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i dont want to be forced to search from the address bar.. i have trieed a few suggestions such as changing the config but it doesnt work. i will no longer be giving any financial support to this browser because of this ridiculous search change.

i dont want to be forced to search from the address bar.. i have trieed a few suggestions such as changing the config but it doesnt work. i will no longer be giving any financial support to this browser because of this ridiculous search change.

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hi rebelscreamer,

If you are not using the address bar to search, you can disable searching from the bar. The top bar of the drop-down will instead say "Visit" with whatever you type. Here's how:

(A) In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter/Return. Click the button accepting the risk.

(B) In the search box in the page, type or paste keyw and pause while the list is filtered

(C) Double-click the keyword. enabled preference to switch the value from true to false

More info on about:config: Configuration Editor for Firefox

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You can set this pref to false on the about:config page.

  • browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.improvesearch.handoffToAwesomebar = false

You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can click the button to "Accept the Risk and Continue".