F6 button does not go to addresss bar...
On all the other browsers including all Firefox versions before 4.0, when you hit F6 it would go to the address bar. Now, it goes to the tab. Again, I reported this multiple times in the pre-release but obviously it was ignored. Any news on this?
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There is a bug report about it not working when tabs are on top. You can use the keyboard shortcut Control+L to go to the address bar.
An alternative is to use the F6 add-on to restore this functionality - https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/f6
F6 then Tab works - it's a shame there is an extra click for an old function, however, if we complain enough I'm sure it'll be changed, and that's better than having to download additional add-ons!
F6 always sets focus to the first focusable element.
That can be the tab bar, but it also doesn't work if the search bar is placed before the location bar like placing the search bar on the not hidden menu bar.