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When a new tab opens the cursur goes to address bar for search and not to the search engine

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Sheilah
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When a new tab opens the cursor goes to address bar for search and not to the search engine I have set for a new tab page.

I went to about:config and changed keyword.enable to false. It works only for the homepage when Firefox is started.

How can I disable address search for a new tab like I did for my homepage?

sheilahsay

When a new tab opens the cursor goes to address bar for search and not to the search engine I have set for a new tab page. I went to about:config and changed keyword.enable to false. It works only for the homepage when Firefox is started. How can I disable address search for a new tab like I did for my homepage? sheilahsay

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hello sheilahsay, maybe this addon will work for you: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/custom-new-tab/

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philipp
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hello sheilahsay, maybe this addon will work for you: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/custom-new-tab/

cor-el
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What page do you use for the New tab page (about:config -> browser.newtab.url)?

Are you using any extensions that have to do with tabs?

Sheilah
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Thank you Philipp. That did the trick.

philipp
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you're very welcome :))