I'm using Chrome. When I start to type in the search box in the middle of the screen, the cursor immediately jumps up to the address bar. I've tried disabling instant search (can't find the switch now).
It just started happening. I just to type in the search box in the middle of the screen.
I guess to be more clear, this is from the New tab screen.
Version 43.0.2357.130
the reson why this is happening is might the update of google chrome.
Solution: learn to type from the address bar. both search box and the address bar act the same, so there isn't a need to actually search from the search box specifically.
(as it's also called, the address bar is called an omnibox, for handling both links and search. https://www.chromium.org/user-experience/omnibox)
(If this doesn't answer your question, please clarify on why you need to use the search box specifically.
You can adjust Google Instant in the preferences pane:
http://www.google.com/preferences
Select to "Never show instant results" and then press "Save" at the bottom. Now when you search on Google.com, it will act like it used to
