Re: Search Bar Not Working...

Martin Rosenfeld wrote:
> In Firefox 31.8.0 the search bar does not work (it lets me choose a
> search engine, accepts search text and supplies suggestions for the
> text, but it does not go to the search site). If I enter text instead of
> a url in the location space, it searches as if it were the old search
> bar. I created a new profile for FF and the old search bar works.
>
> Using the latest FF in Windows 7, 8.1, and Linux the old search bar
> function still works.
>
> I wonder if there might be a config variable that toggles this behavior.
> Has anyone looked into this and found out what triggers this "improved"
> behavior of the search bar?
>
Good question. Searching quickly at the usual places I can't find any 
documentation on it, which doesn't mean that it doesn't exist.
As a quick test, back up your profile, move prefs.js out of the way and 
copy the prefs.js from your new test profile and test.
You might screw up your profile and want to restore from your backup but 
probably just need to put prefs.js back afterwards. Of course do all 
file copying with the browser closed.
If the test shows a preference, you're going to have to compare the 2 
prefs.js or look in about:config to find the culprit.
Dave