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OnPC when I press key and a search box appears above task bar, how to stop this?

OnPC when I press key and a search box appears above task bar, how to stop this?

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Chris, in the Tools menu (alt+T) select Settings then search for "Search for text when you start typing" and uncheckit. Does that help? (You may need to restart Firefox to see the change)

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