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I have added the search-window near the adress-window, still the adress-window want to search but not me! How can I stop searching in the adress-window?

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Hello Support-Team! I have added the search-bar near the adress-bar, still the adress-bar want to search - but not me! How can I stop searching in the adress-bar? Till today firefox had the ability to switch everything on and off, but I miss it in this case! Many thanks in before! Herbert

Hello Support-Team! I have added the search-bar near the adress-bar, still the adress-bar want to search - but not me! How can I stop searching in the adress-bar? Till today firefox had the ability to switch everything on and off, but I miss it in this case! Many thanks in before! Herbert

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Hello bestellungen,

Would you do this please :

Type in the address bar   about:config   and press Enter.
(ignore the warning)

Type in the search bar and look for the preference :

browser.fixup.alternate.enabled&nbsp and set its value to   false.

Do the same for these preferences :

browser.urlbar.suggest.searches
and
keyword.enabled

Then close and restart Firefox.

I hope this will work for you.

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Hello bestellungen,

Would you do this please :

Type in the address bar   about:config   and press Enter.
(ignore the warning)

Type in the search bar and look for the preference :

browser.fixup.alternate.enabled&nbsp and set its value to   false.

Do the same for these preferences :

browser.urlbar.suggest.searches
and
keyword.enabled

Then close and restart Firefox.

I hope this will work for you.

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Hallo McCoy! Thank you very much for the quick help! I think (looking at the time stamp) you´re on the other side of the world! Thank you for your help for me here in Germany! Stay healthy! Greetings Herbert

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bestellungen said

Hallo McCoy! Thank you very much for the quick help!

My pleasure   -  I'm glad it worked !

I think (looking at the time stamp) you´re on the other side of the world!

Actually,   the time stamp you see :   that's the time at Mozilla HQ   (California).

You and I are neighbors :   I'm in the Netherlands .....