1292511 - Expose browser.urlbar.oneOffSearches in Preferences

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: Search, defect, P3)

Description

[matthias koplenig [:metasieben]]

Bug 1180944 adds the One-Off buttons to the Awesomebar, we should add an option in about:preferences#search to disable them.

Comment 1

[Marco Bonardo [:mak]]

I don't know if there's a plan to expose such a thing. What's the reasoning behind the request? Do they create any issue?

For now there's an about:config pref browser.urlbar.oneOffSearches
Also, the feature is Nightly only for now.

Let's see what Stephen thinks.

Comment 2

[Florian Quèze [:florian]]

This preference shouldn't be exposed in the UI, we don't intend to keep it; it's there only to restrict the feature to Nightly until we fix the follow-up bugs.

The Search preference pane can already disable one-off buttons: just uncheck the checkbox next to each of the search plugins; when they are all unchecked, the whole area at the bottom of the searchbar and awesomebar panels disappears.

Comment 3

[Marco Bonardo [:mak]]

(In reply to Florian Quèze [:florian] [:flo] from comment #2)
> when they are all
> unchecked, the whole area at the bottom of the searchbar and awesomebar
> panels disappears.

Cool, I didn't know this.
Would still be nice if the column in the prefs pane would have any useful text, rather than having to guess (Even just a "Show").

Comment 4

[matthias koplenig [:metasieben]]

Here's my use-case:

I moved the search to the hamburger-menu, therefore i would like to remove the one-off buttons from the awesomebar, currently this is not possible.

Comment 5

[Florian Quèze [:florian]]

(In reply to matthias koplenig from comment #4)
> Here's my use-case:
> 
> I moved the search to the hamburger-menu, therefore

How is that related?

> i would like to remove
> the one-off buttons from the awesomebar, currently this is not possible.

See the second paragraph of my comment 2.

Comment 6

[matthias koplenig [:metasieben]]

I did, and while this is nice to know, i like to have the option to switch search-engines in the hamburger-menu, but i would like to disable the feature in the location-bar.

Currently this is possible because of the hidden pref, thats why i would love to have an supported option in about:preferences#search.


ust making sure this use-case has been discussed, after seeing this weeks location-bar kerfuffle. ;]

Comment 7

[Panos Astithas (he/him) [:past] (please ni?)]

Prefs substantially increase the maintenance cost of features and this is not a case where the cost/benefit ratio is worthwhile.