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How to disable new research bar zoom

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Hello,

with the latest version of Mozilla and it's revamped search bar, whenever I open a new tab, the search bar will zoom out, any idea how to disable that?

thanks

Hello, with the latest version of Mozilla and it's revamped search bar, whenever I open a new tab, the search bar will zoom out, any idea how to disable that? thanks
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Hello nico_the_daft,

In addition to the above, you could try all (or some of) these :

Type in the address bar about:config and press Enter. (ignore the warning)

Type in the search bar and look for the preference :

browser.urlbar.openViewOnFocus

and set its value to false

Do the same with these preferences :

browser.urlbar.update1

browser.urlbar.update1.interventions

browser.urlbar.update1.searchTips

Then close and restart Firefox.

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You can adjust some parts of the urlbar by going to about:config and searching urlbar

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Hello nico_the_daft,

In addition to the above, you could try all (or some of) these :

Type in the address bar about:config and press Enter. (ignore the warning)

Type in the search bar and look for the preference :

browser.urlbar.openViewOnFocus

and set its value to false

Do the same with these preferences :

browser.urlbar.update1

browser.urlbar.update1.interventions

browser.urlbar.update1.searchTips

Then close and restart Firefox.

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Great, it worked, thank you very much

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nico_the_daft said

Great, it worked, thank you very much

    My pleasure - I'm glad you got rid of that nuisance !