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Is it possible to preselect in Firefox suggest as it is the case for normal search ?

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LordMartinus
LordMartinus

When I search something in the address bar, the first result is always pre-selected, meaning that if I hit "enter" it will be issued as can be seen in the first attached screenshot.

Whereas, when I search for tabs or actions it is not the case meaning I have to hit "tab" to first select the first result before being able to "enter", as seen in the second screenshot.

Is there a way to get the first behavior in the second case?

Thanks in advance.

When I search something in the address bar, the first result is always pre-selected, meaning that if I hit "enter" it will be issued as can be seen in the first attached screenshot. Whereas, when I search for tabs or actions it is not the case meaning I have to hit "tab" to first select the first result before being able to "enter", as seen in the second screenshot. Is there a way to get the first behavior in the second case? Thanks in advance.
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wirkutskijkarl
wirkutskijkarl

As far as I know, Firefox Suggest and the tab/action search don’t share exactly the same selection logic. In normal web searches the top result is auto-highlighted, but in tab/action search you need to press Tab once to focus it. That’s by design right now.

LordMartinus
LordMartinus Question owner

Okay so there is no way to have the top result auto-highlighted.