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QUOTE(Gabbe @ Jan 21 2008, 09:12 PM) 
Right click on the start menu bar (not the button or any program button). Select Toolbars and uncheck Quick Launch.
Sorry, I meant "Quick Find."
QUOTE(Gabbe @ Jan 21 2008, 09:28 PM)
Sorry, I meant "Quick Find."
Is that on your browser? If so which one?
Yes. FF.
Quick find (/) -- disappears after a while, so you don't have to close the search bar manually.
(credits: google search)
ETA: I just tried it, / opened it, but clicking out closed it.
(credits: google search)
ETA: I just tried it, / opened it, but clicking out closed it.
Ctrl+F, isn't there a little red x all the way to the right of it?
Nah, control F is Find. / is Quick Find. (It's a command in Unix based programs for searching, so I guess that's why FF integrated it, but I never knew about it till now.)
How do I make it go away permanently?
...
Oh, apostrophe also does it.
http://ffextensionguru.wordpress.com/2007/...quick-find-bar/
http://ffextensionguru.wordpress.com/2007/...quick-find-bar/
QUOTE
Ok, I fixed my annoyance.
First make sure firefox is closed.
Go to
$FIREFOX_INSTALL_DIRECTORY\chrome\content\global\toolkit.jar\content\global\findBar.js
open that file with winrar or something, and change the lines:
const CHAR_CODE_SLASH = “/”.charCodeAt(0);
const CHAR_CODE_APOSTROPHE = “‘”.charCodeAt(0);
to say:
const CHAR_CODE_SLASH = “”.charCodeAt(0);
const CHAR_CODE_APOSTROPHE = “”.charCodeAt(0);
or I imagine you can change the hotkeys to anything you like. Enjoy.
First make sure firefox is closed.
Go to
$FIREFOX_INSTALL_DIRECTORY\chrome\content\global\toolkit.jar\content\global\findBar.js
open that file with winrar or something, and change the lines:
const CHAR_CODE_SLASH = “/”.charCodeAt(0);
const CHAR_CODE_APOSTROPHE = “‘”.charCodeAt(0);
to say:
const CHAR_CODE_SLASH = “”.charCodeAt(0);
const CHAR_CODE_APOSTROPHE = “”.charCodeAt(0);
or I imagine you can change the hotkeys to anything you like. Enjoy.
OR accessibility.accesskeycausesactivation user set boolean false.
QUOTE(agent220 @ Jan 21 2008, 10:15 PM)
OR accessibility.accesskeycausesactivation user set boolean false.
Sweet!
(But why would you want to anyway...doesn't it auto-hide?)
QUOTE(Pinchas @ Jan 21 2008, 03:16 PM)
Sweet!
(But why would you want to anyway...doesn't it auto-hide?)
(But why would you want to anyway...doesn't it auto-hide?)
(didn't try it...just posting what frustrated people wrote)
I can't find that file..though I did find all kinds of other interesting junk in the search 
about:config in your address bar. You can apparently change
accessibility.accesskeycausesactivation user set boolean false
or accessibility.typeaheadfind to true
accessibility.accesskeycausesactivation user set boolean false
or accessibility.typeaheadfind to true
[Do people other than programmers understand this conversation?]
Probably not, but I just murdered FF by changing a couple variables 
QUOTE(notreallyhere @ Jan 21 2008, 03:49 PM)
[Do people other than programmers understand this conversation?]
If you use firefox, you should learn how to change settings. about:config doesn't take a programmer to mess with
QUOTE(Gabbe @ Jan 21 2008, 03:51 PM)
Probably not, but I just murdered FF by changing a couple variables
(as we see here)
Don't you feel powerful?
After quickly resurrecting FF, I tried some of the other things...it didn't work.
QUOTE(Gabbe @ Jan 21 2008, 03:56 PM)
After quickly resurrecting FF, I tried some of the other things...it didn't work.
You restarted FF after changing them?
QUOTE(agent220 @ Jan 21 2008, 03:56 PM)
If you use firefox, you should learn how to change settings. about:config doesn't take a programmer to mess with (as we see here)Don't you feel powerful?
I don't think you understand...I AM a lapsed programmer.(as we see here)Don't you feel powerful? QUOTE(agent220 @ Jan 21 2008, 03:57 PM)
You restarted FF after changing them?
No...I KILLED FF.I quickly reinstalled it.
QUOTE(Gabbe @ Jan 21 2008, 03:58 PM)
No...I KILLED FF.I quickly reinstalled it.
And then, when you made only the change specified here you restarted it? I guess I can try for myself as I can close all my tabs now...
I restarted it. it didnt work.
QUOTE(Gabbe @ Jan 21 2008, 04:03 PM)
I restarted it. it didnt work.
Me neither
But when do you have the problem? It doesn't pop up for me in textboxes...
Ok, do this:
http://foliovision.com/2007/11/06/firefox-quickfind//
Install the search hotkeys add on, make sure you set the searchkeys.disable.all to true, and restart. Worked for me.
http://foliovision.com/2007/11/06/firefox-quickfind//
Install the search hotkeys add on, make sure you set the searchkeys.disable.all to true, and restart. Worked for me.
Not me.
You installed the http://nic-nac-project.de/~kaosmos/searchh...-FF20-0.1.2.xpi add on? I just tried it here on my laptop on both operating systems, including XP, and it worked.
QUOTE(agent220 @ Jan 21 2008, 09:14 PM)
You installed the http://nic-nac-project.de/~kaosmos/searchh...-FF20-0.1.2.xpi add on? I just tried it here on my laptop on both operating systems, including XP, and it worked.
I manually pasted the name of the add-on into prefs.js. Then I looked at about:config and viola! it was there. Then I added the add-on, and then it worked. Hmmm.
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