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Why the focus on the search bar on the homepage and new tab automatically shifts to URL bar? I hate this. I cannot find any option to change this. Vivaldi gives us an option to decide what we want unlike Firefox.

Why the focus on the search bar on the homepage and new tab automatically shifts to URL bar? I hate this. I cannot find any option to change this. Vivaldi gives us an option to decide what we want unlike Firefox.

Chrome focuses on the search bar on the new tab regardless, duckduckgo browser does same, edge does same, opera does same, Brave does same and Vivaldi does same but gives us option in the settings as in the image below. But Firefox automatically forces it. Why? Looks so cheap.

How to change this? I dont want this. I cannot see what I am typing when it shifts to smaller bar on the URL bar from the search bar.

And most importantly, I cannot change the new tab or homepage with any other search engine, like Duckduckgo or Ecosia or Brave Search, if I had any search engine addon from addon store. Chrome has no such BS show. If I am using Google, then new tab and homepage is of Google. But if I use any search, I have to suffer with underdeveloped same old FF new tab and homepage. Is this intentional or forced?

Edge is opening randomly, might be going back until this is user controlled.

https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/why-the-focus-on-the-search-bar-on-the-homepage-and-new-tab/m-p/81117#M31052

Why the focus on the search bar on the homepage and new tab automatically shifts to URL bar? I hate this. I cannot find any option to change this. Vivaldi gives us an option to decide what we want unlike Firefox. Chrome focuses on the search bar on the new tab regardless, duckduckgo browser does same, edge does same, opera does same, Brave does same and Vivaldi does same but gives us option in the settings as in the image below. But Firefox automatically forces it. Why? Looks so cheap. How to change this? I dont want this. I cannot see what I am typing when it shifts to smaller bar on the URL bar from the search bar. And most importantly, I cannot change the new tab or homepage with any other search engine, like Duckduckgo or Ecosia or Brave Search, if I had any search engine addon from addon store. Chrome has no such BS show. If I am using Google, then new tab and homepage is of Google. But if I use any search, I have to suffer with underdeveloped same old FF new tab and homepage. Is this intentional or forced? Edge is opening randomly, might be going back until this is user controlled. https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/why-the-focus-on-the-search-bar-on-the-homepage-and-new-tab/m-p/81117#M31052
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Try installing this on firefox, and see does this changes new tab and homepage or not.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ecosia-the-green-search/

Install this and see does this changes new tab and homepage tab in chrome or not,

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ecosia-the-search-engine/eedlgdlajadkbbjoobobefphmfkcchfk

Helpful?

Try installing this on firefox, and see does this changes new tab and homepage or not.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/duckduckgo-for-firefox/

Install this and see does this changes new tab and homepage tab in chrome or not,

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/duckduckgo-privacy-essent/bkdgflcldnnnapblkhphbgpggdiikppg

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