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I've seen numerous people discuss this, so I can only presume that there is some itch here, but I'm not getting it. Hasn't the location bar been non-native sinc

I've seen numerous people discuss this, so I can only presume that there is some itch here, but I'm not getting it. Hasn't the location bar been non-native since pretty much forever, since it has to display icons and colors and all sorts of other stuff that I think most native drop down widgets just won't? As for obscuring other parts of the UI … such as? (That it wasn't since the dawn of time; I mean, it drops down and obscures part of the browser window, sure? But it's done that since the idea of having it autocomplete was first added.) The only recent change seems to be that it swells up by a few pixels when you focus it. (I'm not a fan, but it honestly doesn't seem to matter much. It has started to not show the carat, and that is definitely annoying, and I'd agree more with a native widget argument there, I just don't think one exists.)

wtallis 6y ago
> As for obscuring other parts of the UI … such as? Bookmarks toolbar, for one. Open a new blank tab, the URLbar has focus by default and is now partially obscuring the bookmarks right at the moment you're most likely to use them.
- deathanatos 6y ago
  Curious. So, this is what I see: https://imgur.com/a/IJBlT4q https://imgur.com/a/IJBlT4q The actual dropdown doesn't happen on a new tab. (It will if I click on the bar or start typing, though.) I'll admit, I did not think of the bookmarks bar. (I don't use it, myself.) Thanks, too, for responding.