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Upgrade to Firefox 34.0 (linux) has disabled search bar; how to fix without resetting everything?

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After upgrading to Firefox 34.0 from Firefox 33.2.2(?) I noticed he search bar did not display my search engines. The search engines still exist on file but aren't visible. However, typing a word into the search bar will cause a section of my display to blink while hitting 'enter' will correctly search for the word on Wikipedia, my first search engine. Unfortunately for me, by the time I typed this out the search bar seems to be working correctly now. So, in addition to a late night, what the heck just happened, and will this bug creep back with every upgrade? Or is it a linux issue (ie. Puppy 5.3.3)?

After upgrading to Firefox 34.0 from Firefox 33.2.2(?) I noticed he search bar did not display my search engines. The search engines still exist on file but aren't visible. However, typing a word into the search bar will cause a section of my display to blink while hitting 'enter' will correctly search for the word on Wikipedia, my first search engine. Unfortunately for me, by the time I typed this out the search bar seems to be working correctly now. So, in addition to a late night, what the heck just happened, and will this bug creep back with every upgrade? Or is it a linux issue (ie. Puppy 5.3.3)?

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Firefox 34 has an all new Search Bar and related Options tab. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/search-bar-add-change-manage-search-engines-firefox

You can revert to the old Search Bar scheme with this. Open up about:config (typed in the Location Bar) and toggle this preference to false browser.search.showOneOffButtons Then restart Firefox.

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Firefox 34 has an all new Search Bar and related Options tab. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/search-bar-add-change-manage-search-engines-firefox

You can revert to the old Search Bar scheme with this. Open up about:config (typed in the Location Bar) and toggle this preference to false browser.search.showOneOffButtons Then restart Firefox.

fleagle
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Thanks! This solves the 'disappearing' search engines problem, though I might, eventually, get used to doing things the new way. Any initial instabilities with the upgrade I'll write off to my OS.