Help! Firefox address bar woes

[Caezar]

What happened? Suddenly, the Firefox address bar was replaced by the search engine bar. Whenever I type an address, I am directed to a Google page that lists all the web pages linked to the text I typed in the bar.

For instance, when I type www.cnnsi.com I am directed to a Google page that shows me how to access Cnnsi.com, instead of reaching the website directly.

How to I go back to a normal address bar? Also, how did this feature get turned on?

 

[clevin]

just right click firefox toolbar, choose "customize", and then drag the URL bar to where you want it to be.

 

[Caezar]

Thanks.

When I customize the Navigation bar, I only see a Search bar, not any Url bar. Are the Url bar and Search bar the same? If so, how can turn off the search function?

I went into the Help menu and I could not find any information on how to put the Location bar back into the Navigation bar. The help menu only contains info about the Search bar.

 

[clevin]

no, they are two different stuff,
can you post a pic of the panel of your "customize" interface?

 

[clevin]

this is mine

 

[Caezar]

Here it is. I split it in two, since i cant resize the Customize menu.

 

[Caezar]

Never mind. I quit Firefox, restarted the application, and now have both the location and search bars.

I am still curious to know what happened though.

 

[clevin]

maybe some panic, firefox's interface is written in XUL, some time may have small glitch, usually when this happen, I just restore it to the original status.
the bug i know is that if u have yahoo toolbar installed, you will not be able to drag and re-arrange the position of the buttons.

 

[Caezar]

Thanks a lot clevin. I appreciate your help.

 

[Warbrain]

There are some bugs in Firefox 2 that pertain to graphics and the GUI. I've been wondering if they should've held off a bit to fix them because they've been around in all the betas...

 

[clevin]

There are some bugs in Firefox 2 that pertain to graphics and the GUI. I've been wondering if they should've held off a bit to fix them because they've been around in all the betas...

well, u can always file a bug report at bugzilla

 

[Warbrain]

well, u can always file a bug report at bugzilla

You know, I'm getting really sick of people saying this. And this isn't just you, it's everyone. If I said it's been around in the betas for a while, it's been reported. And it's not high up on anyone's list if it's not fixed yet. But saying that is like playing ****ing Captain Obvious. I know that I could, but I know that it's already been reported.