How to Restore Single Click Search Engine Functionality
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 configurat… (ďalšie informácie)
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