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How to Restore Single Click Search Engine Functionality

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Recent builds have changed the way that the user can direct queries to the various search engines that can be added (i.e. eBay, Wikipedia, IMDB etc) - to a new configuration that is awkward and forces more clicks.

Here is the method that currently allows reverting to the previous approach :

in about:config

Set string "browser.search.widget.new: to false

... and to delay automatic deletion of engines set "browser.search.widget.removeAfterDaysUnused" to thousands

from this Reddit thread https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1rftet4/comment/o7s1w69/

Posting this for increased visibility for folks encountering the issue and in the hopes that Mozilla will consider not degrading a well-performing interaction pattern

Recent builds have changed the way that the user can direct queries to the various search engines that can be added (i.e. eBay, Wikipedia, IMDB etc) - to a new configuration that is awkward and forces more clicks. Here is the method that currently allows reverting to the previous approach : in about:config Set string "browser.search.widget.new: to false ... and to delay automatic deletion of engines set "browser.search.widget.removeAfterDaysUnused" to thousands from this Reddit thread https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1rftet4/comment/o7s1w69/ Posting this for increased visibility for folks encountering the issue and in the hopes that Mozilla will consider not degrading a well-performing interaction pattern

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Paul
Paul
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WARNING from the moderator team: Changing Firefox preferences from the about:config page can sometimes break Firefox or cause strange behavior. You should only do this if you know what you're doing. Please read Firefox advanced customization and configuration options to learn more.

Hi,

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Agent virtuel
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Hello

To complement this discussion

A similar question https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1589771

FairMaven said
The correct solution is browser.search.widget.new to FALSE to remove the dropdown search engine list.

Add the Search bar to your Firefox toolbar https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-search-bar-firefox-toolbar

This discussion thread https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2012951

Ezalaki modifié na Agent virtuel

Tuna motuna

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