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The "search bar keeping your previous search term" issue has to do with the ownership of the search box. It used to be, when tabs were below the search box, tha
by pkamb 15y ago
The "search bar keeping your previous search term" issue has to do with the ownership of the search box. It used to be, when tabs were below the search box, that made sense. You'd be using the same one search box no matter which tab you were on, and thus it would always keep the same search term between tabs.
Now, with tabs-on-top, each tab contains its own search box. These should be unique, just like each tab has its own URL bar. It doesn't make sense at all that search queries are preserved between tabs. But that's the way Firefox still does it.
(Thinking about this now, I guess that's a different issue than the one you were talking about... why any search box saves any query after pressing "Enter". Still an annoying little quirk though.)
- nazar 15y agoI am not sure about FF5, but on FF4 though the search bar kinda seems to be related to the particular tab, it is still the common search bar and the things I searched while at one tab are displayed in every other tab. I am using Ubuntu 11.04/Firefox 4.0.1
- pkamb 15y agoAnd the saving the search term thing is that way because that's how Google-the-website works. Search for something on google.com, and the Results Page shows that term in the box. The Search Box behavior was just carried over from that.
- carussell 15y ago> Now, with tabs-on-top, each tab contains its own search box. These should be unique, just like each tab has its own URL bar. The location bar is faked, too. Try focusing the location bar and ctrl/cmd+Z-ing through the values it's held since browser startup.
- pkamb 15y agoAt least when you click from tab to tab the URL bar changes, that's the important part if you're faking it. The search bar keeps the same query on every tab.