In Firefox 89, when you start typing a search in the Firefox Home / new tab page, the cursor immediately moves to the address bar. The address bar gives different suggestions, including history and bookmarks. To change this back to the old way: (1) In a new tab, type or paste '''about:config''' in the address bar and press Enter/Return. Click the button accepting the risk. (2) In the search box in the page, type or paste '''handoff''' and pause while the list is filtered (3) Double-click the '''browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.improvesearch.handoffToAwesomebar''' preference to switch the value from true to false Success? ''More info on about:config:'' [[Configuration Editor for Firefox]].