com/%CE%95%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%B5%CF%81%CF%87%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%B1/6163?part=1.2&filename=%CE%94%CE%95%CE%9B%CE%A4%CE%99%CE%9F%20%CE%97%CE%9C%CE%95%CE%A1%CE%97%CE%A3%CE%99%CE%91%CE%A3%20%CE%91%CE%A0%CE%91%CE%A3%CE%A7%CE%9F%CE%9B%CE%97%CE%A3%CE%97%CE%A3%2004-%CE%9C%CE%91%CE%A1-2026.pdf&type=application/pdf". 2 pdf.worker.mjs:357:13 08:32:44.663 PDF 5df956e1527bf80c20efa2f3af9d8129 [1.7 Microsoft: Print To PDF / -] (PDF.js: 5.4.445 [ec5330f78]) 2 viewer.mjs:15734:13 08:42:07.645 TypeError: can't access property "ownerGlobal", navigatedWindow.windowRoot is null FormHandlerChild.sys.mjs:413:31

   notifyProcessRootOfNavigation resource://gre/actors/FormHandlerChild.sys.mjs:413
   onLocationChange resource://gre/actors/FormHandlerChild.sys.mjs:361
   #pushOrReplaceState resource://pdf.js/web/viewer.mjs:6460
   #tryPushCurrentPosition resource://pdf.js/web/viewer.mjs:6479
   #pageHide resource://pdf.js/web/viewer.mjs:6632
   closeTab chrome://messenger/content/tabmail.js:1128
   removeTabByNode chrome://messenger/content/tabmail.js:1146
   connectedCallback chrome://messenger/content/tabmail-tab.js:99

08:42:33.829 NS_ERROR_ILLEGAL_VALUE: Component returned failure code: 0x80070057 (NS_ERROR_ILLEGAL_VALUE) [nsIMsgFolder.firstNewMessage]

   onMessagesLoaded chrome://messenger/content/mailCommon.js:1198
   set searching resource:///modules/DBViewWrapper.sys.mjs:999
   onSearchDone resource:///modules/SearchSpec.sys.mjs:528

mailCommon.js:1206:19

   onMessagesLoaded chrome://messenger/content/mailCommon.js:1206
   set searching resource:///modules/DBViewWrapper.sys.mjs:999
   onSearchDone resource:///modules/SearchSpec.sys.mjs:528


All our systems are Windows 11 Pro rigs, domain-joined, with ESET endpoint security installed.

Asked by Michail Pappas 6 days ago

Last reply by Wayne Mery 2 hours ago

Firefox support ended for Win7 2026

I've been a long time supporter of Firefox and it's taken me a few years get all the bugs out of Win 7 so I'm not going to repeat that on Win X. My Win7_64 water cooled p… (read more)

I've been a long time supporter of Firefox and it's taken me a few years get all the bugs out of Win 7 so I'm not going to repeat that on Win X. My Win7_64 water cooled platform is overclocked, stable, and just as fast as most affordable new chipsets from Intel. I have third party security apps and firewall. I'm not downgrading to Windows X whatever later version that is and I'm considering other browser options, if anybody has ideas?

Although I'm on the ESR channel, I've been using User Agent Switcher for a while, which seems to work well on most sites. I also notice DuckDuckgo browser claims to support Win 7. I will miss Firefox, but switching to a Win7 supported browser would be my first option, then Linux if I have to dump Windows 7 for something else.

Developers will moan and say switch to Win X with the favorite phrase 'Upgrade' when my experience has been the opposite, but what do others feel who are using older versions of Windows?

Asked by jimbo100 2 months ago

Last reply by James 3 hours ago