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Customising toolbar-Removing the Search toolbar!!

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For want of space at the top of my browser, i would like to remove the search toolbar from the Toolbar ribbon. I did it. Now having done that I noticed that the 'search using ..' option resets to the Firefox default 'Google' which i configured it not to be the case (in about:config -> keyword-> browser.search.defaultengine;). I did try changing browser.search.defaultenginename; to the required (which btw solved the issue). I dont understand why removing a toolbar would reset the 'Search using' for keyword based search.

For want of space at the top of my browser, i would like to remove the search toolbar from the Toolbar ribbon. I did it. Now having done that I noticed that the 'search using ..' option resets to the Firefox default 'Google' which i configured it not to be the case (in about:config -> keyword-> browser.search.defaultengine;). I did try changing browser.search.defaultenginename; to the required (which btw solved the issue). I dont understand why removing a toolbar would reset the 'Search using' for keyword based search.

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There does seem to be an effect. Based on some clicking and dragging, this is what I see:

Search box displayed: right-click menu item uses "browser.search.selectedEngine" (same as search box)

Search box NOT displayed: right-click menu item uses "browser.search.defaultenginename"

Does it work to set "browser.search.defaultenginename" to the preferred value?

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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I have a preference named "browser.search.defaultenginename" but I do not have one named "browser.search.defaultengine".

If you repeat the experiment, adding the search box and then removing it again, does it reset again? I'm not noticing any change to a manually set "browser.search.defaultenginename" when I do that.

geronimo87
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Hai jscher2000, Thanks for the reply

I changed my default search engine for address bar searching using 'about:config -> Keyword.Url' . Which changes my address bar based search to this default search engine. (like this https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/756322) - Please refer attached picture for the current status which doesnt work.

And as mentioned in my problem, when i remove the search toolbar from the ribbon i see that the keyword based search which was fine before (select word-> right click-> Search X for "...") is now (select word->right click-> Search Google for ".."). Let me know if i am missing something here, does changing the name matter ("browser.search.defaultenginename")?

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Chosen Solution

There does seem to be an effect. Based on some clicking and dragging, this is what I see:

Search box displayed: right-click menu item uses "browser.search.selectedEngine" (same as search box)

Search box NOT displayed: right-click menu item uses "browser.search.defaultenginename"

Does it work to set "browser.search.defaultenginename" to the preferred value?

geronimo87
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yes it works when set to the preferred value. Solution found, but strange that this happens. Thanks

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