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Can't stop the browser page automatically searching in the address bar.

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When I search on the homepage, as soon as I start typing my search instantly gets transferred to the address bar. It's horrible to work with. I can't find anything that stops this in forums or anywhere

Thanks

When I search on the homepage, as soon as I start typing my search instantly gets transferred to the address bar. It's horrible to work with. I can't find anything that stops this in forums or anywhere Thanks

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As far as I understand it you want to type something into the search engine of your choice, Firefox squeezes the search query but into the menu bar, unfortunately I have to disappoint you for this problem there is no solution yet, however Firefox always works out problems quite quickly and as we all know hope dies last.

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Shame. It's an awful feature so I'll be leaving Firefox

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What is wrong with searching from the address bar? The search mechanism is pretty much the same, and you can control suggestions etc.

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It's just not nice to use. You start off in the middle of the page and it dissappears to the top. Horrid. I'm not the only one who hates this.

Not a difficult thing to fix so don't know why it can't be like all other search engines. It's so annoying - literally a deal-breaker for me

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Why not just start the search from the address bar? Then it won't jump? It is querying the search engine in exactly the same way.

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Yes I do know that and pleased it works for you but I don't want to start in the address bar. It's at the top of the screen - annoying. Not user friendly. Thanks

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You can set this pref to false on the about:config page to disable this feature.