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Hierdie gesprek is in die argief. Vra asseblief 'n nuwe vraag as jy hulp nodig het.

Cursor Placement in New Tab

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Stretch78
Stretch78
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Hello,

Each time I open a new tab, the blinking cursor appears in the URL bar. Is there a way to change this, so that it appears in my search box instead?

Hello, Each time I open a new tab, the blinking cursor appears in the URL bar. Is there a way to change this, so that it appears in my search box instead?

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Malvineous
Malvineous
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Not a solution to your problem, but you can press Ctrl+K to jump to the search bar, so if you press Ctrl+K before you start typing your search term it might be a little better until you can find a proper solution.

McCoy
McCoy
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Hello Stretch78,

This add-on will do what you want - scroll down to 'About this extension', where it says :

"set the focus either to the address bar or to the web page (for example Google search field)"

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/new-tab-override/

Also see :

https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/7ufqbg/quantum_new_tab_cursor_focus_issue/

Stretch78
Stretch78 Vraag-eienaar
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Thanks guys.

So, right now there is no way of doing this within Firefox without installing an add-on?