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Re:Firefox search update by crtasm on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @12:09PM (#40356731)
I achieved this by turning off a handful of config options for the address bar's suggestions; setting the search input to be separate from the address bar, and hiding it via Customize Toolbar.

I think these were the most important:

  keyword.enabled
  browser.fixup.alternate.enabled
  browser.urlbar.suggest.searches
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Re:Firefox search update by mrob on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @12:12PM (#40356773)
For many versions now, removing the separate search bar via Customize Toolbar reverts to combined URL bar and search bar. It also leaves the search option in the right-click menu.
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Re:Firefox search update by crtasm on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @12:14PM (#40356807)
That may be the case, but typing into my address bar does not trigger or suggest searches. Good point about the right click.
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Re:Firefox search update by JohnFen on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @03:50PM (#40359379)
Oooh! That explains why I haven't been able to disable that stuff from the omnibar. I hate the omnibar -- I just want text entered there to be interpreted as a URL and nothing else -- but at some point, I wasn't able to configure it to be that anymore.

If this is why, you've just made Firefox better for me! Thank you!

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