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My main Ubuntu desktop received an update of Firefox with the new one-click search interface a few weeks ago. I gave it a try, but I still cannot get used to the current implementation.

I previously used Ctrl+K to access the search bar and switched providers with and . I thought using only to start at the end of the list when suggestions are displayed would work for selecting non-default providers, but correcting your search query and having to select the non-default provider again makes it a bit tedious.

I will try again in new releases.

example from the Mozilla UX blog

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To revert back to the old behavior:

  1. Go to about:config.
  2. Search for browser.search.showOneOffButtons and set it to false.
  3. You need to restart your browser, otherwise you may experience issues like only having one search provider.

The behavior has been improved since the feature was introduced:

  • Providers can be switched with Ctrl and or .
  • It doesn't reset to the default provider for every query anymore. It remembers the previously selected provider.
  • A site can be added to this list of search providers if it supports OpenSearch. This functionality has been available in earlier versions but was removed in Firefox 4.

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