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Merlin Gillard 🚋😷Sep 5, 2025

Since #Firefox update 137 the location of the alternative search engines had been moved to the left of the #searchbar in the so-called "unified search button", instead of being at the bottom of the #urlbar, where it was easy to navigate with keyboard arrows. This has annoyed me since them, but I just found the way around it!
➡️ To change it back, look for "scotch" in about:config, and change browser.urlbar.scotchBonnet.enableOverride to false
Pic by https://www.askvg.com/tip-enable-upcoming-address-bar-search-ui-in-firefox-right-now-scotch-bonnet-project/
https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/137.0/releasenotes/?redirect_source=mozilla-org

Inautilo May 20, 2025

#Business #Previews
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#BrowserCompany #Browser #Dia #Arc #Chrome #AI #ChatGPT #UrlBar #AdBlocker

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foxy Jun 3, 2024

Не устраивает узкая адресная строка в Firefox? Не беда, исправляется одной строчкой #userchrome

#urlbar[open] { width: 80vw !important; }

dorotaC Mar 13, 2024

I just upgraded #firefox and I'm not impressed.

Dear #Mozilla. The URL bar is the most prominent UI element in the browser. You made sure it's always in my face, and I'm glad for it.

So why are you making it hard to read? Don't cripple it with low contrast.

Make up your minds: either make the URL field great or make it hidden.

The following userChrome.css undoes this braindead change:

#urlbar-background, #searchbar {
background-color: Field !important;
}

#browser #design #lowcontrast

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Daniel Gibson Jan 28, 2024

userChrome.css to the rescue:

@namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul");

#urlbar-background { background-color: white !important; }
#searchbar { background-color: white !important; }
toolbaritem { --toolbar-field-border-color: ThreeDShadow; }

Mozilla XML Namespace

Dick Smiths Fair Go Supporters Aug 22, 2023

HOT PRIVACY TIP for #TorBrowser.

Tired of accidentally #searching from the URL bar.

Enter the 'about:config' page and change 'keyword.enabled' to 'false'.

We are supposed to believe that someone at #Mozilla thought, '#keyword' was an adequate description of the "feature".

#antiFeatures #privacy #search #searchFromTheURLBar #urlBar #ux #duckDuckGo #firefox

Dick Smiths Fair Go Supporters May 23, 2023

For those interested in disabling #search from the #URLBar in #Firefox-based browsers, like #TorBrowser, #LibreWolf and the like:

In 'about.config'…

Change 'keyword.enabled' to false.

Someone at #Mozilla must've been awarded a 'Most #Obtuce Setting Descriptor of the Year' with that one.

#duckDuckGo #microsoft #microShaft

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Dick Smiths Fair Go Supporters Jul 22, 2021

@vandys
We don't care for HSv3 for this reason of terrible #useability.

A heap of entropy could have been gained by making #Tor addresses 17 charaters, then using additional entropy to colour parts of URL text/bar, depending on choice of #webDeveloper.

Eg. If #webDev sees they get a great colour of #URLBar they can use that for design, if they get matching colours when highlighting the first 8 and last 3 letters of URL, they can do that.

Must use full entropy for #API #URL tho.

#UX
@alcinnz

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