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Remove new drop-down search menu entirely?

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A new drop-down menu appeared in the search bar today, and I'd like to remove it *entirely*. By this I mean I'd prefer NO animated drop-down box/menu whatsoever--just the search box by itself, nothing more, just as it was before today. Is this possible?

In other words, even if though I emptied the search drop-down menu of options, it still appears and starts jumping around every time I search, making itself a pointless annoyance. While I do perceive that I might find this new function useful at some point, for the moment I'd prefer to turn it off.

Firefox version 34.0.5 Windows XP, SP3.

A new drop-down menu appeared in the search bar today, and I'd like to remove it *entirely*. By this I mean I'd prefer NO animated drop-down box/menu whatsoever--just the search box by itself, nothing more, just as it was before today. Is this possible? In other words, even if though I emptied the search drop-down menu of options, it still appears and starts jumping around every time I search, making itself a pointless annoyance. While I do perceive that I might find this new function useful at some point, for the moment I'd prefer to turn it off. Firefox version 34.0.5 Windows XP, SP3.

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You can revert to the former Search Bar scheme like this.

Open up about:config (typed in the Location Bar) Right-click and toggle this preference to false

browser.search.showOneOffButtons

Then restart Firefox.

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Chosen Solution

You can revert to the former Search Bar scheme like this.

Open up about:config (typed in the Location Bar) Right-click and toggle this preference to false

browser.search.showOneOffButtons

Then restart Firefox.

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Thank you, Edmeister! You're the greatest! ;-)

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Thank you the-edmeister! This solved my problem -- and I'm now implementing it on ALL my computers so I can get rid of that annoying drop-down!