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kindenough ,

I can't recall this wasn't a thing. Mildly infuriating surely. What's really infuriating though...

Also, if my single keyword search matches an url in my history, it will happily open the url instead of doing a search. Aargh...

Happens quite a lot so I learned to hit the space-bar after a single keyword search.

Shawdow194 ,
@Shawdow194@kbin.run avatar

Glad I'm not only one who space bars after!

Also fixes autofill when you are trying to search a new query that starts with same string

glimse ,

That’s a feature, not a bug, and I personally love it.

There’s an about:config setting for that, too. browser.urlbar.autoFill = false

kindenough ,

I like the autofill too, just not when I type in the search bar. I like the url and search functions separated in their own bars.

adarza ,

in about:config change browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.improvesearch.handoffToAwesomebar to false

kindenough ,

Thanks, that worked.

allywilson OP ,

That’s…Awesome! Thank you!

Agrivar ,

My hero!

Agrivar ,

Preach!

I thought I was the only one bothered by this behaviour!

Greg ,
@Greg@lemmy.ca avatar

It’s open source software, raise an issue/bug report if this is unexpected behavior. The community is open and responsive to feedback. Posting here won’t get it fixed.

systemglitch ,

Posting here did get it fixed for him.

DarkThoughts ,

I don't understand the whiners. This makes literally 0 difference other than you get added functionality of being able to search within your history, tabs, other search engines, etc.

They might as well just remove the stupid search bar on the new tab page.

adarza ,

yes, it does, search box and ‘awesomebar’ can be configured to behave differently for search. this handoff messes with that distinction.

HubertManne ,

I think this has been a thing for awhile.

Makhno ,

This exact thing was missing me off last night. Glad I’m not the only one

sanguinepar ,
@sanguinepar@lemmy.world avatar

But don’t you know? The software developers know better than you do what you want. Resistance is futile. Comply citizen. Comply.

Phoeniqz ,
@Phoeniqz@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

As others have pointed out, open an issue/bug report if there is a problem. What do you expect them to do? Check social media 24/7 to see if someone complains?

slazer2au ,

It’s been that way for quite some time.

Carighan ,
@Carighan@lemmy.world avatar

I’m more wondering why you’re clicking on the completely unnecessary box to begin with. It never made sense to add these, might as well just render a giant upwards arrow.

notnotmike ,
@notnotmike@programming.dev avatar

To be fair, moving to the top allows for much more space for the list of predictions, so there’s at least some benefit to ir

andrewta ,

Change for the sake is change is always good. They made it so it must be gold. /s

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