How can I get the cursor to appear in the main search window on the Google home page by default?
The cursor in my Firefox appears in the address bar. I would like it to appear by default in the main search window on my default home page, Google.com. How?
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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
- Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
- https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
If I understand correctly Firefox's default is to place the cursor in the address bar and an add-on is required to get it to appear in the search window of a displayed page.
What add-on is required, and where do I find it?
Thank you.
Both the new Home page named about:home and www.google.com use onload code to set focus to the search filed.
If that isn't happening to you then you either block JavaScript or have an extension that overrides that focus change and sets focus to the location bar.
So you do not need an extension to make that change, but you may have one that prevents it.
This is all very Greek to me. Is it really this hard just to get the cursor to appear in the main search window when Google.com is one's default home page?
I don't really know much about Firefox extensions. My list includes Adblock Plus 1.3.8; Duplicate This Tab 1.2; Java Console 6.0.25; Java Quick Starter 1.0; Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant 0.0.0; New Tab Homepage 0.4.3. Nothing unusual is indicated for either Java item, Console having been updated 4/27/2011.
What to do next?
Thank you.
The "New Tab Homepage" extension has been reported to cause this issue, so check the settings in that extension (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) to see if you can disable that 'feature'.
If not the you have to uninstall it or disable it to test that that extension is causing it.
See:
What "feature"? Being able to open new tabs? That's why I added that extension.
The cursor problem predated adding it. It has never located itself by default in the Google.com search window (on my home page). It always was in the address bar.
I don't see how New Tab could be the problem if it predated the condition.
Next suggestion?
Thank you.
On closer inspection it appears that the cursor problem only occurs with new tabs, not new browser pages. What's the best way to fix this?
Thank you.
Mozilla just put up a pop-up screen indicating a new version of Firefox is available and recommended for immediate installation to close security leaks. It also indicated that the above two ad-ons are not supported by version 5.0 and were disabled upon installation of the new build. So, until the ad-ons are updated *and improved* the cursor issue appears to be in limbo.
Do I have this right?