Firefox omnibar not defaulting to google

pickarooney · 2013-08-07 06:28:04

I've just updated to FF 23 and now, to my huge annoyance, I notice that when I type anything into the omnibar it searches not with Google but with whatever is selected in the multisearch box So typing something in the long box on the left here actually searches on YouTube instead of Google. Up until yesterday these…

07-08-2013 07:28AM

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I've just updated to FF 23 and now, to my huge annoyance, I notice that when I type anything into the omnibar it searches not with Google but with whatever is selected in the multisearch box

So typing something in the long box on the left here actually searches on YouTube instead of Google. Up until yesterday these settings were independent.

The release notes have "Users can now switch to a new search provider across the entire browser"

Is there some way to reset this to work the way I want it?

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#2 07-08-2013 10:52AM

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A workaround: use the SearchLoad addon - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/searchload-options/. Set it to reset the search engine to google after a search

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#3 07-08-2013 09:26PM

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Bit clunky. I went back to v22 for now.

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