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I use New Tab Homepage because the cursor used to default to the search bar. Now it defaults to the address bar with no option to change it. Searching becomes a two step operation. I either have to erase the address in the address bar to get accurate searches. Or, I have to move the cursor to the search bar before I start the search. This is annoying enough that I have had to change my default browser. Sorry Firefox.

I use New Tab Homepage because the cursor used to default to the search bar. Now it defaults to the address bar with no option to change it. Searching becomes a two step operation. I either have to erase the address in the address bar to get accurate searches. Or, I have to move the cursor to the search bar before I start the search. This is annoying enough that I have had to change my default browser. Sorry Firefox.

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Some new tab extensions give you control of whether the cursor is placed in the page or in the address bar. For example: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/new-tab-override/

If you really prefer New Tab Homepage instead, ask its author to add this feature.

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my mistake

Modified by Shashank Shekhar