How do I recover the normal additional toolbar in firefox that shows options for maps, images, videos etc

That sounds like the separate Search bar, which newer Firefox versions hide by default in favor of searching from the address bar. You can bring it back in a few steps:

1. Click the menu button (the three horizontal lines in the top-right corner) and choose Settings. 2. On the left side, click Search. 3. Under "Search bar", select "Add search bar in toolbar".

The search bar should appear next to the address bar right away. If you would rather keep searching from the address bar, you can still choose your default search engine on that same Settings page, and clicking the magnifying glass icon in the address bar shows the one-click search engine options.

Robert, Many thanks for "Search bar", select "Add search bar in toolbar".your reply. I had no problem with your steps 1 and 2. However for 3 (having got into Search), I could not find "Search bar", in order to select "Add search bar in toolbar"..

Under Default Search Bar (eptbsrchege), it shows 'Show search terms in the address bar on results pages' and this is already ticked.

Then comes a list of additional search engines. Then there's one for search engine suggestions where ' Show search suggestions before browsing history in address bar results' is ticked. Then a list of Firefox suggestions - all ticked. Then nothing else except Dismissed suggestions.

So I can't find "Search bar", select "Add search bar in toolbar". Am I missing something? Or not doing this properly?

Regards, Jeremy

Jeremy, you could try the following.

right-click UI buttons near the toolbar until you see the option "Customise Toolbar".

Click it and you should be taken to a customisation page.

If the search bar is amongst the available options then you can drag it to the toolbar, or alternatively right-click it and select one of the pin options.