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Since my latest update i havent been able to use the search bar in the middle of my home page. It keeps going up to the address bar at the top of the page. How do i change this back. Thank you

Since my latest update i havent been able to use the search bar in the middle of my home page. It keeps going up to the address bar at the top of the page. How do i change this back. Thank you

Réiteach roghnaithe

You can turn it off by going to about:config and switching browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.improvesearch.handoffToAwesomebar to false.

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Réiteach Roghnaithe

You can turn it off by going to about:config and switching browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.improvesearch.handoffToAwesomebar to false.

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Thanks very much for your help. It worked. Again thanks very much.