Ben Ruppel wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Akkana wrote:
>
>> Ben Ruppel writes:
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>
> <snip>
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>> As long as you're taking opinions: I've been using galeon a lot more,
>> and mozilla a lot less, since the autocomplete popup started grabbing
>> my mouse and keyboard focus every time I type anything in the urlbar.
>> I'd like to disable it completely, or at least disable its focus
>> grabbing so that I can click or type somewhere else. The focus-
>> grabbing autocomplete dropdown is a huge step backward in usability,
>> especially since there's no way to disable it, and has driven me to
>> seek other browsers.
>
>
> Bug 66834 (autocomplete widget should not block clicks outside of
> itself) covers the clicking problem. File a bug for an autocomplete
> pref, it seems like a reasonable pref.
>
There's already an autocomplete pref, (Navigator | Smart Browsing), but
that doesn't disable the inline search for some reason.
